Fremantle has promoted Roberta Zamboni to Global Head of Branded Content Sponsorship. Based in Milan, Zamboni will report directly to Andrea Scrosati, Global COO and CEO Continental Europe. In her new role, Zamboni will be responsible for introducing new business models and streamlining the way Fremantle approaches bringing value at scale to branded entertainment. In […]
IBC2023 has announced its line-up of headline speakers from across the media, entertainment and technology sector, along with the underlying content pillars running through this year’s show, which takes place in the RAI Amsterdam on September 15th – 18th. The content at this year’s event is underpinned by three fundamental pillars: Transformative Tech, Shifting Business […]
Fremantle’s premium documentaries label, Undeniable, announced a new feature documentary, The Second Woman (w/t), capturing Golden Globe and two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson (Luther, His Dark Materials) in an epic, one-off performance piece at the Young Vic theatre in London. The Second Woman play is created and directed by playwrights and directors, Anna Breckon and […]
Pan-European broadcaster RTL has reported full-year Group revenue up 8.8 per cent to a record level of €7.2 billion, up 1.6 per cent organically despite decreasing advertising markets in Germany and France. Paying subscribers for RTL Group’s streaming services in Germany, the Netherlands and Hungary up 44.3 per cent to 5.5 million. Market consolidation remains […]
Fremantle is strengthening its creative partnership and making a strategic minority investment in Artists, Writers & Artisans, Inc. (AWA), an independent developer of bold and relevant stories from some of the world’s most outstanding creative talent working across graphic fiction, film and television. AWA’s innovative development model provides editorial partnership, dedicated film & TV development […]
Picking Scabs, See-Saw Films’ and writer/showrunner Samantha Strauss’ joint venture, has announced that Louise Gough will join the production company as Executive Producer. Gough, who will report to Strauss and Liz Watts, See-Saw Film’s Head of Film and Television (Aus), joins Picking Scabs from Screen Australia where she was Head of Development. This new appointment […]
Fremantle, a specialist in creating, producing and distributing films, documentaries and broader entertainment content, has announced its partnership with UK artificial intelligence start-up, Papercup. The two-year deal will see Papercup localise hundreds of hours of video entertainment content from Fremantle’s catalogue of talent shows into Arabic. This content – from world-renowned Fremantle formats including Idols, […]
Fremantle has appointed Andrew Llinares as Director of Global Entertainment. Based in London and reporting to Group CEO Jennifer Mullin, Llinares will assume overall responsibility for Fremantle’s global entertainment production, development and acquisitions teams, effective immediately. He takes over from Rob Clark, who retires at the end of February after 20 years with the company. […]
RTL Group has published its quarterly statement for the January to September 2022 period. Thomas Rabe, Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group, commented: “RTL Group had a solid first nine months of the year 2022, in the face of a challenging macroeconomic environment and its impact on advertising markets. The high revenue growth in the […]
The BBC has acquired two non-English language drama series – Senorita 89 and KaDeWe – Our Time is Now from Fremantle, with both set to air later this year. Created and directed by the award-winning showrunner Lucia Puenzo, scandalous thriller Senorita 89 delves behind the curtain of Latin America’s beauty pageant culture in the 1980s, […]