Media Ranch strikes DiTurn deal Canada’s Media Ranch will represent two new formats from Wonwoo Park’s Korean shingle DiTurn – gameshow Round Table and matchmaking series Love Maze. This is the first deal between Media Ranch and DiTurn, with the goal to build a collection of IP by format creator Park, who is the creator of […]
NBCU’s Hayu expands across CEE NBCUniversal (NBCU) is to roll its reality-focused streaming service Hayu into multiple Central and Eastern European countries in Q4. The service will offer over 300 shows and 9,000 episodes of reality TV content including The Real Housewives, Below Deck and Million Dollar Listing franchises. Home and design, dating, cooking, crime and fashion […]
Danish reality health format Big Love has been optioned in The Netherlands following a deal with distributor Media Ranch, which has also confirmed a Belgian version has recently wrapped production. The format, which is part of Danish pubcaster DR’s slate, has been optioned in The Netherlands by Monday Media, while a fourth season of the show is […]
Canadian format producer and distributor Media Ranch has struck a global distribution partnership with South Africa’s Trace Studios. Trace is a “global afro-urban platform for youth entertainment and empowerment,” and Media Ranch will represent its formats internationally. Among its formats are 2 Weddings & A Superstar, a reality “emo-tainment” property that sees some of South […]
New formats have always had to fight for space against the exploitation of proven IP, so what has prompted broadcasters to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in schemes to create new shows, asks Richard Middleton Formats are designed to be exploited again and again. This repeatability is baked into the essence of the industry, […]
Format production & distribution company Media Ranch has expanded its partnership with South Korea’s Something Special. Something Special, which is founded and run by Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim, has signed on to distribute Media Ranch’s format Don’t Laugh in Asia. The two companies have also partnered on Finally, It’s Mine, a competition reality format created […]
SBS takes Principal shows Australian pubcaster SBS has acquired documentary film Magic In The Mountains as well as reality series United Plates Of America, following a deal with distributor Principal Media. The 1 x 79-minute Magic In The Mountains is produced by Coolfire Studios and tells he story of how the tiny town of Squaw […]
Korea’s MBC builds Lego Masters South Korean network MBC has become the latest global broadcaster to pick up remake rights to competition reality format Lego Masters. The Korean version will be co-produced with LA- and Seoul-based production company B&C Content. Banijay Rights, which sells tape and format, said the deal meant Lego Masters would become […]
Canadian producer and distributor Media Ranch has unveiled the winner of the third edition of its Horsepower incubation initiative. Alexandra Paquin, a Canadian film student at Concordia University in Montreal, was selected for her dating show format for millennials, which she workshopped over a four-month period with top industry mentors. The winning format will now […]
Canadian format production and distribution company Media Ranch has announced multiple option deals for its VR dating format Too Shy To Date, as well as a co-development agreement with Korea’s Something Special. Media Ranch signed a multi-territory option deal with Banijay for Too Shy To Date, covering Initial for the UK, France’s Adventure Line Productions, […]
