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LOS ANGELES: Electus International has licensed the format rights for The Raft to RTL in the Netherlands, where Zodiak will produce six local episodes to air on RTL5 this spring.

STOCKHOLM: Spanish channel TVE has renewed the scripted reality format The Clinic, represented by Eccho Rights, for an additional 100 episodes.

In its quest to find the next big international format success story, Global Agency has extended the deadline for The Formats Project, a competition hosted in partnership with World Screen.

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca has signed a deal with Armoza Formats to produce a local version of Still Standing in Mexico.

HILVERSUM: TVA is adapting The Voice Kids for French-speaking Canada, having licensed the format from Talpa.

CULVER CITY: The comedy Mad About You has been licensed by Telefe for a local version in Argentina titled Loco Por Vos (Crazy for You).

LONDON: Madeleine Knight, previously a commissioning editor at Channel 4, has become the director of development and formats at Talpa UK.

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has locked in deals for the format Marry Me Now in Germany with ProSiebenSat.1 Group and in Italy with Endemol Shine.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has renewed So You Think You Can Dance for a 13th season, which will feature a younger generation of dancers, ages 8 to 13.

LONDON/TOKYO: Zig Zag Productions has teamed up with Japan's Yoshimoto Kogyo for the co-production of the hidden-camera game-show format PrankStars.