Warner Bros UK nabs Talpa formats 1 Sep 2010
Warner Bros has signed an exclusive deal with John de Mol's Talpa Media to produce local versions of the Dutch format house's shows in the UK.
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Lithuania to enter The Bubble 1 Sep 2010
A Lithuanian network has become latest to remake Armoza Format's globe-trotting gameshow The Bubble.
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Trinny and Susannah go Dutch 1 Sep 2010
Dutch broadcaster RTL has acquired rights to Trinny & Susannah's Makeover Mission, a format created by the Zodiak Entertainment's Belgian subsidiary Kanakna.
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ITV Studios to cradle Babyfoot 1 Sep 2010
ITV Studios has secured a first-look deal with Babyfoot, the Danish prodco behind programmes such as I Survived a Japanese Gameshow, Gay Army and Bingo Banko.
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Parents finds Polish home 1 Sep 2010
French-Canadian family comedy format The Parents has found a new home in Poland.
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TF1 to wed Eyeworks format this fall 31 Aug 2010
French broadcaster TF1 is heading up its autumn slate with a local version of Eyeworks format Who Wants To Marry My Son, from Sony-owned prodco Starling.
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Eyeworks Belgium poaches Zodiak creative 31 Aug 2010
Eyeworks Belgium has poached the creative chief from rival Zodiak Entertainment's local prodco to fill a gap left in its ranks by the exit of Steven Vlassenroot.
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Fort Boyard revival spreads to Germany 27 Aug 2010
The European revival of Zodiak Entertainment's action game show format Fort Boyard is continuing, with a new series commissioned for ProSiebenSat.1's Kabel Eins in Germany.
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Dutch singing format heads to Sweden 26 Aug 2010
The Best Singers, the Dutch musical format that FTV Productions produced for Tros on Nederlands-3, is heading to Sweden, after a deal sealed by Zodiak Entertainment.
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C5 drops Name That Tune plan 25 Aug 2010
NEWS BRIEF: In the UK, Channel 5 has dropped plans to launch a new version of classic gameshow format Name That Tune, following the network's takeover by Richard Desmond.
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Slice seeks financial shows 24 Aug 2010
Canadian specialty channel Slice is on the look-out for financial programming as it works to establish themed slots in its weeknight schedule, according to head of programming Vanessa Case.
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TF1 hot on Fever format 24 Aug 2010
Leading French broadcaster TF1 has greenlit a second run of BBC entertainment format The People's Quiz from UK indie Fever Media.
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Turks Divided over new gameshow 24 Aug 2010
Divided, the Dutch gameshow format that John de Mol's Talpa Media last year licensed to ITV1 in the UK, is this fall heading into local production in Turkey.
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UK fashion gurus head down under 23 Aug 2010
Trinny and Susannah, the fashion pundits behind UK series What Not to Wear and Undress the Nation, are taking one of their formats into local production in Australia.
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Danish deal for Big in Japan 23 Aug 2010
Big in Japan, the Danish gameshow format that has so far aired in the US, Sweden, Portugal and Greece, among other territories, has now been commissioned for broadcast in its home market.
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German net goes for Israeli laffs 23 Aug 2010
Comedians at Work, the Israeli comedy format that recently began its sixth season on Channel 2 in that territory, is going into local production for a major broadcaster in Germany.
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W banks on Come Dine With Me 23 Aug 2010
W Network in Canada could be shopping for new shows before the fall is out, with a lot riding on the performance of its home-made version of UK format Come Dine With Me.
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Format fever hits Foxtel 23 Aug 2010
The role that formats play in giving networks that have previously focused on acquisitions a less risky way into production was underscored last week by Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel, writes Ed Waller.
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Foxtel restructures with new Oz focus 20 Aug 2010
Australian pay-TV operator has pledged to increase its local production output, renaming its content division Fox Channels Group and announcing several new programming initiatives.
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Cooking formats battle in France 23 Aug 2010
International cookery formats are facing off in France, with market-leading channel TF1 last week launching the French adaptation of globe-trotting UK show MasterChef, reports Marie-Agnès Bruneau.
