HEADLINE NEWSDecember 05, 2011Announcement: The Kitchen Musical hits over ONE MILLION views on YouTube! Check out all the videos of The Kitchen Musical YouTube channel at the link below. Read article here November 28, 2011Announcement: Miss Country Girl premieres this Wednesday, November 30th, on Ukraine's 1+1 Channel. Check out the promo at the link below. Read article here November 22, 2011Announcement: Check out the latest and greatest trailer for Rescuing Santa, coming Winter 2012 from Lapland, Finland. Read article here November 16, 2011Announcement: Small World announces its first format sale in Europe for The Kitchen Musical, picked up by Casanova Media in Italy. Read article here October 26, 2011Announcement: Small World makes headline news in Deadline Hollywood today - ABC has signed on Friends' creator Marta Kauffman to write a pilot script for The Kitchen Musical, titled "The Avalon" in the US! Read article here October 10, 2011Announcement: The Kitchen Musical and creator CheeK are featured in CNN, as the show premieres in Asia this week. Read article here October 06, 2011Announcement: Small World makes more headline news at MIPCOM, as we announce 26-ready made episodes of The Kitchen Musical have been sold to Channel Bliss in Norway, part of the TV2 group. Read article here October 03, 2011Announcement: Small World IFT kicks off MIPCOM with a big press announcement: Viasat has picked up Miss Country Girl in 11 territories! Miss Country Girl is currently in production in Ukraine and the third season is being broadcast on Prima TV in Romania. Read article here September 29, 2011Announcement: Only two weeks to the Asian premiere of The Kitchen Musical! Check out the on-air promo at the link below. Read article here September 20, 2011Announcement: The third season of Miss Country Girl premiered Monday night on Prima TV to stellar ratings - bumping the channel from sixth to second place over the course of its airing! Read article here September 13, 2011Announcement: VOTE NOW! For Miss Country Girl as the Best Reality Competition Show at the C21 Format Awards. Click the link below to cast your vote by September 30th. Winners will be announced at MIPCOM next month. Read article here August 26, 2011Announcement: Check out to opening sequence for The Kitchen Musical: Boom Boom POW! Read article here August 18, 2011Announcement: Small World announces its new partnership with Ben Silverman's Electus and The Group Entertainment to sell the scripted series, The Kitchen Musical into the US. The Kitchen Musical will debut this fall on 18 channels across Asia. Read article here July 20, 2011Announcement: Cash Kitchen has just been commissioned in France for 25 episodes on Gulli channel, slated for a January 2012 premiere. Congrats to our friends at Tresor! Read article here June 22, 2011Announcement: C21 announces that Miss Country Girl is the first original Romanian format to travel internationally, heading into Ukraine, Russia and France! Read article here June 01, 2011Announcement: Miss Country Girl wins the prestigious honor of Best Reality Show in Romania, at the 21st annual APTR awards on Monday evening. Congratulations to our friends at Media Factory for all their creative and hard work! The format is now sold in France, Russia and Ukraine, and is in production for a third season in Romania. Read article here May 31, 2011Announcement: AXN officially announces the launch of the musical-cooking drama The Kitchen Musical to roll-out in 22 countries. Congrats to The Group Entertainment! Production begins this week in Singapore. Read article here May 25, 2011Announcement: Congratulations to our friends at Nippon Television for the Silent Library commission from Channel Five in the UK! The format is also in its fourth season on MTV in the US. Read article here May 24, 2011Announcement: Tim Crescenti poses with the "new" Charlie's Angels - new friends like the New Christy Minstrels original singer and Bob Hope's niece. That's why they call it a small world! Read article here May 03, 2011Announcement: The "Brothers of Wheel of Fortune" - Pat Sajak, Tim Crescenti, David Williger and Paul Gilbert - had a reunion Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Go Dodgers! Read article here April 05, 2011Announcement: C21 announces a big pilot order for Thai hit format The Fan, as well as other big sales for Small World at MIP including brand new Romanian mega-success Miss Country Girl and long-running Finnish format, Farmers' Rally. Read article here April 04, 2011Announcement: See Tim and Marius (er...Vlad and Dracula?) pitch the Dracula Tour Challenge format at the MIPFormats Fresh Talent Pitch. Jump to 26:30 and enjoy the show! Read article here March 18, 2011Announcement: Kick off your MIP TV market by listening to Tim Crescenti on the EMC's We Love To MIP You panel, on Monday, April 4th from 9:30-10:45 in Auditorium A. Get advice and insight from veteran "MIPists" from the Entertainment Master Classs team. Read article here March 15, 2011Announcement: BREAKING NEWS: Miss Country Girl delivers top ratings for Prima TV and is the number one rated show of the night and entire day for the channel! Read article here March 14, 2011Announcement: Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our friends in Japan, during this tragic and difficult time. Please give your support any way you can. We suggest donating to the Red Cross at the link below, who offers support to the survivors of the earthquake. Read article here March 13, 2011Announcement: Where in the world is the Small World team? Scouring the world for the best formats of course! Tim and Colleen are in Europe and the Middle East before heading to Cannes for MIP, finding and selling the most unique formats. Read article here March 11, 2011Announcement: The Danish version of Big in Japan is featured on French TV morning show, Telematin! Watch the clip at the link below. Read article here March 10, 2011Announcement: Brand new paper format Dracula Tour Challenge has been selected for the MIPFormats Talent Pitch! One of only six formats that were selected, Dracula Tour Challenge was co-created with Romanian production company Media Factory and will be distributed by Small World IFT. Read article here February 22, 2011Announcement: Season Two of Miss Country Girl premiered last night on Prima TV to boffo ratings - doubling the time slot's audience for the channel! Check out the format trailer at the link below. Read article here February 22, 2011Announcement: The MIP Blog features Tim Crescenti raving about all things Nordic, hailed as the new hub for unique, creative formats. Check out some of Small World's own Nordic formats, including The Day Before I Die, Hide The Smile and Farmers' Rally! Read article here February 11, 2011Announcement: Variety announces Small World IFT's deal with World Boxing Council. Small World will distribute the live weekly boxing events, plus acquires the 45-year archive library. Read article here January 24, 2011Announcement: Small World announces that they have won the distribution rights to the World Boxing Council's weekly live-event fights, plus re-packaging rights to there 45-year library of famous fights, featuring boxing legends like Ali, Frazier, and Holyfield. Read article here January 20, 2011Announcement: New format Miss Country Girl makes headlines in World Screen. Read article here January 19, 2011Announcement: Small World gets ready to head south to Miami for NATPE, where we'll be introducing three new formats: Miss Country Girl, Payday, and Cash Kitchen. Read article here December 02, 2010Announcement: Small World makes headlines with long-running, award-winning format The Fan - Fan Pan Tae from Thailand, just optioned with Angel City Factory in the US. Read the C21 article at the link below. Read article here December 01, 2010Announcement: CHECK IT OUT! Rescuing Santa Boot Camp clips are up on Myspace. New clips up every day for the 24 days before Christmas. Pour some egg nog and click on the link below to enjoy! Read article here November 09, 2010Announcement: Suspicious characters were spotted with Santa Claus at MIPCOM in Cannes, France. Check out all the suspects at the link below, to find out WHO kidnapped Santa! Read article here October 01, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti is featured in Broadcast's 2010 Top Deal Makers as Top 5 Agents in the world. Read article here September 29, 2010Announcement: NEWS FLASH: Small World rallies for MIPCOM, as the whole team will be a heading to Cannes next week! Development head Morgan Krajewski will be making a last minute appearance, as Tim and Colleen Crescenti gear up in the Umbria, Italy office. Read article here September 24, 2010Announcement: Congratulations to our friends at Babyfoot for winning Best Game Show Program for Bingo Banko at the Rose d'or Awards! And also to our friends at Aito, whose show The Day Before I Die was the #2 most viewed program at the festival. Read article here September 24, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti presents the award for Best Game Show at the Rose d'or