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Horsepower 2021: the influence of Quebec television projects in Europe
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The Quebec TV projects selected for the third year of the Écurie will be entitled to the help of two French partners in order to carry out their seduction operation abroad. The TF1 Group and the Fabrique des formats, both based in Paris, will promote the international...
France’s TF1 joins Media Ranch’s Horsepower 3.0 format initiative
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
French broadcaster TF1 has joined the third edition of format project Horsepower, the incubation initiative from Canadian producer and distributor Media Ranch. Season one and two partners Media Ranch and Quebecor Content will also be joined for Horsepower 3.0 by...
TF1 joins French-Canadian format incubator
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
French-Canadian producer and distributor Media Ranch and local channels operator Quebecor Content have announced the third edition of the project, with TF1 involved for the first time. Horsepower 3.0 aims to create exportable unscripted TV formats from French-speaking...
Media Ranch partners with Quebecor Content, La Fabrique des Formats, and TF1 for Horsepower 3.0
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Media Ranch Founder, President and Executive Producer, Sophie Ferron, announced that Horsepower, its successful Format incubator initiative with Quebecor Content (Season 1 & 2 partner), is returning for a 3rd edition, along with new partners – La Fabrique des...
TF1 Joins horsepower 3.0 Incubator
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Media Ranch’s horsepower format incubator is set for a third edition, with Quebecor Content returning as a partner and La Fabrique des Formats and France’s TF1 coming on board. Horsepower is a French-Canadian format incubator aimed at creating exportable unscripted TV...
Media Ranch’s format initiative Horsepower returns with TF1 as partners
by WbM-MR | February 2, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Montreal producer and distributor Media Ranch has partnered with French broadcaster TF1 to launch the third edition of its French-Canadian format incubator, Horsepower 3.0. Year three of the format initiative will also see Parisian formats accelerator La Fabrique des...
CMF Trends: For Media Ranch CEO Sophie Ferron, Entrepreneurship is a Means of Expression
by WbM-MR | August 27, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
[:en] In collaboration with Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et des médias numériques (FCTMN), CMF Trends has set out to meet inspiring women as part of a series of articles on female entrepreneurship in the screen-based industries. This sixth profile introduces...
Prensario: Media Ranch announces format incubator winner
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Sophie Ferron, President and Executive Producer of Media Ranch, announced that HorsePower, their French-Canadian format incubator initiative, with partner Quebecor Content, picked writer, drama teacher and media coordinator Isabelle Laperrière as the winner of the...
CTVM: Média Ranch et Québecor Contenu dévoilent la deuxième lauréate de leur incubateur de formats télé l’écurie
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Média Ranch et Québecor Contenu dévoilent la deuxième lauréate de leur incubateur de formats télé l’écurie Le format Voyage en famille de la première lauréate An Tran sera développé et distribué en Asie – La présidente de Media Ranch, Sophie Ferron et Denis Dubois,...
TBI: Media Ranch links Horsepower with SBS Korea
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Media Ranch links Horsepower with SBS Korea Canadian format production and distribution outfit Media Ranch has struck a multi-year co-venture deal with Korean broadcaster SBS. The first-look agreement will see Media Ranch’s format incubator Horsepower working with...
Senal News: MEDIA RANCH CONFIRMS HORSEPOWER PITCH WINNER
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Sophie Ferron, President and Executive Producer of Media Ranch, a format production and distribution company, announced major news on HorsePower - their French-Canadian format incubator initiative, with partner Quebecor Content. Writer, drama teacher, and media...
TVFormats: Media Ranch’s HorsePower Pacts with FormatEast in South Korea
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Media Ranch’s HorsePower, a French-Canadian format incubator initiative with Quebecor Content, has entered into a first-look deal with South Korea’s FormatEast. Family Tripped, the HorsePower 1.0 winning format created by An Tran, will be the first project of the...
Videoage: Media Ranch Announces HorsePower News
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Sophie Ferron (pictured), president and executive producer of Montreal-based Media Ranch, an award-winning format production and distribution company, announced major news about HorsePower, its French-Canadian format incubator initiative, with partner Quebecor...
Realscreen: Media Ranch reveals format incubator winner, inks deal with FormatEast
by WbM-MR | July 9, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Isabelle Laperrière’s dating format Heartbreak Hotel has been selected as the winner of Media Ranch’s French-Canadian format incubator, HorsePower 2.0. The second annual incubator program saw more than 80 applications entering into the competition, before...
Videoage: ProSieben Airs Production Of Media Ranch’s Format ‘Watch!’ In July
Grenier aux nouvelles: WATCH!: le nouveau format télé de Media Ranch
C21: ProSieben to put on Watch!
by WbM-MR | June 16, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
German broadcaster ProSieben has picked up Talpa Germany’s production of gameshow format Watch!. Created by Canada’s Media Ranch and producers Dan Munday and John Kirhoffer, Watch! pits two teams against each other in a game of memory, challenging them to recall...
TBI: Germany’s ProSieben wants to ‘Watch!’ Media Ranch format
by WbM-MR | June 16, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
German network ProSieben has ordered a local edition of Canadian outfit Media Ranch’s game show format Watch! to be produced by Talpa Germany for broadcast next month. The German edition of Watch! will be titled Wer sieht das den?! and will feature two...
Worldscreen: ProSieben Slates German Version of Watch! for July
by WbM-MR | June 16, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
The first production of Media Ranch’s paper format Watch! is being made by Talpa Germany to premiere on ProSieben on July 21. The German version of Watch! will feature two celebrity players per team who will play for charity, pitting the two teams against...
Variety: Formats Specialist Media Ranch Expands into U.K. and English Canada Markets
by WbM-MR | June 12, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Montreal-based formats specialist Media Ranch is expanding its reach in the U.K. and English Canada with the addition of two consultants. Rod Rodrigo, who has held executive positions at Mar Vista, Gaumont, Global Agency and ICM, before starting Serendipity...
Variety: Formats Specialist Media Ranch Expands into U.K. and English Canada Markets
by WbM-MR | June 11, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Montreal-based formats specialist Media Ranch is expanding its reach in the U.K. and English Canada with the addition of two consultants. Rod Rodrigo, who has held executive positions at Mar Vista, Gaumont, Global Agency and ICM, before starting Serendipity...
C21: Media Ranch preps quick-turnarounds
by WbM-MR | April 29, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Montreal-based format production and distribution company Media Ranch is changing the way it approaches formats to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Canadian outlet is now focusing on what it calls ‘QTFs,’ short for quick-turnaround formats, CEO Sophie...
TV Formats Weekly: Media Ranch’s Sophie Ferron
by WbM-MR | April 20, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Recognizing the production challenges that the unscripted entertainment industry is facing, Media Ranch has come up with the Quick Turnaround Format (QTF) category, with high-quality but easy-to-deliver content. Sophie Ferron, the company's founder, president and...
Realscreen: Media Ranch signs with ICM Partners
by WbM-MR | April 1, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Montreal-based unscripted format production and distribution company Media Ranch has inked a deal with talent agency ICM Partners for U.S. representation. The deal is part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its presence in the U.S. ICM Partners will handle the...
NEWS: Media Ranch Signs With ICM Partners To Expand U.S. Presence
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