FOUNDER'S NOTE // WHY BALLSY.TV EXISTS — HEAR IT FROM DAVID FIRST

▶ SIX MINUTES. NO SCRIPT. NO PR. THE WHOLE COMPANY, EXPLAINED.

20 YEARS. 20 COMMISSIONS.
ZERO PATIENCE FOR BULLSHIT.

David's earned the right to be a big mouth about it. Two decades in UK broadcast, twenty commissions behind him — and he doesn't take shit anymore. He's bought the shirt. He's worn the shirt. He's not buying another one.

David — Creative Director & Founder, Ballsy.tv
20 years UK broadcast. 20 commissions. Still standing.

Built relationships with the Police, British Airways, Virgin, and a long list of broadcasters and brands besides — and kept every single one of those relationships on genuinely good terms. That's not luck. That's twenty years of doing right by people.

Ballsytv

📺 Our story

Twenty years of yes

From BBC corridors to Costa del Sol beaches. Same standards. Better tan.

Great telly without killing anyone in the process. Staff first. No bullies. That is the whole company.

🎬 Film in Spain. Without losing the plot.

ZERO EXCUSESBEAR IS THE CEO. HE INSISTED.4 MILLION VIEWS. NOT A PENNY SPENT.PERMITS BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT LANDSCHEAPER THAN THE COMPETITION. NOT CHEAP.ROMAN KNOWS A BLOKE320 DAYS OF SUN. 45 OF EXCUSES.ASK ABOUT THE PRAWNSFILM IN SPAIN. WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT.@DAVID.PESELLINTHE ALGORITHM CAN'T STOP WATCHINGOI. READ THIS.ZERO EXCUSESBEAR IS THE CEO. HE INSISTED.4 MILLION VIEWS. NOT A PENNY SPENT.PERMITS BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT LANDSCHEAPER THAN THE COMPETITION. NOT CHEAP.ROMAN KNOWS A BLOKE320 DAYS OF SUN. 45 OF EXCUSES.ASK ABOUT THE PRAWNSFILM IN SPAIN. WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT.@DAVID.PESELLINTHE ALGORITHM CAN'T STOP WATCHINGOI. READ THIS.

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📣 OUR MANIFESTO · SAY IT LOUD

Proudly Ballsy

FOUR MILLION VIEWS
Seven days. Three videos. Not a penny on ads. We don’t chase the algorithm. It chases us.
TWENTY YEARS OF PROPER TELLY
BBC. Channel 4. Channel 5. ITV. Twenty commissions. We were making shows before your other fixer had a logo.
ONE PARTNER. NO HANDOFFS
Development, production and fixing under one roof. The same people from day one to final frame. Nobody gets passed to a mate.
STAFF FIRST. NO BULLIES
Great telly without killing anyone in the process. That is the whole company. It also happens to make better telly.
FILM IN SPAIN. WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT
Permits before your flight lands. 320 days of sun. A Pomeranian in charge. Bring the brief. We bring the rest.
BRAVE ENOUGH TO EXPOSE THE WEINSTEINS
Every industry has them. Most companies look at the floor. We name the behaviour, we protect the people it lands on, and we make the programme anyway.
FAIRNESS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM
Runner to exec. Same respect, same credit, same right to say no. Nobody on a Ballsy shoot goes home smaller than they arrived.
TURN UP WITH A CAMERA. WE’VE DONE THE REST
We know the entire process, so you don’t pay to learn it. Permits, crew, locations, budgets — fixed weeks in advance. That saves companies thousands. Every time.
FACTUAL DEVELOPMENT. WE RAISE THE BAR
Factual is our specialism and where we are totally unique. Bring a true story, a hunch, a half-idea. We’ll try our very best to make it higher quality, more cinematic and harder for a commissioner to say no to.
WE PROMISE TO CARE ABOUT OUR CREW
Not a slogan. A promise. Fed, paid, rested, credited and listened to. Cared-for crews shoot better pictures. We have twenty years of proof.

TOTALLY UNIQUE NOBODY ELSE DOES ALL TEN.

Brief David on WhatsApp →Email david@ballsy.tv

PROUDLY BALLSY · EST. IN THE SUN

👋 Say hello · Proper telly people, actually friendly

Friendly voice. Twenty years of form.

The number on day one is the number on wrap day.

TV fixer and production company on the Costa del Sol. Twenty years of UK broadcast across the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV. Twelve of them living in Spain. Ask us anything. Daft questions welcome. We have heard them all and we answer every one, usually before your coffee cools.

20 years UK broadcast
BBC · C4 · C5 · ITV
British Airways · Virgin
20 commissions
Marbella · Málaga · Fuengirola
Bilingual crew

💬 Say hello on WhatsApp ✉️ Email David

Real people answer. No call centre. No attitude. Just experience, and a Pomeranian who thinks he runs it.

🤔 // OUR MANTRA — AND WHY IT'S NOT JUST WORDS

GOOD, DECENT PEOPLE DOING GOOD WORK.

