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Lineup’s Belgian format ‘Therapy’ lands in the Netherlands & Israel

Broadcasters in the Netherlands and Israel have become the latest to order local remakes of Lineup Industries’ mental health format, Therapy. NPO3 will debut the Netherlands version, which had initially been destined for streamer NPOStart, with De Haaien in production for a TX later this year. In Israel, public network KAN has commissioned the show […]

Israeli broadcasters unite to oppose ‘anti-democratic’ government media bill

Israel’s three largest broadcasters, Keshet 12, Reshet 13 and Kan, have joined forces to launch a group action forum in opposition of the government’s new media bill. In a joint statement, the three networks said that the Israeli TV Channels Forum has been formed to “prevent the expected harm to media independence and freedom of […]

Israeli pubcaster Kan avoids imminent closure as gov’t focuses on judicial reform

The immediate future of Tehran broadcaster Kan appears to be more secure after the Israeli government said the proposed shuttering of the country’s public broadcaster would be postponed. Kan, which was launched in 2017 after replacing Channel 1, appeared to be facing imminent closure after communications minister Shalom Karhi said last month that there was […]

Israel’s Kan tackles ‘Taboo’ with local version of comedy format

Israeli pubcaster Kan has commissioned a local version of Lineup Industries’ comedy format Taboo, to be produced by Yoav Gross Productions. The format, which explores the boundaries of what is considered acceptable humour, was originally created by Panenka, and launched in Belgium on VRT where the series was hosted by comedian Philippe Geubels. Each episode […]

Show of the week: Unchained

Israel-based producer and distributor ADD Content previously sold Fauda to Netflix and is now bringing this hard-hitting drama about divorce to international buyers. Being sold as both a scripted format and a finished series, Unchained has been produced by United Studios of Israel and premiered on public broadcaster Kan. It was created by Joseph Madmoni, […]

Scripted Hot Pick: Unchained

Israel-based producer and distributor ADD Content previously sold Fauda to Netflix and is now bringing this hard-hitting drama about divorce to international buyers. Being sold as both a scripted format and a finished series, Unchained has been produced by United Studios of Israel and premiered on public broadcaster Kan. It was created by Joseph Madmoni, […]

Cameras start rolling on Cineflix Rights thriller ‘Tehran’

Cameras have started rolling on Cineflix Rights’ eight-part international espionage thriller Tehran. Set in Iran, the drama for Israeli network KAN is produced by Donna Productions and Shula Spiegel Productions, in association with Alon Aranya’s Paper Plane Productions. Cineflix Rights is selling the thriller globally. Tehran (8 x 60 minutes, working title) tells the story […]

Cineflix Rights takes ‘Tehran’ distribution rights

UK-based Cineflix Rights has acquired exclusive global distribution rights to an Iran-based espionage thriller produced for Israeli public broadcaster Kan. Tehran (8 x 60 minutes, working title) tells the story of a computer hacker-agent working for the Israeli secret service in the Iranian capital, where she was born. After her mission to disable a nuclear […]