Save Your Cash Wins MIPFormats Pitch

The physical challenge game Save Your Cash, created by the Philippines’ ABS-CBN Studios, has won the MIPFormats Pitch, staged in partnership with FOX Entertainment Global at the inaugural MIP London.

Save Your Cash was presented by Christian Gamboa, who was presented a check for $5,000 as a prize. It was selected following a succession of pitches from around the world in the IET London’s main theater by a jury composed of Nathalie Wogue, senior VP of global formats at FOX Entertainment Global, and European commissioners Davy Parmentier, channel director of VTM in Belgium, and Burkhardt Weiss, VP of content development at Seven.One Entertainment Group in Germany.

In all, 65 formats were submitted for this year’s competition from 23 countries.

The winning entry beat finalists Easy100, a quiz show created by Gülenay Şahin, Turkey; The Getaway, a guessing game created by DLT Entertainment, U.K.; Minus Life, a factual entertainment format created by Studio CR Inc., South Korea; and Musical Attraction, a singing competition show created by Gamaliel Paulus S. (Gammy) Setianugraha, Indonesia.