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NBCUniversal International Formats
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Showmax boosts Nigerian reality offering with ‘Real Housewives’ commission
African streaming service Showmax has commissioned The Real Housewives Of Lagos, the first Nigerian instalment…
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Fox drama ‘House’ to be remade in Turkey by Kanal D
Turkish broadcaster Kanal D has commissioned a local version of hit US drama House, the…
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NBC’s ‘Making It’ secures first international remake with Discovery Finland
Discovery Finland has become the first broadcaster to remake NBC series Making It, after striking…
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Formats round-up: Rabbit globetrots with Star TV, ‘Bring The Funny’ optioned in France; Ireland gets DIY SOS remake
Rabbit Films sends ‘Globetrotters’ to Greece Greek commercial broadcaster Star TV has signed on for…
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Globo takes NBCUniversal format into Brazil
Brazilian broadcaster Globo has ordered a local version of My Kid Would Never Do That,…
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NBCU scores first int’l adaptation for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting its first international adaptation. NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed the hit…
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TBI Weekly: Formats thrive in purple patch post-MIPTV
The formats market has struck a purple patch a month on from MIPTV, with the…
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NBCU’s ‘Hollywood Game Night’ scores Russian remake
NBCUniversal International Formats has struck a deal with Russian broadcaster CTC for a local version…
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NBCU serves Top Chef spin-off in Thailand
NBCUniversal International Formats has sold Top Chef spin-off Just Desserts into Thailand. The One Enterprise…
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ProSiebenSat.1 takes NBCU’s Top Chef to Germany
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up NBCUniversal International format Top Chef for summer 2019. The six-part…
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MIPCOM Hot Picks: Songland
Distributor: NBCUniversal International Formats Producer: Universal Television Alternative Studio and Live Animals in association with…
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Suits set for Japanese adaptation
Popular US drama Suits is set for a Japanese adaptation after NBC Universal confirmed a…
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Vox to start Knife Fight in Germany with NBCUniversal format
German network Vox has commissioned a local version of NBCUniversal International Formats (NBCUIF)-sold culinary series…
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NBCU finds Edelstein replacement
Jeff Wachtel is relocating from LA to London to become the replacement for Michael Edelstein…
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NBCU holds Thai Singer Auction
NBCUniversal International Formats is set for the worldwide sales launch of Singer Auction, a new…
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How Do I Look? format breaks into LatAm
NBCUniversal’s international formats division has shopped its makeover show How Do I Look? to stablemate…
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Hidden Singer at Discovery Italy
Discovery Networks Italy has ordered the first European version of a South Korean talent format….
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First int’l remake of NBCU’s House
House M.D., the US medical procedural about a grumpy but brilliant doctor, is being remade…
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NBCU to test Spartan at MIPTV
NBCUniversal International Formats is to unleash the Spartans in Cannes at MIPTV. The global formats…
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NBCU formats director exiting
NBCUniversal International Studios’ director of formats and production is leaving the company after four years,…
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Sony creates recipe for Mexican Top Chef
Mexican network Canal Sony has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef, which…
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TV3, NBCU plan wedding format
Latvian channel TV3 has partnered with NBCUniversal International Formats to create wedding format Wedlocked (WT)….
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NBCU’s Suits sells to South Korea
The first adaptation of US legal drama Suits is in the works after NBCUniversal optioned…