FremantleMedia, Burnett Team Up on Apprentice

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The Apprentice will be starting a global job search.

Producer Mark Burnett Productions and Distributor FremantleMedia have signed a deal to distribute the format of NBC reality series, The Apprentice, in international markets. FremantleMedia will create new versions at various international production sites, as well as license the format to third parties.

Also as part of the deal, FremantleMedia's international arm will sell the U.S. version of the show in world markets.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.