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NBC is leaving the island. The broadcast network has canceled Million Dollar Island, a big-ticket reality competition series, ahead of production. The series, which was announced in March, was understood to be in the casting phase before it was shelved. It joins series being shelved such as Turner Networks’ The Big D,…

The Voice creator John De Mol is exiting ITV four years after the British broadcaster and producer acquired his company Talpa Media. This comes as ITV Studios has reorganized its international sales and formats business in a move that will see the closure of his Talpa Media brand. Big Brother creator De Mol has chosen…

John De Mol's Talpa has scored a second season of Dutch music talent format House of Talent. The first season of the show, which De Mol's firm hopes can be the spiritual successor to The Voice, ends of December 28 and has been picked up for a sophomore run in 2019 via Holland's SBS6. The recommission bodes well for…

The Voice producer Talpa Media is to forge a closer relationship with parent company ITV after promoting Maarten Meijs to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Meijs, who has overseen the company's Talpa Global business for a number of years, will be the company's first lead between it and ITV and its associated…

John de Mol's Talpa Holding has acquired the 67% of Dutch broadcaster SBS which it did not previously own via a transaction with Finnish media company Sanoma. The move is part of The Voice creator’s drive to build a Dutch multimedia company with strong positions in television, radio, print and online. It also comes…

Puppet acts have been a staple on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, including ventriloquists Terry Fator, who won Season 2 and has gone on to be a very successful headliner in Las Vegas, and Season 10 winner Paul Zerdin. The network now is putting puppets in the spotlight, teaming with The Voice producer Talpa Media, Muppet…

Expanding their relationship, John de Mol’s Talpa, now owned by ITV, has entered a joint venture with Middle Kingdom media company Zhejiang Tangde. The two will jointly develop and operate over 200 variety shows of which Talpa owns the copyright. The first production to be aired in China under the new deal will be Danc…

WME has signed John de Mol's Talpa Media, the production company behind such global unscripted formats as The Voice, Utopia, I Love My Country, and Dating In The Dark. In total, Talpa has created over 100 shows programmed in 180 countries. Last year Talpa was acquired by ITV Studios for $530 million in cash in a deal…

In a move that had been widely expected after the BBC said earlier this month that The Voice UK's next season would be its last with the broadcaster, ITV has confirmed it is the new home of the competition show. Along with a three-year deal with format owner Talpa Global for The Voice, which will run on the flagship…

The home of Downton Abbey will lose that flagship show at the end of the year, but growth at ITV continues across the board with double-digit profit increases in each sector — and the outlook is positive. Despite a 4% drop in UK viewership, there was a 5% hike in advertising revenues in the half-year ended June 30…

ITV appears to be walking away from a potential deal to acquire the Weinstein Company’s TV division, though neither side will confirm. The two companies were believed to be in talks over a staggered deal worth anywhere from $300 million to a top rate of more than $950 million if all benchmarks were achieved. It now…

John de Mol is expanding his Dutch-based Talpa Media into the German market with the acquisition of 49.9%t of local production company  Schwartzkopff TV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axel Springer SE. Schwartzkopff TV had been Talpa’s German partner since 2010, holding the exclusive rights to co-produce international…