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Formats
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Making a physical gameshow for Netflix
Kieran Doherty joint-MD of Stellify Media, producers of Blind Date and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,…
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Formats round-up: Banijay, Story Lab, Vivendi strike deals
Exclusive: Banijay’s Magnolia options Hold On To Your Seat in Italy Banijay-backed Magnolia has picked…
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NBC inherits ‘Small Fortune’ remake
US broadcaster NBC has signed on to adapt Youngest Media’s Small Fortune competition series. The network has…
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Endemol Shine swoops for Japanese ‘Rolling Kitchen’ format rights
Endemol Shine Group has swooped for international distribution rights to Japanese format The Rolling Kitchen. The…
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Show of the Week: The Legend
The Legend, billed as a musical game of blackjack, marks the first format produced in-house for…
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Dating formats in a social age: Why audiences are hooked on hooking up
Viacom International Studios’ head of formats Laura Burrell expounds on the prolific success of recent…
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ITV boss defends “different and distinctive” BritBox UK plans
ITV boss Carolyn McCall has defended the broadcaster’s SVOD tie-up with the BBC, BritBox UK,…
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‘Killing Eve’, ‘English Scandal’ lead BAFTA TV and craft nominations
BBC America’s Killing Eve and BBC One and Amazon co-production A Very English Scandal are leading nominations…
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Vice Studios UK hires director of unscripted development
Former Darlow Smithson exec Steven Bricknall has boarded Vice Studios UK as the fledgling production…
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Netflix rejigs exec ranks with new remits for Nishimura, Riegg
Weeks after it delineated exec ranks between English-language and international content, Netflix has again restructured…
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ITV responds to ‘Love Island’ backlash with bolstered aftercare
ITV has said it is extending its “support processes” for Love Island contestants following the suicide of 2017…
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Channel 4 gets ‘Banged Up’ Stateside with BriteSpark
Channel 4 has commissioned Argonon Group-backed BriteSpark Films for a three-part social experiment series that…
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Endemol Shine gets ‘Younger’ in China
Endemol Shine China is to produce a local version of the TV Land drama Younger….
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Former Wall to Wall exec sets up formats firm
Former Wall to Wall exec Poppy Delbridge has set up a new entertainment formats firm….
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Brainpool hires Endemol Shine exec for unscripted drive
Banijay-backed German prodco Brainpool has hired former Endemol Shine exec Fabian Tobias to lead its…
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Twofour scores format deals in Russia
Twofour formats What Would Your Kid Do? and Change Your Tune are heading to Russia….
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NHK to adapt ‘Secret Life of Four Year Olds’
Japanese broadcaster NHK is to adapt The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds for its free-to-air…
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Armoza grows development team with Reshet exec
Armoza has expanded its development team with the appointment of former Reshet exec Ori Dror….
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A+E’s ‘Seven Year Switch’ heads to Italy, Finland
A+E Networks is set to take its social experiment format Seven Year Switch to Italy…
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For My Next Trick: BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock
TBI has marked International Women’s Day (8 March) all week with its ‘For My Next…
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Endemol fires legal warning shot at Keshet over ‘2025’
Endemol Shine Group has fired a legal warning shot at Keshet International around the latter’s…
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China’s new TV frontier offers short-form opportunity
Ahead of UK trade body Pact’s UK China Creative Exchange event in London next week,…
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For My Next Trick: ‘Big Brother’ producer Allison Grodner
Each day this week, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Friday (8 March),…
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Exclusive: RTL II signs on for Banijay’s ‘Wild Things’
German broadcaster RTL II has signed on for four episodes of Wild Things, TBI has learned. …
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FRAPA’s Jan Salling boards BBC Studios
FRAPA head Jan Salling has joined BBC Studios to run production out of the Nordics. …
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ITV’s Love Island heads to New Zealand
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group’s format Love Island has been commissioned by Three in…
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FRAPA launches guide to help prevent format infringement
FRAPA, the format recognition and protection association, has launched a new service – the FRAPA…
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NBCU serves Top Chef spin-off in Thailand
NBCUniversal International Formats has sold Top Chef spin-off Just Desserts into Thailand. The One Enterprise…
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ITVS GE’s World on Fire leads its spring drama slate
ITV Studios Global Entertainment had a stellar debut drama event last year with an oversubscribed…
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Exclusive: BBC Studios takes Great Britons format to Peru
BBC Studios has struck its first format deal in Peru for British format Great Britons,…