MIPTV, Cannes - Tony Cohen, CEO, FremantleMedia outlined the company's plans for weathering the current economic storm, noting that 2008 was FremantleMedia's best year ever. Following on from RTL Group's financial result announcement in March 2009, FremantleMedia's 2008 revenue reached EURO 1.2 billion, (US$1.5 billion) and its overall earnings (EBITDA) grew by more than 18% to EURO 155 million (US$205 million), EURO 24 million (US$31 million) more than the previous year. Cohen outlined the … [Read more...] about 2008 “Best year ever” for FremantleMedia
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South Korea’s triumph at Content 360
Cannes - MIPTV announced the winners of Content 360, the international digital and multiplatform content competition which took place at MIPTV in Cannes, France. The two winners for the Interactive Educational formats for Cross-Media category include South Korea's Harry Lee of Telston Inc (project name: Career Coaching Clinic), and Jung Won Lee, Everyshow (project name: Turning Teachers Into Great Edu-Kloseup Creators). Other winners include those from the UK and Spain. The eight winners were … [Read more...] about South Korea’s triumph at Content 360
Discovery Communications key titles to wider international audiences
Cannes, MIPTV - Discovery Communications announced international programme sales and home video agreements for the series Deadliest Catch and Man Vs. Wild. In addition to airing on Discovery Channel in 357 million homes and 170 countries around the world, Deadliest Catch also airs in Australia on Network Ten, and will soon be available on home video in Australia by Magna Home Entertainment and Time Life. Man Vs. Wild is broadcast in New Zealand on Sky Network Television. The series is also … [Read more...] about Discovery Communications key titles to wider international audiences
Discovery’s 800 new hours of nonfiction entertainment at MIPTV 2009
Cannes, MIPTV - Discovery Communications added more than 800 hours of new releases to its MIPTV program sales catalogue. Among the new titles available at MIPTV were Jockeys (12x30), a series that chronicles the lives and careers of seven jockeys and their horses; Dark Days in Monkey City (14x30) takes viewers to the deserted city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka, where large populations of gray langurs and toque macaques live on the streets; and JFK: Inside the Target Car (1x120; World Affairs) … [Read more...] about Discovery’s 800 new hours of nonfiction entertainment at MIPTV 2009
CIMG inks sales deals for top E! personality-focused titles
Cannes, MIPTV - Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) arrived at MIPTV with a slew of licensing deals for top E! personality-focused titles including Girls of the Playboy Mansion, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, Pam: Girl on the Loose, Victoria Silvstedt: My Perfect Life and Snoop Dogg's Father Hood. Deals struck in Asia include Girls of the Playboy Mansion for ETC in the Philippines; and Snoop Dogg's Father Hood for Yan TV in Vietnam and 8TV in Malaysia. … [Read more...] about CIMG inks sales deals for top E! personality-focused titles
Twist & Shout in Australia and Asia
Cannes, MIPTV - Zodiak Entertainment announced the conclusion of license deals in Asian territories and a brand new option in Australia for its music format Twist & Shout. The primetime entertainment show has been optioned by Channel Nine Australia in a deal concluded at MIPTV, and picked up for production by TPI in Indonesia, Star in India and ABS CBN in the Philippines. Twist & Shout has already been optioned in ten territories around the world. Twist & Shout is a one hour musical talent-show … [Read more...] about Twist & Shout in Australia and Asia