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FremantleMedia International
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Amazon Germany may bag Deutschland 86
Amazon Prime Video Germany looks set to pick up first-run rights to the second instalment…
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C More anoints Young Pope
Scandinavian pay TV operator and SVOD provider C More has acquired local rights to big…
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BBC takes on Fremantle’s Serena
sereWith the Wimbledon tennis championship underway this week, British terrestrial channel BBC Two has acquired…
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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Ellender exits producer Slingshot
Former FremantleMedia sales chief David Ellender has left the LA-based content producer he launched two…
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FremantleMedia poaches Warner Bros. sales exec
FremantleMedia International has hired Warner Bros. executive Al de Azpiazu to become its VP, sales…
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Brown moves up at FremantleMedia
Georgia Brown has risen to an executive VP post at global producer-distributor FremantleMedia. She has…
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Deutschland 83 is UK’s highest-rated foreign drama
German drama Deutschland 83 has become the UK’s highest-rated foreign-language drama of all time. Launching…
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Ex-Red Arrow exec joins Fremantle
Caroline Kusser will reunite with her former boss at Red Arrow International, Jens Richter, after…
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Luther scribe gets BBC commission for Euston
Luther creator Neil Cross is making Hard Sun, a new series for BBC One and…
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Fremantle strikes Lat Am deals
FremantleMedia’s sale arm has shopped 400 hours of programming into Latin America in a series…
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Formats Ireland
Ireland is emerging as a solid format creating hotspot, as its small local market forces…
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CBS eyes ad-free SVOD, defends ‘boring TV’
US broadcaster CBS is planning a non-ad version of its subscription video service CBS All…
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France Télévisions takes No Offence
Public broadcaster France Télévisions has acquired Britihs cop comedy-drama No Offence from FremantleMedia International. The…
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FremantleMedia debuts Swedish crime, new Nigella
FremantleMedia International will debut Swedish drama Modus, the TV adaptation of John Lanchester novel Capital…
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FremantleMedia Int’l raids BBCWW, All3Media
FremantleMedia has created two new roles in its content sales division and further restructured the…
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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 poaches Kanal D exec
Amaç Erol has joined FremantleMedia International and will take a new role at the company…
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Baywatch back on US screens
Los Angeles County lifeguard costumes have been dusted down after a US digital multicast channel…
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Reed MIDEM plots MIPCancun expansion
Event organiser Reed MIDEM is planning on an expanded second edition of Latin American-focused market…
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A&E’s Returned departs as Bates Motel stays open
US cable channel A&E has cancelled its remake of French supernatural drama The Returned after…
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Endemol Shine Int’l hires acquisitions chief
Endemol Shine International has hired a head of acquisitions who will in part replace the…
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Discovery nabs Schibsted exec for Norway
Discovery Networks Norway has hired Tine Austvoll Jensen to replace the retiring Morten Skotland Hansen….
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UK’s truTV lands America’s Got Talent
The British version of truTV has landed the latest season of US reality competition series…
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FremantleMedia takes Young Pope rights
FremantleMedia International has snagged international rights to The Young Pope, the upcoming Canal+, HBO and…
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Gaumont, FremantleMedia set for Monte Carlo event
Christophe Riandee, the vice-CEO of French studio Gaumont, and Jens Richter, the boss of FremantleMedia…
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FremantleMedia promotes Canuck sales exec
The international arm of entertainment giant FremantleMedia has promoted Michela di Mondo to VP, sales…
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Canal+ acquires buzzy German drama
Cold War-inspired German drama Deutschland 83 will broadcast in France. The show’s distributor, FremantleMedia International,…
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FremantleMedia sets up Fight in Cannes
FremantleMedia International has picked up action series The Fight ahead of MIPTV. The show comes…
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Jens Richter reorganises FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia International CEO Jens Richter has instigated a restructure at the distributor that sees regional…