Successful collective diet as a TV format

 The "Ein Dorf nimmt ab" format broadcast by Swiss television is being sold abroad several times. As SF announced in a press release on Monday, the Basel-based production company Allcomm has succeeded in selling its format to four European and one US broadcaster. For these purposes, Allcomm has signed an international distribution deal with the British company All3media. All3media is the UK's largest independent television distribution and production company. It has offices in Holland, Germany, the USA and New Zealand. All3media's main shareholder is the private equity firm Permira, and the format, which will be called "Village on a diet" in English, involves an entire village deciding to slim down together. The series was broadcast in spring 2007 as part of "SF bi de Lüt" with the village of Eglisau.