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In the News (Sun 7 Sep 08)

  
  FremantleMedia's Tony Cohen
Tony Cohen, the CEO of FremantleMedia, has had years of experience in local productions, and today runs the company that produces some 190 localized versions of entertainment-show and serial-drama formats in 38 countries.
FremantleMedia provides broadcasters with the production expertise of its "flying producers," a team that travels from country to country, helping local broadcasters not only in creating the shows and getting them on the air, but providing assistance in keeping them popular over time.
FremantleMedia Enterprises also develops the company's properties in online, interactive and wireless media and ensures that licensing and music-publishing opportunities are fully exploited.
www.worldscreen.com /print.php?filename=0102cohen.txt   (3312 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > Mipcom Headlines > FremantleMedia brings the Gameshow Catalogue to Mipcom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia's extensive gameshow collection includes landmark shows, many of which have recently experienced an impressive revival with audiences worldwide.
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide will be representing available ancillary rights to these shows including home entertainment, merchandising, licensing, interactive and publishing rights.
FremantleMedia senior vice president, production, worldwide entertainment Rob Clark said, "Gameshows are back and the interest in them is worldwide.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k5/oct/oct15.htm   (706 words)

  
 Mattel, Inc.: Investor Relations
FremantleMedia is one of the largest international creators and producers of programme brands in the world, with leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming in over 40 territories.
FremantleMedia has production offices in over 20 countries worldwide, providing local sales and production support for its international TV brands such as Idols and the world's longest running game show, The Price is Right.
FremantleMedia is the content arm of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company.
www.shareholder.com /mattel/news/20040609-136787.cfm   (802 words)

  
 Cecile Frot-Coutaz Promoted To CEO FremantleMedia North America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia is delighted to announce the appointment of Cecile Frot-Coutaz as the new CEO of FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), one of the United States leading producers of entertainment programming.
She has had a tremendous track record of achievement at FremantleMedia over the last 10 years and we believe she has the skills to grow the business in this key market in the years to come.
FremantleMedia Appoints Patrick Schult As MD Of Asian Operations
www.worldidol.tv /page.asp?partid=376   (441 words)

  
 FremantleMedia Appoints Catherine Mackay To CEO Of New Platforms Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia Appoints Catherine Mackay To CEO Of New Platforms Division
FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of television programmes in the world, today announced the creation of a new content division - New Platforms - to be led by Catherine Mackay, who has been promoted to CEO of this new business.
Mackay has been appointed to this position from her previous role as Regional CEO, USA, Australia and Asia and CEO FremantleMedia Enterprises, where she was responsible for driving the performance and growth of FremantleMedia's production operations in the US, Australia and Asia and for the company's ancillary rights and distribution businesses incorporated under FremantleMedia Enterprises.
www.fremantlemedia.com /page.asp?partid=374   (591 words)

  
 Studios, Large Indy Compare Future. Strategies Q&A With FremantleMedia's Catherine Mackay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Catherine Mackay is CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises and deputy CEO of FremantleMedia's North American division, formerly known as Pearson Television.
She was appointed to these positions in May 2001 and was previously president of Pearson Television Enterprises, the division responsible for extending Pearson Television's brands to the Internet and interactive TV platforms, and into consumer products.
FremantleMedia is great at spotting, acquiring and developing ideas and then producing them in over 30 countries around the world.
www.videoageinternational.com /2001/articles/December/studios.htm   (1176 words)

  
 Symbian OS mobile smartphone operating system - News, articles, wireless developer tools for Symbian Series 60, UIQ and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia is one of the largest producers of entertainment programs and serial dramas in the world, producing over 260 programs in more than 40 countries each year.
FremantleMedia Licensing North America is a market leader in brand extension, with off-screen activities in mobile telephony, online entertainment, slot machines, live events and retail products.
FremantleMedia is the content business production arm of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio company, with interests in 23 television channels and 22 radio stations in nine European countries.
www.symbianone.com /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=401   (1432 words)

  
 Orwellproject.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The deal, which was inked March 17th 2004, will see FremantleMedia creating new versions of the format in the FremantleMedia production centres around the world and also licensing third party producers to make their own productions of the format in markets outside of the FremantleMedia territories.
The remainder of the world will now be handled by FremantleMedia, with the company’s production subsidiaries producing new versions in 12 countries, including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Holland and South Africa and licensing to local producers and broadcasters in the remainder.
FremantleMedia is perhaps the only company in the world who could do this, because of the close links between its international production and distribution offices.
www.orwellproject.com /print.php?sid=1546   (859 words)

