Talpa TV in the Netherlands has commissioned a local version of adventure reality format Over the Atlantic from Vincent TV Producties. The 7 x 60’ series will be called Alle Hens aan Dek and is set to premiere on SBS6 at 8:30pm on Monday 9 November 2020.

In Belgium, Over de Oceaan, the first season of the Flemish adaptation of the format is now available on Telenet’s VOD platform. Its linear premiere will be with terrestrial broadcaster Vier later in 2020. The 8 x 60’ series is produced by Woestijnvis.

“We are greatly looking forward to launching Alle Hens aan Dek later this year on SBS6 and are excited of this collaboration with Rabbit Films.” commented Erik de Winter, Head of Acquisitions of Talpa TV.

Vincent ter Voert, the Founder of Vincent TV Producties, stated: “Alle Hens Aan Dek is an original, yet quite simple, survival show, showcasing our celebrity casts’ battle against the unpredictable sea. They experienced an intense and beautiful journey which is both confronting and revealing on a personal level. We are very much looking forward for our audience to share and experience their epic voyage.”

The original version of Over the Atlantic is produced by Rabbit Films Finland for TV5 (Discovery), with a 3^rd season due in 2021. Other international adaptations of the format include Denmark, where a 3^rd season is currently in production by Strong (NENT) for Kanal 5 Denmark; and Sweden, where the 3^rd season is also set to premiere in 2021 on Kanal 5 Sweden, produced by Mastiff. Additionally, the first season is set to film in early 2021 for TVNorge, produced by ITV Studios Norway.

Watch the trailer and subtitled episodes of Over the Atlantic here.

Över Atlanten, the Swedish adaptation of the Rabbit Films original format Over the Atlantic, came out as a winner last night at the Ria Galan! The Ria Galan is the annual awards ceremony organised by the Swedish Film & TV Producers’ Association to promote the year’s best creators in Swedish television. The prize was given to the show’s production in the category of Performance of the Year. Specifically, it was the on-board production crew who were awarded for their tenacity, bravery and professionalism.

Jonathan Tuovinen, Head of International of Rabbit Films commented: “We are elated for Over the Atlantic’s success in Sweden! We send our biggest congratulations to the winners and the whole production crew. Filming an exciting adventure reality programme while sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for three weeks is no small feat!”

Over the Atlantic is a reality show where six celebrities are given a once in a lifetime challenge to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. In this groundbreaking show, a top-notch sailor is leading a team of celebrities with zero sailing experience to become masters of the sea. Week after week they learn how to sail, how to work as a team and how to fight the harsh ocean.

The victorious Swedish version of the show is produced by Mastiff (Banijay) for Kanal 5 (Discovery). The 2nd season of the 9 x 60 min show is currently on air, and a 3rd is already being planned.

You can watch a subtitled episode of Over the Atlantic Sweden from here.

 

 

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MIPCOM 2020 is quickly approaching, and we here at Rabbit Films can’t wait to share our new content with you!

Flea Market Challenge is a lighthearted competition, where 3 contestants try to sell as much as they can at a local flea market. Each contestant can have a maximum of 300 items and they have only 3 hours to compete. The stakes are high, as the top seller gets to keep the combined winnings from all of the contestants. Flea Market challenge features whacky items, memorable sales personalities and bucketloads of fun!

The show will premiere in early December on MTV3 Finland, but we are happy to share this exciting format with you already now!

Check out the trailer and full subtitled episode from here.

Rabbit Films has appointed Marta Csizmadia, a former Keshet International executive to the format and finished tape sales team.

Csizmadia has joined Rabbit Films as an International Sales Consultant. Her responsibilities will include managing Rabbit Films’ sales efforts across Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa. She will report to Rabbit’s Head of International, Jonathan Tuovinen. Csizmadia is replacing Natalia Sterlikova, who has chosen to focus on other projects under her own f3 Media banner. Sterlikova had represented the Rabbit international catalogue since 2017.

