Lineup readies Dutch format slate

Fledgling Netherlands-based distributor Lineup Industries has secured its first raft of deals ahead of next month’s Mipcom market.

The Amsterdam firm, launched this month by former Endemol and Sony executives Ed Louwerse and Julian Curtis, has forged output deals with Dutch companies Skyhigh TV and Vorst Media, as well as the UK’s Tin Can.

Lineup has also signed content deals with No Pictures Please, Noble Savage, Tuvalu Media, CCCP and TV Mark, giving the company international rights to a selection of premium non-scripted content.

The new deals mean that Lineup Industries will now head to Cannes with a slate that includes intervention series Face Your Addiction from Vorst Media; scripted reality show The First Years: School, Life, Everything from Tuvalu; and gameshow Dividing Line from Noble Savage.

Skyhigh’s historical quiz show 100 Years of Wisdom and The Bully Project, which sees victims secretly film their lives for a day before the footage is shown to classmates and the bully, are also included.