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In the USA TV Pilots are practically mandatory before a new show ever hits screens -but in Australia where it’s far less common, new formats can be crushed in a matter of weeks. So should networks actually invest more money to mount Pilots before a new show hits the screen? That was a question tackled recently at the Screen Forever conference. Ben Ulm, Head of Reality & Factual, ITV Studios Australia said the cost of producing shows in Australia requires that light entertainment shows become ...

February 26th, 2021 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News, Video, Back in 2013 the hottest format internationally was a new singing show from Israel, Rising Star. Nine even optioned it for Australia. But it never happened. Speaking at Screen Forever last week, Stephen Tate Head of Entertainment and Factual Programs, Network 10 said, “It was genuinely the hottest music format. Everybody was talking about it. It was the buzz of MIP. Apparently it did very well in Israel in its first seaso...

When female staff members were hooked on overseas seasons of The Bachelor, 10's Stephen Tate knew he had to have the show.