This didn't come from a brand workshop or a poster in reception. It came from a health scare that nearly finished David off, and a decade of watching this industry drop good people the second they became inconvenient. He lived that. He's not doing it to anyone else.

Treat everyone fair. Take care of everyone we work with. That's the whole operating manual, and it's exactly what makes us different from everyone else pitching you a fixer or a production company on this coast.

✨ // FAIR WARNING

David is stubborn. Properly, immovably stubborn. In practice, that means he will work to the very last minute to get a job delivered right — even on the days he privately wants to throttle half the crew for making his life difficult. He won't. He'll just keep working until it's done, because giving up isn't something he knows how to do anymore, on this or anything else.

We're here to commit, and we'll get through the stress together. That's the deal.

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CHAPTER 04 — THE BIG POINT

🤔 // WHY BALLSY.TV EXISTS

Here's the truth, plainly: David spent years fighting health problems that nearly cost him everything. While he was fighting them, companies he'd given the best part of a decade to simply dropped him. That's what this industry can do to people the moment they stop being convenient.

It took a coma and years of recovery for the lesson to fully land: television, as an industry, is often fake, and people get hurt in the process — quietly, routinely, and rarely spoken about out loud.

Ballsy.tv exists because we refuse to be that. We care about our people first, every single time. Great television and looking after the people who make it are not in conflict, no matter what anyone tells you to justify cutting corners on people.

David has the scars and the story to tell you exactly how let down he was. We will never do that to anyone who works with us. Full stop. That's not a value statement for a website — it's a promise, and we intend to keep it.

"Great TV without killing anyone in the process. Sadly, we might be the only ones who can say that."

✨ // THE TEAM

I am properly, ridiculously proud of the small team we've built. Amy, Roman, Triggs, everyone — each one brings a completely different superpower, and somehow they all stack on top of each other instead of competing for the room. That's rarer than people think, and it's not an accident.

We're not a big company, and we're not trying to be one. What we are is a small group of genuinely nice people to work with, who happen to deliver work that stands up against outfits ten times our size. Nice people and top quality content. Both, always, no exceptions, no trade-off.

20 YEARS. 20 COMMISSIONS.
ZERO PATIENCE FOR BULLSHIT.

Twenty years of yes

4,000,000

Proudly Ballsy

FOUR MILLION VIEWS

TWENTY YEARS OF PROPER TELLY

ONE PARTNER. NO HANDOFFS

STAFF FIRST. NO BULLIES

FILM IN SPAIN. WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT

BRAVE ENOUGH TO EXPOSE THE WEINSTEINS

FAIRNESS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM

TURN UP WITH A CAMERA. WE’VE DONE THE REST

FACTUAL DEVELOPMENT. WE RAISE THE BAR

WE PROMISE TO CARE ABOUT OUR CREW

Friendly voice. Twenty years of form.

🤔 // OUR MANTRA — AND WHY IT'S NOT JUST WORDS

✨ // THE PART WE DON'T HIDE

✨ // FAIR WARNING

🤔 // WHY BALLSY.TV EXISTS

✨ // THE TEAM

Happy crew.
On schedule.

The cast,
served in small plates

We film
where others holiday

Fuengirola

Mijas

Puerto Banús

Marbella

The
Midnight
Hour

He picks up.
Actually picks up

One night. One call.

Filed under

Ballsy.tv

Spain and local discovery

UK television industry

Spain production services

Bear's attention-grabbing tags

20 YEARS. 20 COMMISSIONS.ZERO PATIENCE FOR BULLSHIT.

Twenty years of yes

4,000,000

Proudly Ballsy

FOUR MILLION VIEWS

TWENTY YEARS OF PROPER TELLY

ONE PARTNER. NO HANDOFFS

STAFF FIRST. NO BULLIES

FILM IN SPAIN. WITHOUT LOSING THE PLOT

BRAVE ENOUGH TO EXPOSE THE WEINSTEINS

FAIRNESS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM

TURN UP WITH A CAMERA. WE’VE DONE THE REST

FACTUAL DEVELOPMENT. WE RAISE THE BAR

WE PROMISE TO CARE ABOUT OUR CREW

Friendly voice. Twenty years of form.

🤔 // OUR MANTRA — AND WHY IT'S NOT JUST WORDS

✨ // THE PART WE DON'T HIDE

✨ // FAIR WARNING

🤔 // WHY BALLSY.TV EXISTS

✨ // THE TEAM

Happy crew.On schedule.

The cast,served in small plates

We filmwhere others holiday

Fuengirola

Mijas

Puerto Banús

Marbella

TheMidnightHour

He picks up.Actually picks up

One night. One call.

Filed under

Ballsy.tv

Spain and local discovery

UK television industry

Spain production services

Bear's attention-grabbing tags

20 YEARS. 20 COMMISSIONS.
ZERO PATIENCE FOR BULLSHIT.

Happy crew.
On schedule.

The cast,
served in small plates

We film
where others holiday

The
Midnight
Hour

He picks up.
Actually picks up