Prior to joining Rabbit, Csizmadia held the position of Senior Sales Manager at Keshet International and managed sales into Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, Greece, Africa and the Middle East. During her role, she worked with globally successful entertainment formats including Rising Star, Deal with It and Singletown; and scripted series such as The Baker & the Beauty, False Flag and Prisoners of War. Prior to Keshet International, Csizmadia worked as TwoFour Rights’ Sales Executive. She has also previously held positions at Zodiak Rights, MTG, Viacom and Small World IFT.

Marta Csizmadia commented:

“I am delighted to join Rabbit Films in these challenging times and to start representing Rabbit’s unique catalogue of formats and finished tape. I see a big potential for a variety of different clients in both the non-scripted formats as well as the factual finished tape, and can’t wait to take on a virtual MIPCOM!”.

The Rabbit Films original production Over the Atlantic has been nominated at Kultainen Venla – The Finnish TV Awards. The second season of the 8 x 42 series, which airs on TV5 Finland (Discovery Networks) is competing in the Best Reality Show category against shows such as Married at First Sight, Supernanny, Keeping the Nation Alive and First Dates. The winner will be announced at the live gala, which will be held on 17 January 2020. This is the second time that the show is nominated, the previous nomination being for the first season in 2018.

Outside of its home territory of Finland, Over the Atlantic has been a huge success story internationally. Denmark (Kanal 5) and Sweden (Kanal 5) have already premiered their first seasons this year, with both being in production for second series. Additionally, the Belgian version (Vier) is currently crossing the Atlantic as we speak, with a Norwegian version (broadcaster tba) planning to follow suit shortly after. The format has also been optioned in several territories, including the Netherlands, Spain and France.

Over the Atlantic is a reality show where six celebrities are given a once in a lifetime challenge to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. In this groundbreaking show, a top-notch sailor is leading a team of celebrities with zero sailing experience to become masters of the sea. Week after week they learn how to sail, how to work as a team and how to fight the harsh ocean.

Watch the trailer here 

The Greek version of the Rabbit Films original format Globetrotters has gotten off to a great start on Star TV, one of Greece’s largest commercial broadcasters. The series, which airs on Wednesday nights at the very competitive primetime slot of 9pm, has now aired the first 4 episodes of the 12 x 90 min season. The series is produced by Star’s in-house production company Green Pixel.

The latest episode of Globetrotters received a share of 18.9%, a record for the series so far! The show ended up being the slot winner once again against rivalling channels Antenna and Alpha. The series share is also 3.5% over the channel’s average. Globetrotters is airing head to head with the local adaptation of X-Factor on Open TV, which it has also managed to outperformed in all demos!

Globetrotters follows local celebrities who are competing against each other to complete a number of tasks around the world. Each task will always be located in a new country, where the celebrity needs to travel by using any means necessary. The original version was a 10 x 60 mins series that aired on Nelonen Finland in 2018. The Finnish version featured three celebrities: singer Mikko Kuustonen, actor Jussi Vatanen and social media influencer Saara.

The Greek version differs from the original in that it features three pairs of celebrities: married couple singer Haris Varthakouris and presenter Adelina Varthakouris; Masterchef Greece chefs Christos Mparkas and Pantelis Vouros; as well as father and son duo consisting of football player Stelios Kritikos and model Michael Angelos Kritikos. The series is presented by Petros Polychronidis.

We are extremely excited to have launched Globetrotters on Star Channel this season and we hope this fresh take on reality travel will give our audience an around-the-world ticket to plenty of fun and entertainment in the company of well-loved celebrities,” commented Nathalie Woodfield, Programme Directorof Star TV Greece.

Jonathan Tuovinen, Head of International at Rabbit Films stated:
“Globetrotters is a very tough and fun adventure series, which we think is perfect for Greek audiences.  The combination of exotic travel and high-energy celebrities provide for an irresistible viewing experience. We have been very happy to work with Star TV to adapt the best possible version of this exciting format for Greece.”

 

Watch a full subtitled episode of Globetrotters Greece here

Rabbit Films is happy to present our new non-scripted formats! We are bringing to you the exciting tough competition reality format Battle Ranch as well as the quirky comedy panel show Should I Be Worried.

Do check our brand new line-up of formats and ready-mades from our MIPCOM 2019 Catalogue and come meet us at our stand R7.M4!

Looking forward to seeing you in Cannes!

