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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: In A Man’s World
In this #MeToo era, new format In A Man’s World feels timely and likely to…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Meat The Family
Tapping into concerns about the natural world, food production, animal welfare and what we eat,…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Comedians Giving Lectures
It’s like a TED Talk – but with jokes. Comedians Giving Lectures launched on UKTV…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Parent’s Evening
A parents’ evening is often one of the most stressful events of an academic year…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Don’t
Picked up by ABC in the US, new game show Don’t is currently in the…
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MIPCOM Formats Hot Pick: Five Guys A Week
With its arresting title, dating show Five Guys A Week sets out to transform the…
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Scripted deals: BBC First, RTL add ITVSGE drama; W9 acquires ‘The Hunting’; ‘Project Blue Book’ sales
BBC First, M-Net, RTL among ITVSGE deals BBC First, M-Net in Africa and Germany’s RTL…
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Format & factual deals: BBC buys ‘Serengeti Rules’; Orange Smarty strikes TI pact; Turkey remakes Nippon show
BBC, Arte, ZDF acquire PBS’s Serengeti Rules The BBC in the UK, Arte in France…
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ITV Studios links with Spain’s Atresmedia for ‘Trust Me I’m A Six-Year-Old’
ITV Studios and Spain’s Atresmedia Studios have struck a co-development deal for gameshow format Trust…
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Exclusive: Sky Studios’ Jane Millichip urges plastics and ‘corporate tat’ ban at markets
Sky Studios chief commercial officer Jane Millichip has urged the TV industry to rapidly improve…
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Naked Television’s ‘Secret Admirer’ scores third European remake
Naked Television’s dating format Secret Admirer is heading to Denmark in what is the show’s…
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China’s Hunan TV, Endemol Shine partner on ‘Sing Or Spin’
Endemol Shine Group is co-developing primetime entertainment format Sing Or Spin with Chinese producer-broadcaster Hunan…
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Story Lab’s ‘You Are Not A Loan’ optioned in Denmark, Netherlands
Renowned Films and The Story Lab’s social experiment format You Are Not A Loan has…
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Endemol Shine, Kew, Sky among Content Innovation Award winners
Endemol Shine Group and Kew Media were among the stand-out winners at the fifth Content…
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‘All Together Now’ heads to Finland
Endemol Shine format All Together Now has cracked its 14th market with a sale into Finland. Finnish…
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Crazy cash and snackable shorts: The future of entertainment on SVODs
As the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Quibi begin to get their unscripted affairs in…
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Formats: Rebooting the remakes business
Streamers’ growing interest in formats is providing new impetus and cash into this part of…
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Conclusion: Condensed thinking
TBI’s 2019 Distributor Survey has illustrated both the opportunities and the ‘glass-half full’ outlook of…
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Endeavor Content buys ‘The Wall’ producer Glassman Media
Endeavor Content has acquired The Wall producer Glassman Media. According to Deadline, the business has struck an…
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Canada’s CTV, Netflix mark inaugural unscripted collaboration with ‘I Do, Redo’
Netflix has teamed with Canadian terrestrial broadcaster CTV on their first unscripted project, partnering on…
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Exclusive: Cathy Payne to leave Endemol Shine International
Endemol Shine International’s CEO Cathy Payne is to step down in early 2020, TBI has…
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‘MasterChef: All Stars’ secures remakes in Brazil, Sweden
Broadcasters in Brazil and Sweden have ordered local remakes of Endemol Shine Group’s culinary format…
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Distribution round-up: Cineflix picks ‘Warrior Women’; Dynamic snaps up ‘Creepshow’; Eccho Rights scores US remakes
Cineflix Rights takes ‘Warrior Women’ London-headquartered distributor Cineflix Rights has picked up Channel 4’s Warrior…
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Formats round-up: Rabbit globetrots with Star TV, ‘Bring The Funny’ optioned in France; Ireland gets DIY SOS remake
Rabbit Films sends ‘Globetrotters’ to Greece Greek commercial broadcaster Star TV has signed on for…
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Deals round-up: BBC, RTL buy ‘The Investigation’; S4C welcomes Walter Presents; Pantaya pounces on ‘Ana’
BBC, RTL look into The Investigation The UK’s BBC and RTL in Germany have struck…
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GRB, Zig Zag team up for unscripted co-productions
US producer-distributor GRB Studios has struck an unscripted co-production pact with UK indie Zig Zag…
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BBC’s content chief talks up iPlayer plans, benefits of extended rights window
BBC content chief Charlotte Moore has outlined how on-demand service iPlayer will become central to…
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NBCU consolidates production under Bonnie Hammer, names Peacock chief
NBCUniversal has moved its TV studios, Universal Television and Universal Content Productions into a single…
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Hit + Run launches JV with South Africa’s NV Studios
Rob Shaftel’s US prodco Hit + Run has partnered with South African production and distribution…
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Twofour’s Melanie Leach, Andrew Mackenzie depart to set up South Shore
Twofour bosses Melanie Leach and Andrew Mackenzie are exiting the business to launch a new…