World Screen

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned the new celebrity-led historical biography series Born On, in a deal with Outline Productions and DRG. Outline will produce the new 4×1-hour series, which is based on a format sold by DRG. The original Born …

BEIJING: The Chinese adaptation of Sony Pictures Television's Mad About You is set for a January 2016 debut on Dragon TV and will be available for streaming on Youku Tudou shortly after the satellite TV premiere. Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, …

LONDON/BEIJING: Passion Distribution and IPCN have concluded a deal with iQIYI that will see a local version of the format Worst Driver head to the Chinese streaming video platform. While the reality format has been produced in more than 20 territories around …

TEL AVIV: A German adaptation of Armoza Formats' prime-time entertainment show I Can Do That! has been commissioned by ZDF. Endemol Shine Germany will be producing the local version of the studio variety format. The first season is slated to …

SINGAPORE: In a deal with Bomanbridge Media, CJ E&M has renewed the cooking competition format Chef in Your Ear for a second season. Korea-based CJ E&M currently airs season one of Chef in Your Ear, locally titled Avatar Chef. The …

BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine series The Man of Your Dreams is set to be adapted for Spanish audiences, with Televisión Española (TVE) slated to air it in January. DLO will produce the new version, which will air on TVE in …

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive is marking the one-year anniversary of HGTV in the Asia Pacific by commissioning the channel’s first long-form original production, House Hunters Asia. House Hunters Asia is set to air on HGTV in the second quarter of …

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has inked a renewal deal for a second season of the popular format DNA with Zee Tamil, a regional general-entertainment channel in South India. Zee Tamil will produce another 26 episodes of DNA in the Tamil language. …

LOS ANGELES: FOX is getting its own version of You're Back in the Room, a game-show format in which the contestants have been hypnotized. The series, which has the working title You're Back in the Room for the U.S., has …

SINGAPORE: Viacom International Media Networks has concluded a deal with GMA for a local adaptation of the format Lip Sync Battle in the Philippines. This deal represents the fourth local production of Lip Sync Battle. The adaptation is set to broadcast …