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CANNES: German broadcaster ZDF has commissioned a local version of the Tuesday's Child format For What It's Worth from Tower Productions, a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and All3Media.

COLOGNE: WDR mediagroup (WDRmg) has sold the remake rights for the speed-dating format Autumn Tingles to Finnish production company Kaiho Republic, which is making a local version for pubcaster Yle.

TEL AVIV/KIEV: Armoza Formats has entered into a new co-development deal with FILM.UA Group for virtual- and augmented-reality projects.

Distributors, producers and broadcasters are aligning across borders to jointly develop concepts.

CANNES: The Story of My Life, a new format from the Talpa catalog, has been commissioned by VOX in Germany, with Talpa Germany producing the local version.

CANNES: NBCUniversal International Formats and MBC Korea are planning to co-develop and produce original formats for Korean and international audiences.

CANNES: Dori Media Group has sold the reality format Power Couple, created by Abot Hameiri, to RTL Croatia.

CANNES/TOKYO: MF Yapim and MEDYAPIM have adapted the Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) drama Mother for the Turkish market.

CANNES: The make-under series 100% Hotter, from Simon Andreae's Naked Entertainment, has been commissioned for a second season in the U.K. for 5STAR.

CANNES: Armoza Formats' docureality series Marry Me Now has been acquired by the British production outfit Chalkboard Television.