Fremantle unveiled an impressive line-up of original feel-good entertainment programming coming to this year’s London Screenings, including: The Second Chance Ex-periment, The Big Celebrity Detox, The Beatbox and DNA Singers. Fremantle’s catalogue of entertainment shows is one of the largest in the world and these latest additions will join global hit franchises including Got Talent, Idol, The X Factor, Farmer Wants a Wife, The Price is Right and Family Feud. In The … [Read more...] about Fremantle unveils brand new entertainment formats for London Screenings
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Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
Sophie Ferron, President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company Media Ranch, announces multiple format deals with Asia-based companies including South Korea’s Something Special and FormatEast (an SBS subsidiary), and Japan’s TV Asahi via US-based Small World IFT. Korea’s Something Special, which is founded and run by Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim,has signed on to distribute Media Ranch’s Don’t Laugh in Asia. With this new deal, Media Ranch and Something Special … [Read more...] about Media Ranch signs multiple Asian format deals
Fremantle acquires music gameshow format ‘DNA Singer’
Fremantle announces the acquisition of music gameshow format DNA Singer from Korea. The music gameshow is created by FormatEast and creator Kyung Hwangbo for SBS. In DNA Singer, family members who share DNA with celebrities such as singers and actors become “DNA Singers” and perform, while the judges have to guess which celebrities they are genetically related to. Fantastic Family – DNA Singer will premiere during the lunar new year holiday on the 1st and 2nd of February on SBS as Lunar New … [Read more...] about Fremantle acquires music gameshow format ‘DNA Singer’
Media Ranch announces fall catalog for MIPCOM
Sophie Ferron, President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company Media Ranch, announced the company’s Fall slate which will premiere at MIPCOM. Media Ranch will be attending MIPCOM this year in person, and Tanja van der Goes, SVP will be hosting a MIPCOM session on Tuesday, October 12 titled How to Make a Format Travel. Media Ranch is showcasing four new formats: - Love Van, whose creation resulted from the globally known format incubator, Horsepower, this … [Read more...] about Media Ranch announces fall catalog for MIPCOM
Media Ranch partners with Quebecor Content, La Fabrique des Formats, and TF1 for Horsepower 3.0
Media Ranch Founder, President and Executive Producer, Sophie Ferron, announced that Horsepower, its successful Format incubator initiative with Quebecor Content (Season 1 & 2 partner), is returning for a 3rd edition, along with new partners - La Fabrique des Formats, an innovation and training cluster in the format field, and France’s TF1 joining the project for the first time. Horsepower is a French-Canadian format incubator aimed at creating exportable unscripted TV formats from French … [Read more...] about Media Ranch partners with Quebecor Content, La Fabrique des Formats, and TF1 for Horsepower 3.0
Media Ranch expands its development and sales team
Tanja van der Goes, SVP Distribution, Media Ranch, who heads the European operations of the award-winning format production and distribution company, announced that veteran format producer David Schiff is on board as a creative consultant for the European development of Honey In The Box. The paper format, a Media Ranch HorsePower initiative, is part of the company’s recently-announced exchange with South Korea’s FormatEast (an SBS Korea subsidiary). For its part, FormatEast will represent Family … [Read more...] about Media Ranch expands its development and sales team
