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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise
ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…
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ITV prepares to launch Talpa’s Cannonball
A UK version of Talpa Global’s physical gameshow format Cannonball is in the works for…
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TBI Formats: Year in Review
The best-sellers, the trend makers, the battles, the emerging territories, the industry favourites… here is…
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Talpa registers another Story of My Life deal
Talpa has secured another deal for a local version of The Story of My Life,…
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Talpa sells celebrity ageing format to BTV
Formats company Talpa has shopped its new format, Story of My Life, to Bulgarian free…
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New free TV deal for Talpa’s latest format
Talpa’s The Story of My Life has won an order from Russian free-to-air broadcaster Channel…
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Talpa grows Wishing Tree with Lat Am deal
Talpa has sold its Wishing Tree format into Latin America for the first time, sealing…
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ITV hires French boss
ITV has recruited two execs from French prodco Adventure Line Productions to run ITV Studios…
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ITV sets up Dating in the Dark
ITV has ordered a UK version of Dating in the Dark. The series, which was…
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New interim chief for SBS6 to replace Oosterman
Patrick van Mierlo has taken over as interim programme director at Dutch broadcaster SBS6, following…
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Telegraaf and Talpa prep OTT channels
Dutch publisher and media group Telegraaf Media Groep and ITV-owned producer and distributor Talpa have…
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ITV plants Wishing Tree order
ITV is piloting The Wishing Tree, the feelgood format from Talpa Media, which sits within…
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Talpa confirms huge China formats deal
ITV-owned formats giant Talpa has confirmed a deal with China’s Zhegiang that covers several seasons…
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SBS channel chief steps down
René Oosterman has resigned as channel manager of Dutch free-to-air channel SBS6. SBS confirmed the…
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Talpa’s Wishing Tree to Greece
Talpa format The Wishing Tree has been acquired by Antenna Group in Greece. In the…
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First deal for feelgood Talpa format
Belgian free-to-air broadcaster VTM has become the first international buyer of The Wishing Tree, the…
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Talpa, ITV strengthen ties with new pact
Just months after buying Talpa Media, ITV Studios has secured production partner rights to John…
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German free-TV deal for Talpa’s Puppet talent show
German free-to-air broadcaster RTL has ordered a local version of The Puppet Show, the new…
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Talpa and Vorst team for formats
Talpa has inked a content deal with Peter van der Vorst’s Dutch indie Vorst Media….
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Content companies vie to be Best Distributor
Five content sales companies have been shortlisted for the Best Content Distributor category in the…
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Sat.1 cancels Talpa’s Newtopia
German broadcaster Sat.1 has cancelled Newtopia, the local version of the Talpa format Utopia. The…
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Talpa sends Superkids to Poland
Polish broadcaster Polsat has ordered a local version of kids talent series Superkids. The show…
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Talpa launches reality format on China SVOD
Talpa has launched its Chinese social experiment reality series The Fifteen of Us on Tencent…
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Talpa, Sat.1 embroiled in ‘Faketopia’ scandal
Newtopia, the German version of Talpa’s Utopia, is at the centre of a scandal after…
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Mongolia takes The Voice
Mongolia has become the latest territory to order a local version of Singing competition series…
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TV Formats: Made in China
A decade ago China was considered the enemy of the international formats business, but today…
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Talpa and Tencent strike Chinese deal
John de Mol’s Talpa and Chinese online video site Tencent are working together on a…
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Talpa cuts international deals for The Voice
John de Mol’s Talpa has inked a raft of new deals for its singing format…
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What next in the Netherlands?
From Big Brother to The Voice via Deal or No Deal and Splash! Dutch producers…
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Talpa organises US formats pitching competition
The US division Talpa is soliciting format ideas for Talpa Pitchfest, a pitching competition that…