Dori Media Group sells hit game show “Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” to FremantleMedia Asia

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60 episodes of the Dori Media Group and Oded Menashe format to be produced by FremantleMedia Asia for the Indonesian audience following the show’s international success

Dori Media Group (“DMG”, “the Company”), the international media company active in the field of television, with a focus on production, distribution, broadcasting and merchandising of daily dramas, Telenovela and entertainment shows, announces that it has signed an agreement with FremantleMedia Asia to produce 60 episodes of the trivia game show, “Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” for Kompas in Indonesia. This format is distributed by Dori Media and was created by Oded Menashe.

The sale to FremantleMedia Asia is the latest of a number of international sales of the “Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” format. The show has enjoyed great success across the globe, particularly in the Hispanic regions. The format’s success also extends beyond the Spanish speaking world, with Endemol in France and Eyeworks in Belgium among the companies currently producing a pilot.

Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” created by Oded Menashe, an Israeli formats creator and host, forces contestants to ask random members of the public to answer their questions on their behalf. If the person they choose answers correctly, the contestant wins money and moves on to the next question, but if the person is incorrect, the contestant is out of the game. The format has now been sold to more than 30 countries over the past 6 months.

Nadav Palti, President and CEO of Dori Media Group, commented: “We are delighted that “Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” will be produced in Indonesia. The adaptation of the format for the Asian market highlights how easily the show can be tailored to different cultures. We are confident that the show will be very successful in Indonesia, as it has been in many other countries across the globe.”

Indriena Basarah, President of FremantleMedia Asia in Indonesia, added: “We are very excited to be working with Dori Media. “Smart Face – Lo Sabe, No Lo Sabe” has enjoyed incredible success in a range of countries which we are sure will be replicated in Indonesia.”

 

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FremantleMedia is one of the largest creators, producers and distributors of television brands in the world.  It is responsible for many of the world’s highest rated prime time entertainment, drama, serial drama, factual entertainment and kids & family programming, with capabilities that extend from content creation to licensing, digital and branded entertainment, gaming and home entertainment. The FremantleMedia Group (which includes FremantleMedia International, FremantleMedia Digital & Branded Entertainment, FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America, UFA, FremantleMedia UK, FremantleMedia Australia, Ludia, @radical.media and Original Productions, among others) has an outstanding global network with operations in 25 countries, creating over 9,100 hours of programming a year, rolling out more than 60 formats and airing 400  programmes a year worldwide. The company also distributes more than 20,000 hours of content in over 200 territories. FremantleMedia has some of the world’s most famous and long running formats in its catalogue, and globally produces such programmes as: Idols, Got Talent (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), The X Factor (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), Take Me Out, Hole In The Wall, Family Feud, The Price is Right, Farmer Wants A Wife, Through the Keyhole Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeite, Wentworth, Neighbours, Generation War, Salatut Elamat, Grand Designs, Project Runway, Tree Fu Tom and Strange Hill High.  FremantleMedia is part of RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, which is in turn 75.1 percent owned by the international media company Bertelsmann. www.fremantlemedia.com

 

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