Jamie Stalcup

Banijay has acquired the format rights to the South Korean dating format Alumni Lovers in France and the Netherlands.

The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) has selected Something Special and AR Asia Productions to spearhead the LEAP Creative Lab project, which aims to elevate the creativity of Taiwanese producers.

GRB Media Ranch has sold the Blind Dating format into Africa for a local adaptation and acquired the docuseries Medical Stories for distribution.

Global Agency has picked up the international rights to the Japanese dating format REA(L)OVE, originally developed and produced by FANY Studio.

U.S. broadcaster Game Show Network has placed a bumper order of 100 episodes of STV Studios’ quiz show format Bridge of Lies, which will air under the local title Beat the Bridge beginning in June.

The provocative dating series MILF Manor is slated to return with a second season on April 28 on TLC.

BBC One has set the premiere of Celebrity Bridge of Lies season two, hosted by Ross Kemp, for April 6.

BBC One has commissioned a second season of Gladiators, which is airing its season one finale on March 30.

MIPTV has revealed the five finalists who will present their original unscripted entertainment formats at the 2024 MIPFormats Pitch, staged in partnership with ZDF Studios, on April 7.

Banijay UK’s Zeppotron has signed an exclusive development deal with comedy duo David Earl and Joe Wilkinson’s Big Oval Place for unscripted TV formats.