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NEW YORK: At this year’s MIPFormats, World Screen’s Anna Carugati moderated a session profiling two hit formats that originated in the U.S.: A+E Networks’s 60 Days In and Viacom International Media Networks’s Lip Sync Battle.

HILVERSUM: Lithuania’s LNK TV has acquired Talpa’s game-show format Battle of the Sexes for a local adaptation.

TEL AVIV: Master Class, a kids' singing format from Keshet International's catalogue, has been licensed by TTN Media Corporation for a local treatment in Vietnam.

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats's wedding-themed factual-entertainment show Marry Me Now is being adapted in South Africa and French Belgium.

LONDON: Comedy Central Latin America and TV Azteca are co-producing a LatAm adaptation of the hit show Lip Sync Battle.

TEL AVIV: The new scripted comedy La Famiglia, distributed by Armoza Formats, has been acquired by Avanti Ciné Vidéo for a remake in French-Canada in its first international deal.

​​LOS ANGELES/ULAANBAATAR: CBS Studios International has licensed the America's Next Top Model format for its first-ever version in Mongolia.

This MIPTV proved to be a busy one for those working in the formats sector, with deals signed in a wide swath of territories.

TEL AVIV: Swiss pubcaster RTS has commissioned a local adaptation of Armoza Formats’s game show Who’s Asking?

LONDON: The Australian format Spelling Star has been picked up for the U.K. by Sky 1, where an eight-part version is due out later this year.