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ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has strengthened its formats team with the appointment of Pascal Dalton, formerly of Endemol Shine Group, as the VP of global format sales.

The format has been taken out to the global market by Keshet International, and the U.S. is just one of the countries to sign up for an adaptation.

Ukrainian broadcaster STB has commissioned a local version of Endemol Shine Group’s talent show format The Brain, which has also been renewed for a second season in Poland.

Talpa’s format The Wishing Tree is being adapted for SAT.1 in Germany and TVN in Poland.

Beauty World Search has inked new distribution deals for the format and finished version of the entertainment series The Fashion Hero.

MY Entertainment has partnered with SBS Broadcasting in South Korea and Critical Density Media to co-develop the social experiment format The Power for the international market.

Electus International has inked a format option deal for The Toy Box with Lone Eagle Entertainment to develop and sell the toy competition series in Canada.

The new prime-time singing competition The Final Four has already been sold into seven territories, including France and Norway, and Armoza Formats is presenting the show at NATPE Budapest.

FremantleMedia has licensed the reality format Get the F*ck Out of My House to Record TV in Brazil and ProSieben in Germany.

BBC One is set to pilot a new music-based entertainment format, The Chart, from FremantleMedia UK's Thames.