Producers in Iberia, the Netherlands and France have picked up rights to Nippon TV and Red Arrow Studios’ gameshow format Block Out. The show, which made its debut in Thailand on Channel 7 and has subsequently sold to VTV in Vietnam and ANTV in Indonesia, sees two teams attempting to remain on a wall while […]
Portugal is the latest territory to scoop up Endemol Shine Group’s Family Food Fight. Public broadcaster RTP has ordered a 13 x 90-minute series of the format from Endemol’s Shine Iberia production banner, to be known locally as Famílias Frente a Frente. Created by Endemol Shine Australia for and with Nine Network, Family Food Fight […]
Spanish producer Zebra Productions has hired Juan Navarrette from TV Azteca in Mexico. He will become senior executive producer at the prodco, which is part of the Izen Group. At Azteca, Navarrette he worked on primetime entertainment and formats. As well as working on formats of international shows, he created Baila si Puedes, Soy tu […]
Conecta Fiction is calling for coproduction pitches that will take place at its inaugural edition in Galicia this summer. The event has backing from ICEX and Fundacion Autor, and is designed to foster coproductions with a Spanish partner or partners. To qualify for the copro pitching session projects must be in either English or Spanish, have an […]
Telefonica’s Spanish pay TV platform, Movistar+, has commissioned Endemol Shine Iberia-owned Zeppelin TV to create an experimental cross-genre series. El Puente (The Bridge) will air on Movistar+’s exclusive network #0, and is billed as a “docu-style reality” series that will combine elements of the adventure format, documentary and scripted storytelling. Spanish news anchor Paula Vázquez […]
Endemol Shine Group has outlined how it will structure its business in Spain and Portugal, creating a new regional hub, Endemol Shine Iberia. The new ESG unit will comprise all of the company’s prodcos in Spain and Portugal: Shine Iberia, Zeppelin, Gestmusic, Diagonal TV and Endemol Portugal. The news is notable as it is the […]
