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ITV Studios has acquired all non-scripted formats and IP from the Swedish creator and distributor Elk Entertainment.

ITV Studios’ I Love My Country format has added Spain and Vietnam to its roster of countries that have ordered local treatments.

The coronavirus has presented untold challenges for the companies that make studio show formats, but they have found ways to meet them—even discovering new ways of doing business that could be here to stay.

The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission has ruled for Korean broadcaster MBC in its long-running dispute against Shanghai CanXing Culture & Media over The Masked Singer.

Global Agency has licensed the reality competition show Cleaning Masters to Joint Stock Company in Russia.

The first production of Media Ranch's paper format Watch! is being made by Talpa Germany to premiere on ProSieben on July 21.

Channel 4 has recommissioned The Circle for a third season, alongside a celebrity version, The Celebrity Circle, as part of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.

With social distancing and amplified safety protocols, dating formats are adapting to the times.

Discovery Networks has commissioned Nordisk Film TV Norway to produce a local adaptation of Keshet Productions’ relationship show Singletown.

TBS has ordered Celebrity Show-Off, a talent competition series based on the popular Korean show My Little Television and from the executive producer of The Masked Singer.