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ITV’s Leftfield Pictures set for Facebook talk show
ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures has teamed with Scooter Braun’s SB Projects to develop and produce…
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OWN orders Will Packer duo
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has ordered two new series from Straight Outta Compton producer…
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Amazon Prime picks up Indian dating show Hear Me. Love Me.
Amazon Prime Video is to bring original reality series Hear Me. Love Me. to its…
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C4 picks up Armoza’s Sex Tape
Channel 4 has commissioned Armoza Formats’ social experiment Sex Tape for broadcast later this year….
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Jersey Shore comeback hits ratings high
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is the latest show bringing back the Shore franchise, and it…
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SBT Brazil to revive Endemol Shine’s Deal or No Deal
Endemol Shine gameshow Deal or No Deal is returning to Brazil after a seven-year absence….
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BBC to launch dance format with Simon Cowell’s Syco
The BBC has commissioned Simon Cowell’s (pictured) Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK’s Thames to produce…
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Keshet is on The Search with Youngest Media
Keshet International has teamed with indie entertainment studio Youngest Media to produce a brand new…
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MTV brings Ex on the Beach to the US
MTV has greenlit a new US version of reality format Ex on the Beach, its…
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Exclusive: The Wall heads to the Middle East
Game show The Wall, a US format created and produced by Glassman Media, SpringHill Entertainment…
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Shiver hires De Moraes after TwoFour exit
Shiver has hired the creator of The Choir and First Dates Ana De Moraes as…
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Fox Asia & Tencent team for celebrity foodie original
Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) is set to launch its first season of original production…
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De Mol helps creators find ‘The Fastest Way to Screen’
John de Mol and his Talpa Network are introducing ‘The Fastest Way to the Screen’…
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WWE Studios plans TV originals assault
WWE Studios is expanding beyond feature films and into original TV and digital content production….
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Cineflix launches prodco with Salzman Jr.
Canada’s Cineflix Media is backing a new Montreal-based indie led by the son of co-CEO…
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Endemol Shine US unscripted chief exits
Endemol Shine USA head of unscripted Rob Smith is exiting the business. His departure comes…
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MTV returns to Jersey Shore
After six years, MTV is bringing back the latest installment of Jersey Shore with its…
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All eyes on Asia’s next big thing
Asia has a reputation as one of the most innovative and vibrant regions for formats,…
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MTV reboots Shore franchise with Floribama
MTV is set to launch the latest chapter of the Shore franchise, Floribama Shore, which…
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France gets Naked and Afraid
Lagardère Studios’s 909 Productions has grabbed the rights of US format Naked and Afraid, which Renegade…
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ITV America sets overall deal with Strahan
ITV’s US arm has scored an overall deal with former American football player and TV…
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Top Gear America returning on US cable
Just under a year after History ended its US version of Top Gear, BBC America…
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UK gameshow Pointless set for US remake
US gameshow network GSN is aiming to remake Endemol Shine Group’s British quiz format Pointless….
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Singing Bee returning to old haunts
Much-travelled karaoke format The Singing Bee is heading back into Romania and Indonesia after almost…
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Talpa extends The Story of My Life
Talpa Global has struck another deal for its celebrity ‘ageing’ format The Story of My…
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Busoli’s Formata to sell ITV formats
Formata has inked a deal with ITV Studios and will shop its formats in the…
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TBI December/January 2015/16
Television’s big questions: TBI asks the industry’s most influential players for their takes on the…
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Al Jazeera linked to move for Spain’s Mediapro
Al Jazeera is in talks to acquire Spanish producer Mediapro, according to local reports. The…
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Tim Kring eyeing international scripted formats
Heroes creator Tim Kring has told TBI he has plans to bring an international scripted…
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Hollywood Studio formats
Plans are underway to make some of the most iconic US shows ever for local…