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EXCLUSIVE: John De Mol is bringing his latest entertainment format to the U.S. The Big Brother and The Voice creator has teamed up with Holey Moley producer Eureka Productions for a U.S. version of The Floor, which is described as a Risk-esque entertainment show. The Floor is a physical quiz…

NBC has been unveiled as the network behind the U.S. version of John de Mol’s Million Dollar Island (working title), the high-stakes social experiment that will be produced by Stephen Lambert’s Circle and Gogglebox producer Studio Lambert. De Mol’s Talpa is producing the Dutch version, revealed exclusively by Deadline…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Lambert and John de Mol, two of the world’s greatest format-creators, are combining for the first time on UK and U.S. versions of de Mol’s Dutch format Million Dollar Island. Lambert’s Gogglebox and The Circle outfit Studio Lambert will produce the two editions, which are not yet attached to…

A year after launching his latest company, Big Brother and The Voice creator John de Mol is taking out what he hopes to be a successful global format with Marble Mania on the heels of a promising launch for the celebrity marble-racing show in his native Netherlands. In each self-contained episode of the…

John De Mol has been responsible for creating many of the world's most successful entertainment formats including Big Brother and The Voice. His company's latest creation is music talent format House of Talent, which De Mol's Talpa hopes can be just as globally successful. The show, which launches on Holland's SBS6 on…

Sophie Turner Laing, boss of Endemol Shine Group, is to receive a special award at this year's International Emmys. CEO Turner Laing is to receive the International Academy’s 2018 Directorate Emmy® Award at the event, which is held in New York on November 19. The award is to recognize her work overseeing Endemol Shine…

ITV is aggressively chasing unpaid debts in China relating to the local version of Talpa's The Voice. The British broadcaster, which owns John De Mol's Dutch producer and distributor, has revealed that it is "vigorously" pursuing £30M (US$41M) from Chinese company Talent Television and Film Co after a breakdown in the…

Big Brother creator John de Mol is tackling a new type of social experiment. At Mipcom today, Talpa unveiled details of Lost In Translation, billed as a first-ever global reality format. The ambitious show drops 12 contestants on a remote island where they must work together to build a boat, get to the mainland and…

British commercial broadcaster ITV, the home of shows like The Voice and and The X Factor, said it's expecting a 7% year-on-year drop in fourth-quarter ad revenues due to increasingly cautious advertisers and the current uncertain political climate. On Thursday, the company reported a third-quarter fall, which it had…

ITV Studios and Talpa's new connected game show, 5 Golden Rings, has received orders from ITV in the UK and the Netherlands' SBS6 with air set for early 2017. The primetime format keeps it all in the family with ITV Studios' partner Possessed co-creating the series with Talpa in what is the first joint development by…

Banijay Group has set drama veteran Takis Candilis as Head of Scripted. In the newly-created role, Paris-based Candilis will be directly in charge of Banijay's scripted production company in France and will oversee the entire scripted production business for the Banijay Group which recently merged with Zodiak Media…

Entertainment One has denied press reports that it has been the subject of a takeover approach from Brit broadcaster-producer ITV. In a statement, eOne reps said, “"Entertainment One notes the press speculation regarding a potential offer. No approach has been received by eOne," in a note to the London stock market…