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Executives from BBC Studios, ViacomCBS International Studios, ITV Studios and Banijay Rights took part in a virtual panel session about navigating the challenges and opportunities facing the formats business, moderated via video conference by Kristin Brzoznowski, World Screen’s executive editor.

GoQuest Media has inked a format deal for the hidden-camera, wish-fulfillment series What the F***?! with the German producer Bavaria Entertainment.

Catchphrase will become ITV's first entertainment show to begin filming again after the production shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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.