 

Battle Ranch

Reality, 10 x 60′

Battle Ranch is an epic competition-reality series featuring 12 fearless contestants, who all believe they have got what it takes to be the Chief of the Ranch. Set on a real farm in the picturesque countryside, this show is far from quaint! The contestants will be taken through a series of extreme challenges that will test their strength, speed and smart.

 

Should I Be Worried?

Factual Entertainment, 14 x 60′

Comedy panel show about the ordinary -and extraordinary- worries we all face in our daily lives. The viewers send us questions that keep them awake at night. People from all over the country have poured their hearts out to us. Now the question remains: What are you worried about?

 

 

Over the Atlantic

Adventure Reality, 8 x 60′

Six celebrities are given a once in a lifetime challenge to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. In this groundbreaking show a top-notch sailor is leading a team of celebrities with no sailing experience to become masters of the sea.

 

The documentary reality series Beyond Human Boundaries will be debuting in Central and Eastern Europe this autumn on Spektrum TV.  The series of the original title Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki,distributed by Rabbit Films, is a Finnish documentary-reality experiment, which tells about the triumph of the human spirit. The documentary-reality program features journalist-explorer Arman Alizad, who travels with his cameraman to eight countries to familiarize with specific lifestyles. The series features extraordinary stories ranging from the eagle-hunter tribe from Mongolia to the human Ken-doll from Brazil. It is not only a show of endurance, it’s an emotional story of gaining trust and building friendships and understanding between different ways of life around the world.

“We are very much looking forward to bringing Beyond Human Boundaries to Spektrum TV’s audiences in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia in late October. We have high hopes and we expect great ratings from this extraordinary series,” says Laszlo Gaspar, Head of the Infotainment Channel Portfolio at AMC Networks International (Central and Northern Europe).

In autumn 2018, the third season of Beyond Human Boundaries premiered on Nelonen Finland to an average share of 21%.  The season was nominated for the Finnish TV Award for Best News-Documentary Programme. The first season of the series won 2 Finnish TV Awards for Best Reality and Best Performer.

“We are excited to partner with Spektrum TV to launch one of our key brands in Central and Eastern Europe. The topics Arman covers across the series are controversial yet relatable globally and with broadcasters across the region displaying an appetite for male skewed factual titles we feel this is a perfect fit,” commented Natalia Sterlikova, International Sales Agent for CEE at Rabbit Films, who brokered the deal.

Watch Beyond Human Boundaries here.

Över Atlanten, the Swedish version of the Rabbit Films original format Over the Atlantic premiered on Kanal 5 Sweden (Discovery Networks) on Tuesday 20th August with a 16.1% total share with 348,000 viewers tuning in on its maiden voyage. This is over 250% over the channel’s YTD slot average! The full week’s viewers for Episode 1 have doubled to a total of over 700,000 views.

Episode 2 aired Tuesday 27th August and rocked the boat with 421,000 viewers (+21%) on board. The episodes of the Swedish 8 x 60 min series will also be available in the other Nordic countries via Discovery’s VOD service DPlay. The show is produced by Mastiff Sweden (Banijay Nordics).

Season 2 of the Finnish version of Over the Atlantic (Atlantin yli) also set sail on TV5 Finland (Discovery Networks) and their VOD service DPlay on Wednesday August 21st with 166,000 viewers. 7+ ratings for this series have also doubled and reached 334,000. It has also been most watched show on Dplay every day of the week.
Episode 2 aired Wednesday 28th August, and again increased it’s audience from the premiere to 180,000. Atlantin yli is the original version of the format, and is created and produced by Rabbit Films.

In Over the Atlantic, six celebrities are given a once in a lifetime challenge to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Week after week they learn how to sail, how to work as a team and how to fight the harsh ocean. Most of all the team is on a journey of self-discovery: who they are and who they want to be as human beings. The ocean has no mercy, they just have to find the way to survive!

In autumn 2017, the first season of the Finnish version Atlantin yli was a humongous success, ultimately becoming the highest rated show of all time for TV5 Finland (Discovery Networks). The whole season had an amazing audience share of 32%.

Watch the full subtitled episode of Over the Atlantic Sweden (Över Atlanten)