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Armoza Formats has secured a commission of the CGI-based studio game-show format Family Piggy Bank in Portugal.

Frederator Studios has entered development on the live-action/animation hybrid series Hammy and Olivia, centered on the eponymous TikTok-famous corgis.

Vancouver-based Slap Happy Cartoons has partnered with Andrews McMeel Entertainment to develop content inspired by the newspaper, web and book-based property Heart of the City.

TIME Studios’ Kids & Family division has boarded Scoops, a new animated educational comedy series from Guru Studio.

Story Films, the outfit behind The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, is prepping a four-part drama about the rise and fall of trader Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank. 

All3Media International has sealed deals in Australia, China, the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland for The Control Room, a new BBC One drama from Sherlock producer Hartswood Films.

Celebrities have been featured in formats for years—from serving as hosts and judges to appearing in celebrity spin-off versions of shows—but now there are a number of new formats with famous faces starring as the main participants right from launch.

Viaplay Group has secured a direct-to-home (DTH) distribution partnership in Poland with CANAL+ Polska that will make the Viaplay streaming service available to all of the pay-TV operator’s premium DTH subscribers across the country.

STARZ is set to be the U.S. home of Evil By Design: Exposing Peter Nygård, a docuseries that tells the story of the decades of sexual assault allegations against the international fashion mogul.

Atresmedia Television in Spain has inked a deal with BBC Studios to acquire the adaptation rights for The 1% Club.