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Lineup Industries and NHK Enterprises have secured the first producer options from three countries for the formats The Late Night Show with Nitty & Gritty and Chiko’s Challenge.

Paul Gilbert, senior VP of international formats for ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, on the company's diverse format slate.

All3Media International has secured its first format license for idtv’s reality entertainment series The Traitors with VTM in Belgium.

BBC Studios has secured its first international format license agreement for First Love as well as a pair of licensing deals for the dating format Phone Dater.

BBC Studios has licensed the game-show format The 1% Club to Israeli public broadcaster Kan 11.

All3Media International has aligned with the Irish independent producer Animo TV and broadcaster Virgin Media Television to represent the format Eating with your Enemy (previously known as Eating with the Enemy).

Armoza Formats has bolstered its sales division, appointing Salomé Peillon to the role of head of sales and hiring Elizaveta Makarova for Eastern Europe and CIS.

ViacomCBS International Studios Distribution has lined up several new format deals within the comedy and reality genres.

The Write Offs, a Shine TV format from the Banijay Rights catalog, has landed its first international deals, having been licensed in Australia and Denmark.

Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) and Nippon TV have inked a deal for the game-show format Sokkuri Sweets.