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Endemol to Bring Star Talent to Cannes

September 23, 2013

LONDON: Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones, The Hour) is heading to Cannes as a guest of Endemol to promote the new drama The Ark, along with other Endemol talent, including magician Troy Von Scheibner, star of Troy (working title), and TV chefs Cyrus Todiwala and Tony Singh of The Incredible …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: NordicWorld

September 23, 2013

CANNES: NordicWorld heads to Cannes with a slate of formats that includes Celebrities on Skis, U-Turn and Drunk, as well as a host of fresh factual series. The first of the trio is made by United in Denmark for TV 2, while U-Turn is from Denmark’s DocEye for DR and …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Audiovisual from Spain

September 24, 2013

CANNES: The Audiovisual from Spain banner represents the interests of Spanish companies involved in the content industry. Its promotional activities are sponsored by ICEX Spain Trade and Investment and FAPAE Spanish Audiovisual Producers Confederation. At MIPCOM, Audiovisual from Spain is celebrating the coming together of Spanish companies and Argentine companies, …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Global Screen

September 24, 2013

CANNES: The high-budget disaster movie Heroes features tons of special-effects shots and a star-studded German cast. “At MIPCOM, we will be able to present the finished film, which has already been presold in several territories, including an all-rights deal for Japan,” explains Marlene Fritz, the head of TV sales at …

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BBC Worldwide Shakes Up Western European Team

September 25, 2013

LONDON: A new team has been put in place by David Weiland, BBC Worldwide's executive VP for Western Europe, to lead the company's businesses in the Benelux, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy and the Nordics. Gabriele Galassi becomes the head of Benelux, while Isabelle Helle has been tapped as the head …

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Endemol France Bolsters Senior Production Team

September 25, 2013

PARIS: Endemol France is reinforcing its senior production team with several new appointments, including Sophie Troadec, formerly the director of reality TV at Adventure Line Productions, being hired for the newly created position of program manager for entertainment, reality TV and docu-reality. Prior to joining Adventure Line Productions, Troadec was …

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FremantleMedia Enters Partnership with Multi-Channel Network Divimove

September 25, 2013

LONDON: FremantleMedia has acquired a minority stake in Divimove, the second largest Multi-Channel Network (MCN) in Germany, as part of a strategic partnership announced between the two companies. Divimove was set up in 2012 by Brian Ruhe, Philipp Bernecker and Sebastiaan van Daam. The company provides creators on YouTube with …

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Shine TV Gets New MD

September 25, 2013

LONDON: Kelly Webb-Lamb has been elevated to the role of managing director for Shine TV. For the last 18 months, Webb-Lamb has been serving as creative director for Shine TV. She originally joined the company in March 2012 from her role as director of factual programs at Princess Productions as …

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CME Installs New Head of TV Markiza

September 25, 2013

HAMILTON: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has tapped Matthias Settele to succeed Zuzana Tapakova as general director of TV Markiza in the Slovak Republic. Before joining CME, Settele was the general manager for Turner Nordic and Baltic. He was also a senior consultant for Austria's public channel ORF. Prior to …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Passion Distribution

September 25, 2013

CANNES: Based on a real establishment that exists in Holland, Divorce Hotel helps couples get through the unpleasant process of ending a marriage. “Global broadcasters have been trying to find a way to cover divorce in a factual-entertainment format that covers the conflict and pain in the relationship whilst ending …