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The BBC has struck a six-year deal for the MasterChef franchise and is moving production from London to Birmingham. MasterChef, MasterChef: The Professionals, Celebrity MasterChef and newly-announced BBC Three series Young MasterChef will air until 2028 and move to the UK’s second city’s Digbeth Loc in 2024. Produced…

Thierry Lachkar, the Founder of Shine France and currently MD of French indie Deeply Superficial, has been named CEO of ITV Studios France, with Deeply Superficial set to be subsumed by ITVS France. Lachkar, who launched The Voice and MasterChef in the nation, replaces Franck Firmin-Guion, who stepped down in July to…

EXCLUSIVE: MasterChef is officially back in production in the UK after Shine got cameras rolling on spin-off show MasterChef: The Professionals last week. Filming is underway on Season 13 of the professionals’ franchise at 3 Mills Studios in London, with Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace resuming their…

EXCLUSIVE: GVN Releasing, the indie distributor with a focus on faith-based fare, has launched Forgiven Films, a new division that will aim to release wide-appeal movies from underserved voices. The company has tapped longtime Sony Pictures Home Entertainment exec Steven Belmont as president and already has its first…

Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Shine, an hourlong dance drama from producer Marc Platt (La La Land, Fox’s Grease: Live) and Step Up creator Duane Adler. Written and executive produced by Adler, Shine is a character-driven, multigenerational dance show told through the eyes of three distinct women…

Sibling banners Shine Pictures and Lovely Day are officially becoming part of Kudos as part of a restructure in the Endemol Shine Group. Shine Pictures' MD Ollie Madden is taking up an exec producer role within Kudos, with the film label's development slate also moving over to Kudos. Current Shine Pictures projects…

The last time that Pharrell Williams lent his exceptional voice to a movie tune, kids went nuts and adults endured the irresistible Happy until our ears bled as the song helped drive Despicable Me to blockbuster status. Now, he's teamed with his fellow The Voice judge Gwen Stefani in hopes of doing the same for The…

21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management today announced they have completed transaction of merging Endemol, Shine Group and CORE Media.The newly created joint venture, of which 21at Century Fox and Apollo both will each own 50%, will initially operate under the name Endemol Shine Group beginning January 1. Fox…

With the official final agreement to create a joint-venture of Endemol, Shine, and Core Media announced a little over two weeks ago, another important piece of the management structure has fallen into place. Tim Hincks, current President of Endemol, has been named President of the combined entity. He will be based in…

Ever since the Shine-Endemol-Core Media mega-merger was first floated, speculation has swirled over what it would mean for Shine founder Elisabeth Murdoch. The speculation can now be put to rest as Murdoch will indeed leave her role as chairman of Shine if and when the proposed merger goes through, a source with…

The crew of the unscripted series Master Chef that airs on Fox have secured a union contract with health and retirement benefits under terms negotiated by IATSE and the Motion Picture Editors Guild. The contract for the Shine/Reveille show was negotiated without a work stoppage, organizer Rob Callahan said, although…

Time Warner Makes $1.4B Offer For Endemol One insider familiar with the negotiations describes Time Warner's bid for the debt-laden Dutch TV company as "rock bottom."  I’m told Endemol’s owners consider the Time Warner bid “ridiculously low.” It comes to seven times Endemol’s expected $192M earnings this year before…