ITV Studios Nordic


ITV Studios Finland poaches Yellow exec

ITV Studios Finland has poached Anna Hallenberg from Yellow Films & TV. She joins the ITV Studios Nordic-owned producer to become its creative director and executive producer on September 21. Hallenberg will oversee new programme development, reporting to ITVS Finland CEO Aram Aflatuni. Heli Koskela, who previously oversaw development, has moved to a new post […]

ITV Studios moves UK broadcaster into the international spotlight

ITV has been the most active TV company in the M&A space in recent times. The UK broadcaster’s content arm has been driving that, buying production companies in the US, UK and Scandinavia. Its boss, Kevin Lygo, tells Stewart Clarke about his goals for ITVS and that its buying spree will continue. Soon after joining […]

ITV ‘tees up £90m bid’ for Scandi’s Nice

UK broadcaster ITV is reportedly set to continue its spending spree by preparing a £90 million (US$134.5 million) offer for Finland-based producer Nice Entertainment. UK newspaper the Sunday Times reported ITV is considering placing the offer for Nice, which counts Babes on the Bus and Celebrity Babysitter among its formats. FremantleMedia, Sony and Time Warner […]

MTV3 prepares Hell’s Kitchen

Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV3 has commissioned ITV Studios Nordic to produce a local remake of Gordon Ramsay cooking format Hell’s Kitchen. ITVS Nordic will create a 12x60mins series to premiere in Finland in the autumn. Michelin-starred chef Sauli Kemppainen will front the show in the Ramsay role first made famous on Fox in the US. […]

ITV Studio inks format deals for The Audience

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold The Audience format into Norway and Hungary. ITV Studios Nordic will produce 8x45mins episodes of The Audience for Viasat’s TV 3 in Norway, while ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured a deal in Hungary, where Paprika Latino will produce 6x60mins episodes for Viasat 3. ITVS GE represents […]