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Masterchef
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Australia’s Ten slumps on rising costs, gloomy profit forecast
Australian Ten Network’s share price fell almost 10% as the free-to-air broadcaster said annual revenues…
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Fox, Apollo plan Endemol, Shine, Core merger
21st Century Fox plans to create a joint venture with fund manager Apollo Global Management…
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Europe’s most valuable formats
The UK is the most lucrative formats market in Europe, while TF1 is the leading…
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Raft of VTV format deals for Shine
Shine International has closed a series of deals for its formats with Vietnamese broadcaster VTV….
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Endemol poaches BBC commissioner
Producer and distributor Endemol has hired Mirella Breda to head up creative operations at its…
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Shine America raids Viacom, A+E for exec appointments
The US division of Shine Group has recruited business affairs execs Michael Minden and Yvonne…
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Bravo searches for America’s Best Restaurant with Ramsay prodco
NBCUniversal-owned cable net Bravo has acquired America’s Best Restaurant, a new series from Gordon Ramsay’s…
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Metronome MD exits to launch Shine-backed prodco
Merete Mortensen is stepping down from her position as managing director of the Danish arm…
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Shine America promotes production chief
Shine America has promoted unscripted TV veteran Linda Giambrone to the role of executive VP…
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Shine International confirms permanent CEO
Shine International’s interim CEO Nadine Nohr has been confirmed in the post on a permanent…
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Bachelor looks for love with Oz commission
Network Ten has commissioned an Australian version of The Bachelor after licensing the format from…
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Talpa USA raids Endemol and Mark Burnett for senior staff
Talpa hired several new staff, poaching executives from Endemol and Mark Burnett’s One Three Media….
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BBC Worldwide poaches FremantleMedia boss
BBC worldwide has hired Jon Penn as managing director of its Australasian operation. Penn is…
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BBC Worldwide sells MasterChef package to Foxtel
BBC Worldwide has shopped a package of MasterChef programming to Australian pay TV operator Foxtel….
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Sex, Drugs and Restaurant wars
“Chefs are the new rock stars,” says Mike Beale, head of formats at ITV Studios,…