Fremantle has launched dedicated free ad-supported streaming television (Fast) channel, The Jamie Oliver Channel, for U.S. audiences on free streaming television service Pluto TV.
The deal was revealed on Wednesday by Fremantle executives, Jens Richter, CEO of commercial and international and Laura Florence, senior VP global Fast Channels, at the Mipcom market’s Fast and Global Summit.
The 24 hour channel features chef and child health campaigner, Jamie Oliver, and his catalogue of cooking shows including “Jamie’s Quick & Easy,” “Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals,” “Jamie’s Super Food,” documentary series “Sugar Rush” and “Jamie’s School Dinners.” In the run up to Christmas, the channel’s “Jolly Jamie Holiday” strand will include “Jamie’s Italian Christmas,” “Jamie’s Quick & Easy Christmas” and “Jamie’s Night Before Christmas.”
Florence said: “Fremantle and Jamie Oliver have been working together for 20 years, and the launch of the Jamie Oliver Channel in the U.S.
The deal was revealed on Wednesday by Fremantle executives, Jens Richter, CEO of commercial and international and Laura Florence, senior VP global Fast Channels, at the Mipcom market’s Fast and Global Summit.
The 24 hour channel features chef and child health campaigner, Jamie Oliver, and his catalogue of cooking shows including “Jamie’s Quick & Easy,” “Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals,” “Jamie’s Super Food,” documentary series “Sugar Rush” and “Jamie’s School Dinners.” In the run up to Christmas, the channel’s “Jolly Jamie Holiday” strand will include “Jamie’s Italian Christmas,” “Jamie’s Quick & Easy Christmas” and “Jamie’s Night Before Christmas.”
Florence said: “Fremantle and Jamie Oliver have been working together for 20 years, and the launch of the Jamie Oliver Channel in the U.S.
- 10/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
You may roll your eyes upon hearing that Jamie Oliver's latest crusade is to convince the government to impose a sugar tax for the UK, but once you've seen his new Channel 4 show, you'll probably agree with him.
Ten years ago, Jamie's School Dinners became a huge influence on MPs making rule changes to improve the state of food provided by schools, and now he wants to take a step further by making it clearer just how bad the sugar situation is right now in the UK in Sugar Rush.
"If we get this right we can make a real change over the next five years," he said at a Q&A at Channel 4's headquarters in London today (August 27).
He admitted that trying to encourage a tax is "the most ridiculous context in the world", but that "amazing things could happen if this goes well".
He...
Ten years ago, Jamie's School Dinners became a huge influence on MPs making rule changes to improve the state of food provided by schools, and now he wants to take a step further by making it clearer just how bad the sugar situation is right now in the UK in Sugar Rush.
"If we get this right we can make a real change over the next five years," he said at a Q&A at Channel 4's headquarters in London today (August 27).
He admitted that trying to encourage a tax is "the most ridiculous context in the world", but that "amazing things could happen if this goes well".
He...
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
Some point midway through 2014, Digital Spy enforced an editorial ban on Katie Hopkins stories. If she was involved in a TV show or something serious, we could write about it, but we banned any 'news' that just involved her gobbing off.
Katie Hopkins news stories always do very well. People share them, people click them. She annoys and grates, so people click it. But we made a collective decision that you have to draw a line somewhere when it comes to promoting someone and giving them a platform. When we took that decision, we didn't shout about it, because in itself that would have given Katie what she wanted - more attention.
So when we were approached with the offer of an interview with Katie Hopkins for her new TV show My Fat Story, we were hesitant. She has piled on the pounds and then lost them again for the programme,...
Katie Hopkins news stories always do very well. People share them, people click them. She annoys and grates, so people click it. But we made a collective decision that you have to draw a line somewhere when it comes to promoting someone and giving them a platform. When we took that decision, we didn't shout about it, because in itself that would have given Katie what she wanted - more attention.
So when we were approached with the offer of an interview with Katie Hopkins for her new TV show My Fat Story, we were hesitant. She has piled on the pounds and then lost them again for the programme,...
- 12/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Jamie Oliver has been named the best TV foodie of all time. The celebrity chef - who has hosted a string of cookery shows on Channel 4, including 'Jamie's School Dinners' and 'Jamie's 30 Minute Meals' - has topped a poll of the best TV culinary experts, beating the the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Delia Smith to take the title after earning 15 per cent. Gordon - whose programmes include 'Kitchen Nightmares' and 'The F Word' - took second place with 11 per cent of the vote, but the foul-mouthed cook shares the position with domestic goddess Delia, who gained the...
- 5/3/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Jamie Oliver has been named the best TV foodie of all time. The celebrity chef - who has hosted a string of cookery shows on Channel 4, including 'Jamie's School Dinners' and 'Jamie's 30 Minute Meals' - has topped a poll of the best TV culinary experts, beating the the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Delia Smith to take the title after earning 15 per cent. Gordon - whose programmes include 'Kitchen Nightmares' and 'The F Word' - took second place with 11 per cent of the vote, but the foul-mouthed cook shares the position with domestic goddess Delia, who gained the...
