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Channel 4 has commissioned CPL Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, to make a new six-episode quiz series fronted by comedian Tom Allen.

BBC Studios Distribution has clinched new sales for the Love Productions format The Great Bake Off, bringing the territory count to 35.

Russian TV channel TNT has produced a local version of Global Agency’s original singing entertainment format Is That Really Your Voice.

NBCUniversal Formats has signed a co-production deal with Banijay Asia to adapt a number of its formats in India.

Generation Dating, from the A+E Networks International format catalog, has been picked up by Virgin Media Television in Ireland for a full-season commission.

BBC Studios has entered into a first-look deal with Gobstopper Group, securing priority access to the format slates of Gobstopper, Flying Saucer TV and the newly launched Mermaid Studios.

Stephen Lambert, chief executive of Studio Lambert, and Nick Smith, executive VP of formats at All3Media International, on The Hustler.

Quebecor Content is working on a local adaptation of the South Korean format The Masked Singer for French Canada.

ABC has announced The Celebrity Dating Game, to be hosted by actress and singer-songwriter Zooey Deschanel and Grammy-winning recording artist Michael Bolton.

Showmax has acquired the social-experiment relationship format Temptation Island from Banijay Rights for adaptation in South Africa.