Awards in Lucerne, Switzerland, to our friends Babyfoot for their show "Bingo Banko." Pictured here with the other presenters of the Rose d'Or Awards. Read article here September 23, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti featured in video interview in Finnish press and article about deal with Suomi TV and Aito Media. Read article here September 22, 2010Announcement: Small World makes more headlines with Finnish partnership in Global Media Update. Read article here September 21, 2010Announcement: Small World announces historical three-way partnership in Finland, with production company Aito Media and broadcaster Suomi TV. Read the article from C21 below. Read article here September 07, 2010Announcement: VOTE NOW for Small World formats at C21's International Format Awards! Click on the link below to register and vote for our shows, Blind Chef, The Day Before I Die and Japan Game Show Invasion! Read article here September 02, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti will be presenting the Best Reality Program award at the 50th annual Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland on September 22. Alongside Tim will be our friends at Aito Media, who are nominated for Best Factual Entertainment Award for The Day Before I Die. Read article here August 24, 2010Announcement: Tim and Colleen move to the Portland, Maine Small World office until mid-September. Other Small World offices can be found in Tokyo, Helsinki and most any coffee shop in the Northern Hemisphere. Read article here August 23, 2010Announcement: Big in Japan makes its Danish premiere this Fall. Big In Japan has aired for two seasons in the US, Greece, Sweden and Norway, and was the winner of the 2009 Rose d'Or Golden Rose Award. Read article here August 23, 2010Announcement: Vote for Small World formats at the C21 International Format Awards, The Day Before I Die and Blind Chef! Voting goes through September 30th. Register to vote at the link below! Read article here August 10, 2010Announcement: Congrats to our friends at Nippon Television, Sony and ABC on the renewal of "Shark Tank" (international format "Dragons' Den"). Read article here June 17, 2010Announcement: Following the Banff TV Festival, Tim Crescenti will once again join the Entertainment Master Class group as an instructor at the Banff program on June 17. Read article here June 15, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti joins William Shatner, Ricky Gervais, Illeana Douglas and Nigel Ligthgoe as a featured speaker at Banff TV Festival. Tim will be speaking on Tuesday about "Non-Fiction Formats that Travel." Read article here June 10, 2010Announcement: Congratulations to Aito Media for their Rose d'Or nomination for The Day Before I Die as Best Reality and Factual Entertainment Show. For more information and full episodes, contact Small World IFT. Read article here May 10, 2010Announcement: The Swedish version of format Big in Japan makes shortlist for Factual Entertainment Awards for Best Competition/Game! The awards will take place in Santa Monica, CA on June 3rd. Read article here May 06, 2010Announcement: Liz Murdoch and Crescenti sell out the Nordic Media Festival in Bergen! Tim will be speaking on Friday, May 7th, in a session about "Entertainment Around The World." Read article here May 04, 2010Announcement: Small World has acquired the rights to the new media project "Diary of a Single Mom" from award-winning director, actor and comedian, Robert Townsend. More information coming soon. Read article here April 15, 2010Announcement: Small World President Tim Crescenti and Aito's Ilkka Hynninen get their mug shot in Thursday's MIP Daily featuring big US sales for two of Aito's formats. Read article here April 15, 2010Announcement: Small World announces two big sales for Aito formats Night Patrol and The Day Before I Die just optioned to US prodco Scott Sternberg Productions. Read article here April 13, 2010Announcement: Thai format The Fan - Fan Pan Tae featured in The Wit's Fresh Branded TV conference, as one of the most innovative branded entertainment shows of the year. Read article here April 12, 2010Announcement: Break-out Thai format The Fan - Fan Pan Tae featured in C21's Format Lab's "21 To Watch" list. Read article here April 12, 2010Announcement: Small World president Tim Crescenti featured on Monday panel with the Entertainment Master Class: How To MIP Your Format, alongside panelists David Lyle and Christoph Fey. Read article here April 12, 2010Announcement: Rescuing Santa Boot Camp featured in The