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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…

Is a Sherlock theme park attraction afoot? BBC Worldwide has entered a deal with London Resort Company Holdings to feature the broadcaster's properties at a new park to be built in north Kent. The park, the London Paramount Entertainment Resort, promises to "combine the glamour of Hollywood with the best of British…

Interactive singing competition Rising Star‘s fortunes have faltered again with the latest victim the local French version. Commercial broadcaster M6 has shortened its season by two episodes, slating the series finale for this coming Thursday after initially planning to run through November 27. The culprit…

Eyeing what could be a new international breakout, Universal Music Group is partnering with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to bring China’s Sing My Song to a worldwide audience. The format is a primetime entertainment show from Star China which is the first talent format to be exported out of the Middle Kingdom…

Its neighbors across the Channel may have kiboshed a planned UK version of Rising Star, but France has embraced its local take with a record-breaking debut on M6. The interactive singing competition kicked off on Thursday night in France with an average audience of 3.8M viewers and peaked at 4.7M. Those numbers make…

In a fairly shocking development, the UK’s ITV has elected not to proceed with its version of interactive singing competition Rising Star. The network won the rights to the format in November with plans to make the local take a a co-production of ITV Studios and Keshet International UK. Other versions have launched…

If there’s one thing that Keshet International knows, it’s how to make an entrance. The Israeli company that has offices in the UK and LA, considerably boosted its global profile at this time last year with the much-hyped debut of Rising Star. That interactive singing competition format originally launched in Israel…

China is the latest country to secure a local version of Rising Star. Keshet International said Thursday that it has sold the singing competition format to Enlight Media China in a two-season deal for 30 episodes. The program will air on state-run China Central Television’s CCTV-3 channel. "We are excited about this…

One night before the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and with the MTV VMAs on plus some finales on cable, it was still a pretty packed house on the Big 4 on Sunday. With only Fox in full repeats after some football overruns, there was the NFL preseason game on NBC that pushed the Emmys to a Monday for the first time since…

ABC's interactive singing competition Rising Star crowned a winner last night in what was the finale of the U.S. version of Keshet International's successful format. Ratings for the American take the Israeli show have been choppy (1.07 average over first nine eps) but KI CEO Alon Shtruzman is unfazed. "We had a great…

Heading toward the start of the NFL regular season with defending Super Bowl champs the Seattle Seahawks taking on the Green Bay Packers on September 4, who wins and who loses on the field in weekend preseason games is more for the new players than the rankings. But on TV a win is a win especially on a competitive…

It may be summer but as last night proved, the Sunday awards show rests for no season. Hosted by Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey, the Teen Choice Awards (0.8/3) took over most of Fox's primetime on Sunday – and it was a very full night. The 2-hour show saw Jennifer Lopez showing up, Hunger Game…