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Exclusive: Fremantle & private equity firms eye NENT Studios UK
Private equity firms and global producer Fremantle are understood to be among a slew of…
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Russia 1 snags CJ ENM’s singing format ‘I Can See Your Voice’
Russia 1 has become the latest broadcaster to order a local version of music mystery…
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UK’s ITV Studios and Japan’s Nippon TV form co-pro pact
UK producer and distributor ITV Studios and Japan-based multi-platform entertainment company Nippon TV have inked…
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Portugal’s TVI gets ‘All Together Now’ with local version of singing format
Portuguese broadcaster TVI has commissioned Banijay-owned Shine Iberia Portugal to produce a local version of…
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NENT Studios UK to be sold to fuel Nordic streamer Viaplay’s growth plans
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is selling its UK-based development, production and distribution business, which…
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Primitives takes distribution rights to cooking/interview format ‘This Is Your Fridge’
Belgium-based entertainment, reality and factual format distributor Primitives has acquired all rights to cooking/celebrity interview…
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NBCU unveils TV & streaming team, Peacock originals chief McGoldrick to exit
NBCUniversal’s Susan Rovner has appointed a raft of execs to oversee content for its newly…
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Sales round-up: Abacus makes LatAm factual deals; Oz’s SBS takes premium dramas; Network 10 enters ‘The Dog House’
Abacus makes LatAm factual deals Broadcasters across Latin America have acquired a range of factual…
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Spain’s Buendía Estudios hires former SPT Iberia chief to lead global production push
Spain’s recently launched heavyweight production outfit Buendía Estudios has hired Sony Pictures Television’s former distribution chief for…
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Atresmedia preps the catwalk for ‘Drag Race Spain’
Spain is the latest country to pick up the global hit Drag Race format, with…
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Twofour expands reality, entertainment by hiring ‘I Can See Your Voice’ exec
ITV Studios-owned Twofour is expanding its reality and entertainment activities and has appointed Louise Hutchinson…
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Hungry Bear launches new prodco with UK TV host Jay Blades
UK indie Hungry Bear Media has partnered with British TV presenter Jay Blades to launch…
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HGTV to bring Instagram hit ‘Cheap Old Houses’ to TV
Discovery-owned US home improvement network HGTV has greenlit an eight-part series based on the Instagram…
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ITV Studios revenues down 19% as pandemic buffets UK broadcaster
ITV Studios (ITVS) revenues were down almost 20% for the first nine months of 2020,…
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News round-up: Orange Smarty sells 500+ factual hours; Fox building ‘Lego Masters’ S2; Fremantle gets ‘Tough As Nails’ in format deal
Orange Smarty sells 500+ factual hours Broadcasters TV4 in Sweden, Ananey in Israel, HRT in…
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DR Denmark prepares to ‘Meat The Family’ in local adaptation
Danish pubcaster DR Denmark has commissioned a local version of Rise Films’ social experiment format…
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News round-up: Blast! Films restructures; Eccho signs Born Wild deal; ZDFE’s ‘Great Inventions’ sells; IMDb extends SPT’s ‘Alex Rider’
Blast! Films rejigs as creative chiefs depart Sky Studios-backed producer Blast! Films has rejigged its…
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Ex-Disney & TikTok chief Kevin Mayer emerges at Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries
Former Disney and TikTok chief Kevin Mayer has joined Access Industries, the entertainment investment firm founded by…
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News round-up: ‘Popstars’ format in NZ return; ‘Masked Singer’ adapted by Three; Red Sauce makes new hires
‘Popstars’ format revived in NZ New Zealand’s TVNZ 2 has commissioned a revival of reality…
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ViacomCBS to close legacy streamers as focus shifts to Paramount+
ViacomCBS is to shut down its smaller legacy streamers, such as MTV Hits, whose content…
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SBS cooks up Story Lab’s socially-distanced format ‘All Together At The Table’
SBS in Belgium has ordered a local version of remotely filmed cooking class format All…
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News round-up: ‘Model Railway’ goes Dutch; Sky scores Liverpool FC doc; South Africa opens ‘Love Island’; Oz Directors’ Guild hire
Great Model Railway Challenge leads to Netherlands NPO Max in the Netherlands has optioned rights…
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ViacomCBS appoints co-lead for Australia & New Zealand business
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has appointed Jarrod Villani as co-lead of the media giant’s Australia…
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Bravo NZ reunites ‘Real Housewives Of Auckland’ for one-off special
Bravo New Zealand has ordered Get Housewived, a one-hour special reuniting the original cast members…
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Passion to shop Stone Age fact-ent series and format
UK-based Passion Distribution has acquired the format and series rights to factual entertainment show Surviving…
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Ukraine’s 1+1 to continue with ‘Masquerade’ as ‘Masked Singer’ dispute heats up
Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 has said it is not planning to make any changes to its…
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Mediawan completes $112m acquisition of France’s Lagardere Studios
French group Mediawan has continued its rapid expansion by completing a deal to buy Lagardere…
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Fremantle & TRK Ukraine ‘explore sanctions’ against 1+1 in ‘Masked Singer’ dispute
The Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) has said there are “striking similarities” between a…
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John de Mol’s Talpa Entertainment taps ITVS exec to lead global distribution
John de Mol’s Talpa Entertainment Productions has hired a former ITV Studios (ITVS) exec to…
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Banijay promotes James Townley and Lucas Green to lead revised Creative Networks arm
Multinational production and distribution giant Banijay has revised the leadership of its Creative Networks arm,…