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LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has entered into a multiyear distribution deal with producer Sputnik Media for the rights to four of its popular entertainment and factual entertainment titles.

LONDON: At this year's MIPTV, ITV Studios plans to present a variety of new and returning entertainment, factual-entertainment, game and quiz show formats, including a new take on the international hit Come Dine with Me.

LONDON: Indonesian broadcaster RCTI has committed to a local version of the Keshet International game-show format Who's On Top.

LONDON: Independent distribution company all3media international is extending its factual-entertainment format brand Be My Guest with the creation of Welcome to our Home, which is due to roll out at MIPTV.

SYDNEY: ITV Studios Australia has been commissioned by Seven Network to produce a local adaptation of the outdoor game-show format Cannonball, created by Talpa.

LONDON: Slovenian free-to-air broadcaster ProPlus has licensed the format rights for Tuesday’s Child’s You’re Back in the Room from BBC Worldwide.

LONDON: The popular game-show format The Price is Right, part of the FremantleMedia International catalogue, is getting a local treatment in Nigeria, to be produced by Genesis Studios.

DUBLIN/OSLO: NRK is working with RTÉ to offer funding for an "impactful" format that can be made for both the Norwegian and Irish marketplaces.

TEL AVIV: Mediaset España's Cuatro has commissioned a local version of How to Be, a celebrity interview show from the Armoza Formats catalogue.

Retired footballer Gianluca Vialli speaks about his new reality show, co-developed with FremantleMedia Italia, and its potential for international adaptations.