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Bake Off South Africa Netherlands-based NPO3, SBS in Belgium and DR in Denmark have snagged format rights to BBC Studios’ cookery show Bake Off Junior. The deals, which emerged on the second day of BBCS’s virtual...

Virgin Media Television in Ireland has given a full season order to a local adaptation of A+E Networks International dating format Generation Dating. The show, which is produced by Dublin-based Coco Content, initially...

Fremantle has acquired production rights in multiple territories to competition series format Good With Wood following a deal with distributor Magnify Media. The company will be able to produce local versions in Spain,...

The Masked Singer (UK) Canada’s Quebecor Content has picked up adaptation rights to hit South Korean format The King Of Masked Singer (aka The Masked Singer). The deal has been struck with the sales arm of original...

Superhoe As BBC Studios (BBCS) prepares to launch its first virtual Showcase event online from Monday, TBI speaks to senior execs about what buyers can expect and how the company has dealt with the past 12 months. This...

The Real Housewives Of Orange County NBCU expands Hayu in Europe NBCUniversal’s reality TV SVOD service hayu has expanded to 11 new European markets. The streamer first launched in the UK, Ireland and Australia in...

L-R: Elliot Johnson and Amanda Wilson BBC Studios (BBCS) has hired TV format creators Amanda Wilson and Elliot Johnson to lead creative development across its entertainment and music department. Wilson and Johnson are...

Bust Down NBCUniversal (NBCU)’s streamer Peacock is expanding its unscripted slate and moving into original true crime programming after revealing a raft of new shows for the service, including a relationship format...

Temptation Island South African streamer Showmax is moving into reality formats with a local adaptation of Banijay’s Temptation Island, marking the SVOD’s first-ever international deal. Temptation Island South...

Jamie Lynn Fremantle has revamped its co-production, formats and distribution activities across Europe, with promotions for Jamie Lynn and Anahita Kheder. Lynn has been promoted to EVP of co-production &...

Ana Langenberg Abu Dhabi TV has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal Formats’ comedy gameshow Celebrity Game Face, marking its first international series adaptation.  The 13 x 60-minute UAE version is being...

Malika Postansque Endemol Shine France exec Malika Postansque is to leave the company after almost two decades with the company. Postansque, who was most recently head of international at the Banijay-owned firm, joined...

TV2 Denmark has ordered a local adaptation of Roses Are Blue’s escape room format The Way Out. The local Danish adaptation will be produced by Fremantle-owned Blu and is expected to launch in fall 2021. This will be...

Gisela Asimus Minnbergh ITV Studios (ITVS) is rejigging its global sales operation by appointing Lionsgate exec Gisela Asimus Minnbergh to a newly created role leading distribution in Europe, the Middle East &...

Japan’s Nippon TV has launched its new gameshow, Crush Park, as an international format. The show, which debuted on Nippon TV in December 2020 requires contestants to literally crush various objects in their quest to...

Beyond engineers raft of sales Blue Ant Media in Canada, RTHK in Hong Kong, Discovery in Italy and Canal+ in France and French speaking territories are among broadcasters to pick up shows from Beyond Rights. The four...

Agatha Raisin Acorn TV renews ‘Agatha Raisin’ for fourth run AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has commissioned a fourth season of mystery series Agatha Raisin, based upon the novels by MC Beaton. Free@Last...

In The Shadow of 9/11 Abacus shops Liberty City Seven doc UK-based Abacus Media Rights has acquired distribution rights to documentary feature In The Shadow Of 9/11. Originally produced by Amos Pictures for Channel 4 in...

UK-based Hat Trick International has acquired distribution rights to Livewire Pictures celebrity game show format TV Showdown. The show is an updated version of entertainment format Telly Addicts, which Livewire has...