Kristin Brzoznowski

Yuka Kakui, the head of format development and sales in the international business department, discusses what makes Japanese formats entertaining and unique.

Armoza Formats has landed two deals in North America for its docu-reality format Play Date.

Lionsgate has licensed the game show Candy Crush to Dubai-based Eagle Films for an Arabic-language version.

Avi Armoza, the founder and CEO of Armoza Formats, talks to World Screen Newsflash about delivering broadcasters the type of event TV that they need to attract audiences.

The Real Housewives is getting its first remake in Central and Eastern Europe, where The Real Housewives of Hungary will launch on VIASAT3 later this year.

Armoza Formats’ studio entertainment show The Bubble has been optioned by the U.S. production company ITV Entertainment.

The competition series The Bruce Lee Project has secured its first international format deal and is heading to audiences in South Asia and the Middle East.

UKTV’s entertainment channel Dave has commissioned the street-based game show Don’t Say It, Bring It, which will be hosted by comedian Jason Byrne.

Mediaset España’s Cuatro channel is getting a local version of Come Dine with Me, which has been off the air in Spain for a decade.

Kanal D in Turkey is getting its own local version of SVT’s classic music game show Doobidoo, which is now in its 12th season on the Swedish public broadcaster.