Mansha Daswani

The senior VP of global format sales talks about what’s driving the company's scripted formats business.

World Screen looks back at the major trends in formats in 2019.

Nippon TV and The Story Lab have inked a deal to co-develop non-scripted formats for the international market.

From talent competitions to factual entertainment to scripted dramas, the demand for formats is booming across Asia. 

In January 2020, ABC will air Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time, a multi-night prime-time event featuring the three highest money winners in the long-running game show’s history.

SBS in Australia has greenlit a second season of BBC Studios' Mastermind and ordered a celebrity edition of the format.

Studio Lambert has signed a development deal with Izzie Pick Ibarra, showrunner and executive producer of The Masked Singer on FOX.

Endemol Shine China and Hunan TV have inked a co-development partnership on Sing or Spin, a brand-new prime-time entertainment format.

BBC Studios has inked its first format deal on DIY SOS: Big Build, with RTÉ One on board for a local version to be hosted by Baz Ashmawy.

ITV2 has commissioned Killer Camp, a reality TV event series slated to air for five nights leading up to Halloween, from Tuesday's Child, with Keshet International distributing the finished U.K. version and the format.