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Mentorn Media
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Discovery, NPO & AMC Networks strike deals for Passion programming
Discovery, NPO in the Netherlands and AMC Networks Southern Europe are among buyers of factual…
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Channel 5 journeying ‘Into The Congo With Ben Fogle’
Paramount-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned Into The Congo With Ben Fogle (working title),…
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News round-up: Espresso unveils doc trio; Factual deals for Passion; Abacus to shop ‘Legacy List’
Espresso unveils doc trio Espresso Media International has unveiled three new documentaries from its distribution…
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Mentorn Media hires Channel 4 commissioning editor to head factual
Mentorn Media has appointed Emily Jones as head of factual, replacing the outgoing Bernie Kay….
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News round-up: ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada; C5 orders from Mentorn; Pickbox expands
Pernel’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel to Oz, Sweden & Canada SBS in Australia, Swedish pubcaster SVT and…
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Mentorn taps ITN Productions for new factual head
Mentorn Media has expanded its senior team with ITN Productions exec Bernie Kay, who will…
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Fox revives Paradise Hotel
Jersey Shore creator SallyAnn Salsano is rebooting reality competition series Paradise Hotel for Fox. The…
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Mentorn appoints Hughes as head of development
Mentorn Media has appointed Paul Hughes as head of development, after the exec joined last…
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Tinopolis names new COO
UK-based production and distribution firm Tinopolis Group has created a COO position for its British…
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Ex-Sky non-scripted chief to lead Mentorn
Former Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor has joined Tinopolis Group-owned UK factual prodco Mentorn…
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Ex-NBCU unscripted chief resurfaces at Tinopolis
NBCUniversal International Studios’ former unscripted chief, David Mortimer, has joined transatlantic production group Tinopolis. Mortimer…
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Broadcasters join Robot Wars
UK battling robots series Robot Wars has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters….
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360Production nabs Renegade producer
Britain-based 360Production has hired Belinda Cherrington from Renegade Pictures to become its first creative director…
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Pioneer drafts in Arrow exec as creative chief
British producer Pioneer Productions has poached Arrow Media executive producer Thomas Viner for a senior…
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Naked hires ex-Fox TV Studios UK chief
Simon Andreae’s production company, Naked Entertainment, has appointed former Fox Television Studios UK managing director…
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More Katie Hopkins for TLC
UK pay TV channel TLC has commissioned another programming featuring controversial media personality Katie Hopkins….
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Boundless replaces BBC-bound Holland
FremantleMedia UK producer Boundless has appointed a managing director to replace Patrick Holland, who is…
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Tinopolis poaches Wall to Wall boss
Wales-based Tinopolis Group has poached Wall to Wall veteran Jonathan Hewes to become CEO of…
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French-Canada finds its Worst Driver
French-speaking Canadian channel Ztele has commissioned a local version of Passion Distribution-sold format Worst Driver…
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Passion will Make You Laugh Out Loud
Passion Distribution is taking an entertainment series, … Make You Laugh Out Loud, to MIPTV….
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OSF poaches Warner Bros. prodco exec
Twofour Group-owned prodco Oxford Scientific Films has poached a creative executive from Watershed TV, which…
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Russia readies Rivals-in-Law
Russia’s CTC Media has licensed a local version of Turkish cooking-cum-family rivalry format Rivals in…
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Passion reveals World’s Worst
The UK’s Passion Distribution has acquired Channel 5 factual entertainment series World’s Worst. It will…
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Taxidermy doc comes together on Channel 4
The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned a special documentary on taxidermy – the craft of…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Mentorn poaches BBC doc specialist
Mentorn Media’s Scottish office has poached Iain Scollay, a documentary specialist from UK pubcaster the…
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BBC orders water company ob-doc
BBC Two has commissioned Watermen (WT), a new observational documentary about water supply company United…
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BBC3 opens Hotel of Mum and Dad
Youth-skewed UK digital channel BBC3 has commissioned a new factual entertainment series studying economically-stricken young…