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Hungary’s TV2 signs on for ‘Fittest Family,’ ‘Catchpoint’
Hungarian free-to-air broadcaster TV2 has signed on for local adaptations of formats from Magnify Media…
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Endemol Shine exits ‘Masked Singer’ as Fox goes in-house for unscripted
Fox is launching an in-house studio for alternative entertainment that will count the next series…
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NBC exec to lead unscripted at Matchbox Pictures
NBC exec Dan Munday has been named head of unscripted at Australian prodco Matchbox Pictures….
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TBI Weekly: Formats thrive in purple patch post-MIPTV
The formats market has struck a purple patch a month on from MIPTV, with the…
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BBC Three commissions Banijay’s Wonder for fact ent formats
BBC Three has commissioned Banijay Group-owned prodco Wonder for a pair of fact ent series…
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CBS ‘Love Island’ reboot heads to Canada
Canadian broadcaster CTV has picked up rights to the US reboot of Love Island. The…
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NBCU’s ‘Hollywood Game Night’ scores Russian remake
NBCUniversal International Formats has struck a deal with Russian broadcaster CTC for a local version…
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Armoza’s ‘Conflict’ heads to Poland
Polish producer Rochstar has acquired the local rights to Israeli formats firm Armoza’s fact ent…
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Jennifer O’Connell exits Lionsgate, replaced by Starz exec
Jennifer O’Connell has departed Lionsgate after less than four years. The EVP of alternative programming…
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CBC brings back ‘Battle of the Blades’
Canada’s CBC will reboot hit competition series Battle of the Blades for its fifth season…
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MIPTV: The Big Deals
TBI looks at the top deals struck out of Cannes at last week’s MIPTV market….
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Facebook’s Patrick Walker: Less about ‘You’ and more about ‘Us’
You may remember in 2006 when ‘You’ was named Person of the Year by Time…
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Discovery, Science Channel commission ‘Uncharted’ from Karga Seven
Discovery and Science Channel in the US have commissioned Uncharted from Karga Seven Pictures –…
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Op-ed: Finding new diamonds in formats
Larry Bass, CEO of Irish producer ShinAwil, on how to find original formats in an…
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Disney + unveils unscripted slate as it preps SVOD pitch to investors
Disney has unveiled a robust unscripted slate for its Disney + service ahead of revealing…
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Exclusive: Amazon taps TF1 exec to head up unscripted in France
Amazon has hired TF1’s non-scripted development manager Thomas Dubois to head up unscripted in France….
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Exclusive: ITV swoops for ‘The Masked Singer’
ITV has swooped for Fox’s hit format The Masked Singer, TBI understands. The UK broadcaster…
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Formats round-up: Talpa, Banijay Asia link up; Fremantle’s ‘Match Fit’ heads to Denmark
Talpa Global has inked an exclusive production deal with Banijay Asia to bring its format…
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Endemol Shine China, Hunan TV set for first co-pro format
Endemol Shine China and Hunan TV have partnered for Acting Up, the first show to…
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Exclusive: Global Agency’s ‘Legend’ optioned in US
Lionsgate-affiliated Revenge Body producer Rogue Atlas has optioned Global Agency’s The Legend, billed as a musical game of…
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‘Beat Shazam’ creator launches interactive games platform
Jeff Apploff, creator of music competition format Beat Shazam and exec producer on Fox’s most recent…
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Set Visit: Banijay’s Catch
Banijay Rights’ latest format serves up a game of ‘tag’ unlike you’ve ever seen before….
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MIPFormats 2019: TBI’s Format Hot Picks
TBI Magazine has picked the most buzz-worthy unscripted formats heading to Cannes. From Race Across…
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How ‘Masked Singer’ is reviving costume-led formats
The runaway success of The Masked Singer is putting costume-led formats back in the spotlight…
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Endemol Shine’s Boomdog & Televisa take ‘Masked Singer’ to Mexico
Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine’s Boomdog are set to co-produce an adaptation of The Masked…
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A+E takes ‘UnReal’ format to India
India’s Applause Entertainment has acquired A+E Network’s UnReal format for adaptation. The agreement marks the…
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Aftercare or afterthought?: Unpacking duty of care on youth-skewing formats
With TV’s biggest entertainment format facing backlash over its aftercare practices, do casting directors and…
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Making a physical gameshow for Netflix
Kieran Doherty joint-MD of Stellify Media, producers of Blind Date and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,…
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Formats round-up: Banijay, Story Lab, Vivendi strike deals
Exclusive: Banijay’s Magnolia options Hold On To Your Seat in Italy Banijay-backed Magnolia has picked…
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NBC inherits ‘Small Fortune’ remake
US broadcaster NBC has signed on to adapt Youngest Media’s Small Fortune competition series. The network has…