TVFORMATS
Beyond Rights has inked new deals for the lifestyle format Love It or List It, which is expanding with new versions underway in Finland and France.
In Finland, Beyond Rights has licensed the format to Rabbit Films, with the production company currently working on an initial ten-episode run for Nelonen, which has also acquired season four of Love It or List It: Australia and Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds. In France, M6 has licensed the Love It or List It format and is currently in preproduction.
Channel 4 in the U.K. has acquired season four of Love It or List It: Australia for More4. The season has also been acquired by TV2 in Norway.
The first three seasons of Love It or List It: Australia have just been acquired by Talpa TV in the Netherlands, along with season one of Love It or List It: Vancouver, while Discovery Turkey has picked up season one of Love It or List It: Australia, alongside five seasons of the original Love It or List It, plus seasons one and two of Love It or List It: UK and all five seasons of Love It or List It: Vancouver.
Elsewhere in Europe, Beyond Rights has concluded a deal with SIC in Portugal for 75 hours, including three seasons of the original Love It or List It series, produced by Big Coat Productions for Canada’s W Network and Love It or List It: Change of Heart. Mediaset Spain has re-licensed seasons one and two of the original Canadian series, while Wirtualna Polska has picked up season eight of Love It or List It and season one of Love It or List It: Vancouver. Also in Poland, Canal+ has acquired seasons four and five of Love It or List It: UK, plus Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds.
Discovery New Zealand has taken season four of Love It or List It: Australia for its FTA channel TV3, while Bravo TV in the territory has picked up season nine of the original Canadian Love It or List It. Foxtel in Australia has negotiated a package of more than 300 hours, acquiring episodes from season five of Love It or List It: UK and renewing six seasons of Love It or List It, three of Love It or List It: UK, five seasons of Love It or List It: Vancouver and Love It or List It: Vacation Homes.
Discovery in Latin America has renewed two seasons of Love It or List It: Vancouver and one season of Love It or List It: UK.
Simona Argenti, Beyond Rights’ head of sales comments: “Love It or List It is the perfect property and lifestyle title, as it deals with the ‘should we stay or move’ issues that most property owners, wherever they are in the world, usually face at some time. If you add in useful renovation, makeover and buying tips—and everyone’s love of looking around other people’s homes—it’s no surprise that this title continues to perform extremely well, both as a format and as finished programming. With fresh versions in new locations, significant volume and franchise extensions, Love It or List It has become a cornerstone program brand for numerous broadcasters around the world, and we are thrilled that so many of our partners keep both loving it and listing it!”
