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Big Brother
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Endemol Shine’s Cathy Payne on scalable formats, SVOD aggregation and streamers
Scalable formats remain key for the continued growth on the unscripted side of the content…
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‘Big Brother’ return to Greece in fifth comeback for format
Endemol Shine Group format Big Brother is staging a comeback in Greece after 10 years away. Greek…
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‘Big Brother’ returns to Sweden on TV4
Endemol Shine’s Big Brother has landed its fourth European comeback territory, with TV4 commissioning a…
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Sales round-up: Poland’s TVN returns to ‘Big Brother’, Ovation adds detective drama ‘Maigret’
Poland’s TVN returns to Big Brother Polish broadcaster TVN is to air another season of…
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Germany returns to ‘Big Brother’
German broadcaster Sat.1 has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine Group (ESG)’s reality format…
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Big Brother makes a comeback in Poland & Finland
Endemol Shine Group’s Big Brother is returning to Poland and Finland after a hiatus. ESG…
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Viacom to benefit from Disney/Fox “distraction”
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has that the Disney/Fox merger represents a “significant positive” for the…
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Channel 5 axes Big Brother as Endemol sale heats up
Channel 5 has cancelled Big Brother after eight years on the Viacom-owned broadcaster. The channel…
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Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
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De Mol helps creators find ‘The Fastest Way to Screen’
John de Mol and his Talpa Network are introducing ‘The Fastest Way to the Screen’…
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New Star Trek leads to ‘record’ CBS SVOD sign-ups
Sunday’s premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, CBS’s streaming service, is said…
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Dalton’s ITV move sparks Endemol Shine rejig
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) has rejigged its Central and Eastern Europe sales team following the…
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Endemol Shine dismisses Turkish chiefs
Endemol Shine Group has dismissed the CEO and commercial chief of its Turkish division after…
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Atlantic adds to UK team
Independent producer Atlantic has hired two new execs and promoted another. Ian Syder (left) has…
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Discovery orders Celebrity Fat Fighters
TLC has greenlit a new reality series in following celebrities in an extreme weight-loss boot…
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Young adults shunning drama for reality – study
Young adults overwhelmingly favour the entertainment and reality genres when watching linear TV, according to…
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CBS rehires exec to launch unscripted studios unit
CBS has re-hired Ghen Maynard for the second time, this time to launch an unscripted…
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BBC, Endemol alum launches Objective prodco
Former BBC Natural History Unit and Endemol exec Gavin Henderson has set up an indie…
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Keshet poaches BBC exec for unscripted
Keshet UK has poached David Williams from the BBC’s entertainment arm to become its first…
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8, 9, 10, Telemundo
Luis Silberwasser took charge of Telemundo in late 2014 and has set about revolutionising its…
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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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Big Brother exec leaving Endemol Shine’s Initial
Long-serving Initial executive Nick Samwell-Smith is leaving the Big Brother prodco after almost twenty years….
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Turner Laing to keynote at MIPCOM
Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing will keynote at Cannes trade event MIPCOM in…
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Caroline Beaton: Why niche is the new normal
In an increasingly fragmented TV landscape, should broadcasters and producers focus more on niche formats…
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Big Brother to make Turkish debut
Turkey’s Star TV has ordered a local version of Big Brother, marking the first ever…
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Big Brother returns to Mexico
Big Brother is heading back to Mexico after a decade away. The show most recently…
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Endemol Shine sets up Balkan Big Brother hub
Endemol Shine Group has set up a production hub from which local versions of reality…
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Endemol Shine debuts combined formats slate
Endemol Shine Group will for the first time be in Cannes with a combined formats…
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Big Brother gets three season UK order
Channel 5 has committed to another three years of iconic reality show Big Brother. The…