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Maria Kyriacou upped at ITV Studios

Maria Kyriacou has been handed a wider role in at ITV Studios after being named president, international, of the content arm of UK-listed broadcaster ITV. The role is a new one at ITV Studios, and puts Kyriacou in charge of its network of prodcos outside the US, as well as the US scripted division. She […]

Ex-Endemol Studios boss joins ITV

Endemol’s former US Studios boss Philippe Maigret has joined ITV and will run scripted at its US division. Maigret (above) becomes president, scripted programming, at ITV Studios America overseeing its drama operation in the US. He is expected to start in the new role in early August having left his previous job earlier this month. […]

ABC to remake UK’s Wire in the Blood

US broadcast network ABC has called on Endemol Studios to adapt British drama procedural Wire in the Blood for American screens. The UK series (pictured), which ran on ITV for six seasons between 2002 and 2008, is based on a book from Scottish suspense novelist Val McDermid. Endemol Studios and ABC Studios will now coproduce […]

Endemol inks pact with Kingdom creator

Endemol Studios has tied writer and showrunner Byron Balasco into a first-look deal. Balasco is the creator of Endemol-produced Kingdom, the straight-to-series MMA drama satellite platform DirecTV is launching on October 8. Under terms of his two-year deal with Endemol’s US drama studio he will develop and supervise new projects. The pact marks Endemol Studios’ […]

French drama Spiral to be remade in the US

LA-based Endemol Studios, the studio behind Hell on Wheels, is to remake French crime drama Engrenages (aka Spiral) for US audiences. The show launched in France on Canal+ in 2005 and is now into its fifth season with a sixth in development, and has picked up audiences in the UK on BBC Four and the […]

Endemol scripted boss Naomi Joseph leaves company

Naomi Joseph has left her role as executive director of international scripted programming at Endemol, TBI has learned. She joined the producer and distributor in April 2010, working out of the London office and reporting to Martha Brass but has now left the company. Endemol confirmed the personnel change. There will not be a like-for-like […]

NBC pins hopes on Wall of Fame

US broadcast network NBC has ordered an eight-episode series of Endemol USA’s new gameshow series Wall of Fame. The programme, which launched at MIPTV in April, is an hour-long comedy show in which families answer trivia questions to win cash prizes. The twist is they can win more by guessing which celebrities on the titular […]

International Studios: Drama Studies

For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood studios as they present their new shows to international buyers at the LA Screenings. While the acquisitions folk are spending time – and money – with the Majors, an increasing amount of high-end drama is coming out of the LA […]