  
 Mobliss Delivers World's First Multiplayer Cross-Platform Wireless Game
FremantleMedia is one of the largest television production companies in the world, producing more than 260 programmes in over 39 countries and territories a year, including the US, the UK, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Latin America and Asia.
FremantleMedia produces a wide range of drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming, and it has particular expertise in developing and acquiring new formats worldwide for production in local territories.
FremantleMedia is the content business production arm of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company, with interests in 23 television channels and 14 radio stations in nine European countries.
www.wirelessdevnet.com /news/2002/328/news5.html   (716 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > FremantleMedia's Catherine Mackay steps down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Commenting on her departure, FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen said, "I am very sorry that Catherine has decided to leave FremantleMedia after so many years with the company.
In her time with the company she has had a profound impact on the overall development of FremantleMedia, both on its strategy and as a divisional CEO where she has been responsible for a very significant proportion of the company's total profits.
In the late 1990's Mackay played an integral role in establishing FremantleMedia's business in the US and in Asia, which is where she was based when she first joined the company in 1995.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k6/jan/jan168.htm   (260 words)

  
 FremantleMedia brings The Gameshow to MIPCOM 2005 | Televisionpoint.com News
Following a surge in global interest for its gameshow titles, FremantleMedia, the leading international content producer and distributor, brings its Classic GameShow Catalogue to MIPCOM this October, proving that gameshows certainly are back by popular demand.
The winning gameshow format combines interesting questions, great humour, fascinating families and great prizes and has enjoyed success in 38 territories since its US launch in 1976, where it was the No. 1 rated syndicated gameshow from 1978 to 1984.
FremantleMedia is delighted to bring The Price Is Right - the longest running gameshow in the history of television -- back to Cannes this October.
www.televisionpoint.com /news/newsfullstory.php?id=1128151997   (776 words)

  
 American Idol to Run in Syndication in September as "American Idol Rewind"
FremantleMedia North America and 19 TV are producing the series.
FremantleMedia North America is a division of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of program brands in the world, with production operations in more than 25 countries.
FremantleMedia co-developed, co-owns and co-produced "Pop Idol" in the UK and has produced the format in over 30 countries worldwide.
www.celebrityspider.com /news/january06/article011906-30.html   (811 words)

  
 RTLGroup :: HOME PAGE
FremantleMedia has signed broadcast deals for both Canadian and American Idol.
FremantleMedia has acquired the rights to roll out the hit Colombian telenovela format, Yo Soy Betty La Fea.
FremantleMedia has agreed with Fox on at least four more seasons of "American Idol".
www.rtl-group.com   (723 words)

  
 FremantleMedia Appoints Director Of Operations For Asia Pacific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia, one of the leading international creators of programme brands in the world, has appointed Simon Spalding to the newly created position of Director of Operations, Asia Pacific.
The region is a key area for FremantleMedia and we feel the time is right to establish a new role to build on the company’s position as a leading player in this region.
FremantleMedia Japan, the joint venture between FremantleMedia and Tokyo-based Vogue Planet, produced its first programme in Japan, Mirai Model (Model Behaviour), for TV Tokyo in 2004.
www.worldidol.tv /page.asp?partid=386   (625 words)

  
 World Screen - Home
LONDON, July 20: FremantleMedia has created a content division targeting new media platforms such as mobile and broadband that will be overseen by Catherine Mackay, most recently the company’s regional CEO for the U.S.A., Australia and Asia and CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises.
At New Platforms, she will be responsible for establishing and growing FremantleMedia’s capabilities to create, produce and supply original entertainment to telecom companies, mobile operators, broadband Internet and other platforms.
She will continue to be based in New York and report to Tony Cohen, the CEO of FremantleMedia.
www.worldscreen.com /newscurrent.php?filename=fme720.htm   (349 words)

  
 World Idol - @forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia North America and 19TV together with FOX bring this special to America this December.

On December 25, 2003, the show will feature performances from each of the eleven Idols vying for the world crown.

All of the contestants have proved themselves winners in their own countries, and this is a great opportunity for our viewers to see the range of incredible talent that Idols has uncovered from around the globe."

The Idols brand has created superstars across the globe and can now be found in over 20 countries.

FremantleMedia is a wholly owned subsidiary and the content business arm of the publicly traded RTL Group, one of Europe's largest television and radio broadcast companies.
www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=219993   (1091 words)

  
 Mobliss Press Releases and News | Mobliss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Keith Hindle, VP Integrated Marketing and Interactive of FremantleMedia North America, the co-producer and co-licensor of American Idol, added, "American Idol is as much about the fans as it is about the contestants.
FremantleMedia Licensing Americas (FMLA) is the US licensing arm of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of program brands in the world, with leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming in over 40 territories.
FMLA exploits FremantleMedia's many strong brands including the award winning, American Idol, the world's longest running game show The Price Is Right, the ever-popular Family Feud, and other classic game shows across multiple off-screen platforms including merchandising campaigns, interactive and wireless support, home entertainment and music publishing.
www.mobliss.com /about/newsroom/2005.03.14.jsp   (1125 words)

  
 Toy News International - Daily Action Figure News Source
Last season's finale, produced by FremantleMedia and 19TV for the Fox network in the US, saw 30.3 million viewers tune in to watch Carrie Underwood be crowned as the newest American Idol.
FremantleMedia North America is one of America's foremost producers of reality-based entertainment programming for television, and has produced the IDOL format in more than 30 countries worldwide.
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas (FLW, Americas) is the US licensing arm of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of program brands in the world, with leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual entertainment programming in over 40 territories.
toynewsi.com /news.php?catid=8&itemid=7421   (665 words)

