{"id":6062,"date":"2018-01-31T12:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/pong-video-game-adapted-small-screen\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:16:33","slug":"pong-video-game-being-adapted-for-the-small-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/pong-video-game-being-adapted-for-the-small-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Pong Video Game Being Adapted for the Small Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atari is teaming up with Emmy-winning Scott Sternberg Productions (<em>Love Connection<\/em>) to develop a game-show format based on the classic video game <em>Pong<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pong<\/em> is a table tennis video game featuring simple 2D graphics that was first released by Atari back in 1972. It is known for being the first commercially successful video game.\u00a0Jeff Mirkin will be serving as a producer of the television show for Atari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Pong<\/em> is a cultural touchpoint for generations of people,\u201d said Scott Sternberg, the CEO\/founder of Scott Sternberg Productions. \u201cIt\u2019s not often we get the chance to develop a game-show concept around such an iconic brand. I can\u2019t wait to give people the chance to see, experience and play a brand-new <em>Pong<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur brand and our portfolio of games are known to many people around the world, so it is a natural fit to bring them to television,\u201d added Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chesnais, the CEO of Atari. \u201cWe are proud to team up with Scott and have him join our brand because his expertise will help create a truly remarkable television show for everyone to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atari is teaming up with Emmy-winning Scott Sternberg Productions (Love Connection) to develop a game-show format based on the classic video game Pong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":6063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1266,1267,1007],"class_list":["post-6062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-atari","tag-pong","tag-scott-sternberg","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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