2010-01-11 4th CDWM Sweden
Swedish production and content company Silverback will produce a fourth season of world-renowned hit format COME DINE WITH ME for TV4 in Sweden.
TV4 has commissioned another 52 episodes of the hit format and the fourth series premiers tonight. The series airs Monday through Thursday every week.
Silverback has so far produced 108 episodes in total during the first, second and third season of the format.
2010-01-10 CDWM Denmark
Swedish production and content company Silverback will Executive Produce a local version of world-renowned hit format COME DINE WITH ME for TV3 Denmark.
TV3 has commissioned 48 episodes of the hit format and the first series premiers tonight. BLU is the local producer of the Danish series. The series will be aired Monday through Thursday for 12 weeks.
The Danish commission follows a very successful season for the local adaptation of COME DINE WITH ME on TV4 Sweden. The series has steadily increased its audience during the run and is beating the channel’s average in the slot by far. In Norway, the second series of the format premiers this Spring as well
2009-03-18 SURVIVOR
Saturday the 21st of March will see the long awaited premiere of SURVIVOR on Sweden’s largest TV channel. Back on the screens after an interrupt of 3 years the re-launch will feature tougher conditions and harder challenges than ever before.
Already before it’s premiere, SURVIVOR has attracted a lot of attention in the country that saw the original commission of the today world-renowned format already in 1997. After only two days, over 1.500 people had followed the casting call and in total 9.000 people applied to take part in the programme.
Silverback recorded the 11-episode long run in the Philippines this winter. For the first time ever, a woman will host SURVIVOR. TV4 profile and one of Sweden’s most popular hosts, Linda Isacsson will be heading the Island Counsels.
Anna Carrfors Bråkenhielm, the CEO of Silverback was the first person in the world to discover SURVIVOR back in 1996 when she optioned the format from its creators at Castaway Television in the UK. Up to date 71 territories around the world have their own format versions of SURVIVOR.
2008-11-03 STABLE STARS
The original format from Silverback is a success story on YLE TV2 in Finland. Produced by Susamuru locally, STABLE STARS more than doubled the market share among women 15-29 and women 30-44 equally.
The format was aired at 19.40 on Saturdays and premiered on the 13th of September. During the 7 episodes run, the series attracted steady and increasing viewing numbers. STABLE STARS was the most talked about program this fall in Finland and received enormous press coverage.
The rating throughout the series was above the channel’s average and increased significantly in the final episode, outperforming the slot average with 11%.
“We are very happy with the original commission in Finland. It’s remarkable that the format has proven to be strong and competitive and specifically that it more than doubled the market share in the key demo of women. We have experienced a high interest in the format from a number of other countries and we are to see more international versions in the next year” says Anna Carrfors Bråkenhielm, CEO Silverback.