Tanja van der Goes


Media Ranch appoints DR exec to head Scandi office

Montreal-based producer-distributor Media Ranch has appointed DR exec Louise Juel Severin to head up its Scandinavian office.  The exec, who most recently served as formats sales manager for DR, will take on the newly created role of VP of sales and acquisitions for Scandinavia. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, she is to acquire new formats and finished […]

Endemol France bags dating format as Shine nears

Endemol France has acquired rights to Canadian dating format Double Occupancy ahead of its merger with Shine France. The Productions J-created format, from Quebec, ran on commercial network TVA between 2003 and 2013, with an eleventh set to air in October on Vtele. Endemol France is the first company outside of Canada to option the […]

Canuck firm debuts in Europe with ex-Endemol Shine exec

Canadian producer-distributor Media Ranch has hired a former Endemol Shine Group formats director to launch a European office. Tanja van der Goes will lead Media Ranch Europe as senior VP, based out of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She was most recently operating her own formats consultancy, All Right Media, but was previously format and brand […]