Singapore– Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has secured a deal for the first official version in Southeast Asia of the award-winning global hit format, Dragons’ Den – which airs in the US and elsewhere as Shark Tank – with Shark Tank Vietnam. VTV has ordered a first season of 16 episodes, set for a 2017 launch. The commission arrives on the heels of several additional recent orders of the successful format. In the Middle East, Rotana Media Group has ordered its first … [Read more...] about Dragon’s Den receives first commission
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Nippon heading to MIPCOM with new formats and drama
Tokyo – Japan’s leading commercial broadcaster, Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), announced that the company will be heading to MIPCOM 2016 with a new drama, Pretty Proofreader (10 x 60’), and two new formats Burning Questions! (60’eps) and The Character (60’ eps). The broadcaster recently released its popular format Dragons’ Den (Shark Tank in the US) currently available in 29 formats and airing in 184 countries across the globe, and the hit drama series The Last Cop into its … [Read more...] about Nippon heading to MIPCOM with new formats and drama
Sony Pictures Television secures new formats
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 … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Television secures new formats
