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Gaumont, FremantleMedia set for Monte Carlo event

Christophe Riandee, the vice-CEO of French studio Gaumont, and Jens Richter, the boss of FremantleMedia International, will speak at the Content & Multiscreen Experience, a new industry event that is part of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival (pictured). The Content & Multiscreen Experience event runs on June 16 and 17. Vance Van Petten, the boss of […]

Endemol Beyond hires for new regional hub

Endemol Shine Group’s digital division, Endemol Beyond, is opening up a new hub in Asia. The production and distribution group has recruited Christopher Smith to run the new Singapore-based operation and he joins from media agency Mindshare. The Asian hub will make Asia-skewed versions of Endemol Beyond digital formats, starting with a local version of […]

Banijay’s Cuarzo appoints boss

Banijay-owned Spanish prodco Cuarzo Producciones has upped Xelo Montesinos to general manager. She replaces company founder Ana Rosa Quintana who stays on as chair of Banijay Spain. Montesinos has been with Cuarzo since its inception, and content director since 2008. Cuarzo has also made a new hire, with Victor García Martín taking a new research […]

New series orders for MTV UK

The UK MTV channel has commissioned three new series and renewed two others. The new orders include Car Crash Couples, an 8x60mins series about young couples on a long road trip. It will be made by 5Production, the programme-making division of Channel 5, which, like MTV, is owned by Viacom. It marks the first time […]

Aardman brings Morph back to TV

Aardman’s classic clay-mation character Morph will return to UK screens next month and the kids producer and distributor will launch the new series internationally. Morph first appeared as a stop-frame animated segment withing popular BBC kids art series Take Hart. The new series, Morph, was commissioned by preschool channel CBBC and will use the same […]

Tigo launching African SVOD service

African telco Tigo is launching a new on-demand service targeting its 2.5 million customers in Rwanda. The telco is working with VOD firm Vonetize, which operates a paid-for mobile-focused  streaming service in Africa under the Aflix brand. It is now in 34 African countries and offers series and movies from distributors including several Hollywood studios. […]

A+E make History OTT move in Asia

A+E Networks is launching a History Plus branded OTT service in Asia. It will roll out on the 4ME OTT platform, the free service that was launched by Filipino broadcaster TV5 and Singapore-based channel operator Brand New Media (BNM) earlier this year. A+E Networks Asia has now teamed with BNM and will make a range […]

MTG appoints new Scandi, Viaplay CEOs

There have been wide-ranging management changes at the Modern Times Group as the free and pay TV operator reorganises its business along country lines. New territory managers positions have been created for Sweden, Denmark and Norway, MTG’s three largest markets. Anders Jensen takes becomes  CEO of MTG Sweden under the new structure, overseeing all pay […]

LA Screenings: SVT wants the ‘wow factor’

SVT is in Hollywood chasing shows with a ‘wow factor’ that will create buzz among the Swedish pubcaster’s audiences. SVT has six drama slots a week, most of which are at 9.30pm or 10pm, but is in the market for drama or comedy that veers away from traditional genres such as cop procedurals and instead […]

Endemol Shine UK retools MCNs

Multichannel networks Endemol Beyond UK and ChannelFlip are to continue operating separately under the Endemol Shine UK umbrella. The two companies come from different sides of the Endemol Shine Group merger, with Endemol Beyond UK previously part of Endemol and ChannelFlip part of Shine Group. As part of a restructuring Endemol Shine UK executive producer […]