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My Kitchen Rules
Seven’s long serving production head resigns
Brad Lyons, Seven Network’s director of production, has resigned after 20 years at the company….
Nine’s Hotplate ‘shelved after format row’
Australian commercial network Nine has reportedly agreed to stop broadcasting its cooking competition series The…
My Kitchen Rules drawn up for UK network
British terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 is brining Australian cooking competition format My Kitchen Rules back…
Seven parent plunges with A$1.9bn loss
Seven West Media has posted a massive loss of A$1.89 billion (US$1.34 billion) in its…
Seven, Nine in legal battle over cooking formats
Australia’s two biggest broadcasters are locked in a legal battle over their showpiece cooking formats….
Boundless replaces BBC-bound Holland
FremantleMedia UK producer Boundless has appointed a managing director to replace Patrick Holland, who is…
Endemol Shine Int’l hires acquisitions chief
Endemol Shine International has hired a head of acquisitions who will in part replace the…
Seven wins ratings battle, Nine claims top demos
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has ended the 2014 ratings year on top, beating perennial…
News brief: Endemol sells My Kitchen Rules
Endemol’s distribution arm has sold cooking series My Kitchen Rules into Belgium. VMMA/VTM have acquired…
TV growth swings Seven back to profit
The parent firm of Australian broadcaster Seven Network has swung back into profit after reporting…
Seven wins Aussie ratings war
Seven Network has won the annual ratings battle fought by Australia’s commercial channels, beating fierce…
TVNZ posts profit as revenue dips
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has posted an NZ$14.4 million profit despite revenue crashing nearly NZ$20…
MasterChef Australia finale ratings hit all-time low
Three years after MasterChef Australia posted a record-breaking four million viewers, the Shine-produced show has…
Kurland out as Sky restructures factual team
UK satcaster BSkyB is saying goodbye to head of factual entertainment commissioning Michele Kurland as…
Sky orders UK version of My Kitchen Rules
Sky Living has commissioned a local version of Australian cooking format My Kitchen Rules. British…
TVNZ buys a package of Endemol shows
Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ has bought a package of shows from Endemol for its TV1,…