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...getting along. Murdoch, whose net worth Forbes tallies at $8.3 billion, has only to gain by patching up his relationship with the sitting Prime Minister of the country that is host to his fourth largest holding. Berlusconi, who comes in at $9.4 billion on the Forbes list, owns Endemol, producers of global variety and reality television programs, which sometimes run on Murdoch networks. (Read a TIME cover story on Reality...
...just a P.R. stunt." Then why, asks someone, did you bother to come? "The only way I'll ever know that it's not fixed is if they pick me." The hubbub might explain the success of this reality show in Italy. According to the show's producers, Endemol, only Spain - another Latin country - has ratings that are close to those in Italy. This past spring, Grande Fratello achieved its highest viewership since its sensational first edition in 2000, with a weekly share of 34% over three months, and more than 11 million viewers (in a country of 58 million...
...coming until the public has had more than enough. CBS just launched an updated version of Star Search, the talent show for singers, models and comedians, with Arsenio Hall playing the old Ed McMahon role of host. The USA network is prepping Nashville Star (guess what kind of music). Endemol is trying to sell a U.S. version of the Soundmix Show, which looks for the best imitators of famous acts...
...pubs, and less in front of the tube, than Americans do. When Europeans watch TV, they're used to getting high-quality programming on state-subsidized channels. Only a few years ago, German media giant Bertelsmann gave up entirely on the floundering pay-TV market. Dutch TV production company Endemol, which created the reality series Big Brother, doesn't work with a single pay-TV provider in the Netherlands. "TV in Europe is viewed as a utility," says UBS Warburg analyst Chris Dixon. Even Malone concedes that "these are not investments for wimps," as he told the Wall Street Journal...
...what would NBC do about this fad, trend, tad, friend, whatever? Perhaps pick up Chains of Love from Endemol Entertainment, the company that originated Big Brother. How would the network's quality DNA react to Chains of Love? "It's a relationship show," Ancier said. The critics burst into laughter, and Ancier added, "That wasn't supposed to be funny...
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