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Top Chef
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NATPE briefs: Spain’s Mediapro Studio links with Erik Barmack’s prodco; ‘Top Chef’ to return to Brazil and Panama
Spain’s Mediapro Studio links with Erik Barmack’s prodco The Mediapro Studio has agreed a development…
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NBCU serves Top Chef spin-off in Thailand
NBCUniversal International Formats has sold Top Chef spin-off Just Desserts into Thailand. The One Enterprise…
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ProSiebenSat.1 takes NBCU’s Top Chef to Germany
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up NBCUniversal International format Top Chef for summer 2019. The six-part…
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Formats chief Pilkington exits NBCU
NBCUniversal (NBCU) International Studios’ format chief, Yvonne Pilkington, has left her role, TBI has learned….
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NBCU’s Hayu to launch offline viewing
NBCUniversal International’s subscription video-on-demand service, Hayu, is due to add offline viewing options and is…
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Formats exec joins NBC after DRG exit
Formats executive Albertina Marfil has joined NBCUniversal International Studios after leaving rival distributor DRG, TBI…
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NBCU formats director exiting
NBCUniversal International Studios’ director of formats and production is leaving the company after four years,…
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Sony creates recipe for Mexican Top Chef
Mexican network Canal Sony has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef, which…
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Boomerang restructures entertainment team
Spain’s Boomerang TV Group has hired a pair of executives, one a MasterChef producer, as…
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Silberwasser’s three-point plan
Luis Silberwasser joined Telemundo in late 2014 as president of the US Hispanic network. A…
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Chile to serve up Top Chef
Chilean public network TVN is getting its own version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef. The…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Bravo Media greenlights Top Chef Extreme
Bravo Media has greenlit Top Chef Extreme (WT), a new head-to-head spin-off which will pit…
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Ex-Target sales boss lands NBCU formats role
Former Target Entertainment head of sales Hannah Worrall has joined NBCUniversal’s international formats team, TBI…
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Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
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Showtime plots Seymour Hoffman series and Time of Death
US cable channel Showtime is working on a new comedy pilot starring Oscar winner Philip…
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NBCU cooks up Top Chef deals
NBCUniversal has sealed new deals for its Top Chef format with free-to-air broadcasters in Europe…