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Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG

Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African operations, TBI has learned. Holmström moves to MTG Africa from Sweden-based Nice Entertainment Group, the production group that MTG acquired last year. In his new role, he reports to MTG Africa executive VP, Joseph Hundah. Sweden-listed channel operator MTG confirmed […]

Nice M&A exec shifts to MTG

Peter Holmström has stepped into the acting COO role at the Modern Times Group’s African operations, TBI has learned. Holmström moves to MTG Africa from Sweden-based Nice Entertainment Group, the production group that MTG acquired last year. In his new role, he reports to MTG Africa executive VP, Joseph Hundah. Sweden-listed channel operator MTG confirmed […]

MTG Africa unwraps Armoza’s Package

The African arm of Modern Times Group has licensed Armoza Formats’ factual entertainment series The Package for its Ghanaian and Tanzanian channels. MTG Africa will run adaptations of the format in English on Viasat1 in Ghana, and in Swahili on TV1 in Tanzania. The Package represents the first time MTG Africa has licensed a format […]

Paranomal series to debut on upcoming Syfy Oz

New paranormal series Haunting: Australia will be among the programmes broadcasting on the soon-to-launch Australian feed of NBCUniversal International’s Syfy channel. The show will make its debut on the net in February, a month after Syfy launches on January 1 on pay TV platform Foxtel. Haunting will follow paranormal investigator Robb Demarest (Ghost Hunters International) […]

Studios JV Oz channels to leave Foxtel

A pair of Australian channels jointly operated by NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios International are reportedly set to close. The high-rating TV1 and sister channel SF both have carriage contracts with pay TV leader Foxtel that expire at the end of the year but new talks are believed to have broken down. TV1 […]

TVNZ buys a package of Endemol shows

Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ has bought a package of shows from Endemol for its TV1, TV2 and TVNZ U channels. Titles include coming-of-age drama series Puberty Blues and comedy series Happily Divorced and The Spa. The shows will aor on TV1 and TV2. TVNZ also renewed deals for a raft of Endemol titles across various […]