Jamie Stalcup

Paramount+ Canada has launched The Fashion Hero: A New Kind of Beautiful, a new competition series hosted by former Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean.

Fremantle has acquired the global rights to The Piano, a new talent format from the makers of The Great British Bake Off, Love Productions.

ZDF Studios and Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) have set plans to celebrate ten years and ten local adaptations of Cash or Trash at the London TV Screenings on March 2.

Talpa has strengthened its global formats team with two new additions, including tapping Ingrid Akkerman as head of creative partnerships and format sales.

Portugal’s RTP1 has commissioned a second season of Family Piggy Bank, the CGI-based game show format from Armoza Formats.

Plimsoll Productions, part of ITV Studios, has appointed Magnify Media founder Andrea Jackson as creative director of factual entertainment.

Blue Ant Media and World of Wonder have partnered to launch Drag Race Universe, a new FAST channel, on VIZIO WatchFree+ in the U.S.

Marcus/Glass Productions, in partnership with Can’t Stop Media, has sold the format rights to Let’s Make a Deal to TVI in Portugal.

Ex on the Beach Couples, an expansion of the Ex on the Beach franchise, is slated to debut on MTV in the U.S. on February 9 and internationally on February 16.

Apploff Entertainment has strengthened its executive team with two promotions, including upping Danielle Peress to VP of current and development.