On 6 October 2009, the international trade association Frapa presented at this year’s Mipcom the new Frapa Report 2009 - TV Formats to the World, compiled in association with the global TV research agency The WIT and TV Sisters, a journalistic
office that provides international programme research. 14 countries comprise the focus of the report: Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, UK, USA and three Nordic countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Formats such as Deal or No Deal, Hole in the Wall and the telenovela Lalola travel around the world inspiring millions of people. 445 original formats found their way to foreign countries from 2006 to 2008. The number nearly doubled from the first report made on behalf of Frapa, which analysed the formats traded from 2002 to 2004.
The production volume generated by traded formats has grown to EUR 9.3 billion for the years 2006 to 2008. This is an enormous increase of 45 per cent in comparison to the first report. The UK still leads in the number of exported formats, followed by the USA, The Netherlands and Argentina. Countries such as Germany, Spain and Italy started to improve their format business.
Ute Biernat
Ute Biernat, Chairman of Frapa and CEO of Grundy Light Entertainment, a subsidiary of UFA, points out the importance of the new report: “We very proudly present the impressive results of the new Frapa Report. Once more it shows the impact of the format business on the media industry and the relevance of the protection of format rights, which becomes more and more obvious.”
Frapa was founded in 2000 and is the international format industry association dedicated to the protection of formats. Ute Biernat has served as chairman of Frapa since 2005. The association represents more than 100 companies in the television industry. Its members include FremantleMedia, Grundy Light Entertainment, Endemol and others.
If you would like to order the report, please visit the Frapa website www.frapa.org.