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Greece gears up for local uMan 18 Aug 2010
A Greek broadcaster has acquired Israeli telenovela specialist Dori Media's interactive multiplatform format uMan.
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Living parties on down 18 Aug 2010
BSkyB's Living TV Group has given a series order to Party Wars, a Four Weddings-style reality show from ITV Studios.
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Babyfoot's Bingo back on TV2 17 Aug 2010
Danish broadcaster TV2 has ordered a second season of local prodco Babyfoot's feelgood studio format Bingo Banko.
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Wipeout gets another wave 17 Aug 2010
NEWS BRIEF: US network ABC has ordered a fourth season of Endemol USA-produced gameshow Wipeout.
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Telefe ships two formats to Russia 17 Aug 2010
The Russian market for scripted formats continues to grow, with two more Argentinian series being reworked by local producers for a Russian audience.
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The Office set for Chinese remake 13 Aug 2010
The Office star and co-creator Ricky Gervais has revealed that he's working on a Chinese version of the hit show.
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Enter the C21/FRAPA 2010 Format Awards now! 13 Aug 2010
The curtain has been raised on the 2010 C21/FRAPA International Format Awards, marking the fourth year of the industry's most prestigious competition.
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Quizmania duo breed Pop Monkey 11 Aug 2010
Two former FremantleMedia execs behind controversial interactive format Quizmania are launching a new company called Pop Monkey Productions, landing a development deal with ITV Studios in the process.
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ABC refills Shark Tank 11 Aug 2010
Shark Tank, US network ABC's reality entrepreneur series based on the much-travelled Dragons' Den format, has been greenlit for a second eight-part run.
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Debmar-Mercury ventures into Hell's Kitchen 11 Aug 2010
Transatlantic distributor Debmar-Mercury has picked up domestic rights to ITV Studios' US version of Gordon Ramsay-fronted Hell's Kitchen, the third hook-up between the pair this year.
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Electus adds 5x5 to equation 10 Aug 2010
Ben Silverman's multimedia outfit Electus is to develop unscripted programmes with 5x5 Media, a prodco run by the producers behind Survivor, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Mythbusters.
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Indonesia in step with dance format 10 Aug 2010
BBC entertainment format Dancing With The Stars is being remade in Indonesia.
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Whizz Kid format dances into Europe, Asia 9 Aug 2010
Let's Dance, the celebrity dance format that airs as part of BBC1's Comic Relief programming, has started its international roll-out with deals in Russia, Holland, Germany, Indonesia and Sweden.
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Australia joins The Amazing Race 5 Aug 2010
Australia is getting its own version of CBS reality show The Amazing Race, after the country's Channel Seven picked up local production rights from distributor Disney.
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Talpa spreads the love to new countries 4 Aug 2010
Jon de Mol's Talpa Content has completed three new deals for its format I Love My Country, selling the panel gameshow to broadcasters in Belgium, Croatia and Greece.
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Fox Look shoots for Target sales exec 4 Aug 2010
Target Entertainment's senior VP of sales and programming acquisitions is leaving the firm to join Fox's new international formats division, which has also hired a former GRB exec.
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Shine cooks up Masterchef in India, Israel 3 Aug 2010
Shine International has finalised a host of format deals for cookery show Masterchef, selling it into India, Israel, Iceland, Belgium, Ukraine and the Netherlands.
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TVtropolis instals Cineflix ATM 2 Aug 2010
Canadian diginet TVtropolis has picked up a new gameshow format from Montreal-based Cineflix that sources unsuspecting contestants via a rigged ATM.
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Eyeworks' Dream becomes reality in Spain 30 Jul 2010
The Italian Dream, the Dutch reality format that has travelled across northern Europe, is now going into production in Spain, as one of several new commissions for Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas.
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Kinetic, STV agree formats venture 29 Jul 2010
STV Productions, the production arm of Scottish broadcaster STV Group, has signed a formats swap deal with US prodco Kinetic Content.
