Simon Cowell is reportedly downsizing his UK- & US-based media entertainment company SyCo Entertainment. The exec is said to be letting “almost all of his staff” go at the company that owns the rights to globally successful TV formats Got Talent and The X Factor. The decision was made because Cowell wishes to focus more […]
Social media giant Tik Tok is moving into formats in China, after striking a first-of-its kind deal for a local version of Fremantle’s reality competition show Got Talent. China’s Got Talent is being produced by Star Canxing and will be simulcast on both Tik Tok in China and local broadcaster JiangsuTV. The video app, which […]
ITV axes ‘The X Factor’ UK comcaster ITV has confirmed that it currently has no plans for another series of music talent show The X Factor. Produced by Fremantle-owned Thames and Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, the series debuted in the UK in 2004, with the last full series of the show aired in 2018, and […]
CityTV in Canada has ordered a second season of competition format Got Talent, almost a decade after the show last aired in the country. The new nine-part version is again from Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Fremantle, and will follow a new batch of Canadian hopefuls as they get their shot at fame in front of a celebrity […]
Love Island’s UK producer ITV Studios Entertainment has been rebranded as Lifted Entertainment and appointed a senior exec from The X Factor outfit Syco Entertainment to work across its creative output. Lee McNicholas joins Lifted Entertainment as creative director for the company’s North division, with a remit to lead production and development from the company’s offices at MediaCityUK, […]
Covid delays UK’s Got Talent UK commercial broadcaster ITV has been forced to delay production on entertainment format Britain’s Got Talent following the country’s latest Covid outbreak. The 15th season of the show, from Fremantle and Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, had been scheduled to start filming in late January but ITV said production had been […]
China’s Got Talent extended Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have revealed a seventh season of China’s Got Talent has been commissioned, although it is unclear who will broadcast or stream the show. The reality series, which is being produced by Shanghai Canxing Culture and Media Co, had previously aired on Dragon TV but no details have as […]
Music mogul Simon Cowell is taking full control of Got Talent and The X Factor prodco Syco Entertainment, after striking a deal with Sony Music Entertainment. The agreement will see Cowell personally buying out Sony’s stake in the joint venture, with ownership of all of the TV formats being moved into a privately held company, […]
Vasha Wallace, EVP of global acquisitions & development, Fremantle Streamers started dipping their toes into the format business last year, how do you think this will change in 2020? We are going to see the streamers continue to grow and go from being US-based platforms to becoming more local platforms with a focus on local […]
TikTok has become one of the most talked-about social media launches of recent years, but producers and broadcasters are still in the dark on how best to navigate it. Manori Ravindran explores the do’s and don’ts for those working with one of the world’s fastest growing apps There’s a justifiable level of bewilderment about one […]
