FOXTEL Takes On Raft of FME Fare

LONDON,
December 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold more than 400 hours of
programming to Australian pay-TV service FOXTEL, including a host of recently
launched shows alongside returning series.

America's
Toughest Jobs from BermanBraun and Original Productions was
included in the deal. The 10×1-hour series challenges 13 people to break
free from their careers and experience some of the most gruelling jobs on the
planet.

Also included is the 13×1-hour factual series Hitler's Bodyguard, which analyzes the
motives and methodology of the many individuals and organizations who attempted
to kill Adolf Hitler. FOXTEL also took on DEA,
a 6×1-hour series that goes undercover with a group of Special Agents and Task
Force Officers in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Other programs include American Idol season eight, The
Price is Right, Blankety Blanks, Project Runway, Janice Dickinson's Modeling Agency and the action-adventure series Baywatch from the FME back catalogue.

Paul Ridley, FME's senior VP of sales for Asia
Pacific, said, "We're very happy to be doing such great business with
FOXTEL, I am delighted to be able to provide them with so much product which
offers the brand fit they are looking for."

Fleur Fahey, the group channel manager at FOXTEL,
added, "We are thrilled to secure such an extensive range of exclusive
content, which our subscribers will enjoy in 2009 across the owned-and-operated
channels group."

—By Kristin Brzoznowski