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Millionaire severs Fastest Fingers 27 Jul 2010
The UK version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is dropping some of its most memorable features in a bid to give the format more pace, with the changes debuting on ITV1 next month.
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France 3 out of Tune 27 Jul 2010
France 3 is cancelling its weekend access primetime gameshow Fa Si La Chanter, adapted from classic format Name That Tune, because of poor ratings.
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XYZ orders third course of Come Dine 27 Jul 2010
XYZnetworks' The LifeStyle has commissioned a third series of Come Dine With Me Australia, ahead of season two's launch next month.
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Desmond eyes Big Brother for Five 26 Jul 2010
Reality format Big Brother could find a home on UK terrestrial Five, after the broadcaster's new owner, Richard Desmond, named it as one of the programmes he would like to see on the net.
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The Frame in Spain… 23 Jul 2010
The Frame, the reality format billed as "next-generation" by Israeli distributor Armoza Formats, has been commissioned by a Spanish broadcaster, in a move believed to be the format's first production deal.
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X Factor mag to hit shelves 23 Jul 2010
NEWS BRIEF: UK publisher Haymarket Network is to launch a magazine spun off from talent show format The X Factor to coincide with the airing of season seven on ITV1.
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Endemol sues Banijay over Dilemme 22 Jul 2010
Two of the global production business's biggest players look set to go head-to-head in court, with Endemol suing Banijay Entertainment for format theft, C21 understands.
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Zodiak picks up German entertainment 21 Jul 2010
Zodiak Entertainment has linked up with German production company SEO Entertainment to distribute two of its light entertainment formats worldwide, excluding Germany.
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Hole new game for Cartoon Network 21 Jul 2010
US children will don the trademark spandex suits of much-travelled 'Human Tetris' format Hole in the Wall, after Cartoon Network ordered the first ever kids' version of the series.
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Endemol's 1 vs 100 enters Indonesia 20 Jul 2010
Hong Kong-based Endemol Asia is to produce a 52-episode season of its well-travelled gameshow format 1 vs 100 for an Indonesian broadcaster.
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Belgian deal for Israeli gameshow format 16 Jul 2010
NEWS BRIEF: A Belgian broadcaster has provided the first commission for local start-up production house BGoodMedia, based on an Israeli gameshow format from All3Media International.
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Greek gift, Spanish lawsuit for Real Housewives 15 Jul 2010
NBC Universal has secured its first international commission for unscripted format The Real Housewives, but has elsewhere been forced into legal action to protect the same intellectual property.
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Shine takes Don't Stop down under 14 Jul 2010
NEWS BRIEF: Don't Stop Believing, the Shine TV and GroupM Entertainment talent format that's soon debuting on UK terrestrial Five, is to be adapted in Australia.
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101 Ways to sell a gameshow 14 Jul 2010
Endemol's new primetime format 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow has been sold into Germany, Brazil and Turkey, following its debut on UK pubcaster BBC1 last week.
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NRJ 12 packs in Baggage 13 Jul 2010
French digital terrestrial channel NRJ 12 has unveiled its fall line-up, which includes an adaptation of a US dating format and UK drama series Merlin.
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RMG formats get Aussie treatment 13 Jul 2010
FremantleMedia Australia has optioned two US reality formats from LA-based prodco RMG News & Entertainment, including one about daring news cameramen.
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GSN, Syfy deals launch US prodco 13 Jul 2010
Commissions from US cable networks Syfy and GSN are behind the launch of a new reality TV production company in Santa Monica, headed by a former Hearst Entertainment executive.
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Formats bring real benefits 12 Jul 2010
VIEWPOINT: Todd Lituchy, founder and CEO of New Media Vision, highlights the advantages to broadcasters of using international formats and points out that successful intellectual property can be found almost anywhere.
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Fuji TV sharpens overseas focus 9 Jul 2010
Fuji TV, the Japanese network behind international formats Iron Chef and Hole in the Wall, has launched a production and sales division to extend its global reach.
