As baby boomers downsize living spaces and settle estates, THE LEGACY LIST WITH MATT PAXTON helps aging homeowners catalog a lifetime of belongings, locating treasured heirlooms and unexpected valuables in the attic, closet, or even under the floorboards. More
Michael Yudin’s New York-based prodco MY Entertainment (MYE) is working on a format described as a cross between Antiques Roadshow and History Detectives for the American syndication market, with Kew Media distributing globally. More
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has commissioned a four-part documentary series about American cult leader and murderer Charles Manson for its Viaplay streaming service. More
MIPTV: MY Entertainment, the New York-based prodco behind factual series including Ghost Adventures and Baggage Battles, has signed a development deal with Nigel Lythgoe (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance). More
New York-based producer My Entertainment has forged a deal to develop programmes with a US video-chat company.
MY Entertainment and the Video Call Center (VCC) will co-develop formats that use the VCC’s video-calling and social television technologies. More
Sky Vision, the production and distribution arm of UK-based pay TV operator Sky, has secured a first-look distribution deal with US prodco MY Entertainment.
As part of the agreement, Sky Vision will work closely with MY Entertainment as it develops new content and will have access to a selection of programming from its slate with the option to exclusively distribute the projects globally. More
US production company My Entertainment has partnered with South Korean broadcaster SBS to develop a social experiment format for international distribution.
The Power is being developed by Michael Yudin’s firm with SBS and Critical Density Media and aims to spotlight society’s relationship with money, class, social status and power. More
Gil Formats’ factual entertainment format, ‘Pregnant and Platonic’, has secured two new deals with production companies in key territories: Bulldog TV in Italy and ITV Studios in Finland. This takes the total number of deals for the format to eight, following on from recent deals in the UK, Australia, Germany, Spain, Sweden and France. More
New York-based prodco MY Entertainment has struck a deal with the magazine publisher behind Men’s Health and Runner’s World to develop lifestyle content for television around the brands.
Michael Yudin’s prodco has teamed up with Rodale, which publishes 100 brands across 67 countries, to work on content based on Rodale’s IP and talent relationships. More
London-based investor, producer and distributor The Story Lab has partnered with prodcos in the US and Spain on a new reality format to be launched at MipTV.
Hall Pass is the product of a partnership between The Story Lab, New York-based factual prodco MY Entertainment and Phileas Productions in Spain. More
My Entertainment, Michael Yudin’s US-based factual production specialist, has unveiled a crime series that centres on the grandson of mass murderer Charles Manson.
The coproduction, with Zak Bagans Entertainment, follows Jason Freeman on his quest to meet his 82-year-old grandfather Manson before he dies in a Californian prison cell. More
Media groups across Europe have optioned rights to Gil Formats’ Pregnant & Platonic, which looks at the rising trend of co-parenting.
The Israeli factual entertainment format, which was launched at Mipcom in October, centres on women and men who are looking to have a child without being in a romantic relationship. More
