FME, MDA Sign Up Singaporean Production Partners

CANNES, October 15: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and the
Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have selected three partners to
create the first content out of their production deal, which sees an investment
in multimedia TV projects that is set to generate $12 million over the next two
years.

Imaginary Friends Studio (IFS), Oak3 Films and Ochre
Pictures have each been awarded investment to produce content out of Singapore.

The deal with Asian graphic-novel
outfit IFS will establish a year-long relationship that sees all three
companies, IFS, MDA and FME, working together to develop a number of drama
series based on the characters designed and conceived by IFS creative
personnel.

The FME/MDA deal also sees Oak3 Films produce Tribal
Warming, profiling the lives of indigenous people around the world who are at the very forefront of climate
change.

Ochre Pictures is to produce content within the cooking and
travel genres. Extreme Cooking will center on the planting of an established chef (to be
confirmed) in culturally diverse, foreign environments where he or she will
experience individual customs and approaches to cooking that are completely
devoid of westernization.

Dr. Christopher Chia, the CEO of the MDA, said: “IFS, Oak3 Films
and Ochre Pictures are three promising media companies. Their partnership with
an established player like FME will further raise their company profiles and
fuel the creation of more high-quality made-by-Singapore content aimed at the
global market.”

Added David Ellender, FME’s CEO,
“We’re delighted to see these projects develop under our production deal with
MDA. We are very excited to be working with some of the best talent in the
Singaporean region and look forward to seeing the end products which we will
proud to represent under the FME portfolio when they are ready for
international launch.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski