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SEOUL: CJ E&M and ITV Studios Germany have entered into a format option agreement for Melody to Masterpiece.

Asian broadcasters are taking bigger bets on format concepts as they seek out local hits.

TEL AVIV: Reshet has commissioned a second season of the game show The Best of All, a format distributed by Dori Media Group.

HILVERSUM: Talpa has clinched its second Asian deal on The Next Boy/Girl Band, with Global TV in Indonesia opting for an adaptation of the talent competition.

TEL AVIV: Michal Itzhaki has been promoted within Armoza Formats to serve in the newly created post of acquisitions manager.

NEW YORK: Rob Clark, FremantleMedia's director of global entertainment, shares with World Screen Newsflash some of the company’s new highlights, weighs in on the enduring game-show market and discusses what it takes to keep a brand on the air, season after season. Watch the interview here.

LONDON: E4 has ordered a pilot of Keshet Productions UK’s reality series Walk of Shame Shuttle.

LONDON: Italy's NOVE is the first European channel to come on board the NBCUniversal International Formats entertainment show Hidden Singer.

BURBANK: On the heels of their summer success, Match Game and To Tell the Truth, from FremantleMedia North America, will be back on the ABC schedule this January.

LONDON: RDF Television's hit series The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds, which launched on Channel 4 in the U.K., is getting local treatments across Europe following a number of format deals with Banijay companies.