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ITV Studios sends Coach Trip to France 8 Jul 2010
ITV Studios has sold Channel 4 reality format Coach Trip to a French terrestrial network.
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Undercover foray into Israel, Sweden 8 Jul 2010
Studio Lambert format Undercover Boss is being developed by production companies in Sweden, Norway and Israel.
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Zodiak takes UK format into Mexico 8 Jul 2010
Beyond Boundaries, the BBC2 show from Diverse Production, is being produced for a Mexican channel, handing Zodiak Entertainment's Latin American joint venture its first commission in the country.
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Disney loses $270m in Millionaire lawsuit 8 Jul 2010
Disney-ABC has been ordered to pay US$270m in damages to Celador Entertainment, in a long-running legal dispute with the creator of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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M6 axes dating show after suicide 7 Jul 2010
French network M6 has cancelled its planned summer reality TV series Trompes Moi Si Tu Peux, after one of the people who took part died.
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Turkey weds with Sparks again 6 Jul 2010
Turkish network Show TV has ordered more episodes of Sparks Network's primetime reality format Just Married, following a successful broadcast trial run.
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ITV sets up home format in Spain 1 Jul 2010
May The Best House Win, the home-comparison format that debuted on ITV1 Daytime earlier this year, is being produced in Spain by ITV Studios' Madrid office.
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TVNorge alumnus to head Northern Alliance 1 Jul 2010
Northern Alliance Group, the pan-Scandinavian production joint venture, has appointed a former MD of Norwegian channel TVNorge as its new chief executive, effective from September 1.
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Endemol opens Nordic office with Porseryd 1 Jul 2010
Endemol has hired former Metronome chief operating officer and executive VP Michael Porseryd to spearhead the company's return to the Nordic television production sector.
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All3's Families find Ukrainian home 30 Jun 2010
International distributor All3Media struck a deal at Discop East to send scripted reality format Families at the Crossroads into Ukraine.
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TF1 has a go at gameshow format 29 Jun 2010
French network TF1 has begun testing a new midday gameshow, Les 12 Coups De Midi, adapted from Argentinean format El Legado.
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Relocation gets Aussie remake 28 Jun 2010
Australia's XYZnetworks has commissioned Shine Australia to produce a local version of property show Relocation Relocation.
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Sony dishes up Masterchef in Germany 28 Jun 2010
A German version of revitalised cookery format Masterchef and a comedy about an ageing 1980s pop star are among the latest commissions for Sony Pictures Television in Germany.
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Millionaire arrives in Sri Lanka 24 Jun 2010
Sony Pictures Television's 2waytraffic has sold classic gameshow format Who Wants to be a Millionaire? into a number of new territories, including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Rodrigue thumbs his way to France, Spain 24 Jun 2010
South African interactive gameshow format Thumb Wars is heading into France and Spain, through deals sealed by Engine Entertainment and its format consultant Michel Rodrigue.
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Panama deal for Venevision gameshow format 23 Jun 2010
Venezuelan gameshow format Guerra de los Sexos (Battle of the Sexes) is to be produced in Panama, continuing distributor Venevision International's expansion into the unscripted format business.
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Discovery exec gets Lifetime deal 23 Jun 2010
US cable TV company Lifetime Networks has appointed a senior VP from Discovery Channel to oversee all its reality and unscripted programming, effective from July 6.
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Kiwis acquire X Factor 22 Jun 2010
New Zealand's TV3 is launching its own version of talent format The X Factor following a deal with FremantleMedia.
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CEE nets discover Global's Secrets 21 Jun 2010
Turkish formats distributor Global Agency's telenovela Secrets of Eden has been acquired by commercial broadcasters in Romania and Bulgaria.
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NBCU ships gameshow Down Under 21 Jun 2010
Shine Australia has produced a local version of an NBC Universal gameshow format for local network Channel Seven.
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The Boss joins Five 17 Jun 2010
UK commercial network Five and Discovery Real Time have commissioned an adaptation of RDF Rights' The Boss is Coming to Dinner.
