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Felix Wesseler, director of operations at filmpool entertainment, explains to World Screen Newsflash's Anna Carugati the approach of using amateur actors in real situations to get a show that is authentic, original and has “good dramatic storytelling.”

Facebook and Fremantle have struck a deal to launch new international versions of the interactive game show Confetti, which is being adapted in the U.K., Thailand, India, Vietnam and the Philippines for Facebook Watch.

Fremantle has acquired the format rights for the multiplatform series National Treasures from Nordic World in a number of key territories around the world.

Zig Zag Productions, CJ ENM, IMTV and BBC Studios have entered into a co-production and distribution deal for Dating Detectives, a new format that is part dating show and part crime procedural. 

Armoza Formats has landed its first international agreement for the prime-time format Singerella, which is now headed to the U.K.

Alone at Home, originally commissioned by the U.K.'s Channel 4, is now headed to RTL Germany and RTL Netherlands.

Banijay Asia has licensed the local rights for Armoza Formats’ prime-time singing competition The Four to be adapted in India.

Hat Trick International has landed a format deal for Whose Line is it Anyway? to be adapted for the Middle East, marking the first-ever version to be produced in the Arabic language.

The U.S. channel EstrellaTV has entered into a multiyear licensing pact with Fremantle to produce a Spanish-language version of Family Feud.

Indonesia's RCTI has signed a deal with Endemol Shine International for a fifth season of a local adaptation of MasterChef.