Mansha Daswani

SINGAPORE: Asia TV Forum and all3media international have tapped four executives to oversee the first round of judging for the inaugural ATF Formats Pitch, being held in Singapore this December.

Looks at the hits (and misses) in formats on the U.S. networks.

AMSTERDAM/SINGAPORE/SEOUL: Endemol Shine Group and CJ E&M are partnering to create original formats and series for the Korean and international markets.

The VP of sales shares the studio’s strategy for adapting some of its hit drama and comedy brands in markets across the globe.

CANNES: Red Arrow International’s hit formats Married at First Sight and Kiss Bang Love took center stage at a MIPTV panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

CANNES: World Screen’s Anna Carugati moderated a MIPFormats session profiling two hit formats that originated in the U.S.: A+E Networks’s 60 Days In and Viacom International Media Networks’s Lip Sync Battle.

SHANGHAI: Endemol Shine China is working with Shenzhen Satellite Television to bring the thriller format Hunted to the Chinese market.

A range of distributors tell Mansha Daswani about the new opportunities in the booming scripted-formats business.

MUMBAI: Bollywood director Nikkhil Advani is directing an Indian version of Keshet International's Prisoners of War for Star Plus.

LONDON: Indonesian broadcaster RCTI has committed to a local version of the Keshet International game-show format Who's On Top.