It has been more than two years now since ProSiebenSat.1’s Red Arrow Entertainment Group struck up a development agreement with Israeli entertainment producer Omri Marcus. Red Arrow has exclusive access to Marcus’s formats and development projects across all platforms on a worldwide basis, with SevenOne International managing the distribution. Currently, Marcus is developing projects with Red Arrow’s partners such as Mark Burnett Productions and Kinetic Content in the U.S., CPL Productions from the U.K. and July August Productions in Israel.

Marcus has been a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy shows and has consulted for a number of Israeli production companies in scouting formats and eyeing global trends. He created the reality format Buzz Off, and has been involved in the writing of a number of comedy and entertainment shows. He is also behind Red Arrow’s Pop Quiz, a format that combines trivia with arcade-style gameplay.

In this video interview, Marcus sits down with TV Formats Weekly to talk about his creative partnership with Red Arrow and about what’s creating buzz in the format market nowadays. He also shares his insights into what types of comedy can travel globally.