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TASTEMADE PARTNERS WITH FREMANTLE TO ACQUIRE SLATE OF PREMIUM LIFESTYLE SERIES STARRING WORLD-RENOWNED CHEF JAMIE OLIVER

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Three of the titles will premiere exclusively in the US on Tastemade this August

As a part of the deal, new Tastemade+ annual subscribers will receive a free copy of Jamie Oliver’s latest cookbook, “5 Ingredients Mediterranean”

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, independent media company Tastemade announced a new partnership with Fremantle to acquire six premium lifestyle series starring chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author, Jamie Oliver. Three of the acquired titles, Jamie Oliver Cooks the Mediterranean, Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals, and The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver, will have their US premieres on the Tastemade streaming channel this August. All three titles are tied to Oliver’s most recent cookbook, 5 Ingredients Mediterranean.

Jamie Oliver Cooks the Mediterranean premieres on Monday, August 5th. In the series, Jamie explores the sun-drenched flavors and traditions of some of the most varied and vibrant cuisines in the world, where he meets the locals to taste the true flavors of the Mediterranean.Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean Meals premieres on Tuesday, August 6th. The series is packed full of easy, delicious, and accessible recipes that use just five everyday ingredients. And to take things to the next level, all of the flavors are inspired by the Mediterranean.The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver premieres on Saturday, August 17th. The series is a brand new cooking competition format in which the UK’s best undiscovered cooks compete against each other to win a life-changing prize: a book deal with a major UK publisher to have their very own cookbook published. Over the course of seven episodes, cooks of all abilities, representing all kinds of cuisines, compete for this first-of-its-kind deal.

“Jamie Oliver is one of the most recognized chefs in the world; we’re thrilled to bring his newest shows to US audiences for the first time and to have him back on our channels,” said Jay Holzer, Tastemade’s Head of Programming. “We could not be more excited to partner with Fremantle to share this slate of fresh content with our viewers who are hungry for cooking shows that are as informative as they are fun to watch.”

“I’m excited to bring some of my biggest shows to Tastemade, the one-stop for people as obsessed with food as me,” said Oliver. “A hub full of inspiring food TV, together with delicious and trusted recipes that will get more people cooking.”

Additional titles include the evergreen series Jamie Oliver: Cooking for Less and the holiday series, Jamie Oliver’s Easy Meals at Christmas and Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Shortcuts.

“As we continue to supercharge Jamie’s brand in the US, I’m delighted to be working with Tastemade, who are leaders in the food space,” said Zoe Collins, Managing Director, Jamie Oliver Media Group. “This exciting new partnership will bring Jamie’s unique cooking style and his inspirational and accessible recipes to new and engaged audiences across America.”

“Fremantle’s partnership with Tastemade provides a unique opportunity for culinary enthusiasts,” said Trey Durst, Vice President of US Distribution for Fremantle’s international division. “These series showcase Jamie’s empowering and inspirational approach to cooking, and we are so excited to bring them to US homes with Tastemade.”

As a part of the deal and for a limited time, new Tastemade+ annual subscribers will receive a free copy of Jamie Oliver’s latest cookbook, 5 Ingredients Mediterranean, along with their membership — which grants them ad-free, on-demand access to more than 1,000 hours of shows, more than 12,000 recipes, and more.

ABOUT TASTEMADE
Tastemade is an independent media company that engages a global audience of hundreds of millions of monthly viewers on all major streaming television and mobile platforms. We create award-winning video content and original programming in the categories of Food, Travel, and Home & Design that we share with an engaged, passionate, and global community. Tastemade has been recognized with more than 65 awards including three Emmy Awards, three James Beard Awards, numerous Webby Awards, and has been twice recognized as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies.” For more information, visit Tastemade at: www.tastemade.com.

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ABOUT THE JAMIE OLIVER GROUP
Set up by our visionary founder, The Jamie Oliver Group is a global and integrated food brand with a mission to help build a healthier, happier world through the joy of food. From media and restaurants to products, partnerships (including YesChef, a home cooking learning platform) and Ministry of Food, every part of our diverse business has an important role to play in making it easier for people to cook and enjoy better, healthier and more sustainable meals. As a proud B Corp, we are committed to educating and inspiring people, workplaces, schools and communities all over the world, to help make better choices, one meal at a time.

ABOUT FREMANTLE
Fremantle is a leading global creator, producer and distributor of some of the world’s most successful content across Entertainment, Drama & Film, and Documentaries. 

Amplifying local stories on a global scale, Fremantle produces and delivers premium, multi-genre IP across the 27 territories it operates in. Fremantle is a proudly independent group of content creators, and home to some of the biggest entertainment formats, compelling international dramas, award-winning films and high-quality documentaries.

From Got Talent to Neighbours, Password to Poor Things, Fellow Travelers to Queens, Too Hot To Handle to Big Mood, Maxton Hall to Idols, and Priscilla to House of Kardashian, our focus is simple – Fremantle creates and delivers irresistible entertainment.

Fremantle also represents world-leading digital and branded entertainment, with more than 495 million fans and 300 billion views for its standout content across all platforms.

