Keshet International has sold its trailblazing interactive talent format Rising Star to Enlight Media China. The Chinese version will be broadcast on the China state television channel CCTV (China Central Television). A two season deal has been closed and 30 episodes will be produced by Enlight Media for the TV network’s CCTV-3 channel. The agreement will see Rising Star airing to a potentially gigantic audience of up to 1.2 billion live viewers. Beijing Century Media assisted with the … [Read more...] about CCTV China to air “Rising Star”
Alon Shtruzman
MIPTV: Keshet International formats enter Asia
Cannes – Keshet International has sold its interactive talent format Rising Star and its high-rating children’s singing format Master Class into Asia. The deals mark a first for each format in terms of geographical reach. Rising Star will air on Indonesian private broadcaster RCTI (Indonesian Idol, Masterchef) which reaches a gigantic potential audience of 180 million viewers. An initial 24 x 120’ episodes have been commissioned and will be produced by RCTI to air in late … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Keshet International formats enter Asia
MIPTV: FOX and Keshet DCP brings “Boom!” to the U.S.
Cannes – Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has picked up Keshet DCP’s explosive game show format Boom!, marking Keshet DCP’s second project sold to series. Boom! fuses the drama, intensity and thrill of a blockbuster action movie with the high-octane fun of a video game. Full of comedy, colour and excitement, Boom!’s fresh approach rolls the intellectual and physical challenges of existing game shows into one can’t-miss event for viewers of all ages. A squad of four … [Read more...] about MIPTV: FOX and Keshet DCP brings “Boom!” to the U.S.
“Rising Star” to air in Greece and Ukraine
Keshet International has sold its interactive talent show format Rising Star to the major Greek television network MEGA (Master Chef, Just the 2 of US) and Ukraine’s free-to-air channel 1+1 Ukraine (The Voice, Hells Kitchen). Having sold to more than 25 territories since its launch at MIPCOM 2013, the speed at which Rising Star’s international network of broadcast partners is growing is unprecedented according to the global content research specialists, The … [Read more...] about “Rising Star” to air in Greece and Ukraine
MIPTV: Keshet to unveil new gameshow “Boom!” at MIPTV
Keshet International, the global distribution and production arm of Keshet Media Group, is set to unveil an explosive trivia TV game at MIPTV 2014, with the potential to drive the gameshow genre back into primetime around the world. Due to air on Keshet Broadcasting, Channel 2 Israel in a 9pm slot from early April 2014, Boom! fuses the drama, intensity and thrill of a blockbuster action movie with the high octane fun of a video game. A team of four, be they friends, family members or colleagues, … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Keshet to unveil new gameshow “Boom!” at MIPTV
MIPTV: Keshet International to adapt its formats for Asia
Singapore – Keshet International (KI), the global distribution arm of Israel’s Keshet Media Group, has announced that it will be presenting a MIPTV Media Mastermind Keynote on April 8. Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, executive producers of award-winning Homeland – based on Keshet Broadcasting’s Israeli series Prisoners of War, and Keshet’s VP of Programming, Ran Tellem, are slated to share the background on how they adapted an Israeli story for American TV. KI will … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Keshet International to adapt its formats for Asia