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Fremantle’s Q1 revenue drops 9%, advertising & streaming growth fuels RTL Group
Fremantle made a stuttering start to 2024 with revenues declining almost 10%, but parent company…
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France’s M6 remakes Turkish crime drama ‘Persona’ following Beta deal
M6 in France has ordered a local remake of Turkish crime drama Persona, following a…
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‘The Traitors’ & ‘Good Luck Guys’ among K7’s Tracking the Giants winners
The Traitors has been named Format of the Year in this year’s Tracking the Giants…
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TBI Weekly: Five key takeaways from Series Mania Forum 2024
Series Mania Forum was abuzz this week as execs came together to compare notes on…
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France Télévisions CEO calls Salto closure a ‘strategic mistake’
France Télévisions CEO Delphine Ernotte-Cunci has called for more cooperation between domestic broadcasters, after describing…
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Fremantle eyes US revival to reverse revenue decline as €3bn target looms
Fremantle’s revenues fell 3.4% in 2023, leaving the company requiring 30% growth over the next…
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France’s M6 lands Prime Video show, spins ‘The Traitors’ for soon-to-launch streamer
French broadcaster M6 has lined up Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, an original MMA contest…
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Why formats in 2024 are about bankers, big swings & exploitation
Format reboots are proving more popular than ever, with a slew of both recent and…
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M6, Mediaset, VTM & RTL KLUB saddle up for Secuoya’s ‘Zorro’
M6 group in France, Mediaset in Italy, DPG Media for VTM channels in Flemish Belgium…
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M6 & Play4 capture ‘The Perfect Picture’ as ITVS format expands to France & Belgium
French broadcaster M6 and Play4 in Belgium have both picked up local versions of ITV…
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France’s M6 buys from HBO Max, preps original drama & eyes “novelty” competition shows
French broadcast group M6 has picked up HBO Max show Hacks and unveiled a raft…
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Exclusive: M6 details documentary shift & highlights international coproduction appeal
French broadcaster M6 is making bigger moves into the documentary genre, unveiling its first projects…
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Exclusive: France TV & M6 fuel unscripted format surge, with key suppliers revealed
France Télévisions and M6 have propelled the country’s unscripted format business to new heights over…
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France TV, TF1 & M6 close Salto, blaming ‘complex governance’ & merger failure
French streamer Salto is to be liquidated by shareholders France Télévisions, TF1 and M6, with…
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TBI Weekly: How Amazon & Netflix are supercharging France’s format market
Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have both enjoyed huge recent success with unscripted formats in…
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Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit tables bid for France’s M6 Group
Banijay chairman Stephane Courbit has emerged as the frontrunner to buy France’s M6 Group via his…
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French broadcaster M6 for sale after abandoned TF1 merger
Bertelsmann has put French broadcaster M6 up for sale following the collapse of plans to…
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France’s TF1 & M6 abandon merger plans
Bouygues, RTL Group, Groupe TF1 and Groupe M6 have called off their plan to merge…
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France’s TF1 & M6 offer concessions in move to secure merger approval
TF1 and M6 have offered to keep their advertising businesses separate for three years after…
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France’s TF1 & M6 merger on verge of collapse as regulator eyes competition fears
The planned merger of France’s two biggest broadcasters could fall apart, with the French competition…
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France’s M6 welcomes Idtv’s Dutch format ‘The Traitors’
French broadcaster M6 has ordered a local version of Netherlands reality entertainment format The Traitors….
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France cooks up first remake of Germany’s ‘Chefs To Go’
M6 in France is adapting Banijay’s Chefs To Go, marking the first adaptation for the German cookery format….
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News round-up: AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows; ITV re-commissions game show duo; CTV goes ‘Farming For Love’
AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows AETN UK, Foxtel Australia and Pluto TV in…
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M6 AVOD 6play acquires ‘Thérapie’, ‘Real Par Soul Sisters’ & more in Vice content deal
French media group M6 has acquired more than 100 hours of factual content, following an…
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France Télévisions to sell Salto stake if TF1 & M6 merger approved
France Télévisions has announced that it will divest its interest in SVOD service Salto should…
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France’s TF1 & M6 merger faces in-depth probe into effect on rights, channels & advertising
France’s competition watchdog, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has decided to open a ‘phase 2’…
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France’s TF1 & M6 to sell channels to Altice to secure merger deal approval
France’s TF1 and M6 and Altice Media have begun exclusive negotiations for the sale of…
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France’s M6 & Belgium’s RTBF among buyers of Red Arrow scripted formats
Red Arrow Studios International has secured a slew of European remake deals for four of…
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Formats round-up: RTL orders ‘Top Dog Germany’; Oz’s Seven commissions ‘The Voice’ spin-off; ‘Love It Or List It’ expands in Europe
RTL orders ‘Top Dog Germany’ RTL in Germany has picked up A+E’s canine competition format…
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Factual round-up: Latest deals for D360, Global Screen, BritBox & RTÉ
M6, Rai 5 snap up D360 shows French broadcaster M6 has picked up There’s Something…