As it became clear by the September move by Endemol North America to take over CORE Media Group, Endemol was the 800-pound gorilla in the joint venture with Shine Group and CORE and was on track to take control of the venture’s U.S. operations. That is now a fact: Endemol’s toppers, Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin…

The companies say that the deal will create “a leading global multi-platform content provider,” to be run by former BSkyB Managing Director of Content Sophie Turner Laing. She’ll manage a 50-50 partnership between Fox and private equity firm Apollo Global Management that’s built from the three TV production companies…

UPDATE, MONDAY 1:55 AM PT: Following yesterday’s news that Sophie Turner Laing is primed to be CEO of the proposed Shine, Endemol and Core mega-indie, Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has confirmed she will leave the company. The move was expected, and the exec has announced her departure to staff internally. Mahon will…

Reality Check is a Deadline feature series covering the players, programs and trends in reality television. In mid-May, 21st Century Fox surprised industry watchers when it announced its intent to form a joint venture with Apollo Global Management that would include the Shine Group, Endemol and CORE Media Group…

Michael Brooks, previously SVP Entertainment Programming & Development at BBC Worldwide Productions and Adjacent Productions, has been tapped as SVP Unscripted Programming at Shine America. Part of the 21st Century Fox-owned Shine Group, Shine America’s current shows include MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, Riot, The Big…

In a move that would create a mega-indie, 21st Century Fox has confirmed its intent to form a joint venture with private equity firm Apollo Global Management which would combine the Fox-owned Shine Group and Apollo-controlled Endemol and CORE Media Group. The deal would be the latest big step in the fever pitch…

Veteran TV exec Stephen Garrett is leaving the Shine Group later this year. He is currently Chairman of Kudos, one of the UK’s leading indies, which he co-founded two decades ago and which was acquired by Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine in 2007. The company’s recent credits include Broadchurch, The Hour and Vicious. Garrett…

Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group has promoted Kelly Webb-Lamb to managing director of MasterChef producer Shine TV. The exec has spent the past 18 months as creative director of London-based Shine TV which also encompasses the Shine Soho offices, where all MasterChef series are produced, and Salford-based Shine North…

Idris Elba is heading out on an international driving tour in two-part documentary King Of Speed. The Shine North/Shine TV production is a look at the origins of the car racing scene. The two hours will air on BBC Two; Elba’s detective series Luther airs on BBC One. Elba will visit racetracks in the U.S., Scotland and…

Shine-owned production company Kudos has partnered with Imaginary Friends Productions for an exclusive two-year, first-look deal. Imaginary Friends is run by Broadchurch writer and exec producer Chris Chibnall. He’s coming off the first season of the hit ITV show which had all of Britain engrossed. Kudos will have…

Shine International Takes Interim Tag Off Nohr More than eight months after Nadine Nohr stepped in as interim CEO at Shine International, the company has made her gig permanent. Two years ago, the exec supervised the unit's revamp and relocation. She began as a consultant to Shine International, the sales and…

The new memorandum of understanding should end a suit in Delaware’s Chancery Court that stemmed from News Corp’s $675M acquisition of Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group. Shareholders led by Amalgamated Bank charged that the high price showed that her dad, Rupert, “has operated News Corp. as his own private fiefdom with…