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FremantleMedia
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All3Media poaches ITV Studios exec
The international division of All3Media has hired ITV Studios’ Veronica Pottinen, who will take a…
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Banijay completes Zodiak merger
The merger of Banijay Group and Zodiak Media has completed, creating TV’s latest super-indie. Operating…
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Fremantle, footballer Vialli team for format
FremantleMedia and Italian football icon Gianluca Vialli are launching a format in the Gordon Ramsey…
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Fremantle deal with Mangan, Lincoln prodco
FremantleMedia International has inked a first-look deal with Slam, the drama indie set up by…
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Sky Arts retells Gaiman’s Likely Stories
UK satellite channel Sky Arts has commissioned a four-part scripted series from cult writer Neil…
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BBC buys Swedish drama
UK pubcaster the BBC has bought another foreign-language drama for BBC Four, picking up Swedish…
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More senior changes at Deutschland 83 prodco
FremantleMedia-owned German producer UFA has named a new chief operating and financial chief officer to…
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Ex-Endemol Shine execs pact with Fremantle
Former Endemol Shine Group producers Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin have created an unscripted prodco…
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FremantleMedia buys Israeli prodco
FremantleMedia has continued its spending spree by acquiring a majority stake in Israeli formats producer…
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NAPTE: Spanish pay service orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improve comedy…
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NATPE: Fremantle, Telefe strike development deal
FremantleMedia and Telefe have agreed a two-year development deal. The deal between the production and…
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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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My Kitchen Rules drawn up for UK network
British terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 is brining Australian cooking competition format My Kitchen Rules back…
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Fremantle backs former C4 exec’s indie
FremantleMedia has invested in Man Alive Entertainment, a new indie prodco set up by former…
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Germany’s RTL says yes to wedding format
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL has greenlit Say Yes – Four Proposals and Wedding Dress, a…
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Raw drama exec joins Wiffen’s prodco
Miriam Brent is joining former FremantleMedia drama chief Donna Wiffen’s prodco, Duchess Street Productions. Brent…
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Fremantle buys into former Endemol exec’s indie
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in Full Fat TV, the indie set up earlier…
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American Idol hits Fremantle profits
Profit was down across the first nine months of the year at FremantleMedia, with the…
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ITV wins The Voice, questions over X Factor
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed it will no longer show The Voice after the…
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Fremantle poaches CFO from BBC Worldwide
FremantleMedia has hired Andrew Bott as its new CFO, with the new-recruit joining from BBC…
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Drama, Italian style
Italy has emerged from the doldrums to become a leading European drama producer in recent…
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FremantleMedia alum joins social media firm Blurrt
Former FremantleMedia executive Simon Spalding has taken a non-executive chairman role at Blurrt, the social…
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FremantleMedia taking classic comedy to Cannes
The distribution arm of FremantleMedia has packaged a raft of classic comedy and drama series…
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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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FremantleMedia buys Dutch indie
FremantleMedia has acquire a majority stake in Dutch producer No Pictures Please, a controversial factual…
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Andreae forms new indie with FremantleMedia
Former Fox programming chief Simon Andreae has formed Naked Entertainment, a new indie prodco that…
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FremantleMedia, Skylark join forces
FremantleMedia and Danish prodco Skylark are setting up a new formats base in Copenhagen. Skylark,…
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All3 co-founder joins FremantleMedia UK board
All3Media co-founder David Liddiment has joined FremantleMedia as non-executive chairman of its UK arm. He…
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FremantleMedia buys French prodco
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in fledgling French drama producer Fontaram. The company was…
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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…