Bellon Entertainment


Bellon sells American Ninja Warrior, introduces Super Boyz

US-based Bellon Entertainment has licensed NBC entertainment series American Ninja Warrior series to European and Asian broadcasters as it plans to launch a new Japanese format at MIPCOM. Ninja has sold to TV4 Sport in Sweden, FOUR in New Zealand, Viasat’s TV6 in Lithuania, Fuel TV in Australia and BSkyB’s Challenge in the United Kingdom. […]

NBC takes more Ninja Warrior

US broadcast network NBC will air a new version of Japanese format Sasuke, or Ninja Warrior, starting next month. The broadcaster and its cable sibling G4 jointly aired a version of the Tokyo Broadcasting System show last summer. NBC has now repackaged a new version of the show that it will air from next month. […]

East meets West as Japan opens its Treasure Box

The double whammy effect of not importing formats and lengthy primetimes filled with original shows means Japanese broadcasters are prolific producers of entertainment series. Takeshi’s Castle, Dragon’s Den, America’s Funniest Home Videos and Iron Chef are huge properties that originated in Japan, but the number of hit international formats is small in proportion to the […]