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MTV brings grandparents to Spring Break

MTV has commissioned an eight-part reality series for its international channels in which twenty-somethings hit the beach with their favourite grandparent. Spring Break with Grandad comes from UK-based indie Handsome Productions and will run across the Viacom-owned network’s international channels from June. Billed as “crazy, cute and definitely cringe-worthy”, the show will see attractive young […]

Caroline Beaton: Why niche is the new normal

In an increasingly fragmented TV landscape, should broadcasters and producers focus more on niche formats than on trying to recreate the entertainment and reality juggernauts of the noughties, says Viacom International Media Networks senior VP, international programme sales Caroline Beaton. We’re told we are living through a ‘golden age’ of television, with intensifying competition for […]

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