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Hat Trick’s Whose Line is it Anyway? heads to the Middle East
Unscripted comedy format Whose Line is it Anyway? is set to be adapted for the Middle…
Australia’s Network Ten to remake human interest format Taboo
Australian broadcaster Network Ten has commissioned distributor Lineup Industries and Sydney-based Lune Media for Taboo,…
Amazon replaces Schuster with Castallo for unscripted post
Amazon Studios has named former CBS head of alternative programming Chris Castallo as its new…
All3Media Int’l launches MIP Cancun formats pitch
All3Media International is launching a formats pitch at MIP Cancun. The distributor has extended its…
BBC Three’s Stupid Man Smart Phone lands in Singapore
Kalel Productions’ BBC Three fact ent format Stupid Man, Smart Phone is heading to Singapore. …
Twofour strikes European sales for What Would Your Kid Do?
Twofour Rights has sold ITV’s What Would Your Kid Do? and This Time Next Year into Belgium and Eastern…
Facebook to launch three int’l formats, revives The Real World
Facebook is to launch three international show formats on its Watch platform, including The Real World via…
Fox orders Endemol Shine’s Big Bounce Battle
Fox has ordered physical format Big Bounce Battle from Endemol Shine. Endemol Shine North America…
Love Island US details emerge as ITV’s War of the Worlds sells globally
US broadcaster CBS is expected to stay loyal to ITV Studios’ hit format Love Island,…
ITV Studios launches label in the Netherlands
ITV Studios is expanding its international presence with a new production label in the Netherlands….
Story Lab, Youngest Media strike JV for formats
Game of Clones distributor The Story Lab has partnered with David Flynn and Lucas Church’s…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Alone At Home
Distributor: Sony Pictures Television International Distribution Producer: Electric Ray Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Concept: Kids…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Greatest Dancer
Distributor: Fremantle Producer: Syco Entertainment, Thames Channel: BBC One (UK) Concept: Dancers audition in front…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Flirty Dancing
Distributor: All3Media International Producer: Second Star Productions Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Concept: Strangers take part…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Evil Monkeys
Distributor: The Story Lab Producer: Renegade Pictures Broadcaster: ITV2 (UK) Concept: A human zoo where humans…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: The Big Audition
Distributor: Warner Bros. International Television Production Channel: ITV (UK) Producer: Twenty Twenty Concept: A fly-on-the-wall…
Endemol Shine stages Heist in the Netherlands
Endemol Shine Group’s factual thriller The Heist, has been commissioned in the Netherlands by Dutch…
Show of the week: Football Genius
Distributor: Hat Trick International Producer: Hat Trick Productions Channel: ITV (UK) Concept: A football comedy quiz show testing fan…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Showdown
Distributor: Keshet International Producer: Tedy Productions and Keshet Broadcasting Channel: KBL (Israel) Concept: Two artistic titans…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Songland
Distributor: NBCUniversal International Formats Producer: Universal Television Alternative Studio and Live Animals in association with…
Show of the week: The Heist
Distributor: Endemol Shine International Producer: Shine TV Broadcaster: Sky One (UK) Concept: Eight citizens tipped…
MIPCOM Hot Picks: Singerella
Distributor: Armoza Formats Channel: TBA Producer: Armoza Formats Concept: A would-be singer with unfulfilled dreams…
Netflix swoops for Channel 4’s The Circle
Netflix has snapped up Channel 4 format The Circle. The streaming giant is to adapt the…
Federation takes majority stake in unscripted venture WeMake
Federation Entertainment is to take a majority stake in WeMake, the Paris-based unscripted outfit it…
Endemol Shine India to adapt The Farm
Endemol Shine India has signed a deal with DRG to remake international format The Farm locally….
Rising Star gets five-series deal in Sri Lanka
Keshet International has struck a multi-series deal for Rising Star in Sri Lanka. Asia Broadcasting…
Ovation to relaunch Inside The Actors Studio
US arts network Ovation TV is the new home of Bravo’s long-running interview programme Inside…
C4 commissions The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
The UK’s Channel 4 (C4) has commissioned a format that follows a restaurant staffed entirely…
The perfect opportunity for entertainment
David Williams, creative director (non-scripted), Keshet Productions UK Can you remember what you were doing…
Belgium’s RTBF buys Banijay’s Legacy
Belgian broadcaster RTBF has snapped up gameshow The Legacy from Banijay Rights. Zodiak Belgium is…