Former FremantleMedia in Finland chief Marika Makaroff has resurfaced at Shine Group-owned Swedish producer Friday TV She has signed on as Friday’s managing director, replacing Simon Romanus, who has been in the role on an interim basis since Per Blankens left to helm American Idol for Fox in the US in May last year. Romanus […]
High Noon Entertainment has inked a first-look deal with US indie Lucky Butterfly Productions. High Noon, the US Cake Boss prodco that ITV Studios acquired a majority stake in last year, has worked with Lucky Butterfly before on the GSN gameshow The Line. Under the terms of the deal, Lucky Butterfly and its founder Michael […]
Merete Mortensen is stepping down from her position as managing director of the Danish arm of Scandinavia’s Metronome to launch her own company within the Shine Group. She is immediately being replaced by Metronome Productions’ vice MD and director of programmes Kent Nikolajasen at Shine’s Copenhagen-based production company. Mortensen’s new company, whose name is currently […]
Shine’s fast-expanding US division has made two hires. It has recruited Robin Feinberg as VP, programming and Rachel Dax (pictured) as VP, production. Feinberg has worked on series including Legally Blonde and The Biggest Loser and will oversee current unscripted programming initiatives for Shine America. Series under Feinberg’s include The Face on Oxygen, Minute To […]
Fox’s recently-launched US Hispanic cable network MundoFox has ordered another season of its version of Minute To Win It. Season one of the Spanish-language version of the gameshow, Minuto Para Ganar, was made in LA and production will switch to New York for the new series. The show is produced by Shine Hispanic & Latin […]
US cable net GSN has ordered a new version of Shine’s gameshow format Minute to Win It. The 40x1hrs version for GSN marks the first time dedicated episodes will have been on US cable. The show, in which contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around […]
Shine has hired Cristina Palacio to run a new division that will make content for US Hispanic and Latin American broadcasters. Shine Hispanic & Latin America will have offices in Miami and Bogota, Colombia. Palacio founded Colombian producer BE-TV and will be president of the new division, Shine Hispanic & Latin America. The unit will […]
