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Lineup’s Belgian format ‘Therapy’ lands in the Netherlands & Israel

Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Israel have become the latest to order local remakes of Lineup Industries’ mental health format, Therapy. NPO3 will debut the Netherlands version, which had initially been destined for streamer NPOStart, with De Haaien in production for a TX later this year. In Israel, public network KAN has commissioned the show […]

Red Arrow Studios Int’l takes global rights to ‘My New Mystery Job’ reality format

Red Arrow Studios International has acquired global distribution rights to social experiment format My New Mystery Job. Created by Stepping Stone Productions and currently in pre-production, the series has been commissioned by NPO3 in the Netherlands under the local title of Blind Getekend, where it will air in the second half of 2022. The reality […]

Exclusive: ‘Bake Off Junior’ travels across Europe following BBCS deals

Netherlands-based NPO3, SBS in Belgium and DR in Denmark have snagged format rights to BBC Studios’ cookery show Bake Off Junior. The deals, which emerged on the second day of BBCS’s virtual Showcase event, will see the format remade for NPO’s kids block Zapp and were among a raft of agreements struck by BBC Studios Distribution […]

Exclusive: Netherlands’ NPO3 scoops up Tuvalu comedy formats

Newen Group-owned producer Tuvalu Media has scored commissions for science-focused comedy panel show The Human Experiment and comedy programme Too Funny To Be True!.  Dutch broadcaster NPO3 has scooped up both formats, which are to air later this year. The Human Experiment finds a wacky comedian attempting various forms of scientific research on himself. Examples […]

ITV prepares to launch Talpa’s Cannonball

A UK version of Talpa Global’s physical gameshow format Cannonball is in the works for ITV. The deal marks ITV’s latest deal for a show from Talpa, the Dutch company it bought for an initial US$500 million in early 2015. Cannonball is a water-based physical gameshow in which contestants compete across crazy water-based challenges, such […]