The TV FORMAT FUND will present 8 new formats at this year’s MIPTV fair, which will take place in April in Cannes. The fund’s investment in these shows exceeds $1.2 million.
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5 of the formats have previously appeared on different broadcasting medium.
3 new formats backed by the Fund’s investment will be presented at the fair. They are:
“Sofa Survivors” is a new reality show which examines whether it is possible to live on virtual love. 5 fascinating characters participate in this experiment, each stopping his/her life for one whole month, and entering a separate room which will be filmed 24/7.
“High Rise Love” is a dating show which takes place in a high-rise office building, during a single work day.
“I Spy” observes 3 contestants who try to see if ordinary people could be spies.
The 5 pre-existing formats are:
“Grand Plan, ” is a consulting genre program with a twist: those giving the advice are 3 grandmothers aged 70+ who have something to say about everything, and advise confused young men and women who are stuck in bad situations, with problems in all aspects of life.
“Street Justice, ” is a police suspense series starring Amos Tamam, winner of Israel’s Best Actor Academy Award as a tough police investigator who doesn’t let anything stop him from catching criminals.
“Couch Diaries, ” is a travel series which lets people who are at a personal crossroads re-examine their lives. They do so on couches belonging to different people around the world, as opposed to those belonging to psychotherapists.
“How to Be, ” is a talk show which enables interviewers to take the interviewee on an emotional journey, whose entire purpose is so remove this characteristic “armor”.
“Guys in Disguise” is a new dating program. Each episode will feature a meeting between a good looking young man or woman and people who crave an opportunity to win their love, but do not dare approach them directly due to a fear of rejection.