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, itself a division of the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann.

For more information, please visit www.fremantle.com, follow Fremantle on Twitter @FremantleHQ and Instagram @fremantle or visit Fremantle’s LinkedIn page.

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Wenge AI launches enterprise decision AI seminar series in Shenzhen

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SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Wenge AI brought together more than 50 academics, industry experts and business leaders from the Greater Bay Area for the first session of its seminar series on putting decision AI into practice in enterprises. Participants explored how AI is being applied to management decisions, risk anticipation and business analysis.

Decision-making becomes a new frontier for AI

In his opening remarks, Professor Liu Min, a director at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School, said AI was rewriting the fundamental rules of business competition. Managers should test its effectiveness in real operating environments rather than simply observe its development, he said. He welcomed Wenge AI’s sustained investment in decision AI and expressed hope that Chinese AI companies would translate their technological capabilities into productivity gains for society.

Hang Tian, director of CUHK’s Asian Institute of Supply Chains & Logistics, outlined the institute’s latest AI research. He said the institute had long used AI to translate research into practical applications. A macro-event analysis system developed by his team is supporting the deployment of logistics agents for warehousing, transport capacity and compliance. He looked forward to working with Wenge AI to support Chinese companies expanding overseas and using AI to strengthen the real economy, turning research findings into workflows that businesses can put into operation.

Wenge AI chairman Wang Lei said general-purpose large language models still faced limitations in enterprise decisions involving multiple stakeholders, complex reasoning and rapidly changing conditions. Decision AI would move beyond answering questions to simulating future scenarios, he said. Wenge AI has built the Decitron Decision Engine, which is the world’s first general-purpose large decision model, alongside its Decision Intelligence Platform (DIP) to support decision-making in real business operations.

Enterprises move from AI exploration to implementation

Xu Huansheng, vice-president of Meinian Health Group, spoke on “AI-driven transformation in the healthcare industry: decision-making, operations and growth”. He said AI was now essential for businesses. Markets would value companies for their future capabilities rather than pay a premium for past achievements.

Meinian Health Group has pursued an AI transformation since 2021, Xu Huansheng said. The quality of AI-assisted decisions depends on the completeness and continuity of data. In healthcare, AI can deliver meaningful insights when imaging data, blood test results, genetic data and other information are connected and accumulated consistently over time. Meinian has been progressively embedding AI capabilities into its day-to-day operations.

Wenge AI vice-president Zhang Xina presented the case of a Fortune Global 500 new energy company that previously spent several days manually reconciling tens of thousands of purchase orders. After adopting Wenge AI’s DIP and large decision model, the company created a digital twin of its procurement workflow using data from its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Materials planners now use a single consolidated view to complete the work in about 10 minutes each day.

The system also identifies the causes of delivery problems. When the company’s on-time delivery rate fell by about 25 percentage points month on month, the AI identified incomplete shipments after dispatch, rather than slow dispatch, as the root cause. One supplier was delivering an average of 83 days late.

Frank, a veteran chief information officer, shared an enterprise perspective in his presentation on “Best practices for enterprise AI agents”. His team initially invested in integrated AI appliances and an internal AI platform to improve efficiency, but employees sometimes found that using them created additional work. His company has now embedded an AI ontology into the sales, planning and materials modules of its ERP system. The system directly handles demand forecasting, anomaly detection and order processing, with audit trails to ensure traceability. He said AI’s value should be demonstrated through the redesign of real business workflows.

Embedding AI into enterprise decision-making requires effective data governance, process redesign and validation in real business operations. Wenge AI develops general-purpose large decision models and enterprise platforms to help businesses turn AI capabilities into tangible value.

 

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Superteam Wheels Launches Premium Cycling Brand MATIC, Unveils Flagship S68 Carbon Wheelset

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Superteam Wheels is proud to announce MATIC, its new premium sub‑brand, alongside the debut of MATIC S68, its flagship one‑piece carbon wheel set. Marking Superteam Wheels’ strategic expansion into high‑end road cycling gear, MATIC targets performance‑driven cycling enthusiasts, amateur racers and hardcore riders.

Inspired by the suffix “‑MATIC”, meaning precise mechanical motion, MATIC centers on craftsmanship, speed and lightweight performance. Drawing on Superteam Wheels’ long‑standing manufacturing expertise, the brand sets new benchmarks for premium cycling components.

The MATIC S68 features a 68 mm rim depth, 28 mm outer width and 21 mm inner width. The wheelset weighs 1,348 grams in total, comprising a 632-gram front wheel and a 716-gram rear wheel. Both wheels use 16 spokes.

Unlike common split‑molded one‑piece wheels on the market, MATIC S68 adopts high‑difficulty one‑piece molding and hole‑less rim technology for superior riding integration. Tuned iteratively based on real‑world testing by pro riders, it delivers consistent, powerful race‑ready performance.

Priced at US$2,999, the MATIC S68 offers strong value vs competing one‑piece wheels. A limited‑time promotion starts Oct 25 at US$2,599 (US$400 off). Buyers receive complimentary lifetime after-sales support to ease one piece wheel maintenance concerns.

