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SABC revives ‘South Africa’s Got Talent’ with Primedia Studios
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has revived South Africa’s Got Talent after a seven-year…
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NBC reboots ‘Got Talent’ in US with ‘AGT: Fantasy League’
NBC in the US is spinning off another version of Fremantle and Syco Entertainment’s Got…
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NBC expands ‘America’s Got Talent’ franchise with ‘All Stars’ spin-off
US network NBC has commissioned a new series in the America’s Got Talent competition franchise….
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Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment raises $125m acquisition “war-chest”
Simon Cowell’s UK- and -US production company SyCo Entertainment has raised $125m to be used…
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Simon Cowell’s ‘X Factor’ firm Syco to downsize
Simon Cowell is reportedly downsizing his UK- & US-based media entertainment company SyCo Entertainment. The…
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Tik Tok orders Fremantle’s ‘Got Talent’ in China with JiangsuTV
Social media giant Tik Tok is moving into formats in China, after striking a first-of-its…
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News round-up: ITV axes ‘The X Factor’; ‘Ultimate Rides’ revs up S2; Hybrid MIA returns October
ITV axes ‘The X Factor’ UK comcaster ITV has confirmed that it currently has no…
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Canada’s CityTV returns to ‘Got Talent’ after decade hiatus
CityTV in Canada has ordered a second season of competition format Got Talent, almost a decade after…
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ITV Studios Entertainment rebrands & hires Syco’s creative director
Love Island’s UK producer ITV Studios Entertainment has been rebranded as Lifted Entertainment and appointed a…
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News round-up: Covid delays UK’s ‘Got Talent’; Wowow visits Harbour Rights; Parade lands ‘Derelict Rescue’
Covid delays UK’s Got Talent UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to delay production…
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News round-up: China extends ‘Got Talent’; Daro launches AVOD streamer; Drive takes ‘Shared Planet’; Hits enters India
China’s Got Talent extended Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have revealed a seventh season of China’s…
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Simon Cowell strikes Sony deal to take full control of ‘X Factor’, ‘Got Talent’
Music mogul Simon Cowell is taking full control of Got Talent and The X Factor…
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TBI’s forward thinkers: Fremantle’s Vasha Wallace
Vasha Wallace, EVP of global acquisitions & development, Fremantle Streamers started dipping their toes into…
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The case for TV and TikTok
TikTok has become one of the most talked-about social media launches of recent years, but…
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Fremantle, Syco & Hunan TV to co-develop China-based Got Talent series
Fremantle, Syco Entertainment and Hunan TV have partnered to co-develop a 13-part series for China,…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Greatest Dancer
Distributor: Fremantle Producer: Syco Entertainment, Thames Channel: BBC One (UK) Concept: Dancers audition in front…
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Acun Medya taps int’l head from Simon Cowell banner
Acun Medya Global has hired Syco Entertainment’s head of international, George Levendis (pictured), as its…
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BBC to launch dance format with Simon Cowell’s Syco
The BBC has commissioned Simon Cowell’s (pictured) Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK’s Thames to produce…
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Objective poaches Syco exec in COO hire
UK-based Objective Media Group has hired a COO from Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment. Matthew Angel…
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UK’s truTV lands America’s Got Talent
The British version of truTV has landed the latest season of US reality competition series…
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FremantleMedia, Sony plan pan-Asian Got Talent
FremantleMedia and Sony Pictures Television Networks have partnered to create a pan-Asian version of singing…
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FremantleMedia sells Got Talent to Kenya
The Got Talent format is launching in Kenya. The FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment format will…
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X Factor UK preps US debut on AXS
Music cable channel AXS TV is taking The X Factor UK into the US for…
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Univision tunes up new Simon Cowell format
Singing format impresario Simon Cowell is launching his latest venture into the genre with Spanish-language…
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FremantleMedia poaches Syco’s Hebden
FremantleMedia UK is replacing former interactive boss Peter Cassidy with Syco Entertainment executive producer, digital,…
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Italy’s Rai bets on Red or Black
Italian public broadcaster Rai has ordered a local version of gameshow format Red or Black….
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The TBI interview: Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell is the most successful TV executive of recent years; the man behind The…