HBO Max Sets Hungarian Version of ‘The Bridge’ – Global Bulletin

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Naman Ramachandran HBO Max in Hungary will stream a local version of hit survival reality format “The Bridge.” The competition sees participants tasked with building a 250-metre-long bridge to an island for the chance to win a large cash prize.

Presented by Csaba Magyarósi, “The Bridge Hungary” is produced locally by Free Monkeys Production. This is the sixth adaptation of the format, which was created in Spain by Zeppelin, part of Banijay Iberia and has U.K., Brazil and Australia versions.. Banijay Rights struck multiple deals for the U.K.

version with broadcasters in the Netherlands and across Africa and Latin America. The U.K. series also aired on HBO Max in the US, Latin America, and Asia.

The Hungarian agreement was negotiated by Veronique Verges, senior VP German territories, Poland and Hungary, Banijay Rights. *** LA and London based production company The ATS Team have launched competition series “Clash of Trades.” A Youtube-based project for the USA’s Department of Defense and not-for-profit organization Global Learning Accelerator’s Project MFG, it is a tournament-style skills series that gets teams to participate in manfucaturing-inspired challenges in an attempt to take home $100,000. “Clash of Trades is part of a new type of media that blends branded marketing commercial and original reality competition TV together,” said Mike Woodward, VP for development and production at The ATS Team. “ATS brought our storytelling and competition expertise to create a series that in part is entertaining to watch but also helps cover a more serious issue facing America’s trades workforce.” Check out the series here: https://youtu.be/TqZJOeSN8Q4 Christine Diakos is joining Entertainment One as VP, development, unscripted –