Mediaset Spain’s FTA channel Telecinco has ordered a local version of Talpa format Marble Mania. The Spanish version of the show will be produced in the Netherlands in Talpa Studios’ hub location by Bulldog, together with Talpa Studios, and is expected to debut later this year. The show has been recommissioned for a fourth season […]
Love Nature unveils factual trio Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature has unveiled a new slate of programming, with shows also set to debut on Sky Nature in the UK and Italy, and Arte in France and Germany. Survival Of The Beast (w/t) is from Singapore-based Beach House Pictures and follows explorer Max Djenohan as he […]
Eureka Productions, the US- and Australia-based firm behind Netflix’s remake of The Mole, has picked up rights to The Quiz With Balls from John de Mol’s Talpa. The format, which debuted on Talpa’s Dutch network SBS6 earlier this year, requires teams to answer a series of questions correctly in order to stop a giant ball […]
France Télévisions has outlined plans to develop its sports, young adult (YA), drama and entertainment offerings – including launching an original adventure gameshow – as it looks to build the broadcaster’s brand among younger audiences, rather than focusing on a single channel. The French group’s president, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, said the broadcaster is preparing for […]
US broadcast network Fox has picked up rights to Talpa format The Floor, after Eureka Productions took the show into the country last year. The Floor sees 100 quiz fanatics face off in quiz duels on a giant LED floor divided into one hundred equal squares, each representing its own field of knowledge. The goal […]
Netflix orders ‘The Corps’ & renews ‘The Diplomat’ Netflix has ordered comedy drama series The Corps (working title) and renewed political drama The Diplomat for a second season. The Corps hails from executive producers Andy Parker, Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Rachel Davidson, Scott Hornbacher and Sony Pictures Television. Inspired by the memoir The Pink Marine, […]
France Télévisions has ordered a daily and primetime version of Talpa quiz show, The Floor. The format, which debuted last year on RTL4 in the Netherlands, will be produced in France by Satisfaction Group and is set to premiere in July. The Floor sees 100 quiz fanatics face off in quiz duels on a giant […]
John de Mol’s Talpa has hired ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s Ingrid Akkerman to become its head of creative partnerships and format sales. Akkerman was most recently head of sales at ITVSGE and before that had spells at Endemol Shine Group (now Banijay). She will oversee the Talpa Creative Partnership scheme, which has delivered formats including […]
Nat Geo, SVT among TVF deals Nat Geo and SVT are among a slew of broadcasters to have picke dup shows from distributor TVF International, as the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers gets underway. Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography, originally commissioned by ABC, CBC and ZDF/Arte, has sold to more than 15 territories worldwide, […]
‘Trash Or Treasure’ heads to Spain Spain’s Aragón TV has ordered a local adaptation of the Banijay format Trash or Treasure, with the local title Basura o Tesoro. Cuarzo Producciones, a Banijay Iberia label, will produce alongside Delrío Visual. Based on the original format from Banijay’s Mastiff TV in Sweden, Basura o Tesoro is the […]
