EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is developing a royal drama based on the Queen's art collection with The X Factor producer Syco. Fellowes, who has written the forthcoming movie based on the ITV period drama, is working on a series about The Royal Collection, which is the art collection of the British…

Got Talent and The X Factor producer Syco and superindie Fremantle are rolling out Matthew Morrison-fronted format The Greatest Dancer and are looking to replica the global success of its previous entertainment behemoths. Nigel Hall, Global Head of TV at Simon Cowell's company, tells Deadline that he is showing the BBC…

Simon Cowell is finally heading to BBC One after the X Factor impresario secured his first deal with the British public broadcaster. The network has ordered The Greatest Dancer from Cowell's Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia's Thames. The broadcaster has ordered eight episodes of the entertainment format for…

ITV is extending its relationship with Simon Cowell for another three years. The British network has pacted with Cowell and Sony's Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK to keep reality competition series The X Factor UK and Britain's Got Talent on the air through the end of 2016. Britain's Got Talent will return to…

FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell and Sony’s Syco Entertainment are launching one-stop-shop YouTube channels for the Got Talent and X Factor franchises. Although the various versions around the world — 55 for Got Talent and 25 for X Factor — have their own dedicated channels, the new outlets will draw fans to a single…

FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment are hitting a milestone with the latest local adaptation of their Got Talent format. In what the companies claim is a record for a talent show, the franchise will launch its 55th version in Afghanistan in the fall. Afghanistan’s Got Talent will air on 1TV Media, a…

Simon Cowell is adding another stream to his talent scouting business. Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment's joint venture, Syco, is hooking up with YouTube to launch global online talent contest, The You Generation. The contest opens to the public March 20 and will run for one year in an experiment aimed at…

Creating a new pipeline for Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment’s joint venture, Syco, Over the Top Productions will develop "innovative, niche TV productions to bring more new TV shows to market.” Syco global head of television, Nigel Hall, who helped develop The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, will run the…

Recently filed financial documents for Simco, the TV production arm of Simon Cowell and Sony Music's Syco Entertainment, show pre-tax profits more than doubled to £32.6M ($52.2M) for the year ended March 31 2012. The 138% increase was largely spurred by the launch of The X Factor in the U.S., the filing said…

Tuesday 1st May 2012 – ITV Studios UK is delighted to announce that award-winning programme-maker, Shu Greene, currently Head of Television at Syco TV and producer and creator of some of the biggest shows on UK and US television, is joining ITV Studios UK in the newly-created role of Director of Entertainment…

Syco Entertainment, the joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment, today announces that Charles Garland will become the worldwide CEO with immediate effect. Formerly the COO, his role will now include leadership of Syco’s global TV business. Charles joined Syco in March 2011 from Crystal…

Simon Cowell's SYCO ENTERTAINMENT has partnered with Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith's OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT on the development and launch of a live, new international TV format to find the world's greatest DJs. This new format has already been developed and will be co-produced by SYCO and OVERBROOK. The show will…