Hungary


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 and ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE).  TV2 has commissioned a local version of Kite Entertainment’s Fittest Family format, which originated out of RTÉ Ireland. The format sees 12 mega-fit families competing in a series of physical tests and challenges to win the coveted title of […]

‘Love Island’ set for remake in Hungary with RTL

Reality format Love Island is to be remade in Hungary this year, taking its total number of original commissions around the world to 13. The ITV Studios and Motion Content Group format will launch in Hungary on RTL Klub this year, where it will be produced by Paprika. Meanwhile MTV3 has also confirmed it will […]

Broadcasters believe in We Believe in You format

Armoza Formats has licensed its We Believe in You format into Hungary and Turkey. Endemol will make a Turkish version of the format for broadcaster Kanal D. The local version will debut later this month. In Hungary, public broadcaster MTV has ordered a 45-episode version of the show, in which a group of friends nominate […]

HBO Europe’s burning ambition

HBO Europe started making original shows six years ago, but its upcoming miniseries Burning Bush marks a new level of budget and ambition. Director Agnieszka Holland tells TBI about her work on the show, HBO’s content boss Antony Root talks about how the original programming strategy will evolve and HBO Europe boss Linda Jensen explains […]