Endemol sells MKR format to TVNZ

Television production and distribution company Endemol has sold the format rights for Channel Seven’s My Kitchen Rules to Television New Zealand where it will be produced by Imagination Entertainment for TV2.

The announcement:

Endemol, the world’s largest independent production and distribution company, today announced that Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ) had acquired the rights to produce a local version of the highest-rating format on Australian television, the Seven Network’s My Kitchen Rules, in a deal negotiated by Andrew Shaw, TVNZ’s General Manager Commissioning, Production and Acquisitions, and Kirsten Cargill, Endemol Worldwide Distribution’s Sales Director, Australia and New Zealand.

My Kitchen Rules New Zealand will be produced by Imagination Entertainment and air on TVNZ’s TV2.