Gary R. Benz, CEO of GRB Studios and Sophie Ferron, CEO of Media Ranch announce they have entered into a Joint Venture partnership to create a premiere independent distribution organization. The new entity will combine the extensive content catalogs and proven formats, coupled with the years of entertainment business experience of both companies and principals to create an entity with a broader reach and a deeper catalog than the two partners have individually. The company, GRB Media … [Read more...] about GRB Studios & Media Ranch Partner for Distribution Joint Venture
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Media Ranch announces six format deals in Europe & the U.S.
Sophie Ferron, Founder & CEO of Media Ranch, an award-winning format production and distribution company, announced six option deals today. Round Table was optioned in Europe in four countries. Two other Media Ranch original formats were optioned in the U.S. This year Media Ranch began representation of two Korean formats from DiTurn, headed by The Masked Singer creator Wonwoo Park. The first format optioned from the partnership is singing game … [Read more...] about Media Ranch announces six format deals in Europe & the U.S.
Media Ranch hit format Watch! optioned by MGM Alternative in U.S.
Sophie Ferron, Founder & CEO of Media Ranch, an award-winning format production and distribution company, announced that MGM Alternative optioned Watch! for the U.S. Part variety show and part memory game, the hit format Watch! features two rival teams competing against one another to answer questions based on live onstage performances. Media Ranch’s Ferron “We are thrilled that the MGM Alternative team has taken Watch! for the U.S. and are … [Read more...] about Media Ranch hit format Watch! optioned by MGM Alternative in U.S.
Media Ranch announces two new Korean format deals marks first collaboration with Masked Singer creator Wonwoo Park and fifth joint-venture with prolific Jin Woo Hwang of Something Special
Media Ranch’s President & Founder Sophie Ferron announces that Media Ranch now represents Wonwoo Park’s shingle DiTurn on two new formats: Round Table, a proven singing game-show format created by Park that was a hit in Korea on KBS 2; and, Love Maze, is co-created by Park and Something Special CEO Jin Woo Hwang, who introduced the parties. This is the first deal between Media Ranch and DiTurn, with the goal to build a collection of … [Read more...] about Media Ranch announces two new Korean format deals marks first collaboration with Masked Singer creator Wonwoo Park and fifth joint-venture with prolific Jin Woo Hwang of Something Special
Media Ranch and Trace Studios announce global distribution partnership
Sophie Ferron,President and Founder of award-winning format production and distribution company, Media Ranch, and South Africa’s Trace Studios, a global afro-urban platform for youth entertainment and empowerment, announce a partnership for global distribution of Trace’s formats, showcasing: Proven formats: 2 Weddings & A Superstar is an original South African reality-emo-tainment property that sees some of South Africa’s greatest musicians surprise two of their biggest fans on the … [Read more...] about Media Ranch and Trace Studios announce global distribution partnership
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