Wit's Fresh TV Around The World presentation at MIP! Read article here April 11, 2010Announcement: Small World's Australian radio format 2 Strangers & A Wedding was featured at MIP Formats Fresh Pitch conference, selected as a top 10 entry and pitched in front of hundreds of TV execs by the lovely Rosemond Perdue-Cranner, the only female presenter! Read article here April 09, 2010Announcement: Small World makes headlines in C21 with new Thai formats premiering at MIP, like The Fan - Fan Pan Tae, One Night Genius, and Chasing The Crown. Read article here April 08, 2010Announcement: Small World catalogue featured in Inside TV International's MIP 2010 special edition. Read article here April 07, 2010Announcement: The Swedish version of format Big in Japan makes shortlist for Factual Entertainment Awards for Best Competition/Game! The awards will take place in Santa Monica, CA on June 3rd. Read article here March 16, 2010Announcement: The holiday family competition format Rescuing Santa will begin production in Lapland, Finland on March 22nd. In collaboration with Aito Media, 24 mini-game clips will be produced as "Santa's Elf Boot Camp." Premiering at MIP 2010. Read article here March 04, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti will be a featured panelis at MIPTV on Monday, April 12th at the Producer's Forum: Entertainment Master Class on Formats, alongside David Lyle, Fox Reality president. Read article here February 18, 2010Announcement: Tim Crescenti will be a featured speaker at the World Content Market in Prague. Come see his presentation, Making a Local Format Into a US and Global Success! on Monday, February 22! Read article here November 20, 2009Announcement: Portugal has begun production on the Big in Japan spin-off format Japan Game Show Invasion and will premiere the first episode next week. Read article here November 13, 2009Announcement: The powerful and emotional pilot episode of The Day Before I Die has been completed and will air on Nelonen Channel Four in Finland on December 4th. Read article here October 05, 2009Announcement: Rescuing Santa is heating up at MIPCOM, C21 covers the story on day one in Cannes. Read article here October 04, 2009Announcement: Old Enough premieres on UKTV to huge ratings - a 300% increase for the channel! Hosted by Chris Tarrant, the format is locally called "Tarrant Lets The Kids Loose." Read article here October 02, 2009Announcement: The successful radio format 2 Strangers & A Wedding won gold at the Irish radio awards, and the station picked up the "Promotion of the Year" in Ireland for the show. Read article here October 02, 2009Announcement: C21 features Small World's format slate for MIPCOM - great new shows like Japan Game Show Invasion and Hide The Smile are amongst new formats highlighted. Read article here September 29, 2009Announcement: A great reviews on the US version of Big in Japan, which ran on ABC this summer as "I Survived a Japanese Game Show." Read article here September 28, 2009Announcement: Aito Media's police patrol format Night Patrol will premiere its second season on JIM on October 5th, 2009. The show is the channel's top-rated show. Read article here September 25, 2009Announcement: UKTV will premiere the local adaptation of Old Enough on Sunday, October 4th with Chris Tarrant hosting. Read article here September 18, 2009Announcement: Small World makes its very first appearance at DISCOP Africa, forging partnerships with A24 Media in Kenya to train, develop, produce and sell global format properties. Read article here September 15, 2009Announcement: Channel Four Finland has ordered a pilot for the paper format Day Before You Die from Aito Media. Read article here August 30, 2009Announcement: Small World's head of production, Don Baret, journeys to Argentina to begin pre-production on Japan Game Show Invasion for Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Read article here August 16, 2009Announcement: MTV in the US picks up 20 more episodes of Silent Library! The show has successfully aired on the cabler all summer as a Monday through Friday strip. Read article here August 09, 2009Announcement: ABC premieres the US version of Shark Tank seven years after the mega-hit format Dragons' Den was discovered. Read article here August 07, 2009Announcement: Antena 1 in Romania picks up four episodes of Gochi after a successful pilot. The celeb-panel restaurant competition show will premiere this fall. Read article here August 06, 2009Announcement: Small World announced that they will pick up two new formats from