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Banijay has signed a deal with Attraction to internationally distribute the brand-new format Love is a Highway (Coeur de trucker).

ITV Studios’ MultiStory Media and creative agency Metavision have partnered up to launch Channel 4’s Come Dine With Me into the metaverse.

France’s Satisfaction Group and the U.K. and U.S.’s Fulwell 73 have united for a joint venture to increase their footprints and meet the growing demand for unscripted content.

Armoza Formats' prime-time game show Still Standing is getting a local treatment in Argentina, while a second season has been commissioned in Uruguay.

Keshet Studios has expanded into the unscripted sector, tapping former Banijay Studios North America executive Rebecca Mayer to lead the division as executive VP.

With a looming writers’ strike in the U.S. and broadcasters and platforms eager to deliver cost-effective programming amid financial concerns, the global formats business is gearing up for a potential new boom, borne out by the wealth of news that emerged from MIPTV and MIPFormats last week.

Banijay's competition format Star Academy is being adapted by Endemol Shine Israel for Reshet 13.

Fremantle and Red Arrow Studios alum Harry Gamsu has been tapped as VP of creative for format development and sales at Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP).

The game show The 1% Club, created by Magnum Media and licensed by BBC Studios, is returning for additional seasons in Israel, France and Germany.

FOX has ordered the new game show Snake Oil, hosted and produced by comedian David Spade (SNL, Just Shoot Me) and executive produced by Will Arnett (LEGO Masters, Arrested Development).