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EXCLUSIVE: Autism drama The A Word is set for a U.S. remake with Keshet Studios, the LA-based division of the Israeli media firm, and Universal Television planning to take it out in the forthcoming network development season. The series is based on Keren Margalit's Israeli drama Yellow Peppers, which launched in 2010…

When it comes to the great surge we’ve seen at the box office for documentaries, “investment by someone or some entity” like CNN Films makes all the difference according to RBG co-director and producer Julie Cohen. “If you’re making a documentary for $50K, there’s going to be limitations on what the quality is going…

CBS has renewed Rachael Ray for a 14th season, sources at NATPE have confirmed to Deadline. The show has been a solid performer over its many years on the air. But as its host has diversified her rather full portfolio and the local station landscape has evolved, its fate had not been completely certain. Rachael Ray is…

In a keynote appearance at NATPE, Keshet CEO Avi Nir said 2025, a new reality series that has spawned rumors in the Israeli press in recent months, will begin airing in two weeks. Backers describe the show as a singular blend of Black Mirror, Westworld, The Truman Show and Monopoly. Earlier this month, Keshet…

Deadline is heading back to Jerusalem after partnering with Israeli producer and distributor Keshet Media Group on international conference INTV 2019. The event, which is being held for its sixth iteration on March 11 and 12, is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline for the first time as…

As it continues European expansion, Korea-headquartered CJ 4DPLEX has partnered with Switzerland's Kitag Cinemas for a 4DX auditorium in Zurich. Kitag is the largest exhibitor in the country's German-speaking region with 85 screens and 17,000 seats in such cities as Basel, Bern, Biel, Lucerne and Zurich. Its new 4DX…

EXCLUSIVE: After sitting out 2016, INTV, the television and media conference that's organized by Israel's Keshet Media Group, is gearing up for a March rendez-vous in Jerusalem. Among the senior U.S. executives who’ll be in town to discuss challenges and changes facing the industry are CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zuck…

EXCLUSIVE: Keshet International can roundly be counted on to bring a splashy new format to the French Riviera when the big TV markets roll around. In 2013, Rising Star took Mipcom by storm with local versions licensed in some 25 territories. Then last Mip-TV, Keshet rolled out bomb-defusing game show Boom!, with Fox…

Keshet Media Group's Innovative Television conference kicked off in Jerusalem this morning with executives from the likes of HBO, AMC, eOne, MTV, ITV and Sony Pictures Television in town to discuss challenges and changes facing the industry. After meeting with former Israeli president Shimon Peres on Friday, attendees…

ITV has commissioned a new Bear Grylls adventure series. He will star in Mission Survive, in which he takes eight celebrities into the depths of one of the most unforgiving Central American rainforests, where they will be competing in a 12-day survival mission. Grylls will guide the celebrities on their punishing…

Warner Bros International Television Production has acquired format rights to distribute BBC One's new quiz show, The Link. BBC One has commissioned 25 episodes for a daytime slot. The show is produced by STV Productions in association with LTV. Not to be confused with the BBC’s The Weakest Link, the game show pits…

Reporting from Jerusalem With the TV business evolving at a rapid pace, Lionsgate COO of television, Sandra Stern, mused on Tuesday that “every generation is now 15 minutes old.” She made the remark on a panel here at Keshet’s Innovative TV Conference and was joined by eOne TV CEO John Morayniss and WME agent and…