Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has sealed a remake deal in Portugal for the ZDF Studios fact-ent format Cash or Trash.
The Portuguese version marks the 12th adaptation of the long-running format, with more than 10,000 episodes produced worldwide.
Negócio Fechado will air weekdays on RTP1, hosted by Tânia Ribas de Oliveira, beginning next month. The local version is being co-produced by WBITVP Spain & Portugal and Coral Europa.
The format is based on Bares für Rares, which launched in Germany on ZDF in 2013. France is in its tenth season, Italy recently topped 400 episodes, and the U.K. has had eight seasons of The Bidding Room. Meanwhile, Bares für Rares Österreich, has found a new home on Puls 4 in 2025.
André Renaud, GVP for format and finished sales at WBITVP, noted, “We’re thrilled to welcome RTP into the Cash or Trash family. Very few formats can point to more than a decade on air and still be opening new markets, but this one has a brilliantly simple idea at its heart: the genuine jeopardy of never quite knowing what something is worth, or how far a dealer will go to own it. Just as important are the people and the stories behind every object, and there’s no better host to bring those out than Tânia Ribas de Oliveira, one of the most popular faces on Portuguese television.”
