Mansha Daswani

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has clinched two new deals on its style makeover title Shopping Monsters, with the format headed to Greece and Vietnam.

MUNICH: Sky in Germany is launching Sky 1 as its flagship entertainment brand this November with a slate that includes a local adaptation of the MasterChef format.

PARIS/LONDON: Jean-Louis Blot has been tapped to lead Warner Bros. International Television Production's (WBITVP) new operation in France.

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz in on board for an American adaptation of the hit British comedy Peep Show, which ended with its ninth season on Channel 4 at the end of last year.

LONDON: Sky Italia has commissioned FremantleMedia Italy to produce Kids Got Talent for the free-to-air channel TV8.

The founder and CEO talks about the company's take on delivering innovative, brand-defining, unscripted entertainment.

HONG KONG: The brand-new Cambodian broadcaster Town TV has picked up Keshet International's interactive talent format Rising Star.

AMSTERDAM/COLOGNE: The social-experiment format The Big Benefits Handout, which originated on Channel 5 in the U.K., is heading to German broadcaster RTL.

BEIJING: China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is placing new restrictions on the imports of foreign formats in a bid to encourage local creativity.

TEL AVIV/MUNICH: RTL in Germany has added to its summer schedule a local adaptation of the Abot Hameiri-created reality format Power Couple, distributed by Dori Media Group.