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Formats
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NBC’s unscripted supremos to keynote at MIPTV
The head of unscripted at NBC, Paul Telegdy, and boss of the broadcaster’s new unscripted…
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eOne brings in CMT exec for alternative
Entertainment One Television has hired Julia Silverton from US cable channel CMT as senior VP,…
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UK gameshow Pointless set for US remake
US gameshow network GSN is aiming to remake Endemol Shine Group’s British quiz format Pointless….
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Warner Bros. int’l production director exiting
Warner Bros. International Television Production’s director of production, Lesley Davies, is exiting the business, TBI…
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Azteca moves for Ukrainian paranormal format
Mexican US Hispanic broadcaster Azteca America has greenlit a local version of Mystical Tales, the…
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Wanda’s $1bn Dick Clark deal collapses
The US$1 billion sale of US entertainment prodco Dick Clark Productions into Chinese hands has…
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Singing Bee returning to old haunts
Much-travelled karaoke format The Singing Bee is heading back into Romania and Indonesia after almost…
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Endemol Shine’s Brain sells
Several broadcasters in the CEE region have ordered local version of Endemol Shine gameshow The…
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Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs
UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from…
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Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs
UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from…
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INTV: Fox looks to Wade to revitalise reality
Fox Television Group co-chairman and CEO Dana Walden has backed Fox’s new reality chief to…
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Hasbro backs Boggle Battle TV series
The content arm of games giant Hasbro has teamed with the creators of Chopped and…
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Armoza, Tresor prepare German Sex Tape
Armoza is teaming with Tresor TV again, with the Munich-based prodco working on a local…
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ITV confirms Talpa Cannonball deal
ITV has confirmed it will run a local version of Cannonball, the physical gameshow from…
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Brazil falls for Curvy Supermodel
SBT has ordered a local version of Curvy Supermodel marking the entry of the modeling…
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Channel 4 hires Murdoch for new-look ents team
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled its new look entertainment team, with producer Karen Murdoch…
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Endemol France bags dating format as Shine nears
Endemol France has acquired rights to Canadian dating format Double Occupancy ahead of its merger…
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Talpa extends The Story of My Life
Talpa Global has struck another deal for its celebrity ‘ageing’ format The Story of My…
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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise
ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…
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Endemol Shine’s Gold shines in Russia
Russian broadcaster Rossiya 1 has bought a pair of Endemol Shine formats, Gold of a…
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BBCWW buys into debuting Hincks, Fincham prodco
Expectation, the indie Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks created last year, has secured financial backing…
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Armoza releases Valentine’s Sex Tape
Armoza is launching Sex Tape internationally, a new social experiment format in which couples reveal…
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Gil brings in former Shine exec for formats push
Gil Formats has brought in former Shine head of international productions Paula Warwick to boost…
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ITV prepares to launch Talpa’s Cannonball
A UK version of Talpa Global’s physical gameshow format Cannonball is in the works for…
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Newen buys Dutch prodco Tuvalu
France-based producer and distributor Newen has taken a majority stake in the Tuvalu Media Group….
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Canuck firm debuts in Europe with ex-Endemol Shine exec
Canadian producer-distributor Media Ranch has hired a former Endemol Shine Group formats director to launch…
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BBCWW hires ex-ITVS formats director
Former ITV formats exec Sumi Connock has joined BBC Worldwide as its global head of…
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Dancing and X Factor exec lands Fox job
Former BBC Worldwide and Syco programming exec Rob Wade is the new head of alternative…
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Endemol Shine US prodco ups two after merger
A pair of execs have been promoted at New York-based Truly Original following the merger…
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Propagate snags Colombian formats for the US
Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens indie Propagate will take Colombian shows into the US…