Every top-level TV exec has a story of the one that got away and Fremantle‘s Jens Richter is no exception.
Fremantle’s CEO of International and Commercial yesterday admitted he had turned down the chance to distribute Heated Rivalry well before the Canadian series had become the global phenomenon it is today. He had been alerted to the Bell Media gay hockey drama by his Canadian bureau, but wasn’t convinced.
During a keynote interview at NEM Dubrovnik, Richter responded to a question about business regrets by saying: “We got pitched Heated Rivalry for distribution and I said ‘no.’ That turned
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