Luxembourg / London / Los Angeles – RTL Group has announced that Tony Cohen will step down from his role as CEO of FremantleMedia. Cécile Frot-Coutaz succeeds Cohen and will be based in London, effective 1 July 2012. According to the company’s statement, Cohen will leave to focus on his non-executive work. Guillaume de Posch, Co-CEO of RTL Group together with Anke Schäferkordt, said, “I want to thank Tony Cohen for his outstanding achievements. Under his leadership, … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia CEO Cohen exits, Frot-Coutaz steps up
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Editor@MIPTV: FremantleMedia opens big
Cannes - At the FremantleMedia press breakfast held in the Fremantle village by the French Riveria, CEO of FremantleMedia Tony Cohen, calls it the “best year ever for the international entertainment formats world.” “There were 99 formats travelling around the world; that’s the highest ever. It was 10 percent up from 2010, and Fremantle was the top company with more of those formats going into more territories than any other company,” announced Cohen. This year, … [Read more...] about Editor@MIPTV: FremantleMedia opens big
Fuji TV and FremantleMedia Asia forge new partnership
London - Fuji Television Network, Inc, and FremantleMedia Asia, have announced a new strategic co-development partnership focusing on supplying new television formats to Asia to maximise opportunities for business development and growth in the ever-expanding regional market. FremantleMedia Asia and Fuji TV will work closely to build a steady content pipeline for viewers across Asia, co-developing, co-producing and rolling out fresh television formats as well as amplifying the business … [Read more...] about Fuji TV and FremantleMedia Asia forge new partnership
Rob Clark leads FremantleMedia Global Development
London – FremantleMedia has appointed Rob Clark to the newly created position of Director, Global Entertainment Development. Clark, who was previously FremantleMedia’s President of Worldwide Entertainment, will be responsible for international format development in the FremantleMedia network. He will set the global entertainment format development agenda and direction for all FremantleMedia companies, as well as manage all global format acquisitions. Clark joined … [Read more...] about Rob Clark leads FremantleMedia Global Development
Japanese formats go global
London – Japanese TV and radio broadcaster Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and FremantleMedia, have entered a deal that will see FremantleMedia develop shows in ABC’s stable with a broader international appeal, into global formats. The two companies will first review the catalogue, before green-lighting the programmes that have a potential to be formatted. Satoshi Wakisaka, President, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, said ABC is always looking to develop new programming and … [Read more...] about Japanese formats go global
Promotions at A+E Networks
Promotions at A+E Networks SINGAPORE – Ling-Sze Gan has been promoted to Senior Director of Content Sales, Asia. Based at A+E Networks’ Singapore office, she oversees content distribution throughout the region to both standard and non-standard television platforms. Since joining A+E Networks in 2007, Gan has grown content distribution revenues in the region by 700 per cent, and has expanded distribution into the terrestrial market in Japan and has closed significant output deals in … [Read more...] about Promotions at A+E Networks
