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Armoza
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News round-up: VIA orders Armoza dating format; SVT snags ‘Fittest Family’; ShortsTV update
VIA orders Armoza’s ‘lean production’ dating format South African lifestyle channel VIA has ordered a…
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Armoza’s Final Four lands Russia deal post-Fox
Russian broadcaster CTC has commissioned a first season of Armoza Formats’ primetime singing competition, The…
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Armoza opens up in Miami
Israel-based formats firm Armoza has opened a new Miami office to cover the Latin America…
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Brazil falls for Curvy Supermodel
SBT has ordered a local version of Curvy Supermodel marking the entry of the modeling…
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Armoza releases Valentine’s Sex Tape
Armoza is launching Sex Tape internationally, a new social experiment format in which couples reveal…
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Sacha Baron Cohen prodco making ITV pilot
Sacha Baron Cohen and Andrew Newman prodco Spelthorne Community TV is making JudgeMental, a new…
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TBI Formats: Year in Review
The best-sellers, the trend makers, the battles, the emerging territories, the industry favourites… here is…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: The rights fight
Getting the right rights at the right price. That’s the challenge for distributors in a…
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German nets salute Armoza’s Local Heroes
German pubcaster ARD has ordered a local version of the Local Heroes format, while German-language…
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Zodiak, Endemol Shine join Armoza’s Famiglia
Zodiak Fiction has optioned comedy series La Famiglia for France, and Endemol Shine has taken…
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RTL takes Hostages
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL has acquired scripted series Hostages. RTL will put the show on…
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M6 cuts hairdressing format deal
French free-to-air broadcaster M6 has ordered a local version of Armoza-distributed hairdressing format The Final…
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Germany’s ZDFNeo orders Israeli gender-swap series
German digital channel ZDFNeo has ordered a six-episode version of Israeli-originated sex-change series Re-Gender. The…
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Turkey’s Star orders hairdresser format
Turkish broadcaster Star TV has ordered a local version of hairdressing competition format The Final…
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China’s CCTV orders three Israeli formats
CCTV has licensed a trio of projects from Israeli formats house Armoza. Chinese state broadcaster…
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Armoza’s I Can do That! sells to Spain
Armoza-distributed format I Can Do That! has been acquired by Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco. The…
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RTÉ gets Connected
Irish pubcaster RTÉ has commissioned a local version of Israeli multiplatform Connected. RTÉ is coproducing…
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Bunim/Murray and Endemol option Nobody’s Perfect
Bunim/Murray, Endemol, Odeon and Aito have all taken local options of Armoza-distributed dating format Nobody’s…
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Zee gets Connected with Armoza
Indian free-to-air broadcaster Zee has ordered a local version of reality series Connected from Israel-based…