Masterchef


Endemol Shine debuts combined formats slate

Endemol Shine Group will for the first time be in Cannes with a combined formats slate including shows such as Big Brother (pictured) and MasterChef. Endemol and Shine merged their catalogues after their parent companies, Apollo Global Management and 21st Century Fox, respectively, merged the format companies’ operations last year. Following its recently inception, Endemol […]

ITV Studios poaches Shine exec for digital

The content and distribution arm of UK broadcaster ITV has hired David Christopher as director of international commercial and digital. He joins from Endemol Shine, and takes on a newly-created role at ITV Studios. He will sit within the formats team and report to Mike Beale, executive VP of global development and formats. Christopher will […]

Porseryd exits as Endemol Shine Nordics arises

Endemol Shine Group has revealed the shape of its Nordics business, with Gary Carter overseeing the unit and Michael Porseryd the highest profile casualty of a wide-reaching restructure. The division – Scandinavia’s largest production group – will be known as Endemol Shine Nordics, comprising 11 production companies and four broadcast facilities across Sweden, Norway, Denmark […]

Lifetime orders Asian MasterChef

A+E Networks has ordered a local version of MasterChef for its Lifetime channels in Asia. MasterChef Asia will launch in the region later this year and be produced by Endemol Southeast Asia. The format was previously distributed by the Shine Group, which is now Endemol-Shine). Casting is underway for the 15-episode local series, which will […]

Endemol Shine Group created, senior team named

Endemol, Shine and Core have launched their joint enterprise, which has been initially named ‘Endemol Shine Group’. Content sales will be run by Endemol Worldwide Distribution boss Cathy Payne (left). Nadine Nohr (below right) and Axel Kuehn are the highest-profile casualties amid a wide-ranging restructure. Shine’s Gary Carter and Endemol’s Martha Brass have also bagged […]

MasterChef’s secret sauce

MasterChef recently broke the 50-territory mark for local versions. TBI spoke to the people making, distributing and broadcasting the show about the ingredients that have helped it become the preeminent global cooking show. Not every hit international format comes with a grocery bill, but broadcasters ordering MasterChef will need to spend between £300-£450 (US$485-$730) in […]

MasterChef hits 50 ahead of MIPCOM get-together

Shine has shopped its coming format MasterChef to RCN in Colombia and its version will be the fiftieth internationally. Shine International has been pushing the cooking format in Latin America this year and has sold it into Argentina, Brazil and Chile this year to Telefe, Bandeirantes and Channel 13 respectively. MasterChef startedout in the UK […]

Zodiak Nederland lands Eyeworks development chief

Zodiak Nederland has hired former Eyeworks Nederland producer Jan Hendrik Smeenge has head of development. Smeenge (left) was formerly Eyeworks Nederland’s head of development, but is now joining the new look Dutch Zodiak, which brought on former Fox International Channels Benelux general programme director Peter Lubbers in March. He is replacing Tatiana Lagewaard, who joined […]

News brief: MasterChef heads to Brazil

Brazilian broadcaster Bandeirantes has ordered a local version of MasterChef. Band will put the hit cooking competition show out in its primetime, with pre-production starting in the next few weeks. Shine International distributes the show and struck the Brazilian deal. Within Latin America, the format has previously been sold to America TV in Peru, Tlese […]

Russia sets out House Rules

Russian free-to-air broadcaster Ren TV has commissioned a local version of Red Arrow International’s Australian format House Rules. The reality competition show sees couples hand over keys to their home to other competitors in order to attempt to have their entire mortgages paid off after a complete household renovation. Each week judges score the renovators’ […]