NBCU snags Quebec comedy rights NBCUniversal Formats has acquired remake rights in the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe for the feel-good comedy Conversations With My Parents. The single-camera show is based on Quebec entertainer François Morency’s book of the same name, which recalls his experiences of living with his parents, his brother and sister, […]
Portugal’s RTP1 and Network 10 in Australia have ordered new seasons from the Masterchef franchise. The original MasterChef format is returning to Portugal’s RTP1 following a two-year hiatus, while Network 10 has picked up Celebrity MasterChef for it linear network and 10 Play On Demand service after 12 years off-air. The Portuguese show is being […]
Israeli pubcaster Kan11 has commissioned a new scripted comedy series set in a bizarre department store, from Endemol Shine Israel. The eight-part The Store That Has It All has been created by Uzi Weil and Shalom Gad, with Eitan Zur to direct. Banijay Rights will distribute the show internationally. It follows the silly and heart-warming […]
Mediaset’s Canale 5 in Italy has ordered a four-part female-led detective drama set in Tuscany. FOSCA – A Tuscan Policewoman (Fosca Innocenti) is being produced by Banijay Studios Italy and will star Vanessa Incontrada as a deputy police commissioner leading an all-female detective team. The show, which has started filming in Rome, follows the commissioner as […]
Banijay Rights has promoted Claire Jago to EVP of EMEA sales & acquisitions to replace Cineflix-bound Tim Mutimer. Jago, who was most recently SVP of Nordics at Banijay Rights, takes on responsibility for the team and activity across the entire region, reporting to the division’s CEO, Cathy Payne. Her appointment comes six weeks after Mutimer […]
Amazon claims Coben & visits Veleno Amazon is expanding its scripted output with an adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel and has also ordered a true crime docuseries from Italy. YA mystery/crime drama Shelter is from MGM International Television Production and is based on the first novel in Coben’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy, with the show greenlit to […]
Amazon Prime Video has a global option deal for local remakes of Banijay’s popular adventure reality format Hunted, TBI understands. The agreement effectively provides the streamer with a first-look at producing local versions of the show in countries across its footprint around the world. It is unclear when the deal – which excludes the UK […]
BBC orders Storyboard photo format UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered an original photography format from Scotland’s Storyboard Studios. The 4 x 60-minute Great British Photography Challenge will see six amateur photographers take on a variety of assignments around the UK and guided by world-famous portrait and fashion photographer Rankin. The series producer-director is David […]
Discovery+ orders Henson puppet cooking show Factual streamer Discovery+ has ordered a new puppet-led children’s cookery show from The Jim Henson Company. The 6 x 30-minute original, Duff’s Happy Fun Bake Time, will debut on 29 April and see Duff Goldman and his puppet crew taking to the kitchen to explore the science behind cooking […]
Marcella and Tehran firm Cineflix Media has appointed former Banijay Rights CEO Tim Mutimer to head up the company’s global distribution business, ahead of the retirement of Chris Bonney. Mutimer will become CEO of Cineflix Rights later this year following the exit of Bonney, who in November revealed he would be stepping down from the UK-based sales […]
