London – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is expanding its non-scripted offering with acquisitions, commissions and a talent tie-in ahead of MIPCOM. Breakaway, one of SPT’s newest gameshows, has been picked up by Egypt’s Al Hayat, with SPT Arabia commissioned to produce a local version to be stripped through weekdays. BBC also ordered a second series of Breakaway following its successful debut season on BBC2 earlier this year.
SPT has also acquired two new, non-scripted formats for international launch in Cannes next month: the Israeli format Raid the Cage, co-created by Shy Barmeli and United Studios; and The Takeover, a factual entertainment format developed by Irish company Toto Productions for RTE.
SPT will also launch a third new format, Casanova Bootcamp, created by its international development team and its Dutch production venture, Tuvalu Media. The format has secured a seven episode, series commission for Dutch broadcaster Veronica, which Tuvalu Media will produce.
Meanwhile, SPT’s returning non-scripted formats—Dragon’s Den (Shark Tank in the U.S. version), Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and The Dr Oz Show—will also be on offer to broadcasters at the annual TV market from SPT’s international production and distribution teams.