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Formats
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Fox will transmit The F Word live on air
Fox has ordered Gordon Ramsay format The F Word and will put the US broadcast…
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ITV Studios shakes up entertainment team
ITV Studios has upped Tom McLennan to director of entertainment, North, handing him a new…
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Long Lost Family format finds new home
Finnish free-TV broadcaster Nelonen has ordered a local version of Long Lost Family, the Dutch-originated…
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Baudry exits Banijay after eight years
Fanny Baudry is leaving her role as VP of global acquisitions, formats and programmes at…
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BBC: C4 needs regulating after Bake Off coup
The BBC has called for greater content regulation to be imposed on Channel 4, in…
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BBC sells Bake Off format ahead of MIPCOM push
BBC Worldwide has registered new sales for The Great Bake Off ahead of a sales…
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Gordon Ramsay prodco hires Brogden
Gordon Ramsay prodco Studio Ramsay has brought in Tinopolis entertainment chief Chris Brogden as chief…
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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
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Talpa grows Wishing Tree with Lat Am deal
Talpa has sold its Wishing Tree format into Latin America for the first time, sealing…
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FYI preps trip to Downton Shabby
US cable net FYI will debut a new home renovation series next month, Downton Shabby….
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Russian remake for NZ drama Step Dave
A Russian network is getting a remake New Zealand drama Step Dave. Distributor All3Media International…
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NBCU closing Tellycopter in unscripted rejig
NBCUniversal is set to close its central development unit Tellycopter as part of a wider…
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Glamorous NY move for Israeli prodco
The co-founder and CEO of Israeli’s Studio Glam has moved to New York City to…
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Remarkable hires ex-Optomen exec
Endemol Shine UK prodco Remarkable has hired a former Optomen Television development exec and promoted…
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Fox taking Ukrainian drama format into the US
Fox Studios has scooped the rights to Ukrainian political comedy Servant of the People and…
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Vivendi’s Guess My Age heads to Germany
Vivendi’s formats division, Vivendi Entertainment, has shopped its Guess My Age format to ARD in…
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Ex-Victory creative chief joins Flynn prodco
Former Victory Television creative director Stuart Shawcross has joined Youngest Media, the fledgling UK-based prodco…
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Corus’ distribution arm makes lifestyle sales
Corus Entertainment has shopped a raft of lifestyle programming to international channels. Home-flipping series Masters…
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Channel 4 snatches Bake Off from BBC
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has poached the UK’s highest rating show, The Great British Bake…
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Youngest gets order for Game of Clones
Youngest Media, the UK indie set up last year by former Endemol Shine UK execs…
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RTL to Meet the Parents with ITVS Germany
ITV Studios Germany is producing a six-episode version of British format Meet the Parents for…
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Argonon Int’l hires Fox formats chief
Jess Khanom has left Fox Networks Group to become managing director of UK-based distributor Argonon…
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Dave brings Lizard Lick team to UK
UKTV channel Dave is bringing the stars of US reality show Lizard Lick Towing to…
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NBCU formats boss exits
David Mortimer, the NBCUniversal exec brought into to spearhead international formats growth, is leaving the…
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Dave explores the Joy of Techs
UKTV’s Dave has commissioned an unscripted series in which technophobe Marcus Brigstocke and best friend…
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Mythbusters team prep Netflix show
The producer and several of the team from the popular popular science series Mythbusters are…
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RTL buys Endemol Shine’s Big Music Quiz
German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine format The Big Music…
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Bunim/Murray rejigs with promotions, hires
US reality producer Bunim/Murray has promoted a pair of executive to top entertainment posts, upped…
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New attempt to find US Friday Night Dinner recipe
CBS is taking another shot at remaking UK sitcom Friday Night Dinner for US broadcast…
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Endemol Shine, Celestial taking a BROcation
Lionsgate and Saban-backed channel operator Celestial Tiger has ordered its second original series, a structured…