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Magnify Media
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Escapade Media adds Magnify’s Anthony Appell for US & Scandinavia sales
Sydney-based distributor Escapade Media has appointed Magnify Media exec Anthony Appell to oversee sales in…
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‘The Mole’ outfit Primitives hires Magnify Media exec for third-party formats
The Mole distributor Primitives has hired former Magnify Media exec Emma Gosling to work across…
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ITVS-backed Plimsoll appoints Magnify CEO to senior fact-ent position
ITV Studios-owned Plimsoll Productions has appointed Andrea Jackson, CEO of its distribution subsidiary Magnify Media,…
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Plimsoll Productions acquires ‘Master Cleaners’ US & UK format rights
ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Plimsoll Productions has acquired the rights to adapt Danish competition format…
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Belgium’s Primitives hires Magnify alum as sales & acquisitions chief
Benelux format distributor Primitives has named a Be-Entertainment and Magnify Media alum as its new director of…
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Formats round-up: Be-Entertainment hires sales exec; Fremantle takes ‘Fame In The Family’ rights; Magnify sells ‘Love Raft’
Be-Entertainment hires sales exec Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has hired Jack Solesbury as VP of finished…
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Sweden’s TV4 & C More remake Norwegian pregnancy drama ‘Heartbeats’
Sweden’s TV4 and C More have ordered a local version of Norwegian drama Heartbeats, after…
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Sales round-up: The CW raids Italy, Oz for scripted; Discovery+ deals with Magnify; YTV’s ‘Rolling Kitchen’ remade in Brazil
The CW raids Italy, Oz for scripted The CW in the US has picked up…
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Magnify Media launches formats showcase
Plimsoll Productions-owned UK distributor Magnify Media is launching a formats showcase ahead of MIPCOM next…
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UK’s Magnify Media hires ViacomCBS alum to head sales & copros
Plimsoll Productions-owned UK distributor Magnify Media has appointed former ViacomCBS International exec Anthony Appell as…
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Fremantle takes ‘Good With Wood’ production rights in multiple territories
Fremantle has acquired production rights in multiple territories to competition series format Good With Wood…
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Plimsoll buys out Magnify Media, taking full ownership of UK distributor
Private equity-backed Plimsoll Productions has struck a deal to take full ownership of Andrea Jackson’s…
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News round-up: VIA orders Armoza dating format; SVT snags ‘Fittest Family’; ShortsTV update
VIA orders Armoza’s ‘lean production’ dating format South African lifestyle channel VIA has ordered a…
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TBI Formats: Seven ways to future-proof your format
Girts Licis, head of strategy at global consultancy K7 Media, gives his top tips on…
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Mediaset takes Magnify Media car-based gameshow into Italy
Mediaset in Italy has ordered a local remake of an automotive-focused gameshow that was first…
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Magnify books Norwegian comedy ‘Couples Therapy’ into Denmark
DR in Denmark is to air a remake of Norwegian shortform comedy Couples Therapy, which…
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Show of the week: ‘Wrong Kind of Black’
Set in 1960s and 1970s Australia, Wrong Kind Of Black (4 x 13-22 minutes, 1…
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Magnify scores first scripted format deal with YLE’s ‘Mental’
Andrea Jackson’s Magnify Media has struck its first scripted format deal, selling Mental into France Télévisions’ VOD platform…
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Sales round-up: APC signs global deals for ‘Gigantes’; Magnify Media takes ‘Doctors vs Internet’ to Georgia
About Premium Content (APC) has signed a raft of global broadcast deals for Telefonica Studio’s…
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Distribution innovation: Are distributors the new marketeers?
In a period where distributors need to be nimble and multi-skilled, serving as pseudo-commissioners, producers…
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Show of the week: Fittest Family
Now in its sixth series for RTE1, the Fittest Family format is starting to gain…
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Magnify’s Fittest Family lands in Germany
Andrea Jackson’s Magnify Media has sold reality-fitness format Fittest Family into ProSiebenSat.1. The German broadcaster has…
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Nat Geo picks up Plimsoll’s Wild Great Britain
Nat Geo has picked up Plimsoll Productions’ Hugh Bonneville-narrated Wild Great Britain for its international…
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Argonon appoints Magnify Media to distribute formats
Argonon International has appointed Andrea Jackson’s Magnify Media to distribute some of their formats. The…
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Sat.1 breeds another Super Dog
Rescue Dog to Super Dog, the Channel 4 format from Plimsoll Productions, is headed for…
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Plimsoll hires ex-BBC exec as specialist factual chief
Plimsoll Productions has appointed ex-BBC’s Rachel Morgan as head of specialist factual and documentaries, with…
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Singing Bee returning to old haunts
Much-travelled karaoke format The Singing Bee is heading back into Romania and Indonesia after almost…
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Jackson’s Magnify staffs up
Andrea Jackson’s distribution company Magnify Media has added two execs to its sales team. Sarah…
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Trio of promotions at Plimsoll
Plimsoll Productions has promoted a trio of executives a week after the UK indie invested…
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Plimsoll buys into Jackson’s Magnify
Entertainment and wildlife prodco Plimsoll Productions has taken a “substantial” minority stake in Andrea Jackson’s…
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