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Love Productions
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Roku expands ‘The Great American Baking Show’ & Honest Renovations’
US streaming platform Roku is expanding two of its original lifestyle titles, with an early…
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RTVE’s La1 cooks up ‘Celebrity Bake Off’ as Prime Video run ends
Spanish broadcaster RTVE is preparing to launch a new version of Celebrity Bake Off, following…
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RTL4 in the Netherlands & Denmark’s TV2 tune up Fremantle’s ‘The Piano’
RTL4 in the Netherlands and TV2 in Denmark have both acquired the rights to Fremantle…
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Roku partners with Reese Witherspoon & Charlie Puth for unscripted originals expansion
Roku has commissioned and returned a slew of new original unscripted series, including projects from…
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Fremantle to take ‘The Piano’ global after deal with Sky’s Love Productions
Fremantle has acquired global rights outside of North America to The Piano, the UK talent…
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UK’s C4 extends deal for ‘Bake Off’ and spin-offs until 2024
Channel 4 (C4) will remain home of The Great British Bake Off for a further…
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Exclusive: ‘Bake Off Junior’ travels across Europe following BBCS deals
Netherlands-based NPO3, SBS in Belgium and DR in Denmark have snagged format rights to BBC…
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TBI Weekly: Gunning for a global return to production
Shows around the world that had been put on hold because of Covid-19 are resuming…
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Sky acquires remaining 30% in ‘Bake Off’ creator Love Productions
UK-based pay TV operator Sky has taken 100% control of Bake Off creator Love Productions….
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TBI Formats: What’s next for feel-good formats?
Warm formats that allow for co-viewing have been centre-stage for broadcasters over many years, but…
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‘The Great Bake Off’ to get first Asian version in Thailand
The Great Bake Off is to be remade in Thailand, marking the format’s first version in…
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ITV Studios’ Shiver hires Love Productions’ Hansell as head of development
ITV Studios factual arm Shiver has named Love Productions exec Aidan Hansell as head of…
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Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
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C4’s £75m Bake Off gamble pays off
UK broadcaster Channel 4’s gamble to pay £75 million (US$97 million) to grab The Great…
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New Bake Off format deals
Czech pubcaster CT has ordered a local version of the popular Bake Off format. The…
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TBI Factual: Year in Review
If scripted TV dominates the headlines at the moment, 2016 served up a few factual…
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BBC: C4 needs regulating after Bake Off coup
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in…
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BBC sells Bake Off format ahead of MIPCOM push
BBC Worldwide has registered new sales for The Great Bake Off ahead of a sales…
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Channel 4 snatches Bake Off from BBC
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…
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Dutch net first to taste Bake-Off companion
Dutch pubcaster NPO has become the first broadcaster outside the UK to order a remake…
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Bake Off hits Australia
Bake Off will launch in Australia after Foxtel ordered a local version of the hit…
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Bake Off rises in BBC-Keshet deal
Israeli free-to-air broadcaster Keshet has acquired British cooking competition format The Great Bake Off. The…
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US indie Eastern hires McKeown from Nutopia
US factual producer Eastern has recruited Simon McKeown as its senior VP, development. He joins…
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US indie Eastern hires McKeown from Nutopia
US factual producer Eastern has recruited Simon McKeown as its senior VP, development. He joins…
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PBS prepares Great British Bake Off
US pubcaster PBS has acquired The Great British Bake Off as it cements its place…
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Channel 4 to explore Immigration Street
The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned Love Productions to make an ob doc series about…
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Sky buys Bake Off producer Love Productions
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has taken a 70% stake in Love Productions, the UK…
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Ob docs: obsolete or of the moment?
Rumblings that the ob doc trend is stifling creativity on both sides of the Atlantic…
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BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France,…
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News brief: Nutopia hires Love’s head of development
Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia has hired Simon McKeown from The Great British Bake Off producer…
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