Banijay takes 'Ninja Warrior' and '100'. Fremantle adds 'Pandora's Box' to its lineup. Amazon Prime launches 'Battle in the Box' in Sweden. Summary of a week in unscripted content (41/2025).
Banijay Entertainment has acquired global rights to 'Ninja Warrior' (excluding Asia, the U.S., Germany, France, and Poland). The obstacle course competition from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. has been produced in over 20 territories.
Banijay has also secured English-language format rights to '100'. In this Korean-Japanese multi-generational singing game show, teams of amateur performers and celebrities with a combined age of exactly 100 aim to score a perfect 100 from the audience and panel.
Fremantle adds the Dutch-developed strategic reality competition 'Pandora's Box' to its lineup. Contestants in a mythology-inspired world are tempted to open the box. It may change their fate, but at a cost to the group.
ITV Studios brings several new formats to market: quiz show 'Nobody's Fool', celebrity competition 'Celebrity Sabotage', treasure-hunting series 'Worlds Apart', fast-paced quiz 'Time is Money', and 'Love Island' spin-off 'Love Island: Beyond the Villa'.
Passion Distribution introduces two new formats: '#CoupleChallenge', which puts couples through physical and mental contests to win, and celebrity quiz show 'World of Wonders'.
Atresmedia has ordered a Spanish version of Seefood TV's reality format 'The Box', while TV4 Sweden has greenlit the format's first non-celebrity edition.
Coming up in the next few days: Amazon Prime launches the Swedish version of Korean celebrity game show 'Battle in the Box', and Bravo in the U.S. debuts its take on 'Wife Swap' featuring cast members from 'The Real Housewives'.
Puremedias has published an overview of the French TV market in September, including performance data for various unscripted shows.