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Former BBC exec Sohail Shah targets northern talent with new prodco
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Sohail Shah has set up a Manchester-based prodco that will target…
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Fremantle scores with five renewals as ABC extends summer gameshows
US broadcaster ABC has extended an array of its gameshows as part of its ‘Summer…
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Endemol Shine sends ‘Lego Masters’ to Belgium, Netherlands
Endemol Shine has sold its hit entertainment format Lego Masters into the Netherlands and Belgium,…
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News round-up: BBC builds bigger ‘Wall’; GRB closes African deals; Snap preps October Films duo
BBC One returns to NBC’s The Wall BBC One in the UK has ordered a…
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ABC boards “Ultimate Surfer” from Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media
ABC in the US has picked up an eight-part competition series that will attempt to…
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Studio Lambert strikes development deal with ‘Masked Singer’ showrunner
The Circle producer Studio Lambert has struck a development deal with Izzie Pick Ibarra, the…
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Nine Network alum appointed Seven Studios development head
Nine Network’s former head of production and development Trent Chapman has been appointed to oversee…
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Mediaset takes Magnify Media car-based gameshow into Italy
Mediaset in Italy has ordered a local remake of an automotive-focused gameshow that was first…
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ITV Studios, Love Island help UK broadcaster fight advertising lull
ITV Studios’ shows including Love Island and Snowpiercer are set to boost the revenues of…
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ITV orders gameshow special from Spun Gold
ITV in the UK has ordered a new format that pits previous contestants of major…
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Zig Zag appoints Ronnie Krensel to head up US operation
UK-based Zig Zag Productions has appointed executive producer and showrunner Ronnie Krensel to lead its…
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TBI Weekly: Why the face-off for ‘Taskmaster’ could be ‘Bake Off’ 2.0
Three years after Love Productions marched Bake Off from BBC One to Channel 4, history…
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Exclusive: Sony, All3 eye Red Arrow Studios as sales process heats up
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and All3Media are understood to be among leading suitors for Red…
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Exclusive: Fremantle involvement on ‘World’s Got Talent’ in question amid China restructure
Fremantle’s future involvement in Chinese adaptations of its blockbuster Got Talent franchise remains unclear as the super-indie…
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Red Arrow Studios fuels ProSiebenSat.1 revenues as advertising declines
Red Arrow Studios’ revenues have soared by almost a quarter over the last three months,…
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Israeli thriller ‘Fauda’ scores Indian adaptation with Applause
Applause Entertainment is adapting Israeli drama format Fauda for the Indian market. The Aditya Birla…
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BBC Three revs up more ‘Drag Race UK’
BBC Three has renewed its hit local adaptation of RuPaul’s Drag Race for a second…
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Amazon takes ITV’s ‘Love Island’ to France, orders drama from ‘Narcos’ prodco
Amazon Prime has unveiled four new French shows including a local reboot of ITV reality…
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CBS adapts Sky One’s ‘A League Of Their Own’
US broadcaster CBS has signed up for a local adaptation of UK format A League…
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DR opens ‘Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds’ in Denmark
Danish pubcaster DR has ordered a local version of a UK format that sees senior…
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CBC welcomes Family Feud to Canada after Fremantle deal
Canada’s CBC is preparing to launch a local version of classic gameshow format Family Feud…
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TBI Weekly: How and why private equity is getting into TV
It’s been a busy few months for M&A execs around the world. From Banijay’s acquisition…
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Exclusive: Avalon pulls ‘Taskmaster’ from UKTV as Channel 4 circles
Avalon Television is snatching its format Taskmaster from UKTV’s Dave five years after the show…
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Super Channel rejigs exec team, names chief content officer
Canadian broadcaster Super Channel has revamped its senior executive team, including naming a chief content…
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Discovery signs up for Kinetic Content’s ‘Man vs. Bear’ competition
Discovery has commissioned Red Arrow Studios-owned Kinetic Content for an unscripted competition series pitting man…
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NBCUniversal combines domestic, international arms as Kevin MacLellan steps down
NBCUniversal is to combine its domestic and global divisions following news that international and distribution…
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MGM partners with China Star Omnimedia for format push
MGM Television has linked up with China Star Omnimedia on a new development and production…
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US, UK and Nordic prodcos strike deals for Media Ranch format ‘Watch!’
Producers in the US, the UK and the Nordics are among those to have picked…
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Armoza Formats strikes Hunan TV development deal, launches ‘Dance Smash’
ITV Studios-owned Armoza Formats has struck a co-development deal with Chinese broadcaster Hunan TV, with…
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Magnify books Norwegian comedy ‘Couples Therapy’ into Denmark
DR in Denmark is to air a remake of Norwegian shortform comedy Couples Therapy, which…