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Formats that allow for social distancing and safety measures to be easily implemented without changing the DNA or core format beats are in good stead as entertainment commissioning pushes forward.

5 Gold Rings has been commissioned by SAT.1 in Germany, marking the tenth country to pick up the ITV Studios format.

ITV Studios’ Come Dine With Me format has been licensed by OSN, marking the show's first local treatment in the Arabic world.

Eccho Rights has signed a deal with SBS Contents Hub in South Korea to represent two of its top scripted formats.

The U.S.-based producer The Gurin Company (The Singing Bee, Fridge Wars, Oh Sit!, Shark Tank) has partnered with the BAFTA-nominated Strawberry Blond TV (The Great Big Dig, The Playlist, Dave News) in the U.K. for a transatlantic development deal.

Lion Television USA has entered into a co-production partnership with Michael Krivicka and his producing partner Peter Veverka for original formats.

Dori Media Group has signed a multi-territory agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) for four different local remakes of the crime drama Dumb.

ITV Studios has acquired all non-scripted formats and IP from the Swedish creator and distributor Elk Entertainment.

ITV Studios’ I Love My Country format has added Spain and Vietnam to its roster of countries that have ordered local treatments.

The coronavirus has presented untold challenges for the companies that make studio show formats, but they have found ways to meet them—even discovering new ways of doing business that could be here to stay.