World Screen

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 …

LONDON: Channel 4 in the U.K. has ordered a sixth season of the hit quiz show Fifteen to One from Remedy Productions. Comedienne Sandi Toksvig will return as host of the fast-paced program, which looks on as 15 contestants compete …

Pelin Koray, sales executive at ITV-Inter Medya, talks to TV Formats Weekly about its production and international marketing of entertainment formats, a new line of business for the company. After several years of successfully selling scripted fare (notably, Turkish dramas) …