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Stewart Clarke
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Raft of broadcasters pick up Disney’s Flash Forward
A host of international broadcasters have acquired Disney ABC ESPN Television-distributed drama series Flash Forward….
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The Bridge
The show: The Bridge The producer: E1 Entertainment The distributor: E1 Entertainment Concept: Primetime drama…
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Burn Notice creator gets series away with Fox
US network Fox has picked up Jack and Dan, a 13x1hrs cop series from Matt…
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FremantleMedia Enterprises expands Paul Ridley’s role
FremantleMediaEnterprises has expanded Paul Ridley’s role to cover acquisition and development in addition to his…
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Marathon making French version of Spain’s Boarding School
Production has started on L’Internat (The Boarding School), a French version of the Spanish scripted…
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TV should get on board with the pirates…
says The Pirate’s Dilemma author Matt Mason “Well, if you’re wondering what happened… so am…
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FremantleMedia poaches MGM exec to head up Australian operation
FremantleMedia has recruited Ian Hogg to run its Australian operation. Hogg will replace the Fennessy…
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ITV and NBC pact for Prime Suspect
NBC and ITV Studios have inked a deal that will see the US network take…
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A&E ties up deal for Lifetime
A&E has sealed a deal for fellow US cable network Lifetime and will install A&E…
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Heroes the most popular illegal TV download
NBC’s action drama series Heroes is the most popular show among illegal file-sharers, ahead of…
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Fox making Heathers TV remake
US network Fox is set to launch a TV remake of popular ’80s movie Heathers…
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Channel 4 axes UK Big Brother
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 will axe Endemol’s reality series Big Brother after its eleventh…
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FremantleMedia profits slip in 2009
FremantleMedia’s half-year profits have slipped with the company blaming ‘general pressure on margins’ and lower…
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BBC sets up online portal as a destination for British animation
BBC kids channel CBBC is expanding its online Cartoon Works portal with the aim of…
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FremantleMedia takes North American options on German Beauty Queen
FremantleMedia’s North American arm has optioned German entertainment format Beauty Queen. FremantleMedia North America has…
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FremantleMedia sets up local production unit in India
FremantleMedia has set up an on the ground production unit based in Mumbai, India. Having…
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CBS and DreamWorks making US version of UK drama Wire in the Blood
CBS and DreamWorks are understood to be making a US version of UK crime drama…
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TV revenues double at Lionsgate
US indie studio Lionsgate increased its international sales of TV series by over 127% in…
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Screen Australia funding dramas but denies Cloudstreet
Screen Australia has agreed funding for a slew of scripted projects, but refused to back…
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Fox orders two more seasons of Hell’s Kitchen
US network Fox has ordered two more seasons of reality series Hell’s Kitchen. The show…
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Canwest picks up Pure Pwnage web series for TV
Showcase, the specialty channel owned by Canadian media group Canwest, is launching a TV version…
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Torrance joining BBC worldwide
Caroline Torrance is joining BBC Worldwide. It was announced she was leaving the position of…
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Capote producer sets up TV production company
Movie producer Michael Ohoven has set up an La-based TV production company Infinity Television. The…
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Endemol restructures; Marks leaves Southern Star
There are new roles for Marco Bassetti, Paul Römer and Tom Toumazis under a high-level…
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Deal or no Deal creator exits Endemol deal
Dick de Rijk is ending an exclusive deal with Endemol to focus on creating new…
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Ford orders new Raging Planet for Discovery’s Awesome Sundays
Discovery Channel in the US has ordered a second season of extreme weather series Raging…
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New roles for Tavernier, Wiffen and Hoeflich at FremantleMedia’s scripted division
FremantleMedia has rejigged its Worldwide Drama department. Claire Tavernier becomes senior EVP of the WWD…
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Carl Hall takes full control of Parthenon
Carl Hall has taken full control of UK indie producer and distributor Parthenon after buying…
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Shine gets £5m Dance order from Sky
UK-based indie producer Shine TV has won a commission for an eight-part dancing series from…
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Kabillion does 3 million
US kids video-on-demand service Kabillion has continued its strong growth, registering over 3 million VOD…