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TF1 has licensed the docu-reality show Marry Me Now from Armoza Formats for a French adaptation that is being made by Lagardère Studios' Reservoir Prod.

Keshet International (KI) has licensed two additional scripted formats, Mythological Ex and The A Word, to Televisa to be adapted in Mexico.

Hollywood Game Night has been commissioned for a local version in Sweden, where the show will air on pubcaster SVT.

Andrew Stephen, senior sales manager for formats at Fox Networks Group Content Distribution (FNGCD), tells World Screen Newsflash how the company is building the profile of its format business and how the vast catalog is mined to evaluate titles that have format potential.

Armoza Formats' docu-reality show Marry Me Now has been commissioned for a first season in all 46 territories of sub-Saharan Africa.

NBCUniversal International Formats has secured a deal for the first official South African remake of The Real Housewives.

Endemol Shine France has been commissioned by TF1 to produce the first international treatment of the new entertainment format Big Bounce Battle, from the Endemol Shine Group catalog.

At NATPE Budapest International, BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock, Viacom International Media Networks’ Laura Burrell, Filmpool Entertainment’s Felix Wesseler and Red Arrow Studios International’s Bo Stehmeier shared their insights about the format business in a panel discussion moderated by World Screen’s Kristin Brzoznowski.

Endemol Shine Group has licensed the new entertainment format Lego Masters for adaptations on Nine in Australia and RTL in Germany.

Talpa has inked an exclusive partnership with Nicole Plas’s production company Dok1 Media.