The Wishing Tree


Spanish net settles under Wishing Tree

A Spanish broadcaster has become the latest to acquire a local version of Talpa Media format The Wishing Tree. Pubcaster RTVE has bought the format, taking the overall number of territories to take the show towards ten. Previous deals include VTM taking it in Belgium, ITV piloting it in the UK, Antenna Group buying it […]

ITV plants Wishing Tree order

ITV is piloting The Wishing Tree, the feelgood format from Talpa Media, which sits within the UK broadcaster’s stable of prodcos. ITV has ordered a non-TX pilot of the show in which children hang wishes in a ‘wishing tree’, the twist being the wish is not for themselves but for a person they think deserves […]

Talpa’s Wishing Tree to Greece

Talpa format The Wishing Tree has been acquired by Antenna Group in Greece. In the show, which launched on RTL in the Netherlands, children hang wishes in a ‘wishing tree’, the twist being the wish is not for themselves but for a person they think deserves it. ITV-owned Talpa has already sold The Wishing Tree, […]

First deal for feelgood Talpa format

Belgian free-to-air broadcaster VTM has become the first international buyer of The Wishing Tree, the new feel-good format from Netherlands-based Talpa. ITV-owned Talpa launched the format at MIPCOM and free-to-air broadcaster VTM is the first confirmed buyer. In the show, children hang wishes in a ‘wishing tree’, the twist being the wish is not for […]