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Formats
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Nippon, Red Arrow start Battle of the Homes
Japanese broadcaster Nippon is launching three new formats at MIPTV including Battle of the Homes,…
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Lineup inks deal with Forman’s Critical Content
Tom Forman’s new firm Critical Content has optioned two formats from Lineup Industries, one of…
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Sky, ex-DNI boss buy into Sugar Films
European paycaster Sky and former Discovery Networks International CEO and president Mark Hollinger have bought…
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Five execs upped at Silverman’s Electus
The distribution arm of Ben Silverman’s IAC-backed content company Electus has promoted five of its…
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Red Arrow declares Diet War at MIPTV
Red Arrow International will launch its My Diet is Better than Yours format at MIPTV…
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BBCWW driving The Getaway Car into Cannes
BBC Worldwide will launch its primetime driving-entertainment format The Getaway Car in Cannes next month….
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108 has 115 hours for MIPTV, plans acquisitions
Toronto-based distribution company 108 Media is launching 115 hours of programming on its debut MIPTV…
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Small World hires ex-Zodiak exec in rejig
Formats distributor Small World IFT has hired a former Zodiak Rights VP to become its…
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Rapper 50 Cent plots sketch-reality show with A&E
Gangster rap star 50 Cent is developing a sketch comedy and music variety series with…
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Rapper 50 Cent plots sketch-reality show with A&E
Gangster rap star 50 Cent is developing a sketch comedy and music variety series with…
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Damon, Affleck making mobile competition series
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are making The Runner, a competition series for mobile platforms…
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Spike, Lionsgate team with Christina Aguilera
US channel Spike, producer Lionsgate Television and singer Christina Aguilera are working up a music-themed…
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Plimsoll buys into Jackson’s Magnify
Entertainment and wildlife prodco Plimsoll Productions has taken a “substantial” minority stake in Andrea Jackson’s…
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Formats exec joins NBC after DRG exit
Formats executive Albertina Marfil has joined NBCUniversal International Studios after leaving rival distributor DRG, TBI…
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Lat Am, Euro nets coax Wild Things
Broadcasters in Argentina and Denmark are the latest buyers of Zodiak Rights-sold entertainment format Wild…
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Reality veteran Deaux teams with eOne
Entertainment One has inked a first look deal with reality TV veteran Chris Deaux and…
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Big Brother exec leaving Endemol Shine’s Initial
Long-serving Initial executive Nick Samwell-Smith is leaving the Big Brother prodco after almost twenty years….
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Endemol Shine formats buyer exits for new venture
Endemol Shine Group’s head of format acquisitions, Erik de Winter, is leaving the company to…
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FremantleMedia poaches Johansen from Rubicon
FremantleMedia has hired Hegme Skjerven Johansen as head of development at its Norwegian operation, with…
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TLC gets Undressed with Zodiak Rights format
TLC has ordered local versions of social experiment format Undressed. The female-skewing Discovery-owned cable net…
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All3, Endemol Shine among 30 PactUS sign-ups
All3Media America and Endemol Shine North America are among 30 TV producers that have signed…
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Netflix ‘could pit new Top Gear against Amazon’
SVOD service Netflix is reportedly planning to deflate the tyres of Amazon Studios new Jeremy…
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CCTV has Eureka Moment with Fremantle format
China’s CCTV-1 has commissioned an 11x90mins version of Dutch format The Eureka Moment, which FremantleMedia…
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TV4 recruits Finnish Nurses for format
Swedish commercial channel TV4 is to remake Finnish drama Nurses following a deal with distributor…
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Red Arrow promotes Baker to president
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has promoted its UK chief, James Baker, to president of the…
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Fox orders Endemol Shine Germany format
US broadcaster Fox has ordered an eight-hour unscripted series, Superhuman, based on Endemol Shine Germany…
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Salmon exiting BBC Studios for Endemol Shine
Peter Salmon is leaving BBC Studios to become chief creative officer of Endemol Shine Group….
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NBCU formats director exiting
NBCUniversal International Studios’ director of formats and production is leaving the company after four years,…
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BBCWW, Zig Zag bag new W originals
BBC Worldwide will distribute an unscripted series that is one of two new originals for…
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Amazon ‘eyes Oz SVOD launch’
Amazon could use the launch of its new Top Gear rival motoring show to launch…