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Round-up: More4 visits Fred’s ‘Emergency Ward’; Netflix yanks out ‘Sweet Tooth’; 5Star lands ‘Love Gone Wrong’; BBC picks up Zinc duo

More4 visits Fred’s Emergency Ward UK channel More4 has struck a deal with Australia’s Fred Media that will see the UK broadcaster acquiring three seasons (30 x 60-minutes) of its obs-doc, The Emergency Ward (originally titled Emergency). The show, which premieres 7 May, is produced by Fred Media’s parent company WTFN Entertainment and was originally […]

Fremantle eyes further M&A as Q1 revenue drops 5.6%, parent RTL hit by advertising woes

Fremantle will continue its rampant M&A activity to achieve its €3bn revenue target by 2025 according to parent RTL Group, despite the distributor-producer’s revenue falling by almost 6% in Q1. The 72 Films and Element Pictures owner said its Q1 revenues had fallen by 5.6% to €435m ($480m), down from €461m on last year, while […]

Argonon’s Nemorin appoints News UK alum as CCO to “supercharge” branded business

Argonon’s UK-based branded content label Nemorin Film & Video has appointed News UK alum Darren Smith as chief content officer. In this newly created role, Smith will report into Nemorin CEO Pete Fergusson, working alongside him and recently appointed executive creative director Sachini Imbuldeniya to “supercharge” Argonon’s push into branded content. Argonon has been increasing […]

WBD alum Yolanda Martín Campayo joins Spain’s Zeppelin to lead format creation

Banijay Iberia factual label Zeppelin has appointed Warner Bros. Discovery alum Yolanda Martín Campayo as content director to lead the creation and development of new formats. Reporting directly to Miguel Martín, who was named as managing director in January 2022, Campayo will oversee programs produced by the company. Campayo brings more than 25 years of […]

Starz int’l programming chief Jeff Cooke to exit

Starz’s international programming chief Jeff Cooke is exiting the Lionsgate-owned company later this year. Cooke will remain in the role until July, but his next move is currently unknown. The international division oversees streamer Lionsgate+, home to original series such as Gaslit. The exec was promoted to SVP of programming for international networks in Janaury […]

Roku partners with Reese Witherspoon & Charlie Puth for unscripted originals expansion

Roku has commissioned and returned a slew of new original unscripted series, including projects from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. New titles announced at the 2023 IAB NewFronts include Charlie Makes A Record (working title), a six-episode unscripted comedy starring US singer-songwriter Charlie Puth, which takes stories from his real life and turns them into borderline-surreal […]

Viaplay veteran Kim Poder departs as Filippa Wallestam named chief commercial officer

Viaplay veteran Kim Poder is exiting the company after 24 years, with content chief Filippa Wallestam upped to EVP and chief commercial officer for the Nordics. The changes take immediate effect, with Wallestam now expanding her role to include overall responsibility for the group’s largest commercial region, spanning Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Stockholm-based […]

Starzplay hires Intigral’s Tony Saab for original production & acquisitions

Dubai-based Starzplay has appointed Tony Saab as SVP of content and strategic partnerships. He will take responsibility for developing and implementing content acquisition and original production strategies to boost the MENA streamer’s library of original content and shows. The role covers all aspects of content acquisition, programming, and production for genres including movies, series, documentaries, […]

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