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ZDF Studios is bringing to MIPTV the new format Skydive Quiz, which it is also highlighting in the TV Formats Screenings Festival.

MIPTV has revealed the five finalists who will present their original unscripted entertainment formats at the 2024 MIPFormats Pitch, staged in partnership with ZDF Studios, on April 7.

Talent competitions show no signs of going out of style, and FOX Entertainment Global is feeling bullish about the prospects of its new entry in this space, Beat My Mini-Mes, which it is spotlighting in the TV Formats Screenings Festival.

Banijay UK’s Zeppotron has signed an exclusive development deal with comedy duo David Earl and Joe Wilkinson’s Big Oval Place for unscripted TV formats.

NHK World-Japan is set to produce and air a Japanese adaptation of U.S. pubcaster NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.

The dating show Celebs Go Dating is returning for a new season on E4 in the U.K. later this year, marking the 13th cycle for the series.

Amid budgetary pressures and a renewed focus on local entertainment, format distributors are finding a wealth of opportunities for proven brands and breakout new IP across game shows, dating, talent and more, with fresh highlights in the TV Formats Screenings Festival.

FOX has ordered two additional seasons of Gordon Ramsay’s hit cooking competition Hell’s Kitchen, taking the show into its 23rd and 24th seasons.

On Saturday, April 6, at 3 p.m. in Auditorium K of the Palais des Festivals at MIPTV, ZDF Studios will host a special showcase for its brand-new format Skydive Quiz.

The Saturday night quiz show The Weakest Link has been renewed for a fourth season, to return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year with Romesh Ranganathan as host.