Dori Media Seeks Bids For Gameshow ‘The Auction' At Paris Unscripted Showcase
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers, ready your bids: Israeli-Latin American gameshow format The Auction will be presented at next week's Paris Unscripted Showcase.
Israeli's Dori Media Group will be hosting a live experience of the debuting show to kick off international sales efforts at the inaugural edition of the French screenings event. Guests will be able to participate as contestants and learn more about the format from a currently unnamed but 'experienced TV game show host.'
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The show comes from Dori and fellow Israeli firm Abot Hamieri in collaboration with Peru's América Televisión, Kapow and Open Kimono. A Peruvian version, made by American Estudios, is set to launch mid-2025 on leading commercial network América Televisión.
The Auction pits pits two teams of five family members against each other in an auction setting. Each team is given an equal budget and tasked with acquiring prizes with the highest value, while trying to reach the final and win the show's grand prize.
'Our fruitful collaboration with Abot Hameiri has once again created a new unscripted format with the potential to become the next big global format franchise,' said Dori CEO Nadav Palti. 'The Auction has all the elements of a classic game show in an auction setting, filled with suspenseful, funny twists and eye-popping prizes. We are proud to collaborate with our partners – Kapow and Open Kimono – and, together with América Televisión, Peru's top-ranked network, to bring this thrilling new show to their audiences.'
Fernando Muñiz Betancourt, CEO of America Televisión, added: 'For America Multimedia and America Studios, this is an important opportunity to demonstrate our ability to produce high-level content, while also successfully delivering it on the country's most important screen and its digital platforms.'
Agustin Sacanell, co-CEO of Argentinian production house Kapow, said the show is the 'result of an international creative synergy that deeply inspires us,' adding: 'We have always backed ideas with original DNA and global ambition, and this format is proof of that.'
Kapow is one of two Argentina-based producers attached to the show, with Nicolás Grapper, CEO of the other, Open Kimoni, adding: 'We strongly believe in this new IP that Abot Hameiri and Dori Media created and we are counting the days to enter into production.'
The Paris Unscripted Showcase will run for the first time in the French capital from Monday until Wednesday (April 28-30) at the Sofitel Arc de Triomphe. Distributors descending on the event include Dori, 2P2L, Banijay, Can't Stop Media, Dreamspark, Effervescence, France TV Distribution, Fremantle, Global Agency, Keshet International, M6 Formats, Media TV, Mediawan, Primitives, Rabbit Films, Satisfaction Group, Sony Pictures Television, Webedia and WeMake Productions. Several companies besides Dori will be holding showcases to reveal their latest formats to buyers.
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