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FremantleMedia International
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Netflix nets exclusive global rights to The Returned remake
Netflix has acquired exclusive global rights to The Returned, the US remake of French drama…
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FremantleMedia hires Shine exec Brown
Endemol Shine Group’s Georgia Brown is headed to FremantleMedia, where she has been hired as…
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SundanceTV gets first German drama
SundanceTV claims it will be the first US network to broadcast a German-language drama after…
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Lifetime deal for Julia Stiles’ Blue
A+E Networks UK has acquired digital-to-TV drama series Blue for its Lifetime channels in the…
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FremantleMedia takes German Cold War drama
FremantleMedia International has taken global distribution rights to Deutschland 83, a major new German drama…
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FremantleMedia picks up MTV’s Eye Candy
FremantleMedia International has picked up international rights to Eye Candy, the new MTV drama about…
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X Factor UK preps US debut on AXS
Music cable channel AXS TV is taking The X Factor UK into the US for…
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Foxtel buys huge package from FremantleMedia
Australian pay TV operator Foxtel has acquired a 450-hour package of programming from FremantleMedia International….
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Hulu buys Australian soap Neighbours
US streaming service Hulu has acquired Neighbours, the long-running Australian soap. The daily soap has…
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FremantleMedia plans Balkan drama sales push
FremantleMedia International has closed a deal with Dubai-based Now Consulting Group that will see the…
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Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods
Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…
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The copro landscape: Meet the fixers
A batch of one-stop shop consultancies from the UK aimed at facilitating global coproduction has…
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Europe’s most valuable formats
The UK is the most lucrative formats market in Europe, while TF1 is the leading…
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Cuckoo is first ARD access prime acquisition in 10 years
ARD has picked up UK comedy Cuckoo – a deal that is claimed to represent…
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FremantleMedia poaches WWE exec for Dubai plan
FremantleMedia’s global division is expanding its Dubai office to become a regional distribution hub, with…
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Layer Cake writer attached to Wilbur Smith TV series
JJ Connolly, the scribe behind Daniel Craig feature film Layer Cake, is penning a FremantleMedia…
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MIPTV 2014: Red Arrow’s Richter to leave before Cannes
Red Arrow International has said this afternoon that its managing director Jens Richter (left) will…
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Roughcut cuts Sky channels development deal
UK indie producer Roughcut TV has agreed a programming deal with Sky whereby it will…
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FremantleMedia and Roland Joffe rebooting Hunchback of Notre Dame
FremantleMedia International and filmmaker Roland Joffé (The Mission) have joined forces to develop Ugly, a…
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FremantleMedia bags Lindsay Lohan doc series
FremantleMedia International has acquired worldwide sales rights to an OWN doc series about troubled actress…
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FremantleMedia renews deal with Ash Atalla indie
The distribution arm of FremantleMedia International has extended its first-look deal with UK indie Roughcut…
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FremantleMedia hires MGM’s Hummel for Canada base
FremantleMedia is opening up shop in Canada and has poached MGM executive Susan Hummel to…
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SBS6 to remake prison drama Wentworth
SBS6 in Holland is set to become the second international broadcaster to remake Australian women’s…
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News brief: Colombia adapting Idols
Colombian broadcaster RCN is adapting FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment talent format Idols. This marks the…
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FremantleMedia adds global acquisitions VP
FremantleMedia International has promoted Hayley Dickson to the newly-created role of VP, television acquisitions and…
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Ignatiew, Pabst succeed Richter at Red Arrow International
Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst have been named co-managing directors of distributor Red Arrow International…
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Richter to lead FremantleMedia International
Red Arrow International’s managing director Jens Richter will take on the global distribution business of…
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Page, Neillis in FremantleMedia, Sky Vision job swap
The former head of acquisitions at Sky Vision, Angela Neillis, is joining FremantleMedia to become…
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Asia’s super heroes
Are Asian television companies finding new ways to reboot the animated boys’ action genre? Jesse…
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FremantleMedia’s Aussie drama in maiden Filipino deal
FremantleMedia-distributed Australian drama Winners and Losers has been picked up by a Filipino free-TV network…