Finnish producer Aito Media. The two formats added to the catalogue are the JIM hit show, Night Patrol and new format, The Day Before I Die. Read article here August 05, 2009Announcement: Tim Crescenti was a keynote speaker to the Association of Independent Producers in Finland annual conference in Naantali, Finland. He also awarded the winning show of year in Finland, Hide Your Smile. Read article here July 31, 2009Announcement: Small World has teamed up with Zig Zag Productions on two of their formats Move This; It's Yours and Rescuing Santa. Zig Zag will produce the shows for the UK, and Move This also for the US with ITV Studios. Read article here June 19, 2009Announcement: ABC announces it will move up the premiere of Shark Tank, the US adaptation of Nippon's "Dragons' Den" format, produced by Mark Burnett. The highly anticipated premiere will air Sunday, August 9th. Read article here June 17, 2009Announcement: The second season of the US version of Big in Japan premieres on ABC in the US! The show, titled "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" in the US, pits 10 new unsuspecting Americans in the Japanese game show "MAJIDE." Read article here June 15, 2009Announcement: Silent Library premieres on MTV in the US. The show will air Monday through Friday and already has been adapted in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Romania and France. Read article here May 05, 2009Announcement: Big in Japan wins big at the Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne! The US version, "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," won Best Reality Program of 2009 and the overall Golden Rose of the year. Read article here April 09, 2009Announcement: Big in Japan has a huge premiere in Sweden on TV4, with almost 1.2 million viewers. The celebrity version has created a controversial buzz in local media and was the highest rated show in Sweden this week! Read article here March 10, 2009Announcement: Congratulations to Big in Japan for a nomination for a Rose d'Or Award! Announced in London on March 9, the show is up for "Best Reality Show" of 2008. Read article here March 09, 2009Announcement: North One begins production today for Old Enough for a UK cabler. Read article here February 20, 2009Announcement: Killing the Cheeky Girls has been ordered by a pan-Arabic broadcaster for eight episodes. Production is set to begin in Greece in May 2009. Read article here February 01, 2009Announcement: Greece premiered Big in Japan on Alpha TV with boffo numbers, with a 25% rating and a winning time slot! This propelled third place Alpha TV to first on Sunday night. Read article here January 17, 2009Announcement: Sweden begins production today on Big in Japan in Tokyo, the first country to kick off 2009, and third to tap into our turnkey operation in Japan. Read article here January 08, 2009New Format: Black Ship from Nippon Television premieres today in Japan. A unique, innovative project that gives the top producers in Japan a chance to showcase their ideas in a competition-game show. Contact us for more information on this breakthrough show! Read article here December 23, 2008Announcement: Old Enough sold in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Read article here December 21, 2008Announcement: The CBBC orders 52 episodes of Train of Thought under the title Glitch. Read article here December 10, 2008Announcement: 20 episodes of Silent Library have been ordered by a US cabler! Read article here December 10, 2008New Format: Small World premieres their newest format Rescuing Santa - Santa as been kidnapped...will there be Christmas this year?! Small World begins it's next turnkey operation in Lapland, Finland. Contact us for more info.... Read article here December 05, 2008Announcement: Congratulations to Greece who wraps production on Big in Japan today in Tokyo, the second country to wrap production in 2008! Read article here November 26, 2008New Format: Re-Born in the USA - an international cast travels along the Mother Road in attempt to learn and adapt to new and traditional, strange and bizarre American cultures. Contact us for more information... Read article here October 21, 2008Format update: ITV orders Nippon's format Old Enough, to air under the UK title "My Little Soldier."
October 09, 2008Format update: Big in Japan gets a second season with ABC, under the US title "I Survived a Japanese Game Show." 10 episodes to air Summer 2009.
September 15, 2008Format update: Killing the Cheeky Girls just sold in Lebanon for a pan-Arabic run in 2009!
