LA PLAINE ST DENIS: KABO International has secured format deals with Go Quest Media Ventures and Nordisk Film TV for the game show Cash or Splash.
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Battle of the Sexes to Get Local Treatment in Lithuania
April 14, 2016
HILVERSUM: Lithuania’s LNK TV has acquired Talpa’s game-show format Battle of the Sexes for a local adaptation.
La Famiglia Scores First International Deal
April 13, 2016
TEL AVIV: The new scripted comedy La Famiglia, distributed by Armoza Formats, has been acquired by Avanti Ciné Vidéo for a remake in French-Canada in its first international deal.
Armoza’s Who’s Asking? to Be Adapted in Switzerland
April 11, 2016
TEL AVIV: Swiss pubcaster RTS has commissioned a local adaptation of Armoza Formats’s game show Who’s Asking?
A+E Networks Grows Global Formats Team
April 5, 2016
NEW YORK/CANNES: A+E Networks has named Hayley Babcock, a former executive at Fox and Sony Pictures Television, as its head of formats, international programming and production.
New Deputy Head of Development in Place at Studio Lambert
April 5, 2016
LONDON: Studio Lambert, which is behind hits such as Undercover Boss, Gogglebox and Tattoo Fixers, has appointed Natalie McArdle as deputy head of development.
FremantleMedia Brings Israeli Dating Format to MIPTV
April 4, 2016
CANNES: FremantleMedia is introducing the Israeli dating format Hear Me. Love Me. See Me., from the creators of Take Me Out and Farmer Wants a Wife, to international buyers in Cannes.
IPCN to Adapt Dragons’ Den in China
April 4, 2016
BEIJING/LONDON: China’s Shenzhen TV has commissioned IPCN to produce a local version of the reality format Dragons’ Den.
Capturing the Moment Optioned in France & Spain
April 2, 2016
TEL AVIV: Gil Formats has secured two option deals for its factual-entertainment format Capturing the Moment with production companies in France and Spain.
Production Begins on Localized Versions of Ridiculousness
March 28, 2016
MILAN: Viacom International Media Networks South Europe, Middle East and Africa cluster (VIMN SEMEA) is producing five localized versions of the viral video show Ridiculousness that will air on MTV in Europe and Africa.