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Profiles

Sunny Days for Ex on the Beach

November 11, 2019

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.

MIPCOM: The Week in Formats

October 21, 2019

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.

Case Study: Temptation Island

August 26, 2019

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.

Hunan TV’s Global Aspirations

August 19, 2019

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.