Our Partners

IEM has several co-production relationships and partnerships with industry veterans who feel and think the same way as us about making an Impact through Entertainment!

Founder 'Meaningful Content'

As one of the UK’s most respected and well-liked programme-makers (and already a leader in the ‘entertaining content with purpose’ space) Neil has the track record, relationships, expertise and passion to co-produce some of our catalogue.

Neil was MD of two of the UK’s most successful unscripted production companies before stepping down to set up his own production house.

He has made major new primetime series for Netflix, Channel 4, BBC and ITV.

Derrick Ashong is a producer, musician, and entrepreneur known for his past work with some of the world’s biggest talents including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

He is the CEO and Co-Founder of TBTM Studios. During the global pandemic, he launched and hosted the first season of The Mic: Africa, a virtual hip-hop competition based on his two-time Emmy-nominated digital series, The World Cup of Hip Hop.

His Dubai.-based tech company powered an original digital series called Take Back the Mic: The World Cup of Hip Hop, which was a 2015 and 2016 Emmy finalist in the category of Original Interactive Programming. TBTM Studios has already won 7 international awards

Founder & CEO 'TBTM Studios'