Stopwatch Media: The Mediapro Studio arrives in Canada with Charles Watcher

The Mediapro Studio targets the Canadian market with the creation of the production label Stopwatch Media, the result of his partnership with Emmy Award-winning producer and showrunner Charles Watcher.

Stopwatch Media will be based in Toronto, allowing The Mediapro Studio establish a manufacturing presence in Canada and continue to expand its global infrastructure. Under the leadership of Charles Wachter, the new seal will take advantage of the Studio's international reach, resources and alliances to develop premium formats for both the United States and international audiences.

Wachter, based in Canada and recognized as one of the main creatives in non-fiction entertainment, is responsible for the creation and development of large successful entertainment productions such as Million Dollar Secret for Netflix, Beast Games for Prime Video, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (ABC, for which he won the Emmy), Fear Factor y Got to Get Out for Hulu, plus the upcoming Netflix mega-series Win the Mall. Thanks to this trajectory, notes The Mediapro Studio, Stopwatch Media starts with a “privileged position” to become a reference for the most ambitious and high-impact entertainment.

"Taking advantage of the trend that more and more American programs are produced in Canada, it is about marking territory and building the necessary infrastructure to carry out ambitious formats with global projection. With The Mediapro Studio at our side, we have the projection, freedom and ambition necessary to develop ideas capable of standing out in the United States and beyond," points out the man himself. Watcher.

From The Mediapro Studio, JC Acosta, head of the American division of the production company, considers that its alliance with Watcher represents “a statement of how we see the future of non-fiction content.” “The priority is clear: develop and produce new formats unscripted global and bold,” he emphasizes.