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FremantleMedia
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FremantleMedia exec moves to MCN StyleHaul
FremantleMedia veteran Olivier Delfosse has been named COO of StyleHaul, Fremantle’s multichannel network sister firm…
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SVT orders FremantleMedia property format
Swedish pubcaster SVT has ordered a local version of Who Lives Here? a competitive property…
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Dutch net reworks Israeli romcom
Dutch channel Net5 is working up a local version of Israeli romantic comedy The Baker…
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FremantleMedia buys into indie start-up Corona
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in indie start-up Corona TV. Corona TV is the…
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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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FremantleMedia takes majority stake in MCN
FremantleMedia has upped its stake in European multichannel network Divimove to take majority control of…
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Five nets claim My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours
Five broadcasters have ordered local versions of cooking gameshow My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours….
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Ex-FremantleMedia exec Tegelaar joins Sony
Jason Tegelaar, formerly of FremantleMedia-owned prodco Blue Circle, has joined Sony Pictures Television in the…
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Nordic fund invests in TV4 drama copro
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested NOK2 million (US$260,000) in a Swedish drama coproduction…
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Top execs exit FremantleMedia North America
FremantleMedia North America executives Lee Rierson and David Luner are exiting the business, TBI has…
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BBCWW, FremantleMedia team for food format
BBC Worldwide and FremantleMedia are joining forces to make Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook Melbourne, the…
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Buyers Briefing: Devi Noviana, RCTI (Indonesia)
Name: Devi Noviana Title: head of international acquisitions Ahead of the ATF market in Singapore,…
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Lower Idol revenue, digital hit FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia has seen a sharp decrease in profits, with parent group RTL blaming lower revenue…
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FremantleMedia hires branded content boss
FremantleMedia has hired Samantha Glynne as vice president, branded entertainment, to spearhead a push into…
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FremantleMedia options Korean gameshow
FremantleMedia has optioned Korean format The Genius Game for France. In the show, players from…
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FremantleMedia and 360 Powwow pact
The Latin America division of FremantleMedia and US and Latin America-based prodco 360 Powwow have…
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FremantleMedia wants execs to Buy This!
FremantleMedia has partnered with global advertising agency TBWA to create a 10x30mins Finnish sitcom that…
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Zodiak poaches strategy boss from NBCU
Zodiak Media has recruited Natasha Mitchell as is vice president of group strategy. She joins…
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Buyers Briefing: Brad Wood, Comedy Central
Name: Brad Wood Title: Director of acquisitions, Comedy Central UK Brad Wood leads acquisitions at…
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FremantleMedia, Sony plan pan-Asian Got Talent
FremantleMedia and Sony Pictures Television Networks have partnered to create a pan-Asian version of singing…
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FremantleMedia sells Got Talent to Kenya
The Got Talent format is launching in Kenya. The FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment format will…
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RTL hit by €88m impairment
RTL Group has posted a €88 million (US$116.8 million) impairment in its first-half results as…
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Yesterday looks back to CNN’s Sixties
UKTV has acquired The Sixties, the documentary series looking at the events of the landmark…
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X Factor UK to star for RTL CBS
Asian joint venture channel RTL CBS Entertainment HD has acquired exclusive local rights to The…
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Talpa poaches FremantleMedia exec in int’l restructure
John de Mol’s Talpa Media has re-hired FremantleMedia’s Diana Buddingh for a newly-restructured international division,…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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FremantleMedia poaches legal chief from BBC Worldwide
RTL-owned producer and distributor FremantleMedia has hired Robin Chalmers as its general counsel. Chalmers will…
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Donna Wiffen leaving FremantleMedia, will oversee new UK prodco
Donna Wiffen is exiting FremantleMedia and has been brought in as a consultant to run…
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FremantleMedia eyes French drama push
FremantleMedia is looking at ramping up its scripted business in France, as the company’s push…
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What next in the Netherlands?
From Big Brother to The Voice via Deal or No Deal and Splash! Dutch producers…