Fremantle


Exclusive: Fremantle’s VP of FAST channels Valerio Motti steps down

Fremantle’s VP of FAST channels Valerio Motti has left the company after 18 months in the role, TBI has learned. Former ViacomCBS exec Motti joined the UK-based production & distribution giant in July 2022 to work across its FAST operations, which include 33 channels focused on shows such as Baywatch, America’s Got Talent and The […]

Deals round-up: ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’; Fremantle does ‘Battle In The Box’; Be-Entertainment to shop ‘Celebrity Farmsitters’

ITVX & Cosmote TV say ‘So Long, Marianne’ ITVX in the UK, Cosmote TV and Star Channel for Greece, and Movies Best HD for Cyprus have struck pre-sale deals for upcoming drama series So Long, Marianne, with distributor Cineflix Rights. ARD’s Fabfiction (NDR, SWR, WDR, Germany) has also joined as a co-producer alongside the original […]

Fremantle settles with ‘Got Talent’ host David Walliams following off-camera comments

Fremantle has reached an “amicable resolution” with David Walliams, the former host of ITV’s competition show Britain’s Got Talent, who was suing the production group after his off-camera comments about contestants were leaked in the press. The settlement was struck two months after it emerged that Walliams was taking legal action against Fremantle-owned Thames, suing […]

Show of the week: The Lost Ones

Co-operation is key in this new survival competition show in which a group of ordinary people are dropped into the remote wilderness in individual locations. Far from civilisation, they are each equipped only with a radio, an essential survival kit and a locked canister containing an unknown share of a cash prize fund. Before evacuation […]

Banijay hires Great Scott co-founder Leon Wilson to lead Shine TV & Zeppotron

Former Talkback and Thames MD Leon Wilson has landed the top job at Banijay’s UK prodcos Shine and Zeppotron. Wilson, who also co-founded All3Media-backed Great Scott Media, is replacing outgoing Shine MD John Swain, who is stepping down having joined from BBC Studios in 2021. Former Fremantle exec Wilson, who was MD of the group’s […]

London TV Screenings organisers unveil 2024 schedule & record number of distributors

The London TV Screenings has unveiled its schedule for 2024 and confirmed it will attract more distributors than ever before, alongside founding members Fremantle, All3Media International, Banijay and ITV Studios (ITVS). The event, which welcomed more than 500 buyers in 2023, runs 26 February to Friday 1 March and will welcome 29 distributors next year, […]

Streamers fuel UK show exports to record $2.28bn, as Europe offsets US stagnation

Streamers have driven international sales of UK shows to new heights, with exports rising 22% over the past 12 months to reach £1.85bn ($2.28bn), according to data revealed today. UK finished programme exports including Frozen Planet II and Litvinenko made up 60% of exports and rose 11% to £1.11bn – breaching the £1bn mark for […]

Apple TV+ lands 72 Films’ John Lennon docuseries exploring star’s life & murder

Apple TV+ has picked up a three-part documentary series exploring the life and murder of John Lennon from Fremantle-owned 72 Films. John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos, claiming to shed new light on the life and murder of the music and cultural icon. The docuseries, […]