- 5/3/2013
- Virgin Media - TV
London -- Within days of taking the post ITV chief executive, Adam Crozier has made his first trophy signing, wooing Channel 4's acerbic and well-liked director of television Kevin Lygo to take over ITV's production division as managing director, ITV Studios.
The move sees existing ITV production head Lee Bartlett giving up his U.K. production brief but retaining oversight of ITV's international production and distribution business.
The move is Crozier's first step to delivering the turnaround in ITV's fortunes that his predecessor Michael Grade failed to achieve.
"Kevin's appointment underlines our commitment to ensuring home-grown content stays at the heart of our business and our focus on attracting the very best creative talent, both on and off-screen, to ITV," Crozier said in a statement.
Lygo -- who has been head of television at Channel 4 for seven years and was previously director of television at...
The move sees existing ITV production head Lee Bartlett giving up his U.K. production brief but retaining oversight of ITV's international production and distribution business.
The move is Crozier's first step to delivering the turnaround in ITV's fortunes that his predecessor Michael Grade failed to achieve.
"Kevin's appointment underlines our commitment to ensuring home-grown content stays at the heart of our business and our focus on attracting the very best creative talent, both on and off-screen, to ITV," Crozier said in a statement.
Lygo -- who has been head of television at Channel 4 for seven years and was previously director of television at...
- 4/30/2010
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Oliver hates getting upset on TV. The celebrity chef - who has run several televised healthy-eating campaigns, including 'Jamie's School Dinners' and 'Jamie Saves Our Bacon' - can't stand watching himself get emotional for a TV show, but believes this is sometimes necessary. He said: ''I hate watching myself on TV where I wear my heart on my sleeve. Do you think I want to dedicate months to making 'Jamie Saves Our Bacon', a 75-minute show about pigs? I had to do it because the British pork industry was on its knees. The next day, 20 per cent of British people changed ..
- 4/12/2010
- Virgin Media - TV
"Seven billion American dollars are spent every month in Afghanistan," British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver says. "But we can only get 4.5 billion out of the government for a 10-year-plan to keep the obesity epidemic from killing children. Your children!"
In Oliver's new ABC show, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," he and his team head to Huntington, West Virginia, which has been called the unhealthiest city in America, to examine attitudes about food in homes and schools. Though the show officially premieres in a 2-hour event this Friday (March 26), the first hour is already available to watch on ABC's site and a sneak peek aired this past Sunday.
"Local press didn't exactly help," Oliver says of the town's reception. "They thought that I was, I don't know, making them look stupid. Why would I ever do that? There was a month when things were quite tough."
First lady Michelle Obama has recently...
In Oliver's new ABC show, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," he and his team head to Huntington, West Virginia, which has been called the unhealthiest city in America, to examine attitudes about food in homes and schools. Though the show officially premieres in a 2-hour event this Friday (March 26), the first hour is already available to watch on ABC's site and a sneak peek aired this past Sunday.
"Local press didn't exactly help," Oliver says of the town's reception. "They thought that I was, I don't know, making them look stupid. Why would I ever do that? There was a month when things were quite tough."
First lady Michelle Obama has recently...
- 3/24/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"But didn't Al Gore already make the climate change documentary?" has been a common question over the five years we've been making The Age of Stupid. Which never fails to raise a weary smile. Casablanca had already done love, so why bother with Brokeback Mountain? Apocalypse Now did war, what's the point of Three Kings? Love and war will soon become minor concerns to us humans, as the full horrors of climate change begin to unfold. When I started my first documentary, McLibel, I never for a moment thought it would have any effect on that immovable corporate mountain called McDonald's. I just found the story of two people daring to stand up to Big Mac enormously inspiring -- and felt that others would too. But only ten years later -- thanks also to Fast Food Nation, Jamie's School Dinners and...
- 9/16/2009
- by Franny Armstrong
- Huffington Post
The Naked Chef is coming to undress unhealthy American cities. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has signed on to star in a new reality series, wherein he will try to improve Americans' eating habits.
The yet-untitled ABC series will be co-produced by the 33-year-old kitchen master's Fresh One shingle and Ryan Seacrest's eponymous banner.
It will adopt Oliver's U.K. series "Jamie's School Dinners," wherein the chef prompted the Government to spend around 0 million on school food.
In his "Ministry of Food" show last year, he held cooking lessons to encourage Rotherham natives to abandon fastfood takeouts and ready meals in favor of healthy foods.
The yet-untitled ABC series will be co-produced by the 33-year-old kitchen master's Fresh One shingle and Ryan Seacrest's eponymous banner.