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Fox, Endemol in Million Pound deal 16 Jun 2010
US terrestrial Fox has picked up the rights to Endemol's UK multi-platform gameshow format The Million Pound Drop Live and will begin producing a pilot in August.
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Kids gameshow picked up in UK, Canada, Oz 16 Jun 2010
BANFF NEWS: Broadcasters in the UK, Canada and Australia are onboard a new physical gameshow that newly launched sales outfit Distribution360 has unveiled here in the Canadian Rockies.
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Antena invites round My Parents 15 Jun 2010
My Parents Are Gonna Love You, Banijay International's new entertainment format first produced in the US, is heading for a Romanian adaptation.
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SevenOne sends Benidorm down under 14 Jun 2010
Munich-based distributor SevenOne International has concluded a host of sales for Belgian comedy format Benidorm Bastards, selling it into Australia and Greece.
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Nordic sales for Outright 10 Jun 2010
NEWS BRIEF: The UK's Outright Distribution has sold the US version of Wall to Wall TV's geneology format Who Do You Think You Are? across Scandinavia.
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Endemol's 101 Ways gets US green light 10 Jun 2010
The physical gameshow trend is continuing in the US, where Endemol's latest format, 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow, has been picked up by one of the major broadcast networks.
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Facing up to reality 7 Jun 2010
France Televisions is embracing formats for the first time, through its newly created central factual division. Jesse Whittock reports.
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X Factor hits games consoles 7 Jun 2010
Simon Cowell's talent format The X Factor is getting the video game treatment and will be launched on consoles later this year.
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CTV wins X Factor, reveals line-up 4 Jun 2010
Canadian network CTV has acquired local rights to Simon Cowell's US version of The X Factor and has unveiled its 2010/11 schedule.
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ActiveTV at war with Comcast's WAGs 4 Jun 2010
Australian non-scripted entertainment prodco ActiveTV has acquired rights to a new format in which sportsmen's wives and girlfriends compete against one another.
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Zodiak unveils first US Hispanic wares 4 Jun 2010
Zodiak Entertainment's first US Hispanic production will be a 13-episode version of weight-loss format Back in Wedding Shape for a Spanish-language network.
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TF1 brings in Cowboy Builders 3 Jun 2010
French commercial network TF1 has acquired format rights to Shed Media-owned Outright Distribution's UK series Cowboy Builders.
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Endemol, Banijay fall for Passion formats 2 Jun 2010
UK-based Passion Distribution has scored sales in France, with Endemol and Banijay Entertainment optioning new formats and France 5 acquiring finished programming.
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Endemol appoints distribution head 2 Jun 2010
Endemol has promoted Ana Langenberg to head of format distribution for the Endemol group, based in the Netherlands.
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Zodiak gets Frank with RDF acquisition 2 Jun 2010
Zodiak Entertainment has bought RDF Media Group, one of the UK's largest independent production and distribution companies, and appointed David Frank as CEO of the newly-merged group.
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21 and counting 28 May 2010
While his colleagues start the job of selling the 2010/11 product, Paul Gilbert, senior VP of international formats at CBS Studios International, talks to David Jenkinson about the studio's ongoing initiative to mine its library for scripted formats.
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DRG dances off with Gurin Co format 27 May 2010
UK-based distributor Digital Rights Group has acquired worldwide rights to an entertainment format from The Phil Gurin Company that will air on US network CMT.
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BBC, ITV cook up US Come Dine With Me 26 May 2010
ITV Studios America and BBC Worldwide Channels have struck a deal to produce a US version of hit cookery format Come Dine With Me, to air stateside on BBC America.
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Schwartzkopff unveils Talpa formats 26 May 2010
German indie Schwartzkopff TV has revealed the first two Talpa Media formats it is developing for the local market, following the pair's joint venture tie-up last month.
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Finland builds its own Fort Boyard 25 May 2010
Finland's SuomiTV has become the latest network to acquire Zodiak Entertainment's adventure format Fort Boyard, as the show's Scandinavian revival continues.
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