Profiles

Revital Basel, managing director of networks at Keshet International, tells World Screen Newsflash about the nuances to casting the shiny-floor competition format Drive Master.

Nina Etspüler, group creative director at Red Arrow Studios, on the British game-show format A League of Their Own, which is poised to make its debut on CBS in the U.S. under the title Game On!

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

The senior VP of global program sales at Discovery talks about how the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive is informing the company's format strategy.

Laura Burrell, head of formats at Viacom International Media Networks, talks about the format juggernaut Ex on the Beach, which has been commissioned in 15 countries.

It was a buoyant week for many of those in the format business at MIPCOM, as unscripted entertainment had its time to shine, basking in the glow of the buzz generated in TV markets around the world by The Masked Singer.

Lisa Perrin, the CEO of creative networks for Endemol Shine Group, on Big Brother, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Timur Weinstein, NTV Broadcasting Company’s general producer, on how NTV's crime dramas are being adapted as scripted formats.

Carlotta Rossi Spencer, head of format acquisitions for Banijay Group, talks about what keeps people tuning into the reality format more than a decade and a half after it first premiered.

Lester Hu, the head of formats and international business at Hunan TV, talks about how the broadcaster is looking to make a name for itself as a creative hub for innovative format ideas.