  
 C21Media:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
After a three-year courtship of Blu Entertainment, via a development deal that has generated formats like Spoofed and Up For Sale and allowed Blu to produce local versions of Idols and How Clean Is Your House, Blu ceo and former Wegelius TV chief Henrik Hancke Nielsen has agreed to sell up.
FremantleMedia ceo Tony Cohen said that after the three-year partnership, "we felt the time was right to forge a more strategic relationship.
Nielsen, who founded Blu in April 2001 with director and co-owner Per Zachariassen, said that FremantleMedia "is one of very few TV companies that have the ability to turn a programme into a global brand on and off-screen."
www.c21media.net /news/detail.asp?area=74&article=23950   (370 words)

  
 Australian Idol - Official Site of the 2005 Australian Idol Series - Terms & Conditions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When you register with a FremantleMedia Site you represent that you are at least 12 years of age and have the authority to register with such site.
The FremantleMedia Sites and all the materials published or otherwise incorporated on the sites(herein"Content"), such as text, button icons, interfaces, images, software, illustrations, video clips, audioclips, and other video and audio files are owned exclusively by FremantleMedia or others that have licensed their materials to us.
You agree that FremantleMedia and the FremantleMedia Sites will not be responsibleor liable for any loss or damage of any sort arising out of any suchd ealings or as a result of the presence of such third parties or link to their sites on the FremantleMedia Sites.
www.australianidol.bigpond.com.au /Home/TermsConditions.aspx   (1784 words)

  
 TV3 Launches Search To Discover New Danish Pop Idol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
FremantleMedia and 19TV’s smash-hit entertainment format, Idols is set to launch in Denmark on TV3 this autumn.
Sue Green, Managing Director Nordic and Central Europe, FremantleMedia Production comments: “I am delighted that we are launching another local version of Idols in this region, following our recent first series in Norway, the final of which achieved an incredible audience share of 82.2% amongst 12 to 44 year olds.
The phenomenal performance of this series, and of other productions in the US and in Europe, including in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, demonstrates the way in which Idols really does capture the public’s imagination.
www.univox.com /writer/denmarkidolinfo.html   (729 words)

  
 American Idol Continues Reign On FOX With Simon Cowell
FOX, 19 Entertainment, Ltd. and FremantleMedia North America, Inc. have entered into a new agreement that extends their relationships as the new season of AMERICAN IDOL approaches.
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is on the leading edge of global broadcast production, developing some of television's most innovative and watched new programming.
FMNA is a division of FremantleMedia, one of the largest international creators and producers of program brands in the world, with production operations in more than 25 countries.
www.celebrityspider.com /news/november05/article112905-9.html   (1160 words)

  
 FremantleMedia In With The IT Crowd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Fremantle International Distribution (FID), the distribution arm of global content creator FremantleMedia, today announced that it will be distributing the brand new talkbackTHAMES sitcom, The IT Crowd, worldwide.
The IT Crowd, which premieres with a double bill on the UK's Channel 4 this Friday, is the latest highly-anticipated comedy offering from talkbackTHAMES producer, Ash Atalla, producer of The Office, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's internationally successful docu-comedy.
The show is now set to make the move to terrestrial, and will settle into its new home on BBC2 at the end of February.
www.thesweeney.com /page.asp?partid=31   (328 words)

  
 Business Wire: Codemasters Brings American Idol Video Game to Game Boy Advance This Holiday Season; Play for the Title ...
The "American Idol" reality entertainment TV show co-produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19TV, garnered a cult-like following that amassed a staggering 38 million viewers in the final episode of Season 2, and averaged 21 million viewers per episode throughout the season.
FremantleMedia, formerly known as Pearson Television, is one of the largest international producers of entertainment programs in the world, producing more than 260 programs in over 40 territories a year.
FremantleMedia is the content business production arm of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company, with interests in 23 television channels and 22 radio stations in nine European countries.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Oct_1/ai_108398348   (726 words)

  
 Site News - A&E Aquires Thames Library For Distribution
Fremantle Home Entertainment is part of FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, the company's global merchandising, licensing, telephony and interactive operations division.
FremantleMedia has production offices in over 20 countries worldwide creating a range of programmes from Germany's leading serial drama, Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten (Good Times Bad Times), to top Australian soap, Neighbours and the world's longest running game show, The Price is Right.
The company's licensing operation, FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, exploits FremantleMedia's many strong brands across multiple off-screen platforms, extending from merchandising campaigns and interactive and wireless support, to home entertainment and music publishing.
www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1860   (696 words)

  
 clubdm - The unofficial Danger Mouse fan club
FremantleMedia and their associated companies are not responsible for the content of clubdm.com and hereby disclaim any liability in relation to any content or services provided by or on clubdm.com
FremantleMedia have announced a deal with AandE Home Video to distribute titles from Thames.
This will no doubt leave many avid DM collectors in despair as they are stuck with only half of their collection.
www.clubdm.com   (1020 words)

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