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Roxanne J. Barcelona, the company's VP, talks about the increasing appetite for Filipino scripted formats in the international market.

SYDNEY: Foxtel and Network Ten have jointly commissioned the topical news format Common Sense, from the creators of Gogglebox, for broadcast in 2017.

LONDON: Banijay’s entertainment format All Against 1 has received a season-two order in Denmark and new commissions in Finland and Norway.

HILVERSUM: Brazil marks the fifth territory to commission the Talpa format The Story of My Life since its launch at MIPCOM.

NEW YORK: Merrily Ross, who has a wide buying remit as VP of formats and content development at Modern Times Group (MTG), met with World Screen Newsflash to discuss what she’s currently on the lookout for.

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has licensed its hit format Married at First Sight into France, where it will launch on M6 next month.

HILVERSUM: On the heels of a Russian deal, Talpa has secured its fourth commission for the format The Story of My Life.

MAINZ: Sketch History and The Brown Family, two ZDF/ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) co-pros from the ZDFE.entertainment catalog, won at the 2016 German Comedy Awards held in Cologne earlier this week.

JOHANNESBURG: The new adventure reality format Welcome to the Wild is on offer from Keshet International at DISCOP Johannesburg.

TEL AVIV: VTM, the main commercial channel in Flemish Belgium, has commissioned two additional seasons of Local Heroes, which it licensed from Armoza Formats.