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LONDON: Twofour Rights and SBS Netherlands have signed a format deal for The Diner.

Paul Telegdy, president of the alternative and reality group at NBC Entertainment, and Meredith Ahr, president of the new Universal Television Alternative Studio, talk about adapting a hit Korean show for American audiences.

LONDON: The MTV dating series Ex on the Beach is being adapted in France as a daily strip of 41 episodes for the first time.

LONDON: FremantleMedia has secured seven new commissions for the reality format My First Holiday in territories such as Spain and Poland.

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has signed an agreement with Antenna TV (ANT1 TV) in Greece for a local version of the comedy format La Famiglia.

NEW YORK: Mike Beale, the executive VP of global development and formats at ITV Studios, talks to World Screen Newsflash about scouting for fresh ideas, dos and don’ts for pitching and what’s trending in the format business.

LONDON: Warwick Davis has signed on to host Tower of Ten, a new quiz show format for ITV Daytime.

LONDON: Beyond Distribution has sold the format rights for Love It or List It to ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland in Germany.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has licensed the scripted-format rights for The Office to Finnish broadcasters Elisa Entertainment and Nelonen.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has commissioned another season of Britain’s Next Top Model for Lifetime in the U.K.