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Fremantle Revenues Up 21% As Super-Indie Inches Toward €3B Turnover Target
Fremantle’s revenues rose 21% to €2.3B ($2.44B) and profits were up 15% last year as the super-indie inches toward its target to hit €3B ($3.2B) turnover by 2025.
Significant investment – both organically and via acquisitions – is to come across all genres this year, according to owner RTL Group…
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By Max Goldbart
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‘The Listeners’: BBC Developing TV Adaptation Of Canadian Novel From ‘Normal People’ Producer Element Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a TV adaptation of buzzy Canadian novel The Listeners from Normal People producer Element Pictures.
Although not yet greenlit, Deadline understands the show is in a relatively advanced stage. The Listeners author Jordan Tannahill is adapting for TV and Janicza Bravo…
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Barry Keoghan, Fresh From Oscar Nomination, Lines Up Dream ‘Billy The Kid’ Project With Director Bart Layton And Producer Ed Guiney
Fresh from his Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin, Irish actor Barry Keoghan is turning his attention back towards a dream assignment: a new feature retelling of the story of Billy the Kid. Keoghan’s American Animals director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature, produced by Element…
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Fremantle’s Spending Splurge Will Shoot Past $270M, Just Don’t Say It’s Fattening Up For A Sale
There was a time when Fremantle was shorthand for the American Idol company. ABC’s iconic entertainment brand was undoubtedly a coveted calling card, but it also served to constrain perceptions of a company that harbored a grander vision.
Peter Bose, the preeminent Danish drama producer behind shows…
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Fremantle Promotes Christian Vesper To Global Drama CEO With Oversight Of Scripted Labels
Fremantle has promoted Christian Vesper to CEO of Global Drama, handing him oversight of a number of scripted labels acquired in the past few months.
In the newly-created role, Vesper will oversee the RTL-owned super-indie’s drama and film slate along with the likes of Normal People producer Element…
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International M&A In 2022: The Key Deals From UTA/Curtis Brown To Mediawan/Plan B & INOX/PVR
Elon Musk’s reluctant $44BN Twitter buyout and Warner Bros' merger with Discovery were the most market-shifting M&A deals of the year but outside the U.S. there were several major developments that have impacted the global market.
Scroll through the gallery above for a reminder of the other splashy M…
‘Normal People’ Producer Element Options Nicola Dinan’s Queer Love Story ‘Bellies’
Normal People producer Element Pictures has acquired film and TV rights to Bellies, the highly anticipated debut from Nicola Dinan.
Rights to the queer love story were won following a “hotly contested auction,” according to Element owner Fremantle, with the book still a year away from…
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By Max Goldbart
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Bectu & Pact Extend UK TV Drama Agreement Negotiations Once Again – Ballot Now Expected In December
Another extension has been agreed between Pact and Bectu for the pair’s UK TV Drama Agreement, with the saga now looking set to rumble on for almost a year.
Broadcasting union Bectu was supposed to be balloting its members from 14 October to 23 October with a result due today but instead the…
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‘Normal People’ Producer Element Pictures Signs ‘Fleabag’ & ‘The Tourist’ Indie Two Brothers Drama Boss Christopher Aird
Normal People producer Element Pictures has made its first signature hire since being acquired by Fremantle, signing up Fleabag indie Two Brothers Pictures drama boss Christopher Aird as Creative Director.
Aird will work across the Academy Award-winning Irish indie’s UK, U.S. and international TV and…
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UK TV Drama Agreement Latest Twist: Pact Draws Up New Set Of Terms & Bectu To Ballot Members Next Month
EXCLUSIVE: The latest development in the Pact and Bectu TV drama saga has been set as Pact draws up a new offer for Bectu to deliver to its members.
The indie trade body and broadcasting union have been negotiating over the past month after the deadline for the TV Drama Agreement – governing areas such as working…
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Broadcasting Union Bectu’s Members Vote “Overwhelmingly” To Reject Pact Terms On TV Drama Agreement
Broadcasting union Bectu’s members have voted “overwhelmingly” to reject trade body Pact’s latest offer and the future of the pair’s TV Drama agreement could now be in doubt.
In the past few minutes, Bectu Head Philippa Childs said members had followed Bectu’s position of voting against the terms and…
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Fremantle Takes Majority Stake In ‘The Favourite’ & ‘Conversations With Friends’ Producer Element Pictures
In another mega M&A deal, Fremantle has taken a majority stake in Irish The Favourite, Room and Conversations with Friends producer Element Pictures.
The company, one of the most prolific and respected on the European drama circuit, joins Fremantle’s roster of drama producers including The Responder indie Dancing…
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