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The Day Before I Die receives Rose d'Or nomination
Aito's The Day Before I Die is nominated for Best Reality and Factual Entertainment Show.
The show was aired on 2009 on Nelonen / Channel 4 Finland and is distributed by Small World IFT. The Day Before I Die was recently optioned to US by Scott Sternberg Productions.
- We at Aito Media are extremely happy for our first Rose d'Or nomination. Big thanks go to Nelonen and our friends at Small World for all their help and support, says Eero Hietala, Creative Director of Aito.
The Night Patrol format travels and gets bigger – 56 episodes in Finland and sold in US!
The Night Patrol format has been just sold for Scott Sternberg productions and Weinberger Media in US. The producers of ON THE CASE with Paula Zahn now in its second season on Investigation Discovery. "We are so thrilled to have a tremendously successful producer like Scott Sternberg take on these shows to adapt to the US market. He knows how to make hits! Plus he looks good in a dress."
From the beginning the series have been a great success. Reality series on police work broke all time audience record for JIM by reaching a 15% share. The third season contains 56 epiodes and will be the biggest docu-reality season in Finland ever.
”The interest in the series only increases all the time. Channel Jim viewers want more. And therefore the production season will be bigger than before and more versatile.”, says JIM Channel Director Ville Toivonen.
The Night Patrol tells the story of one police team's events during one night shift. The third season will be filmed in 9 different cities in Finland.
”This is the maybe first police show which is not concentrating in action. We get to know the two members of the patrol: who they are, what they hope and wish for, and what they fear. The relationship between police officers is the main element of the series. The format makes compelling viewing even if the events of the night are not extraordinary or otherwise stunning”, says Aito Media´s managing director Ilkka Hynninen
The format is very cost effective to produce. Each episode can be filmed within 1,5 days with a small crew.
Scott Sternberg productions and Weinberg Media bought also the US format rights of Aito reality series The Day Before I Die. Both formats have been created by Aito Media and distibuted by Small World international television.
Tim Crescenti’s Small World takes on Aito formats
Aito Media and Small World International Format Television tighten their cooperation. Small World starts representing Aito Media’s Night Patrol, that broke an all-time audience record by reaching a 15% share for Finnish Channel JIM. Night Patrol continues with new episodes airing this autumn.
Other Aito format migrating to Small World catalogue is the new format The Day Before I Die.
- Aito Media is one of our most important partners. Not only they are incredibly creative but also damn zany. We love them!, said Tim Crescenti, Small World president. - The most promising new format is Rescuing Santa game show, which will go in production for multiple territories in Finnish Lapland next year.
Aito Media has cooperated with Small World earlier. Aito optioned Small World’s Big in Japan which won the prestigious Golden Rose at the Rose d´or in May and sold in 19 other countries.
- Tim Crescenti and the entire Small World team are a valued partner for us and an important access to the international marketplace, said Ilkka Hynninen, Aito Media CEO. - Working with them is not only productive, but a lot of fun at the same time, he continued.
Small World IFT is a format company based in California. Crescenti has sold and produced over 135 series in 60 countries. Tim Crescenti is the man behind such formats as Nippon TV´s Dragon’s Den, and Silent Library.
Aito represents YLE formats
Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and Aito Media have signed an agreement on format development and representation. The deal gives Aito Media exclusive rights in the public broadcaster’s formats it develops and distributes.
- We value Aito Media’s impressive track record in creating innovative television formats and look forward to expanding YLE’s role in the international market place, said Ingegerd Pesonen, Head of Programming.
- The deal also gives us valuable knowhow in format development and helps us to understand this side of the TV business better, she continued.
Aito and YLE aim to co-develop several formats every year. The formats are new original ideas or they are based on past programming successes.
- The deal with YLE will give us access to YLE’s vast catalogue of in house programming and is a significant addition to Aito’s role as the leading format house in Finland, said Ilkka Hynninen Aito’s CEO. - We look forward to a fruitful long term relationship with YLE, Hynninen said.
Aito Media’s Format Factory produces factual entertainment properties. The company has created several television series for Finnish channels and the international market place. Currently, Aito Media has six series in production. Its latest series, The Night Patrol was a ratings winner for Channel Four owned JIM. The opening episode was JIM’s most watched program ever.
YLE is Finland’s public broadcasting company with a combined share of 45% of the total television viewing. The company operates four television channels and several radio stations.
For further information on YLE, please visit www.yle.fi.
Night Patrol Tops the Charts
Aito Media's reality series on police work broke all time audience record for JIM by reaching a 15% share. The series' opening episode on January 26 had an impressive audience of 247.000 viewers, which is about 100.000 viewers more than JIM's previous top one program. JIM has an average channel share of 3%.
The Night Patrol tells the story of one police team's events during one night shift. It is an original Aito created concept and it is being developed into an international format.
The series commission for Channel Four Finland's sister channel JIM is 16 half an hour episodes. The Night Patrol airs on Mondays at 10 pm.
Aito Media Hires Olsson
Vera Olsson has been appointed as a producer for Finnish prodco Aito Media Ltd. Her main responsibilities are producing prime time series and developing new television formats. Olsson’s career covers both Metronome Film & Television and FremantleMedia Finland; among other series she has produced Dragon’s Den and From Dumpster to Dreamhouse for Finland.
- Olsson’s appointment makes Aito Media a stronger production house and improves our position as an international content company, said CEO Ilkka Hynninen.