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Fremantle settles with ‘Got Talent’ host David Walliams following off-camera comments
Fremantle has reached an “amicable resolution” with David Walliams, the former host of ITV’s competition…
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Banijay hires Great Scott co-founder Leon Wilson to lead Shine TV & Zeppotron
Former Talkback and Thames MD Leon Wilson has landed the top job at Banijay’s UK…
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Fremantle faces legal action from former ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge David Walliams
Fremantle is being sued by UK comedian and TV personality David Walliams, former judge on…
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Fremantle names MD’s for Thames & Naked in latest changes at UK division
Fremantle UK’s rejig in the wake of Simon Andreae’s departure as CEO has continued, with…
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Amelia Brown, MD of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ prodco Thames, stepping down to launch own firm
Amelia Brown is stepping down as MD of Fremantle-owned Britain’s Got Talent prodco Thames after…
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Round-up: ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format; A+E among Beyond’s 250-hour UK sales; Dance Revolution moves to Baltic, Africa beat
ITV orders ‘Mamma Mia’ format ITV in the UK is prepping an eright-part theatrical competition…
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Fremantle’s Thames backs former Fizz chief Neale Simpson’s new fact ent label
Fremantle-owned UK production outfit Thames has partnered with the former creative director at Banijay-owned label…
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Fremantle’s Thames hires Remarkable’s Tom Williams as development director
Fremantle-owned entertainment label Thames has appointed Remarkable’s head of development, Tom Williams, as its new…
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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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News round-up: Channel 2 Iceland seeks ‘Black Sands’; BBC extends ‘I Can See Your Voice’ UK
Channel 2 Iceland seeks ‘Black Sands’ Channel 2 Iceland has commissioned Black Sands, a new…
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BBC reboots gameshow ‘Blankety Blank’ after 20-year hiatus
The BBC in the UK is rebooting veteran gameshow Blankety Blank by ordering a 10-part…
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Netflix ‘experiments’ with scheduling for reality duo ‘The Circle’ & ‘Too Hot To Handle’
Netflix is experimenting with its release strategy again, this time launching episodes from two of its biggest…
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ITV adapts Spain’s ‘Game Of Talents’ and Belgium’s ‘Professor T’ formats
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local adaptation of Spanish gameshow format Game Of Talents,…
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Fremantle’s Thames names creative chief & director of programmes
I Can See Your Voice producer Thames has promoted Shona Baldwin to become creative director…
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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 takes ITV2 back to ‘Supermarket Sweep’
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is bringing back classic gameshow Supermarket Sweep after ordering a 20-episode…
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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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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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Thames hires Boomerang’s Baldwin as development director
FremantleMediaUK’s Thames has appointed Boomerang’s Shona Baldwin as director of development. Baldwin will work closely…
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Fremantle’s Lamb lands major BBC post
FremantleMedia’s Suzy Lamb has landed the entertainment and music genre director post at BBC Studios….
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Fremantle restructures unscripted division
FremantleMedia is reuniting Talkback and Thames as part of a wider restructure at its UK…
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Banijay hires Fremantle UK exec as content head
Banijay Group has appointed Fremantle UK’s head of development Lucas Green as head of content….
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Holloway exiting Thames after 20 years
Richard Holloway is leaving FremantleMedia UK producer Thames after 20 years with the business. During…
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Dutch format set for RecordTV, ProSieben
FremantleMedia’s provocatively titled Dutch format Get the F*ck Out of My House will be remade…
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Fremantle UK restructures as C4 exec enters
Richard Holloway will step down from his duties as interim CEO of FremantleMedia UK but…
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All3 co-founder joins FremantleMedia UK board
All3Media co-founder David Liddiment has joined FremantleMedia as non-executive chairman of its UK arm. He…
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Ex-FremantleMedia UK boss joins All3
Former FremantleMedia UK CEO Sara Geater is joining another UK-based production giant, All3Media, as COO….
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FremantleMedia UK scouting for CEO after Geater exit
FremantleMedia UK is looking for a new CEO following the news that Sara Geater is…
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BBC drama boss leaves to revive FremantleMedia’s Euston Films
The BBC’s head of drama, Kate Harwood (left), is leaving the UK public broadcaster revive…