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Formats
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Motoring up
With petrolhead show Top Gear making headlines, TBI gets to grips with the new show and…
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BBC Studios exodus continues with unscripted exits
The lead BBC exec at motoring series Top Gear is the latest senior staffer to…
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‘Cutting edge’ DC-based indie prodco launches
A new development and production company based in Washington, D.C., is aiming to create shows…
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Founder leaves Flemish Primitives formats firm
Sue Green, the founder and managing director of The New Flemish Primitives, is today leaving…
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Ex-Zodiak, MEG exec joins Zee TV
Former Zodiak and MEG exec Sarah Coursey has joined the sales arm of Indian broadcast…
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CBS cuts Good Wife format deal
There will be a South Korean version of legal drama The Good Wife after CBS…
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Viewpoint: Should we go through the window to the world?
Gary Woolf, EVP, commercial development, All3Media International At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
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Burnett hires reality TV chief for MGM
MGM has recruited Barry Poznick as president of its unscripted division as, with Mark Burnett…
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Release the Hounds pair form prodco
The co-creators of horror-gameshow Release the Hounds have formed Dr Pluto, a new UK prodco…
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Gordon Ramsay creates prodco, All3 JV
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has created a studio and scored a joint venture production pact…
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BBC Worldwide launches Asia SVOD service
BBC Worldwide is launching a multi-genre SVOD platform in Singapore this year, with plans to…
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Endemol Shine, CJ E&M create formats pact
Global producer Endemol Shine Group and South Korea’s CJ E&M have created a large-scale international…
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Endemol Shine, CJ E&M create formats pact
Global producer Endemol Shine Group and South Korea’s CJ E&M have created a large-scale international…
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Dave takes Celebrity Storage Hunters to series
UK digital channel Dave has greenlit a full season of Celebrity Storage Hunters after a…
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Blumenfeld, Bodle create £3m incubator
Veteran execs Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle have created a £3 million (US$4.3 million) production…
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Punk’d creator forms STX unscripted arm
US producer STX Entertainment has formed an unscripted television arm and appointed Punk’d creator Jason…
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Ex-Zodiak US chief creates Pandemo
Veteran exec Jonny Slow has launched a new US-based content company, Pandemo, and has a…
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Gaspar joins Twofour Rights
The distribution arm of UK prodco Twofour has brought on ITV’s Reka Gaspar. Twofour is…
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The Chinese reality condundrum
Formats veteran Clare Thompson says the latest regulatory decrees about Chinese formats market are a…
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International prodcos win MTV US orders
International content companies including Barcroft Media and Endemol Shine have had orders from MTV as…
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RTÉ, NRK pitch winner is Bucking the Trend
The national broadcasters of Ireland and Norway have handed Dublin-based Sideline Productions €10,000 (US$11,275) after…
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Ex-FremantleMedia exec joins Asia’s Imagine
Former FremantleMedia Asia development director Adrian Brant has joined Singaporean producer Imagine Group Entertainment. Brant…
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Wowow opens Japanese Cold Case
Japanese premium cabler Wowow has ordered a local version of Cold Case, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced…
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Keshet poaches Lat-Am exec from Sony’s Teleset
Keshet International has recruited Frank Scheuermann as head of development and production for its Lat-Am…
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Ex-ITVS America exec creates unscripted prodco
Former ITV Studios America development executive Rob Shaftel has create a New York-based production company,…
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Ex-Relativity exec joins Endemol Shine USA
Former Relativity Television exec Jesse Kerns has joined Endemol Shine USA to work under newly-promoted…
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So You Think You Can Dance auditions in India
An Indian general entertainment channel is set to launch a local version of talent format…
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WWE twins get Total Divas spin-off
WWE wrestling twins Nikki and Brie Bella are getting their own reality series on US…
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Authentically survival
Survival shows are nothing new, but the last few years have seen the genre go…
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eOne denies ITV takeover bid
Canadian media group Entertainment One has denied receiving a takeover approach from UK broadcaster ITV,…