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Matthieu Porte
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Vivendi swoops for global rights to TF1’s ‘Celebrity Song Challenge’
France’s Vivendi Entertainment has picked up global rights to TF1 and DMLS TV’s shiny-floor format…
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Exclusive: Canal+ scales Pyramids series from Pernel, Vivendi Ent
Samuel Kissous’ Pernel Media and Vivendi Entertainment have partnered on a 4K series delving into…
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Italy & Russia latest to Guess My Age
Broadcasters in Italy and Russia have become the latest to remake French game show Guess…
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French net orders Vivendi Entertainment format
Vivendi’s formats and entertainment division has shopped a couple format to C8, the free-to-air DTT…
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Vivendi buys Can’t Stop, Flab Lab and Studio+
French media powerhouse Vivendi has made three prodco acquisitions in its ongoing content drive, including…
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Sony’s Pop picks up Funnymals
Sony’s recently-acquired UK digital channel Pop TV and the African feed of Comedy Central has…
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Undercover Leader rises with Can’t Stop
Matthieu Porte’s boutique distributor Can’t Stop Media has bagged spaces rights to Undercover Leader, a…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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International deals for That Awkward Moment comedy format
German broadcaster WDR, part of pubcaster ARD, and SBS in the Netherlands have picked up…
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Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop inks trio of Ukraine deals
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster ICTV has ordered local versions of German-originated scripted reality formats Customs Investigators…
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Sony’s Toro taking the The Ultimate Music Battle into Italy
Sony-owned Italian production company Toro Produzioni has optioned music format Grande Battle (aka The Ultimate…
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Matthieu Porte’s Can’t Stop sells Slam to Turkey as it hits 1,000 eps
Distributor Can’t Stop Media has sold Slam into Turkey. The news comes as the gameshow…
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France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are…
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News brief: French primetime format set for Euro remakes
Producers in the Netherlands and Denmark are optioning Can’t Stop Media’s French primetime format Angels…