麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide today announced the opening of a wholly owned production office in Paris, France.
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The local production base will build up 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide formats in this key territory and is part of the company鈥檚 wider strategy to establish a network of production offices throughout the world.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide Productions France will be headed up by Jean-Louis Blot, who will be working with all of the major local terrestrial networks to grow the company's French production business.听
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As Director of the new production office, Jean-Louis will report to Colin Jarvis, Director of International Formats, 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide Content & Production, and will be supported by C茅cile Lamarque, who joins as Development Executive and will oversee production.
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Colin Jarvis said: "France is a key market for us. Establishing a thriving production base in this major European territory fits into our strategy to position 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide as a leading global content network.
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"Through the success of our Sales & Distribution office, 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide enjoys a strong relationship with all of the major broadcasters in France and we look forward to extending this to local production.
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"I'm pleased to welcome Jean-Louis onboard, he has the background and experience to develop our production office into a prominent player in the French market.
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Jean-Louis Blot, Director of 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide Productions France, added: "I'm very excited to be part of 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide's production plans in France as they have one of the richest catalogues in the world. My first priority will be to establish a production team."
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麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide Productions France will work alongside 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide's Sales & Distribution team in France, managed by Tim Muff, which continues to oversee all of the company's programme distribution, publishing and licensing activity in France.
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麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide has a history of licensing British formats in France, including The Weakest Link, Top of the Pops, Great French and The Office.
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The Paris production office is 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide's latest in a growing network of production bases, the others being in Los Angeles, New York, Mumbai, Toronto and Sydney.
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Jean-Louis Blot brings with him a wealth of experience in the French television industry. He joins 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide Productions France from Air Productions, where he was Head of Development as well as a producer.
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At Air he produced two of France 2's most popular game shows: Don't Forget the Lyrics and Tout le Monde veut prendre sa Place. Prior to that he worked as a producer for API Productions, Taxi Productions and Head of Programmes and Content for auFeminin.com Group.
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C茅cile Lamarque joins 麻豆官网首页入口 Worldwide France Productions from FremantleMedia where she worked on the launch and development of series such as Jamie's Kitchen, Supernanny, How Clean is Your House? and The Farmer Wants A Wife.
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