Alex Breingan Explained

Alex Breingan
Birth Name:Alexander James Breingan[1]
Occupation:Executive producer, Television writer, radio host

Alex Breingan (born May 1972) is a UK born New Zealand television executive producer, television writer and former radio producer and host.

Personal life

Breingan was born in Lyme Regis in the United Kingdom, and educated at Woodroffe School and Durham University.[2] He is married to former Three News reporter and food blogger Rachel Hart.[2] [3]

Career

He began his career in the mid 1990s in UK commercial radio and later as a producer at the BBC before moving to NZ in 2002.[4] He spent 10 years in NZ radio including as Mediawork's Radio Operations Manager and Assistant Programme Director for both More FM and RadioLIVE.[5] Breingan then moved into TV as Channel Manager for SKY TV's Food TV and The Living Channel.[5] [6]

In 2012 Breingan co-founded free to air TV channel Choice TV which launched on Freeview and Sky that year. Canadian Media company Blue Ant Media acquired the channel in 2014. Discovery Inc. later acquired Choice TV in 2019.[7] [8]

In TV production, Breingan established production company Stripe Media in 2014, also known as Stripe Studios. The production company produced various television shows across New Zealand including the TV3 morning series, The Cafe[9] [10] [11] which aired from 2016 until 2020.

Stripe Studios production includes series previously on SKY Open New Zealand, Discovery Australia New Zealand, TVNZ and NBCU NZ for the channel Bravo. Breingan created, co-wrote and produced The Circus, Rich Listers, and Discovery's Great Southern Truckers.[12] Rich Listers received criticism after Breingan publicly mentioned that the show was fictional.[13] Other series include Izzy & Beaver's French Connection,[14] Snow Crew,[15] [16] Reunited[17] [18] and Clubhouse Rescue.[19]

Since 2019, Breingan has been a semi finals judge for the International Emmy Awards and later a finals judge from 2022.[20] [21]

In February 2024 reports from the NZ Herald emerged that Stripe Studios had failed to pay post-production companies and visiting actors for their work.[22] [23] In March 2024 one of the company's production entities, Stripe Studios (Comedy) Ltd was liquidated by the court, and Stripe Media went into voluntary receivership,[24] [25] with a receivers report claiming over $20 million of debt.

Breingan has claimed that a U-turn decision by the New Zealand Film Commission was a cause for the financial issues which they have denied.[26] Breingan has also stated that such allegations were false and defamatory, claiming that the NZ Herald was provided with false information.[27] The liquidation report released mentioned "irregularities" which were then refereed to the "relevant authorities".

In December 2023, two days before the liquidation application was made, Breingan registered a film company in the UK, Loveday films.[28] The company's website was taken down after it was shared by New Zealand media.[29] Breingan also registered another film company, SNB film in February 2024.[30]

In May 2024 under a new alias AJ James, Breingan sought to raise $10,000 over Kickstarter for a documentary film about the English singer Tony Hadley.[31] The Kickstarter campaign was cancelled after being mentioned in the NZ Herald.[31]

In July 2024 an additional entity that was part of the Stripe Studios group, was liquidated through the High Court in Auckland by the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department due to the company failing to pay tax.[32]

