“I would put $1 million down on the table at the end of the first hour and give that to anyone who can tell me where the show goes. I know my money is safe."
Brad Lyons stepped down earlier this month as the Seven Network’s director of network production after 20 years with the broadcaster. IF asked the executive, who worked his way up the ladder from head of infotainment and oversaw some of its biggest franchises including 'My Kitchen Rules', 'House Rules', 'Little Big Shots', 'The Chase', 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'First Dates', about the changes he’s witnessed over two decades.
From next year, John Holmes will be replaced as Head of Drama by Southern Star's Julie McGuaran
Think you can make exciting TV? Got the ideas & ability to back it up? Channel Seven is looking for you.
Production on the show recently commenced on Australia’s East Coast, and the series will air on Seven later this year.
WildBear Entertainment observational documentary series 'Gem Hunters Down Under' is unearthing interest overseas, with Wild Thring Media confirming a raft of pre-sales.
Arguably the most stressed players in the broadcasting sector, Foxtel, the Seven and Nine Networks and Network 10 are calling for the scrapping of local content quota obligations.
An expansion into crime drama via WTFN and four new series from Auckland production house Stripe Studios headline Fred Media's slate for next month's MIPCOM, with the distributor adding nearly 140 hours of content to its catalogue.