September 08, 2008Announcement: Nippon's awe-inspiring format Masquerade is being produced in Italy for Mediaset, to air in September 2008. Read article here September 08, 2008Announcement: Production begins on Big in Japan in Tokyo in October, with Norway being the first country heading to Japan! Read article here September 04, 2008Article: ABC has ordered a pilot of Nippon's mega-hit format Dragon's Den. Read article here July 16, 2008Article: Tim Crescenti featured in ASIAN POP column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read article here June 25, 2008Article: I Survived a Japanese Game Show premiere scores big ratings for ABC. Read the numbers here. And read more great reviews here Read article here December 31, 1969Announcement: Big in Japan premieres in the US on ABC as "I Survived a Japanese Game Show!" If you missed the show, check it out online at www.abc.com and be sure to tune in next Tuesday night! Read article here June 16, 2008Article: Hungarian format conQUIZtador has been optioned in two countries. C21 covers the story from DISCOP in Budapest. Read article here May 01, 2008Article: Danish format Big in Japan is big in Europe with Endemol picking up 7 countries. Read article here April 09, 2008Article: Small World IFT is featured in 2 articles in c21! Read about Nippon's format, Samurai 5, here. Danish format Big in Japan is a featured format in MIP coverage report. Read the article here Read article here April 08, 2008Article: Small World IFT and the hot new format "Big in Japan" are featured in c21. Read the article here. Read article here March 31, 2008Article: ABC announces Big in Japan on summer line-up, under its new title: "I Survived a Japanese Game Show." Read the announcement here. Read article here February 11, 2008Format update: Major US Network commissions series of Danish format, Big in Japan. Read article here November 12, 2007Format update: Silent Library - Sold in USA, Australia and New Zealand. 2waytraffic has acquired rights in the rest of the world! Train of Thought - Sold in USA and Australia. New untitled reality format from Denmark in production with ABC! OCTOBER 7, 2007
October 07, 2007Announcement: Train of Thought aired on Italy's Rai One as a segment in the popular entertainment show Domenica In.
August 17, 2007Article: Small World IFT featured with Fred Silverman in The Hollywood Reporter Read article here August 10, 2007Format update: Masquerade - Sold in USA & Germany Old Enough - Sold in USA & UK Silent Library - Sold in USA Train of Thought - Sold in Australia
February 08, 2007Format update: Masquerade sold in Germany! Old Enough sold in USA! Master of Champions sold to France! and more importantly, Dodgers to win 2007 World Series!!!
January 15, 2007New Format: Old Enough Listen to our super soprano Alicia: Read article here November 28, 2006MIPCOM: Success with new Nippon formats, Samurai 5 and Scene That!
September 28, 2006Announcement: Hot New Quiz Show: conQUIZtador...see trailer! Dragons' Den has record-breaking 3rd season on BBC2 in U.K.! Read article here July 26, 2006Debut: Masquerade debuts in France to 35% share on TF1 in prime time!
July 06, 2006Pilot: Small World just finished new game show pilot conQUIZtador in Hungary on July 6, stay tuned!
June 22, 2006Debut Master of Champions will debut on ABC with judges Steve Garvey, Oksana Bauil and Jonny Moseley. Click here for more information. Read article here May 21, 2006Promo: Today, US network ABC will air promo of "Master of Champions" (a.k.a. Nippon TV's "World Records") during the season finale of "Desperate Housewives," alerting millions of viewers that "Master of Champions" is coming soon to ABC
April 15, 2006Funny Trailer:
Just added, National Lampoon's Office Remix trailer. Check it out! Read article here WHAT WE DOWe sell, produce, acquire, consult and create international formats and properties. Small World IFT was founded by Tim and Colleen Crescenti in August 2005, and in just six years has cultivated a global reputation for finding the most unique and entertaining television properties around the world. With over 25 years of television experience that encompasses producing over 145 shows in 61 countries, combined with unique relationships with broadcasters and producers around the world, Small World IFT is a trusted name with some of the biggest names in television. Since 2005, Small World has been responsible for 4 properties on the air in the US (10 seasons), 24 properties on the air in the UK and globally, 21 properties optioned in the US and 48 properties optioned globally. Small World hopes to make the world a better place through the power of television, sort of like Mother Teresa. |