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Baker moving to the UK for EasyTrack
Rights management business EasyTrack is setting up in the UK, with former Foxtel acquisitions boss…
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Simon Andreae’s Naked ambition
Ahead of MIPCOM, former Optomen, Fox and Discovery exec Simon Andreae tells Stewart Clarke about…
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More broadcasters anoint The Young Pope
A raft of broadcasters including HBO in central and eastern Europe and Fox in the…
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Sky Italia, local prodcos team for distribution
Sky Italia and producers including FremantleMedia-owned Wildside and Gomorrah producer Cattleya, have joined forces to…
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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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Warner Bros poaches BBCWW’s Blot for France
Warner Bros. has hired French TV veteran Jean-Louis Blot to run a new production business…
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Fremantle inks kids deal with Shellhut
FremantleMedia’s kids and family unit has struck a copro deal with Thai prodco Shellhut as…
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Fremantle buys Random House Studio
FremantleMedia’s US division has bought Random House Studio, formerly the TV and film unit of…
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Azteca adapting Fremantle cooking format
TV Azteca has ordered a local version of show Cocineros Mexicanos (Mexican Chefs), and the…
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Idris Elba prodco makes unscripted hire
Idris Elba’s UK indie, Green Door, has hired seasoned ITV and Leopard Films producer Miles…
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Baywatch to Pop onto US cable
US cable net Pop has done a deal for classic lifeguard drama Baywatch. Pop, which…
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German miniseries Ku’damm 56 continues
Following strong ratings and international sales, German period miniseries Ku’damm 56 will continue in a…
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Andreae’s Naked hires O’Brien
Naked Entertainment has recruited Tom O’Brien to run its development and work up new unscripted…
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BBC, Fremantle team again for kids series
The kids division of UK pubcaster the BBC, and FremantleMedia Kids & Family are teaming…
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FremantleMedia backs new drama producer
FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Dancing Ledge, a new scripted indie. Feelgood Fiction…
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Alex Graham ‘in talks with Jackson, All3 founders’
Alex Graham is reportedly talking to former Channel 4 boss Michael Jackson and the founders…
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Fremantle buys into Top Gear alum’s new prodco
FremantleMedia has made another indie investment, this time backing Wild Blue Media, a start up…
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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part IV
The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…
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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part III
The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…
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Naked hires ex-Fox TV Studios UK chief
Simon Andreae’s production company, Naked Entertainment, has appointed former Fox Television Studios UK managing director…
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Vesper scoots to FremantleMedia drama team
FremantleMedia has hired former SundanceTV drama chief Christian Vesper as executive VP, creative director of…
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Broadcast, Fremantle drive strong RTL results
RTL Group reported a 9.5% revenue increase and an 18% growth in underlying earnings in…
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Release the Hounds pair form prodco
The co-creators of horror-gameshow Release the Hounds have formed Dr Pluto, a new UK prodco…
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Fremantle buys into social football biz
FremantleMedia has acquired a near-35% stake in London-based football media business Squawka, which offers news,…
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RTL: ‘owning content is key to growth’
RTL has reported a full-year uptick in profit and revenue as the company’s German operation…
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Fremantle nets Serena Williams film
FremantleMedia has snagged international rights to Serena, a feature doc about world-beating tennis champion Serena…
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FremantleMedia poaches Johansen from Rubicon
FremantleMedia has hired Hegme Skjerven Johansen as head of development at its Norwegian operation, with…
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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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CCTV has Eureka Moment with Fremantle format
China’s CCTV-1 has commissioned an 11x90mins version of Dutch format The Eureka Moment, which FremantleMedia…