Banijay has acquired the format rights to “Alumni Lovers,” the school reunion dating show from Mbc that first launched in South Korea last December.
In a deal to be formerly announced by its global head of acquisitions Helen Greatorex at an MIPTV panel later on Monday, the French TV giant will launch the format in Netherlands via its SimpelZodiak label and France through Endemol France.
“‘Alumni Lovers’ is a beautifully romantic series, with a distinctive take on the dating genre,” said Greatorex. “Fresh off the back of a successful launch in Korea, we anticipate interest building across the Netherlands and France given this title’s unique approach to the concept of ‘finding love’. With emotionally-fuelled entertainment at its heart, this show is a brilliant and complementary addition to our burgeoning portfolio of dating formats.”
“Alumni Lovers” brings together singletons who graduated from the same the school for a dating reunion...
In a deal to be formerly announced by its global head of acquisitions Helen Greatorex at an MIPTV panel later on Monday, the French TV giant will launch the format in Netherlands via its SimpelZodiak label and France through Endemol France.
“‘Alumni Lovers’ is a beautifully romantic series, with a distinctive take on the dating genre,” said Greatorex. “Fresh off the back of a successful launch in Korea, we anticipate interest building across the Netherlands and France given this title’s unique approach to the concept of ‘finding love’. With emotionally-fuelled entertainment at its heart, this show is a brilliant and complementary addition to our burgeoning portfolio of dating formats.”
“Alumni Lovers” brings together singletons who graduated from the same the school for a dating reunion...
- 4/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Banijay is checking into The Fortune Hotel ahead of Mipcom Cannes.
The indie powerhouse has acquired global distribution rights to the ITV1 and Itvx reality entertainment show set in a luxury Caribbean resort.
Banijay picked up the rights from Lego Masters producer Tuesday’s Child and will represent the format, with sales arm Banijay Rights selling finished tape for the ITV series. Tuesday’s Child, part of the Stv Studios-owned Greenbird Media, is retaining format production rights in the U.S., similar to the deal structure it has in place with Banijay for the much-travelled Lego Masters.
The Fortune Hotel, hosted by The Split and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan, follows 10 pairs of contestants who compete across eight episodes for £250,000. Each pair is given a briefcase, with one holding the cash and another an Early Checkout Card, which eliminates whoever is holding it at the end of each episode.
The indie powerhouse has acquired global distribution rights to the ITV1 and Itvx reality entertainment show set in a luxury Caribbean resort.
Banijay picked up the rights from Lego Masters producer Tuesday’s Child and will represent the format, with sales arm Banijay Rights selling finished tape for the ITV series. Tuesday’s Child, part of the Stv Studios-owned Greenbird Media, is retaining format production rights in the U.S., similar to the deal structure it has in place with Banijay for the much-travelled Lego Masters.
The Fortune Hotel, hosted by The Split and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan, follows 10 pairs of contestants who compete across eight episodes for £250,000. Each pair is given a briefcase, with one holding the cash and another an Early Checkout Card, which eliminates whoever is holding it at the end of each episode.
- 10/5/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
‘My Octopus Teacher’ Indie Cco Allison Bean Moves To Wildflame
Allison Bean, Chief Creative Officer of My Octopus Teacher producer Off the Fence (Otf), is moving to Welsh factual indie Wildflame Productions. As Creative Director, Bean will drive Wildflame’s international push, with the indie having been behind the likes of Discovery+’s Brink of Disaster and Smithsonian Channel’s Secrets of the Celtic Grave. Bean has spent 16 years with Zdf Enterprises-owned Otf, overseeing the likes of Oscar-winning feature My Octopus Teacher and Stan Lee’s Superhumans for History. She was hailed as a “major figure in the international production and distribution industry,” by Paul Islwyn Thomas, Wildflame CEO, who “built the business from its inception to an internationally renowned powerhouse of factual production.”
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Allison Bean, Chief Creative Officer of My Octopus Teacher producer Off the Fence (Otf), is moving to Welsh factual indie Wildflame Productions. As Creative Director, Bean will drive Wildflame’s international push, with the indie having been behind the likes of Discovery+’s Brink of Disaster and Smithsonian Channel’s Secrets of the Celtic Grave. Bean has spent 16 years with Zdf Enterprises-owned Otf, overseeing the likes of Oscar-winning feature My Octopus Teacher and Stan Lee’s Superhumans for History. She was hailed as a “major figure in the international production and distribution industry,” by Paul Islwyn Thomas, Wildflame CEO, who “built the business from its inception to an internationally renowned powerhouse of factual production.”
Queer Charity Out On Screen Launches Programming Fellowship
Exclusive: Charity and queer arts organization Out On Screen has launched its inaugural Programming Disruptor Fellowship, a...
- 12/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart, Zac Ntim and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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