Alison Skilton

Nick Smith, executive VP of formats at all3media international, talks about the game-show format Cash Cab, which has traveled extensively since its inception in 2005.

Media Ranch has secured two more deals for the entertainment game-show format Watch!, and Philip Livingstone is set to act as flying creative producer for all global iterations of the program.

Poland’s Net Media has ordered a new season of Global Agency’s dating game-show format The Married Game.

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has signed an agreement with RTL Germany’s SVOD service TVNOW for a local adaptation of the dating-competition format Are You the One?

Media Ranch’s classic celebrity hidden-camera prank format Surprise Sur Prise is slated to return to television, with Deeply Superficial set to produce.

MasterChef is growing its global brand footprint, with seven new distribution deals for the U.S. and Australian versions struck across Asia and a brand-new Thai all-stars version set to launch.

Nippon TV has been officially invited to be the first Japanese company to attend the Series Mania Forum, and it plans to highlight a list of scripted titles at the event, including three new formats.

Global Agency’s Upgrade, a reality game-show format in which contestants strive to improve their homes, has been picked up for Norwegian and German versions.

Karen Smith, Tuesday’s Child CEO and managing director; Lisa Perrin, CEO of creative networks at Endemol Shine Group; and Sharon Levy, president of unscripted and scripted TV at Endemol Shine North America, on the reality-competition format LEGO Masters.

Season two of the North American version of the competition format All-Round Champion has been greenlit and gone into production, with premiere dates for season one confirmed.