Filmography

Television

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2015100 Day BachExecutive producer
2017Slice of ParadiseAssociate producer
2016-2020The CafeExecutive producer
2019100 Day RenovationExecutive producer
2020The Bach that JK builtProducer, director and writer
2020Dream Home DilemmaExecutive producer
2021Uncharted New ZealandExecutive producer and writer
2019Great Southern TruckersExecutive producer, director and writer
2020-2024The CircusExecutive producer and writer
2022ReunitedExecutive producer and cowriter
2022Rich ListersExecutive producer and writer
2022Clubhouse RescueExecutive producer
2023Snow CrewExecutive producer and writer
2024Christmas at the castleSeries producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loveday Films Ltd overview . Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 17 June 2024 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.
  2. Web site: 19 December 2013 . Ex-Lyme man makes the rigtht Choice down under . 17 June 2024 . Bridport and Lyme Regis News . en.
  3. Web site: 2022-03-31 . How this courageous cook is baking her way to better health . 2024-02-24 . Now to Love – New Zealand . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Top TV Ltd (Operating as Choice TV) . 2024-06-16 . Gust.
  5. Web site: Tune your Freeview to Channel 12 and find Choice TV! . 17 June 2024 . 24 April 2012 . Scoop . www.scoop.co.nz.
  6. Web site: Freeview adds choice . The Post . 11 February 2012 . 17 June 2024 . PressReader.
  7. Web site: Choice TV adds On Demand channel . Stuff . 12 July 2012 . 17 June 2024 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  8. Web site: Vlessing . Etan . 2014-11-03 . Canada's Blue Ant Media Buys Majority Stake in New Zealand's Choice TV . 2024-06-16 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  9. Web site: March 11, 2016 . New Morning Show the Café Coming Soon to Tv3 . 2024-06-16 . www.scoop.co.nz.
  10. Web site: 2024-06-17 . Hosts revealed for TV3's new morning show . 2024-06-16 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  11. News: New TV3 lifestyle show The Café to air in April . 2024-06-16 . Newshub . en.
  12. Web site: Perry . Kevin . 2022-10-03 . TV Blackbox .
  13. Web site: Fake mews: Producers of new 'reality' show reveal it's not real . 8 October 2022 . New Zealand Herald . 17 June 2024 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  14. Web site: 31 August 2023 . Izzy and Beaver tackle France, this time without the All Blacks jersey . 17 June 2024 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  15. Web site: Deets . Team TV . 2023-05-03 . Bravo New Zealand Orders New Docuseries 'Snow Crew' . 2024-06-16 . TV Deets . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2024-06-17 . New Bravo reality show set to follow the lives of Kiwi ski resort workers . 2024-06-16 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  17. Web site: Reunited . 17 June 2024 . www.tvnz.co.nz.
  18. Web site: Russian-born adoptees find their families in local series Reunited . 20 January 2022 . 17 June 2024 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  19. Web site: Ex-All Blacks join forces for Clubhouse Rescue . Stuff . 13 October 2022 . 17 June 2024 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  20. Web site: 48th International Emmy Awards Competition on Schedule & Moving Towards November Gala . International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 2024-06-16 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Semi-Final Judging Events . International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 2024-06-16 . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2024-02-22 . They lured a legend to NZ, now a TV firm is in spotlight over bills; 7pm show's new name . subscription . https://archive.today/20240216085247/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-tv-company-in-spotlight-over-bills-revealed-name-of-ryan-bridges-new-7pm-show-fair-go-host-i-ended-up-exhausted-former-air-nz-agency-moves-to-qantas-rnz-ratings-standoff/IVOYCPBHUJFSNNU24AG6GQ3NHU/ . 2024-02-16 . 2024-02-21 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  23. Web site: 2024-05-17 . NZ film company's $2.25m debts - top international comedian: 'My patience is exhausted' . 2024-05-17 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  24. Web site: Auckland TV production companies in receivership . Stuff . 12 March 2024 . 17 June 2024 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  25. Web site: STRIPE MEDIA LIMITED, AM MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED, STRIPE STUDIOS (CIRCUS 4) LIMITED, STRIPE STUDIOS (FRANCE) LIMITED, STRIPE STUDIOS (GOLD) LIMITED, STRIPE STUDIOS (RICH LISTERS 2) LIMITED, STRIPE STUDIOS (SNOW 2) LIMITED and STRIPE STUDIOS (SNOW) LIMITED (all in receivership) - 2024-ar1057 - New Zealand Gazette . 2024-06-16 . gazette.govt.nz.
  26. Web site: 2024-06-17 . 'Irregularities': NZ TV firm owes more than $20m to major bank, US TV stars - receivers . 2024-06-16 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  27. Web site: 2024-06-19 . Top international comedian applies to liquidate NZ production company . 2024-06-18 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  28. Web site: 2024-03-12 . LOVEDAY Films – Loveday films is an independent film and tv productio… . 2024-06-18 . archive.ph.
  29. Web site: Stripe Studios boss sets up UK company, website disappears after questions from Stuff . Stuff . 22 March 2024 . 17 June 2024 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  30. Web site: 2024-03-25 . The fall and rise of Duncan Garner; Top reality TV shows 'at risk'; Media hacker's frustration . subscription . https://archive.today/20240322035537/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-top-tv-shows-in-fight-for-life-duncan-garners-podcast-reboot-stripe-boss-sets-up-uk-firms/ASPA7LOUY5D7NLOHWWAMXPF57I/ . 2024-03-22 . 2024-03-24 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  31. News: Currie . Shayne . 24 May 2024 . Failed TV firms – Boss' new alias and $2 raised online for new film . subscription . https://archive.today/20240524070453/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-failed-tv-firms-boss-new-alias-and-2-raised-for-new-film-redundancy-blow-for-newshub-contractors-revealed-the-price-of-commercial-integration-on-tvnz-breakfast/OEXTJ4GFKNGN3AXPF5DH77AHI4/ . 24 May 2024 . 25 May 2024 . The New Zealand Herald.
  32. Web site: Re: SS (Hot) Limited (in Receivership and in Liquidation) .

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