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.
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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
Media Ranch partners with 3 Global Production Houses for Watch!
Three top international production companies have optioned Media Ranch’s recently-acquired gameshow entertainment Format, Watch! Production partners Talpa Germany, WeMakefrom France and Matchbox Pictures, an NBCUniversal International Studios company from Australia, all optioned the new Media Ranch Format which was created by prolific producersDan Munday and John Kirhoffer. Watch! is an epic new format that mixes emotional and exhilarating world-class performances with a high stakes game show! … [Read more...] about Media Ranch partners with 3 Global Production Houses for Watch!
Disney show to debut online and on app
In a first for the Disney/ ABC Television Group, a series will premiere on its popular WATCH service. The animated Sheriff Callie's Wild West, the first Western for preschoolers, will be available for verified viewers on WATCHDisneyJunior.com and the WATCH Disney Junior app for smartphones and tablets beginning November 24, 2013, while the series will premiere on Disney Junior channels and programming blocks globally in 2014. Established last year as part of Disney/ ABC Television Group's … [Read more...] about Disney show to debut online and on app
BBC Worldwide sells “The Incredible Mr Goodwin” internationally
BBC Worldwide has sold UKTV’s five-part series The Incredible Mr Goodwin to 11 broadcasters in Australia, Germany, America, Russia, Scandinavia, Holland and Spain. The Incredible Mr Goodwin is a Crook/Objective co-production for Watch (UKTV). The show will air on ABC2 late June. It will also air on Channel One in Russia and BBC America in the US on July 8. Additionally, Germany’s ProSiebenSat 1 has snapped up the series to launch later this month as well, slated to … [Read more...] about BBC Worldwide sells “The Incredible Mr Goodwin” internationally
