Armoza Formats


News brief: Serbia lines up Armoza formats

A Serbian production company has picked up rights to Armoza Formats’ The People’s Choice and I Can Do That!. Serbia’s Got Talent and Macedonian Idols prodcos MBK has picked up production rights to the shows, with an unnamed Hungarian firm also reported to have taken entertainment show The People’s Choice. Both shows have accrued various […]

News brief: Guys in Disguise infiltrate French net

French network NRJ12 has commissioned a local version of Israeli comedy dating format Guys in Disguise. The network has commissioned local producer Newen and the latter’s affiliate Be Aware to produce a 40-episode season that will air daily this spring. Armoza Formats developed the show with Artza Productions and sells it internationally. It sees a […]

News brief: Armoza poaches TVF exec for sales

Israel’s Armoza Formats has brought on a sales executive from UK-based distributor TVF International. Yael Shaoulian has been named sales executive for the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, a move that the firm says represents a “planned increase in focus on more territories”. Shaoulian joins from TVFI, where she was acquisitions executive for […]

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 format was originally created by Israel’s (now defunct) Buzz Television and started out on Channel 10 in Israel. It is billed as a provocative social experiment and the format sees five men and women swap gender roles to fully appreciate […]

News brief: Romanian net Can Do That

Romania’s Antena 1 has commissioned a local version of Armoza Formats’ studio entertainment format I Can Do That!. Antena 1 will go into production on the local show in early February ahead of a spring airdate. The deal comes soon after Azteca in Mexico and Rai in Italy signed up for local remakes. “Our goal […]

Globo chooses The People’s Choice format

Brazilian TV giant Globo has acquired The People’s Choice format and will make a local version of the show. The format was developed by French commercial broadcaster TF1 and Israel’s Armoza, which handles international sales. The interactive format asks the public thought-provoking questions and studio participants must them guess how the majority answered. The Brazilian […]

Brazil’s TNT adapting Israeli sex industry drama

Turner Broadcasting System’s Brazilian channel TNT is creating local version of Israeli drama Allenby. The commission marks TNT Brazil’s first large-scale original production, and will run to eight episodes, according to distributor Armoza Formats. The original show is a psychological drama set on Tel Aviv’s nightlife spot Allenby Street, and follows a stripper that is […]

Russian net says I Can Do That!

Russian channel Rossiya 1 has commissioned a local version of Armoza Formats’ studio entertainment show I Can Do That!. Endemol-backed Weit Media has taken the local version into production, with a primetime 5pm-8pm slot lined up for Sunday, October 12. Russian singer Timur Rodriguez will present the show, while sportscaster Vladimir Stognienko will host and […]

ZDF orders celeb interview show How To Be

German pubcaster ZDF has ordered a local version of Israeli-originated format How To Be. ITV Germany will make the German show, Michael Kessler ist…, which will be fronted by local actor and journalist and presenter Michael Kessler. In the show, the presenter takes on the identity of a celebrity and the celebrity in question then […]

Netflix-style CEE service, 1+1 take Hostages

A new Netflix-style SVOD service in central and eastern Europe and Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 are the latest buyers of Israeli drama Hostages. SVOD service Pickbox.tv acquired the Armoza Formats-sold 10x60mins show earlier this summer and is offering it to customers in territories such as including Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro. 1+1 will […]