Chris Zeng, Overseas Business Manager at Superteam Wheels, commented: “The MATIC S68 is the result of extensive development, iterations and rigorous testing. We want more performance-focused riders to experience premium flagship wheels, and we believe the MATIC S68 will meet their expectations.”

About Superteam Wheels

Founded in 2015, Superteam Wheels develops and manufactures high‑performance carbon wheels for road and gravel bikes. Built on race‑grade standards, its products are sold worldwide.

More info: https://superteamwheels.com/

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Tradewind Finance Provides EUR 2 Million Export Factoring Facility to Eldohm to Support International Growth

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The tailored factoring facility enables Eldohm to offer international customers payment terms of up to 120 days while maintaining the liquidity needed to pay suppliers in China earlier in the trade cycle.

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany, Oct. 23, 2026 /CNW/ — Tradewind Finance has provided a EUR 2 million export factoring facility, available in both euros and US dollars, to the Hong Kong subsidiary of Eldohm, a Netherlands-based international trading company. Arranged in collaboration with CRDT, the facility supports Eldohm’s international growth by providing working capital against outstanding invoices, enabling the company to manage larger orders and pursue further expansion in the United States.

Supporting Growth Across International Trade Flows

For internationally operating trading companies, managing the time between supplier payments and customer collections is a critical working capital challenge. Customers often require extended payment terms, while suppliers need to be paid much earlier in the trade cycle.

Eldohm’s Hong Kong subsidiary manages sourcing, product development and quality control, while the group’s financial administration is handled from the Netherlands. The company offers international customers payment terms of up to 120 days and can pay its suppliers in China earlier in the trade cycle.

As trading volumes grow, so does the amount of working capital required to bridge these payment cycles. This additional financing capacity enables Eldohm to accept larger orders, support growing customer demand and continue expanding its business in the United States.

An Export Factoring Solution Tailored to Eldohm

Tradewind structured the export factoring facility around Eldohm’s international trading operations.

By financing eligible export receivables issued by the Hong Kong entity, Tradewind makes working capital available before customers settle their invoices. This allows Eldohm to meet supplier payment obligations while continuing to offer competitive payment terms to its international customers.

The transaction required experience in international factoring, particularly in financing a Hong Kong entity with concentrated receivables exposure to a US-based buyer. These characteristics had made conventional financing through Dutch providers difficult to arrange.

Tradewind’s international expertise and tailored approach enabled a factoring solution aligned with Eldohm’s actual trade flows and financing requirements.

“Through factoring, we can offer our international customers the extended payment terms they need to manage their cash flow effectively when handling large volumes. At the same time, we can pay our suppliers in China earlier in the trade cycle without our own cash flow limiting growth. This creates financial flexibility on both sides of the supply chain and enables us to grow faster together with our partners,” said Pieter van den Bosch of Eldohm.

CRDT and Tradewind Combine Expertise to Deliver the Facility

The transaction was introduced to Tradewind by CRDT, which already supported Eldohm with credit management services. As Eldohm’s financing requirements developed, CRDT helped identify a financing partner with the international experience needed to support its operations.

For trading companies operating across Europe, Asia and the United States, access to appropriate financing can be complicated by differences in legal jurisdictions, corporate structures and the requirements of domestic financing providers.

CRDT’s understanding of Eldohm’s business, combined with Tradewind’s experience in international factoring, contributed to the development of a financing structure suited to the company’s needs.

“International trade requires expertise and a strong network to tailor supply chain finance to the needs of each business,” said Frans van der Hoorn, Managing Director at CRDT.

International Factoring Expertise Supporting Further Expansion

For Tradewind, the transaction demonstrates the importance of structuring financing around the way companies conduct international business.

With decades of trade finance experience and an international network of local teams, Tradewind supports exporters and importers whose financing needs extend beyond traditional domestic banking structures.

Rather than relying solely on Eldohm’s Dutch operations, Tradewind was able to finance receivables through the company’s Hong Kong subsidiary, supporting trade with a US-based buyer.

“Eldohm’s business demonstrates why export factoring needs to reflect the way goods, invoices and payments move across borders. By financing receivables through its Hong Kong entity, we have structured a facility that supports extended customer payment terms while providing the working capital needed for larger orders and further growth in the United States. Our collaboration with CRDT was instrumental in developing a solution aligned with Eldohm’s business,” said Harry Marchal, VP Sales Europe at Tradewind Finance.

The facility provides Eldohm with additional financing capacity to manage increasing order volumes, maintain supplier payments and pursue further international growth. It illustrates how tailored export factoring can improve cash flow and support companies operating across multiple markets.

To learn how Tradewind’s tailor-made trade finance solutions support international growth, visit www.tradewindfinance.com.

About Tradewind Finance

Founded in 2000, Tradewind Finance maintains a global network of offices including Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, India, Pakistan, Turkey, UAE, and the USA, alongside its headquarters in Germany. Combining financing, credit protection, and collections into one streamlined offering, Tradewind delivers flexible, best-in-class trade finance solutions to exporters and importers worldwide.

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