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Formats
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Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks to step down
Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks is leaving the company this summer, with incoming BBC exec…
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MIPTV formats round-up – updated throughout the day
Banijay snags Korean duo Banijay has acquired exclusive multi-territory format rights to a competition show…
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Japan’s Nippon TV & Turkey’s Sera Film strike format co-pro pact
Japan’s Nippon TV and Turkish production and distribution firm Sera Film have partnered to co-develop…
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Mediawan Rights hires Strix & Friday TV alum to lead push into formats
France’s Mediawan Rights is moving into the format game and has hired a former Strip…
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TelevisaUnivision’s streamer ViX rolls out AVOD offer with 40,000 hours of Spanish-language shows
The newly merged Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision has formally launched its new OTT service ViX, complete with…
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Finland’s Nelonen becomes first to ‘Save The Date’ with Israeli format remake
Finnish broadcaster Nelonen has become the first international buyer to commission a local version of…
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Sales round-up: European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’; Bell Media & Discovery snag ‘Patrol shows; Noah Media takes ‘Stewart’ rights
European & Oz pre-sales for ‘Superbrands’ Nine Network in Australia, TV2 in Denmark and RTL…
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Netflix continues Japanese push with Nippon TV’s ‘Old Enough’
Netflix has acquired Japanese entertainment show Old Enough! from Nippon TV, which will launch today…
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Nigeria’s Mekdoss Int’l rebuilds veteran Sony gameshow format ‘Pyramid’
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is rolling veteran US gameshow format Pyramid into Nigeria, marking the…
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Amazon revives ‘Takeshi’s Castle’ in Japanese originals push & inks Carlton Cuse deal
Amazon Prime Video is rebooting the game show format Takeshi’s Castle as it expands its…
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Amazon hires ProSiebenSat.1 chief to lead streamer in Germany
Amazon has hired ProSiebenSat.1’s former MD Kaspar Pfluger to lead its Prime Video operation in…
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All3Media Int’l appoints NBCU exec to lead Latin America sales
All3Media International has hired NBC Universal (NBCU)’s Yari Torres to oversee sales in Latin America….
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Propagate rejigs development & inks overall deal with Shumsky
US-based indie studio and distributor Propagate Content has promoted Chelsea Friedland to SVP of development,…
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Something Special & The Gurin Company team for ‘Family Singers’ competition format
South Korean format firm Something Special has struck a co-development partnership with US-based entertainment producer…
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Banijay France acquires ‘Guess My Age’ format firm Tooco
European production and distribution giant Banijay has acquired a majority stake in French format firm…
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Netflix to open CEE hub in Poland as streamer looks to ‘deepen regional ties’
Netflix is opening a new office in Poland that will act as a hub for…
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Amazon reveals ‘James Bond’ competition show from MGM, 72 Films
Amazon has greenlit a competition show based on the James Bond franchise, which recently became…
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News round-up: AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows; ITV re-commissions game show duo; CTV goes ‘Farming For Love’
AETN & Pluto TV take GRB shows AETN UK, Foxtel Australia and Pluto TV in…
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Opinion: Sifting for the format diamonds
In her latest monthly column, format expert Siobhan Crawford casts her eye over – and shares her own…
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ITV revives ‘Ninja Warrior UK’ format with new twist
UK broadcaster ITV is reviving competition series Ninja Warrior UK after a three-year break, with…
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Objective Media Group America appoints new president & SVP development
Objective Media Group America has promoted Jilly Pearce to the role of president, while Michael…
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Exclusive: Revived BBC Three targets younger teen audience
BBC Three is a “key initiative” in the UK pubcaster’s efforts to attract the hard-to-reach…
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‘First Dates’ Fred Sirieix partners with Objective Media to launch prodco
French presenter and writer Fred Sirieix has launched a production label, Canard, with Objective Media…
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CBS & Network 10 both embark upon ‘The Real Love Boat’
US network CBS and Australian broadcaster Network 10 have both ordered local versions of The…
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Exclusive: Banijay Germany hires ITVS & RTL execs in reshuffle at Endemol Shine & Good Times
Banijay Germany has reshuffled and expanded its management at local labels Endemol Shine Germany and…
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Be-Entertainment takes global rights to social experiment format ‘The Big Job Switch’
Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has taken global rights to social experiment format The Big Job Switch…
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Deals round-up: Hulu buys DCD’s ‘Love Me’; Aggressive TV moves into series; All3 takes Shinawil format global
Hulu buys DCD’s Love Me Disney-owned US streamer Hulu has acquired rights to Australian romantic…
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UKTV’s W preps Alex Jones & Rochelle Humes shows as channel goes FTA
BBC Studios-owned multichannel service UKTV is taking its female-skewing entertainment channel W free-to-air (FTA) and…
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Hungary’s TV2 snares local version of Rabbit’s ‘City vs Country’ format
Hungarian broadcaster TV2 has commissioned a local version of studio game show format City vs…
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Canada’s Media Ranch extends in Asia with Something Special pact
Format production & distribution company Media Ranch has expanded its partnership with South Korea’s Something Special….