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Cecile Frot-Coutaz
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Frot-Coutaz: YouTube allows for creative experimentation on “unprecedented scale”
YouTube is emerging as the key forum for creative experimentation and the platform of choice…
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Fremantle CEO Frot-Coutaz exiting for YouTube
FremantleMedia CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz is leaving the RTL Group-owned production and distribution giant to lead…
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Galer exits Fremantle France as ex-NRJ exec steps up
Monica Galer will be stepping down as president of FremantleMedia France after seven years and…
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Fremantle APAC boss Ian Hogg exits
Ian Hogg, the CEO of FremantleMedia Australia and Asia Pacific has announced plans to depart…
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Fremantle restructures unscripted division
FremantleMedia is reuniting Talkback and Thames as part of a wider restructure at its UK…
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Nico Hofmann takes the helm at UFA
Nico Hofmann has become the sole CEO of German prodco UFA, a move that has…
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Fremantle hires ex-Chernin TV chief for drama
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has named ex-Chernin Entertainment TV chief Dante Di Loreto as its…
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Cegielski departs FremantleMedia North America co-CEO role
Craig Cegielski is leaving FremantleMedia North America, where he has been co-CEO for three years….
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Fremantle buys a portion of Duck Soup
FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Duck Soup Films, the UK film and TV…
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Fremantle buys into Bend It TV
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in scripted prodco Bend It Television. This is the…
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Fremantle UK restructures as C4 exec enters
Richard Holloway will step down from his duties as interim CEO of FremantleMedia UK but…
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FremantleMedia backs new drama producer
FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Dancing Ledge, a new scripted indie. Feelgood Fiction…
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Fremantle buys into Top Gear alum’s new prodco
FremantleMedia has made another indie investment, this time backing Wild Blue Media, a start up…
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Fremantle poaches CFO from BBC Worldwide
FremantleMedia has hired Andrew Bott as its new CFO, with the new-recruit joining from BBC…
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Drama, Italian style
Italy has emerged from the doldrums to become a leading European drama producer in recent…
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All3 co-founder joins FremantleMedia UK board
All3Media co-founder David Liddiment has joined FremantleMedia as non-executive chairman of its UK arm. He…
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Hofmann set as long-term UFA chief
Nico Hofmann has been named co-CEO of FremantleMedia’s German production business, UFA Group, as part…
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FremantleMedia buys Young Pope prodco
FremantleMedia has paid an undisclosed amount for a 62.5% stake in Italian drama house Wildside….
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Exec pair replacing Beers at FremantleMedia
Craig Cegielski and Jennifer Mullin have been named co-CEOs of FremantleMedia North America to replace…
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FremantleMedia, SMG team for China formats
Producer and distributor FremantleMedia has joined forces with Shanghai Media Group’s BesTV and China Media…
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New World Order: Executive perspective
In the second part of our report into the wave of top-level consolidation in the…
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New World Order
Following confirmation of the game-changing Shine Group-Endemol merger and the emergence of an increasingly more…
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FremantleMedia UK scouting for CEO after Geater exit
FremantleMedia UK is looking for a new CEO following the news that Sara Geater is…
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FremantleMedia cuts deal with YouTube MCN BroadbandTV
Production company FremantleMedia has tapped YouTube multichannel network (MCN) provider BroadbandTV to track and manage…
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FremantleMedia takes 75% of Jersey Shore’s 495
FremantleMedia has acquired a 75% stake in Jersey Shore producer 495 Productions. The deal hands…
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Willems out and Heuten in at FremantleMedia Belgium
FremantleMedia has hired Dave Heuten (pictured) as co-managing director of its production business in Belgium…
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FremantleMedia poaches Garcia to launch Spain office
X Factor producer FremantleMedia is launching an office in Spain and has poached Nathalie Garcia…
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FremantleMedia hires MGM’s Hummel for Canada base
FremantleMedia is opening up shop in Canada and has poached MGM executive Susan Hummel to…
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FremantleMedia refocuses Netherlands production effort
FremantleMedia is splitting its production operation in the Netherlands into distinct units covering drama and,…
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Richter to lead FremantleMedia International
Red Arrow International’s managing director Jens Richter will take on the global distribution business of…
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