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BBC Studios plans investment amid ‘hyper-competition’
BBC Studios (BBCS) is to invest further in UK production companies amid “hyper-competition” in the…
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Viacom-owned Pluto TV launches Latino channels
Viacom-owned Pluto TV has added a suite of linear Spanish and Portuguese-language channels to its…
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Showtime takes Denmark’s ‘Rita’ to US
US cabler Showtime has handed a pilot order to a remake of hit Danish drama…
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Sony strikes right price with Richards
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck a multi-year overall deal with The Price Is Right…
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Germany returns to ‘Big Brother’
German broadcaster Sat.1 has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine Group (ESG)’s reality format…
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Discovery brings HGTV to the UK
Discovery is to launch its home renovation network HGTV into the UK and will reboot…
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Armoza’s ‘Sex Tape’ remade in Finland
Finnish channel Nelonen has ordered a local version of Armoza Formats’ social experiment show Sex…
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Concepts vs. formats: how to tell the difference
K7 Media founder and FRAPA board member Keri Lewis Brown breaks down how to identify…
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BBC cancels ‘All Together Now’
The BBC has axed singing format All Together Now after two series. Created and produced…
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US greenlights: A&E bets on live, ID explores NXIVM, Paramount reins cowboy competition
A&E bets on live with daredevil series A&E is betting on live events in a…
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Exclusive: Widenn takes hairdressing format ‘Headmaster’ to Spain
Spanish production company Zona Mixta has optioned the format rights to Belgian hairdressing competition Headmaster…
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Bigger, better and celebrity-laden: Is the future of docs sustainable?
As documentaries cutting through on SVODs begin to look glossier and more high-profile by the…
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Endemol Shine scores brand-funded ‘Best.Cover.Ever’ adaptation in Brazil
Endemol Shine format Best.Cover.Ever has received its first international adaptation. Endemol Shine Brasil has partnered…
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ITV avoids trial with ‘Duck Dynasty’ producers
A lengthy legal battle between ITV and Duck Dynasty producer Gurney Productions has reached an…
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Dragonfly, Optomen and IWC land BBC commissions
Dragonfly TV and Optomen are among the prodcos to have scored recent documentary commissions with…
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Banijay Asia, GroupM strike content deal targeting Indian market
Banijay Asia and GroupM India have struck up a content partnership targeting the Indian market….
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Quibi teams with MTV Studios to reboot ‘Punk’d’, ‘Singled Out’
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi has partnered with MTV Studios to reboot Punk’d and Singled Out for…
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ITV entertainment boss Siobhan Greene departs
ITV entertainment boss Siobhan Greene has left the broadcaster to launch her own prodco. The…
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‘Love Island’ returns with record viewers despite recent controversy
The fifth series of ITV2’s Love Island has launched with 3.3m viewers — its most-watched…
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ITV confirms ‘Masked Singer’ to debut in 2020
ITV has confirmed that it is adapting hit Korean format The Masked Singer, as reported exclusively…
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BBC One builds NBC’s ‘The Wall’ in the UK
BBC One has ordered a UK version of NBC game show format The Wall, which…
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Canada’s CBC bets big on entertainment as it woos advertisers
Canadian public broadcaster CBC is betting on scripted production and fact ent juggernaut Battle Of…
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‘Masked Singer’ scores Australian adaptation
The Masked Singer has snagged an Australian adaptation. The costumed-based singing format — which originated out…
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Formats round-up: ‘Guess My Age’ in Greece; Movistar+ adapts ‘No More Boys…’
Greece to adapt Vivendi’s ‘Guess My Age’ Greek commercial broadcaster Skai has ordered a local…
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ITV rebrands Shiver label as MultiStory Media
ITV Studios has rebranded its production label Shiver as MultiStory Media, as part of a…
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‘Love Island’ reveals key changes to contestant duty of care
ITV has outlined new duty of care processes for contestants in its hit reality series…
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NBCU scores first int’l adaptation for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting its first international adaptation. NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed the hit…
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‘Temptation Island’ heads down under
Australia’s Channel Seven has signed on for a local version of Banijay Rights-distributed format Temptation…
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A+E strikes formats and co-pro deal with Korea’s JTBC
A+E Networks has expanded its relationship with JTBC, signing a new formats representation and co-production…
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MTV UK assembles Workerbee’s ‘Love Squad’
MTV UK has ordered a new dating show from Endemol Shine-owned prodco Workerbee in which…