Kristin Brzoznowski

Sumi Connock, creative director of formats for BBC Studios, talks about the game-show format The Weakest Link, which has been on air in some iteration or another for two decades and for which BBC Studios continues to notch up new deals in a variety of markets.

Fremantle, Syco Entertainment and Shanghai Media Group have collaborated on the new Chinese talent show The Magnificent Dancer, based on the format The Greatest Dancer.

Nippon TV has begun offering format rights for its new game show Mute it!, which has only one rule: don't make any sounds.

Media Ranch has signed a deal with talent agency ICM Partners for U.S. representation.

The game-show format Switch, created for VRT in Belgium, has scored a German commission from WDR.

Laura Burrell, head of formats at Viacom International Studios, talks about the company's format catalog, which includes such global hits as 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom and Ex on the Beach.

Fremantle has closed several new agreements on the dating format Five Guys a Week, including a Danish treatment.

The director of global entertainment at Fremantle talks about the company's new formats that are on trend.

À Punt in Spain has commissioned a local version of the entertainment show Celebrity School, based on an original format from Brainpool.

ONTV, part of Egyptian Media Group, has ordered a third season of the factual reality show The Doors, based on a format from the Global Agency catalog.