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Laura Burrell, head of formats at Viacom International Studios, talks about the company's format catalog, which includes such global hits as 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom and Ex on the Beach.

Production on the eighth season of Big Brother Canada has ended due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fremantle has closed several new agreements on the dating format Five Guys a Week, including a Danish treatment.

The fast-turnaround format We’re All Here—Live features musical artists performing live two nights a week in Finland on Yle and Yle's Areena platform.

The director of global entertainment at Fremantle talks about the company's new formats that are on trend.

À Punt in Spain has commissioned a local version of the entertainment show Celebrity School, based on an original format from Brainpool.

Banijay Rights has inked a deal for the game show Beat Your Host with the free-to-air broadcaster MBC in the Middle East.

Nick Smith, executive VP of formats at all3media international, talks about the game-show format Cash Cab, which has traveled extensively since its inception in 2005.

ONTV, part of Egyptian Media Group, has ordered a third season of the factual reality show The Doors, based on a format from the Global Agency catalog.

Media Ranch has secured two more deals for the entertainment game-show format Watch!, and Philip Livingstone is set to act as flying creative producer for all global iterations of the program.