TEL AVIV: Next week in Cannes, Dori Media plans to present international buyers with a variety of formats, including the new Studio Glam game shows 300 Second Ride and The Selfie Challenge. 300 Second Ride sees a team of two contestants take a 5-minute ride on a moving platform in ...

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LONDON/NEW YORK: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is landing in Cannes with a raft of signed format deals for general-entertainment titles from MTV and Comedy Central. The agreements include a deal with Georgian free-to-air network GDSTV, which is producing a local adaption of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. That adaptation ...

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LONDON: The classic reality talent format Popstars is primed to return to RTL II in Germany after a nearly 15-year absence. Produced by Banijay Group’s Brainpool, the new local adaptation is due out later this year. RTL II previously aired Popstars in 2000, where it ran for two seasons. The ...

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LONDON/LOS ANGELES: CBS Studios International (CBSSI) has licensed the format rights for The Game Plane, a game show filmed entirely on regularly scheduled airline flights. The show aired in U.S. syndication in September 2014 and has been picked up for a second season to launch later this year. The format ...

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LONDON: FremantleMedia has picked up the worldwide production rights for Beat the Brain, a new quiz show format from Over The Top Productions and Objective Productions. Beat the Brain sees teams of four go up against the Brain, a virtual question setter with a unique personality. The contestants will be ...

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LONDON: Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) is going to be offering a preview of the brand-new game show 500 Questions, which comes from executive producer Mark Burnett and creator Mike Darnell, at MIPTV. The series is produced by United Artists Media Group in association with Warner Horizon Television for ...

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LONDON: This MIPTV, Zodiak Rights plans to present a variety of formats, including The Secret Life of Four Year Olds and Wild Things. RDF Television's The Secret Life of Four Year Olds takes a close look at the interaction between ten 4-year-old children who meet at a nursery. Wild Things, ...

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ISTANBUL: Among Global Agency's MIPTV highlights this year will be The Big Steal, a new quiz show format created by Andre Sousa and Anti Reinthal. The Big Steal looks on as contestants use strategic thinking to eliminate their rivals over the course of three rounds for the chance to win ...

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TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats' Couch Diaries has been recommissioned in Israel, where 32 new episodes are being prepped with a celebrity cast. The second season, titled Couch Diaries VIP, will air in daily prime-time slots on HOT in Israel. The new installment will follow eight celebs as they get sent ...

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NEW YORK: At this year's MIPTV, A+E Networks is planning to present a number of lifestyle and social-experiment formats to international buyers at the market. Among the format highlights are Tiny House Hunting, which follows realtors as they help people find the perfect tiny homes, and Tiny House Nation, in ...

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