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Come Dine with Me
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Twenty Twenty CEO to join ITV Studios’ Shiver
Tim Carter, Twenty Twenty’s current CEO, is set to join ITV Studios’ factual label Shiver…
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Come Dine with Me returns to Spain
Spanish network Cuatro has ordered a local version of ITV Studios’ evergreen format Come Dine…
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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise
ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…
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Canuck net gets Cold Feet in ITVSGE bundle
Canadian specialty networks operator ZoomerMedia has acquired a package of ITV Studios Global Entertainment programming,…
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ITV Studios indie poaches BBC producer
ITV Studios-owned factual prodco Shiver has poached Richard Hastings from BBC Entertainment. Hastings (pictured) will…
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Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
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ITV gets 140-ep Come Dine With Me Canadian order
French-language Canadian broadcaster V Tele has renewed a deal for ITV Studios’ Come Dine With…
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Banijay to rep ITV Studios shows in Spain
Banijay Group has closed an exclusive multi-year deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to rep…
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UK indie outline hires development chief from Studio Lambert
Outline Productions has poached Studio Lambert’s head of format development Shona Baldwin. At UK-based independent…
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ITV Studios moves UK broadcaster into the international spotlight
ITV has been the most active TV company in the M&A space in recent times….
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Come Dine With Me creator to leave ITVS
The creator of the much-traveled UK factual entertainment format Come Dine With Me, Nell Butler,…
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The Finance of Formats
European broadcasters gained US$2.75 billion in 2012 from the 100 top format titles. The…
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ITV ‘tees up £90m bid’ for Scandi’s Nice
UK broadcaster ITV is reportedly set to continue its spending spree by preparing a £90…
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Formats to see in CEE
As NATPE Budapest gets underway, TBI speaks to the main players about selling formats into…
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CEE nets detect ITV Studios crime series
Broadcasters in Russia and Lithuania have secured major package deals totaling 164 hours of detective…
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ITV’s Mr. Selfridge shopped to Canuck net
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured a batch of deals with Canadian broadcasters, including one…
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Money Drop ranked the most valuable format in Europe
Endemol’s Money Drop format has come top of a new list measuring the value created…
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NATPE News: Globo orders more Come Dine With Me
Brazilian broadcaster Globo TV has ordered a second series of ITV Studios Global Entertainment format…
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Exclusive: Lifetime tucks into US version of Come Dine with Me
Lifetime is working on a US version of hit format Come Dine with Me. The…