ISRAELI TV GIANT RESHET 13 LAUNCHES 13GLOBAL, ITS NEW INTERNATIONAL ARM

Israeli TV giant Reshet 13 has launched 13Global, its new international venture which will be responsible for strengthening and developing relationships with international entities, distributors, channels and producers, and will look to collaborate on formats and series both for broadcast on Reshet 13 and for global territories.

The venture is being headed up by Reshet 13's VP of Content, Ami Glam, who has been responsible for numerous Israeli formats sold internationally. "Reshet 13 launches 13Global at a time when the international television content distribution market is blooming and has great potential for worldwide success. We tend to use Reshet platform as a testing ground for new and compelling content that can be adapted worldwide,"  Glam said.

The company has recently launched three projects, all produced in collaboration with international partners: the dating program “Find Me Somebody to Love,” the drama series “Blackspace,” and the factual entertainment show “Kings of the Kitchen”.

Reshet 13's move echoes that its chief broadcast competitor in Israel, Keshet, which launched Keshet International in 2012 and has helped co-produce a number of English-language adaptations of its local formats.