The Mediapro Studio Inks Exclusive Redo Rights to Be-Entertainment’s Formats for Spain and Latin America
variety.comEmiliano De Pablos In a further step towards its consolidation as a global player of not only fiction but non-scripted entertainment content, international production powerhouse The Mediapro Studio has reached an exclusive deal with Belgium’s Be-Entertainment to produce its formats for Spain and Latin America.
The pact also sees The Mediapro Studio developing non-fiction formats for VTM, a Flanders’ leading TV channel with more than 30 years of broadcasting.
Like Be-Entertainment, VTM is owned by Belgian giant DPG Media. TMS will become “the only production company that can exclusively adapt the distributor’s formats for Spain and Latin America,” the European super indie company noted in a press release Monday morning.
TMS is already developing two Be-Entertainment titles, both for the Spanish market. Created and produced by indie outfit Dedsit, and successfully aired by Play4 channel in Belgian TV prime time, “The Musical of Your Life” pays tribute in each episode to a celebrity, someone beloved and admired by an entire country, combining interview and musical content.
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