It will adopt Oliver's U.K. series "Jamie's School Dinners," wherein the chef prompted the Government to spend around 0 million on school food.
In his "Ministry of Food" show last year, he held cooking lessons to encourage Rotherham natives to abandon fastfood takeouts and ready meals in favor of healthy foods.
- 5/12/2009
- icelebz.com
Two television personalities are going to team up for a whole new reality show that will make American people healthier. "The Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver from Britain will star in a new unscripted series which is produced by Ryan Seacrest's production house and scheduled to air on ABC.
The mission is to bring about healthy eating habits to the locals at some areas Stateside. This was loosely based on the project that Oliver did for school canteens in U.K. He set up a 2005 series called "Jamie's School Dinners" where he strove to improve the health of kids at school through a careful watch of their nutrition and observation of their canteen lunch.
In the new series, Oliver will do similarly but would also expand to other places beside schools. "Jamie has been through this mission before," ABC's co-head of alternative series Vicki Dummer said. "He will be an advocate for change,...
The mission is to bring about healthy eating habits to the locals at some areas Stateside. This was loosely based on the project that Oliver did for school canteens in U.K. He set up a 2005 series called "Jamie's School Dinners" where he strove to improve the health of kids at school through a careful watch of their nutrition and observation of their canteen lunch.
In the new series, Oliver will do similarly but would also expand to other places beside schools. "Jamie has been through this mission before," ABC's co-head of alternative series Vicki Dummer said. "He will be an advocate for change,...
- 5/11/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
ABC is teaming with British chef Jamie Oliver and Ryan Seacrest for a new unscripted series that gives healthy makeovers to an entire city.
Oliver will travel to the unhealthiest places in America and find ways to use nearby resources to improve local eating habits. The network has ordered six hours of the project from Ryan Seacrest Productions.
The series is loosely inspired on Oliver's acclaimed school lunch project in the U.K., where the chef set about to improve kids' nutrition. His effort to improve one school's offerings, documented in the 2005 series "Jamie's School Dinners," shamed educators into passing new measures to ban certain junk foods.
Seacrest said he talked about school lunches during a segment on his Kiss FM morning radio show and was struck by the amount of listener response. Then he heard Oliver was looking to bring his public service campaign stateside. The resulting ABC show...
Oliver will travel to the unhealthiest places in America and find ways to use nearby resources to improve local eating habits. The network has ordered six hours of the project from Ryan Seacrest Productions.
The series is loosely inspired on Oliver's acclaimed school lunch project in the U.K., where the chef set about to improve kids' nutrition. His effort to improve one school's offerings, documented in the 2005 series "Jamie's School Dinners," shamed educators into passing new measures to ban certain junk foods.
Seacrest said he talked about school lunches during a segment on his Kiss FM morning radio show and was struck by the amount of listener response. Then he heard Oliver was looking to bring his public service campaign stateside. The resulting ABC show...
- 5/10/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Oliver's new campaigning series Jamie's Ministry Of Food got off to a decent start last night (Tuesday) with 3m (13.2%). The show, which follows the chef's attempts to encourage healthier home cooking, helped Channel 4 to third place in the 9pm hour. The figure is down on his previous series Jamie's School Dinners, which began with 4.28m (17.6%) in February 2005. BBC One won the 9pm hour with 3.49m (15.4%) for the final episode of Mutual Friends. The drama has averaged 3.64m (16.2%) over its six weeks on air, down by around a quarter on the slot average. A new episode of CSI: Miami brought in 2.41m (10.6%) for Five over the same period, and on BBC Two, the concluding half of Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger had a disappointing 1.08m (4.8%). ITV1's coverage of the Champions League game between Arsenal and Fc (more)...
- 10/1/2008
- by By Neil Wilkes
- Digital Spy
Cult TV show Doctor Who swept the board and took home three prestigious accolades at this year's BAFTA Television Awards - Britain's answer to the Emmys. The show, which currently stars British actor David Tennant as the timelord, took home Best Drama Series, Best Writing and the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Program of 2005. Meanwhile, Gillian Anderson lost out on the Best Actress award to Bleak House co-star Anna Maxwell Martin, but celebrated when the BBC's Charles Dickens TV adaptation was awarded Best Drama Serial. Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell's talent show The X Factor swept away competition from Friday Night With Jonathan Ross to win Best Entertainment Program. The British version of hit TV show The Apprentice saw Sir Alan Sugar take home the Best Feature Award, while celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was honored for his factual series Jamie's School Dinners, which saw him relentlessly campaign for nutritious children's food. Other winners included London soap Eastenders, and Matt Lucas and David Walliams' hit comedy sketch show Little Britain. Doctor Who star Billie Piper accepted awards for the show saying, "I'm having the time of my life. Doctor Who is the most amazing show to work on."...
- 5/8/2006
- WENN
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