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ITV has delayed production on its blockbuster entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent as coronavirus rampages across the UK. The Simon Cowell-created Syco Entertainment and Fremantle talent show was due to commence filming later this month, but this has now been postponed indefinitely amid a Covid-19 surge that has…

Fremantle and Syco Entertainment have announced that China’s Got Talent has been renewed for a seventh season, but declined to reveal what network will broadcast the show, raising questions about Dragon TV’s future involvement. The two companies said a broadcast partner is yet to be confirmed and would not comment on…

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell’s production outfit Syco Entertainment has said that it does not expect to be “materially impacted” by Covid-19, despite disruption to some of its biggest shows this year following the outbreak of the disease. In its earnings for the 18 months to the end of September 2019, the company…

Simon Cowell is to take full control of Got Talent and The X Factor producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment's stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a…

UPDATED at 10.25AM with a statement from producers: Former The X Factor contestant Misha B has spoken candidly about her experience performing on the Simon Cowell-created talent show, saying that producers foist an ‘”angry black girl narrative” on her. Misha B took part in the 2011 season of The X Factor, at which…

The X Factor won’t air on ITV in the UK this year as Simon Cowell figures out how to breathe new life into his once all-conquering talent show. Cowell recently signed a five-year deal with ITV for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, with the plan being to broadcast a final season of the latter in 2020. But Cowell…

The Got Talent format is heading back to China after Hunan TV partnered with Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. The broadcaster has ordered a 13-part series based on the format that will be known locally as Dian Feng Zhi (World's Got Talent) and will air in April. It comes after a local version of Got Talent aired on…

Glee’s Matthew Morrison is to star in Simon Cowell's British entertainment format The Greatest Dancer. The American actor, who has starred in a number of Broadway hits including Finding Neverland, will present the series alongside former Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy and Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse…

China is searching for its own young talent after digital platform Tencent ordered a local version of FremantleMedia and Syco's Kids Got Talent format. The streaming service is launching the show, dubbed Extraordinary Kid's Got Talent in China, this weekend. It is the latest youth-skewing version of the format, which…

Former Syco international chief George Levendis has resurfaced as COO of Turkish broadcaster Acun Medya. Deadline revealed that Levendis, one of the key executives responsible for the global roll out of the Got Talent and X Factor formats, has left Cowell's Syco Entertainment last month. He will become COO of Acun…

EXCLUSIVE: George Levendis, one of the key executives responsible for the global roll out of the Got Talent and X Factor formats, has left Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment. I hear his departure from the company, which is a joint venture between Cowell and Sony Music, is entirely amicable and Levendis, who was Head of…

Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Star China's Canxing Production have entered a three-year development deal aimed at large-scale global entertainment formats. The programs will be designed to appeal to Greater China with the potential for international distribution. Canxing has produced such series in the Middle…