Good afternoon Insiders, more news and analysis heading your way in the paragraphs below. Jesse Whittock at the helm today. Let’s go. Sign up for the newsletter here. Keeping Faith In ‘The Traitors‘ Staying faithful: Has there been another entertainment show with an impact nearing that of The Traitors in recent years? The reality whodunnit format has sold
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EXCLUSIVE: The Traitors continued on its path of global domination with 11 territory launches in 2023, unseating The Masked Singer as analysis firm K7‘s Format of the Year after four years of domination. The number of Traitors premieres around the world rose by 57%, with the likes of Spain on HBO Max, Germany and Finland
The highly-anticipated Traitors Season 2 UK has unveiled first-look image along with launch date. The BBC‘s follow-up to last year’s word-of-mouth smash will kick off Wednesday 3 January at 9 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. PT) with host Claudia Winkleman overseeing the next group of wannabe traitors and faithfuls. Episodes 2 and 3 will be available
It doesn’t look like ITV will be The Traitors producer All3Media. In a statement issued this morning, the UK commercial network said it “continues to monitor but is no longer actively exploring the possible acquisition” of the indie production giant, which is owned by Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global. It didn’t give a specific
MipTV 2023 is coming to an end, with many international execs and stars having jetted in for the 60th edition of the sales confab and Canneseries events. Despite large portions the Croisette being dug up as construction work went on before the Cannes Film Festival next month, there was a positive feel. That will please
Earlier this month, it emerged HBO Max was halting development of original shows across several parts of Europe. Spain was one of two territories shielded from the strategic change and today the streamer revealed it is adapting Dutch psychological adventure format The Traitors for the Iberian country. Banijay Iberia’s Gestmusic will produce the local version of