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NENT opens ‘The Farm’ in Greece and Hungary
Broadcasters Antenna in Greece and TV2 in Hungary have both picked up competitive reality format…
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Warner Bros. hires Hillerbrand to replace Halding
Warner Bros. has brought in Fredrik Hillerbrand to run its production operations in Denmark. He…
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Anna Bråkenhielm resurfaces at 3Rivers
Scandi formats veteran Anna Bråkenhielm has joined TV consultancy 3Rivers. At the Dutch-based business she…
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DRG ties with Duck Quacks prodco ahead of market
DRG has struck a first-look deal with Duck Quacks Don’t Echo prodco Magnum Media. The…
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TERN commissions UHD shows for new net
Television Entertainment Reality Network has announced a raft of programme commissions to populate the launch…
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Buyers Briefing: Vanda Rapti, MTG
Name: Vanda Rapti Title: VP of acquisitions, pay TV, VOD and new media, and acting…
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Spain’s Visiona takes DRG formats
Spanish producer Visiona TV has licensed two entertainment formats from UK-based distributor DRG. The prodco…
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Dutch Fox orders Hounds, MTG builds production hub
The Fox channel in the Netherlands has ordered a Release the Hounds special, which will…
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Nice’s Gong merges with Strix as founder departs
Danish prodcos Gong and Strix have merged after Gong founder following CEO Joachim Majholm decision…
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Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG
Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African…
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Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG
Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African…
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Zodiak’s Lagewaard exits for Strix
Strix Holland has hired Tatiana Lagewaard as creative director. She joins production company Strix from…
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Nordisk Film TV poaches trio of Zodiak execs
Nordisk Film TV’s Swedish arm has hired a new managing director, Kristoffer Graci, who comes…
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DRG launches dedicated formats division
UK-based distributor DRG is launching a dedicated formats business that will tap into the resources…
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MTG in $834m refinancing agreement
European media giant Modern Times Group has refinanced its debt arrangement by agreeing to a…
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MTG Studios makes its move
MTG rebranded Modern Studios and created MTG Studios two years ago with little fanfare. However,…
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MTG Studios options Scandi formats in France, UK and Germany
MTG Studios’ has secured options for key formats from its production company Strix, with producers…
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MTV and Strix ink Scandi fomat deal
Strix has optioned MTV’s reality competition format The Challenge: Battle of the Exes. The Scandi…
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Germany’s Sat.1 pounces on Stalkers format
German free-to-air channel Sat.1 has picked up a local version of true-crime series Stalkers. The…