Kristin Brzoznowski

SYDNEY: Network Ten has commissioned The Biggest Loser: Transformed, a new iteration of the successful format.

OTTAWA: CBC is bringing back its Format Incubator initiative for a second year, this time in partnership with Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP).

A spotlight on the docureality format in which men and women are given the chance to experience life as the opposite gender.

LONDON: Twofour Rights and SBS Netherlands have signed a format deal for The Diner.

NEW YORK: Mike Beale, the executive VP of global development and formats at ITV Studios, talks to World Screen Newsflash about scouting for fresh ideas, dos and don’ts for pitching and what’s trending in the format business.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has licensed the scripted-format rights for The Office to Finnish broadcasters Elisa Entertainment and Nelonen.

LONDON: NBCUniversal International Studios has signed a first-look partnership deal with the French production company Terminal 9 Studios to develop entertainment and factual-entertainment formats.

LONDON: Honey We’re Killing the Kids and The Great Bake Off have both been licensed by BBC Worldwide for adaptations in Poland.

BUDAPEST: Best Offer from Osakond in Estonia won the Pitch & Play Live competition at NATPE Budapest this afternoon.

BUDAPEST: Executives from ITV Studios, Endemol Shine Group, Armoza Formats, Modern Times Group (MTG) and Global Screen discussed what’s working, and what’s not, in regard to global formats during a session this morning at NATPE Budapest.