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Formats
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First Southeast Asia deal for Shark Tank
Business format Shark Tank is heading into Southeast Asia for the first time after VTV…
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First deal for NBCU’s Spartan Race format
Discovery’s Danish net Kanal 5 has become the first international buyer of Spartan: Ultimate Team…
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New Endemol Shine Israel boss as Kuperman exits
Amir Ganor will take over Endemol Shine’s Israeli production business after longstanding CEO Elad Kuperman…
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Grandpas Over Flowers blooms in Italy
Hit Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers is set for an Italian remake after Rai ordered…
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IM Global hires Phil Gurin for formats push
IM Global has hired Phil Gurin and the formats veteran will create a new unscripted…
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Fox hires formats veteran for sales
US studio Fox has hired Dorothy Crompton as its VP of format sales. Crompton has…
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Anna Bråkenhielm resurfaces at 3Rivers
Scandi formats veteran Anna Bråkenhielm has joined TV consultancy 3Rivers. At the Dutch-based business she…
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China format deal for ITV
ITV has sealed a deal with Huace to remake one of its shows in China,…
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ITV’s High Noon promotes five
US unscripted prodco High Noon has upped a raft of its execs. The ITV-owned prodco,…
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Raft of recommissions for Discovery’s Quest
Discovery has ordered new series for three of the signature fact-ent shows on its UK…
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Sky Deutschland locks up prison drama deal
Sky’s German operation has acquired five seasons of Wentworth, the modern-day reboot of cult classic…
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Raft of Lip Sync format deals for Viacom
Viacom’s Lip Sync Battle continues to travel well, with new format and option deals for…
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Fremantle and MTG digital firms launch music format
FremantleMedia’s Tiny Riot! and MTG-owned Zoomin.TV have teamed to launch Continuum, a new music format…
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ITV absorbs US reality prodco Kingdom Reign
ITV’s US unscripted division has inked a deal with The Real Housewives of Atlanta exec producer…
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Talent show format Shining for Fox Turkey
Fox Turkey has ordered a local version of singing competition series Keep Your Light Shining….
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TV4 hires ex-Zodiak Americas creative exec
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has made two key content appointments, bringing…
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Production hub for show at centre of IP battle
The producers of The Best of All gameshow are setting up a European production hub…
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Comedy Central swipes Tinder-inspired format
British pay TV net Comedy Central is reviving former Channel 4 comedy gameshow Your Face…
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FRAPA preps producers’ guide to format protection
Format protection association FRAPA is preparing a guide to the legal options available to producers…
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Armoza expands acquisitions team
Israel’s Armoza Formats has promoted sales executive Michal Itzhaki to an acquisitions role as it…
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E4 to remake VH1 confessions format
UK digital channel E4 has commissioned a British version of Walk of Shame Shuttle. E4…
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Discovery orders Celebrity Fat Fighters
TLC has greenlit a new reality series in following celebrities in an extreme weight-loss boot…
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Hidden Singer at Discovery Italy
Discovery Networks Italy has ordered the first European version of a South Korean talent format….
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A&E ends Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty is coming to a close after eleven seasons on US cable network A&E….
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A&E ends Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty is coming to a close after eleven seasons on US cable network A&E….
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BBC Studios hires Optomen exec for factual post
The BBC has poached the head of formats at All3Media-owned Optomen Television, Jon Swain, to…
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Fremantle prodco details claim against Banijay
FremantleMedia-backed Israeli prodco Abot Hameiri is claiming an initial £42,528 (US$52,700) from Banijay Group in…
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Fremantle takes Banijay formats row legal
FremantleMedia is taking Banijay Group to court after the pair failed to resolve a formats…
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New deals for controversial Banijay format
All Against 1, the Banijay format at the centre of an IP dispute with FremantleMedia,…
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Talpa registers another Story of My Life deal
Talpa has secured another deal for a local version of The Story of My Life,…