Keshet sees BOOM! explode across the world
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| 22 January 2019

Leading global content producer and distributor, Keshet International (KI)has announced a raft of re-orders and new sales for its hit gameshow, BOOM!

Originally created by Keshet, Ido Rosenblum and July August Productions, BOOM! is said to fuse the drama, thrill and intensity of a blockbuster action movie with the fun of a video game, creating a trivia challenge. BOOM! is one of KI’s most successful formats ever, with sales in 20 territories to date – including Cambodia (Bayon TV), Colombia (Caracol), Argentina (Telefe), the US (FOX), France (TF1), Chile (TVN) and Hungary (TV2). More than 2,300 episodes of the series have been commissioned worldwide.

Re-orders for the gameshow have been made in the Philippines, Spain and Italy, with new sales secured in Vietnam, Portugal and Bolivia.

Having recently launched in the Philippines as a live stripped segment in GMA Networks’ hit TV variety series Eat Bulaga!, BOOM! Philippines has just been re-ordered for an additional 78 episodes via Television and Production Exponents (TAPE) to launch in 2019. GMA Networks is the first local partner to broadcast BOOM! live to date.

In Spain, Antena 3 has re-commissioned the format for a fifth season while in Italy, Nove has just recommissioned a third season of the format from Endemol Italy, which will mark more than 400 episodes aired in the territory. This third season of BOOM! Italy is premiering on the Discovery-owned channel at the moment.

BOOM! has also been licensed for the first time in Vietnam, where Aqua Blue will produce the format for VTV under the local title QUẢ CẦU BÍ ẨN (The Mysterious Ball). Shooting is due to start later this month before the series premieres in March.

Elsewhere, KI has sold an option to EndemolShine in Portugal as well as the Spanish-speaking finished programme of BOOM! Mexico into Bolivia's Red Uno – the first deal KI has done in this territory.
“This current batch of re-orders and new sales are further proof that BOOM! is one of those rare formats that immediately connects with audiences, whatever territory it’s commissioned in, keeping them entertained and coming back for more, season after season,” commented Keren Shahar, KI’s COO and president of distribution.