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Brazilian Bachelor gets a date

Brazilian channel Rede TV! has ordered an eleven-part version of Warner Bros. International Television Production reality series The Bachelor. The in-house produced series will launch in Brazil in the fall of next year and will mark the first time the dating format has been localised in Latin America. The Bachelor, originally an ABC format in […]

Warner Bros. bags new RTL ents series

UK-based Warner Bros. International International Television Production has acquired format rights to RTL’s latest entertainment series, Two vs. the Nation. The show comes from German producer I&U TV and premiered on RTL on September 9 to 5.5 million viewers – almost doubling the channel’s average slot share. The live studio show pits two celebrities against […]

WBITVP show is No Brainer for BNN

A Dutch broadcaster has commissioned a local version of TV Asahi and Warner Bros. International Television Production-developed game show No Brainer. BNN’s ten-episode season will launch on Monday and run until August 30, produced by WBITVP-owned Dutch prodco BlazHoffski. The deal marks the first international commission of the show, which is based on TV Asahi’s […]

Prisoners firm Keshet poaches BBC Worldwide executive

Keshet International has appointed a BBC Worldwide distribution exec to become a sales director. Cynthia Kennedy has joined the global arm of Israel’s Keshet Media Group with immediate effect, reporting to head of distribution and acquisitions Keren Shahar. She joins a team of sales directors including Nelly Weber-Feld and Kelly Wright and marcom manager Limor […]

Banijay, Telemundo hit Reset with French format deal

Banijay and Telemundo Internacional have agreed a three-year format deal for the distribution of formats from Spanish producer Reset TV in France. Telemundo Internacional, the international division of the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish language broadcaster, inked a deal with Toni Cruz and Josep Maria Mainat, the former Gestmusic Endemol executives that created Reset TV having left the […]

truTV expands Jokers brand

US cable channel truTV has given the greenlight to a third season of its pranks series Impractical Jokers, as well as ordering a new six-part spin-off show. The third season of the show, in which four friends dare each other to complete increasingly outrageous things in public, will comprise 15 episodes. It’s set to launch […]

ProSieben buys Warner Bros. entertainment formats

ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up a pair of formats from Warner Bros. The German free-to-air broadcaster has taken rights to Barely Legal Drivers and Date Night from Warner Bros. International Television Production. The Barely Legal Drivers format puts young drivers to the test. They take to the road for the first time in a car rigged […]

Bachelor looks for love with Oz commission

Network Ten has commissioned an Australian version of The Bachelor after licensing the format from Warner Bros. International Television Production. MasterChef producer Shine Australia will produce the primetime series, which sees a single man eliminating bachelorettes to find one to will begin a relationship with. Production will begin shortly, with the series going to air […]

News brief: WBITVP builds formats team

Warner Bros. International Television Production has expanded its UK-based formats team by promoting Harry Gamsu to the role of third party acquisitions manager. Gamsu previously held an assistant role in the formats team, and will now focus on sourcing third party titles. He’ll report into VP of acquisitions Ilan Astrung. He joined WBITVP upon its […]

Warner Bros buys rights to Spanish game show

Warner Bros International Television Production has taken format rights to Money Time, a Spanish game show. The show debuted in Spain on April 3 on Mediaset channel Cuatro. It comes from Spanish prodco 60dB. The format sees contestants buying time needed to answer questions by loading cash into a large hour glass. The fewer mistakes they […]