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Endemol Shine swoops for Japanese ‘Rolling Kitchen’ format rights
Endemol Shine Group has swooped for international distribution rights to Japanese format The Rolling Kitchen. The…
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Channel 4 to adapt NBC’s ‘Songland’ format
UK broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) is set to adapt NBC’s songwriting competition format Songland. C4…
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Exclusive: Canada’s Media Ranch to rep DR formats
Canadian distributor Media Ranch has partnered with Danish broadcaster DR to represent its TV formats…
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Former Wall to Wall exec sets up formats firm
Former Wall to Wall exec Poppy Delbridge has set up a new entertainment formats firm….
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Armoza grows development team with Reshet exec
Armoza has expanded its development team with the appointment of former Reshet exec Ori Dror….
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Israel’s Kan orders ‘Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’
Israeli pubcaster Kan has commissioned July August Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, to produce…
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FRAPA’s Jan Salling boards BBC Studios
FRAPA head Jan Salling has joined BBC Studios to run production out of the Nordics. …
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ITV’s Love Island heads to New Zealand
ITV Studios and Motion Content Group’s format Love Island has been commissioned by Three in…
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FRAPA launches guide to help prevent format infringement
FRAPA, the format recognition and protection association, has launched a new service – the FRAPA…
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BBC Studios Showcase: World of Wonder
Feel-good formats are still driving audiences, and BBC Studios’ formats team meets the demand with…
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Special report: What formats sell where?
In the final instalment of four special reports, international consultancy K7 Media examines the demand for…
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NATPE deals: NBCUniversal takes Top Chef to Brazil; Colombia’s Canal 1 to host The Four
NBCUniversal has signed a deal for its Emmy award-winning reality cookery show Top Chef with…
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Lime Pictures’ unscripted development head shuffles to US division
Lime Pictures’ unscripted head Ben Crompton will move Stateside for the company as executive VP…
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Big Brother makes a comeback in Poland & Finland
Endemol Shine Group’s Big Brother is returning to Poland and Finland after a hiatus. ESG…
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Exclusive: Netherlands’ NPO3 scoops up Tuvalu comedy formats
Newen Group-owned producer Tuvalu Media has scored commissions for science-focused comedy panel show The Human…
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“Purposeful” formats, CEE scripted on the rise in 2019
International TV research consultancy K7 Media has unveiled its predictions for 2019, forecasting that Disney+…
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Endemol’s Family Food Fight heads to Portugal
Portugal is the latest territory to scoop up Endemol Shine Group’s Family Food Fight. Public…
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MTV’s Teen Mom heads to Australia
MTV Australia is set for a local version of its international TV format Teen Mom….
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ProSiebenSat.1 takes NBCU’s Top Chef to Germany
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up NBCUniversal International format Top Chef for summer 2019. The six-part…
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On the set with Vice’s first game show
TBI speaks to Vice Studios exec producers Dan Louw and Yonni Usiskin on how…
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Fremantle bets on Irish multi-platform format National Treasures
Fremantle has picked up format rights to EZ Films’ multi-platform series National Treasures. The business…
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Hat Trick’s Whose Line is it Anyway? heads to the Middle East
Unscripted comedy format Whose Line is it Anyway? is set to be adapted for the Middle…
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Australia’s Network Ten to remake human interest format Taboo
Australian broadcaster Network Ten has commissioned distributor Lineup Industries and Sydney-based Lune Media for Taboo,…
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Facebook to launch three int’l formats, revives The Real World
Facebook is to launch three international show formats on its Watch platform, including The Real World via…
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Endemol Shine stages Heist in the Netherlands
Endemol Shine Group’s factual thriller The Heist, has been commissioned in the Netherlands by Dutch…
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Show of the week: Football Genius
Distributor: Hat Trick International Producer: Hat Trick Productions Channel: ITV (UK) Concept: A football comedy quiz show testing fan…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: Showdown
Distributor: Keshet International Producer: Tedy Productions and Keshet Broadcasting Channel: KBL (Israel) Concept: Two artistic titans…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: Singerella
Distributor: Armoza Formats Channel: TBA Producer: Armoza Formats Concept: A would-be singer with unfulfilled dreams…
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BBC Studios adds development duo for entertainment
BBC Studios has appointed Joe Evans (pictured, right) as creative director of development and Eddie…
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Crystal Maze prodco partners with Ireland’s Nice One
RDF-owned prodco Fizz, the producer of the UK’s Crystal Maze (pictured) format, has partnered with Belfast-based…