Talpa & Studio Glam ink first-look deal John de Mol’s Dutch format firm Talpa Concepts has inked a first-look deal with Israeli prodco Studio Glam. Under the terms of the deal, Talpa gains exclusive first look at all international non-scripted formats created by the firm. Studio Glam was launched by Ami and Ilan Glam in 2013 […]
South Korean TV network MBN has ordered a local adaptation of studio-based reality format Mystery Duets. Image9Coms, which is behind the Korean adaptation of Got Talent, will produce this version of the format, in association with Jinwoo Hwang’s Something Special, which will run for 10 weeks in a primetime slot. The show was originally produced […]
South Korean format firm Something Special has struck a co-development partnership with US-based entertainment producer and distributor The Gurin Company to create a new global competition format. The deal will see the two firms collaborate on Family Singers, a one-hour, closed-ended entertainment format, which will be brought to market at MIPTV next week. The format […]
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 […]
The Korean Format Alliance (KFA) has named former CJ ENM exec Jin Woo Hwang as chairman of the non-profit organisation. He replaces former chairman Il Joong Kim, director of SBS global production & SVP of SBS FormatEast, and will oversee the org’s mission to promote Korean format development, protect the country’s IP and and reinforce […]
Noovo bring ‘Survivor’ to French-Canada French-Canadian language channel Noovo has taken the rights to adapt the Banijay reality competition series Survivor. Network owner Bell Media is working with ToRoS productions on a local adaptation of the format, which is distributed globally by Banijay. Survivor features participants trying to survive in remote nature settings. They must […]
Jin Woo Hwang’s format prodco Something Special has struck an innovative deal with a US- and Korea-based technology company to develop new formats incorporating the latter’s time slice video production software. Something Special and 4Dreplay will create non-scripted and scripted formats incorporating the company’s ‘four-dimensional time slice video production system’, which creates detailed, any-time, any-angle […]
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, […]
Something Special strikes KBS deal Something Special, the Seoul-based format agency founded by Jin Woo Hwang and InSoon Kim, is distributing IP from KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) as part of its first catalogue since launching last year. Hitsmash invites musicians to take an original song and ‘mash it’ with another song, with both creators then […]
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has struck a first-look deal with South Korea’s Something Special, the Seoul-based format production studio launched by former CJ ENM exec Jin Woo Hwang. VIS will have exclusive first-look rights to globally represent and co-develop up to 10 of Something Special’s top unscripted and factual entertainment formats, across genres including music […]
