MUMBAI: Sparks Network will introduce a number of new formats and series to the television trade event Mipcom 2011 market in Cannes next month.

In total, it is bringing over 20 new fresh formats and series that it says have started to air or are in production for a launch later this year.

One offering is ?Lady Burlesque? from Europroduzione.

The art of burlesque is a phenomenon spreading all over the world. ?Lady Burlesque? is a reality-based talent competition featuring women with normal lives that compete in the art of burlesque. They attend the burlesque school and absorb the culture, movements and fine details that go into performances, from seduction tips and tricks, hair, make-up and accessories. Ultimately, they compete in weekly studio based elimination game that will reveal the femininity and sensuality that will woo the viewers. And what is burlesque?
Striptease without nudity.

Meanwhile, ?Phenomenon? is a studio game show where the brainiest young adults compete in solving challenging questions in logic, math patterns, vocabulary etc. Ten contestants can in each question choose to sign in or not. If they play, they may lose or win the points at stake. The winner of the season wins a prize that further develops the phenomenon inside.

?Speed Dancing? follows the story of a single person looking for love, and the method of selection between the eager candidates is to dance ? with each of them. But first, with the help of a trusted dance coach, the participants get intensive lessons and then are turned loose on the dance floor. By the end of the evening, they will reveal their feelings. Who will be the one out of three who gets asked out on a date?