Thursday, June 4, 2026

Profiles

Interviews

Blockbuster Television

As budgets soar and scripted storytelling becomes more ambitious, distributors, producers and commissioners weigh in on how they’re spotting and financing compelling IP.

Streaming Formats

Leading executives in the formats industry discuss the needs of streamers versus linear broadcasters.

Social Experiments’ Next Chapter

Red Arrow Studios International’s Tim Gerhartz, Media Ranch’s Sophie Ferron and BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock discuss the latest trends within the social-experiments format genre.

Where’s the Money?

As the streamers continue to upend the traditional models for financing shows, leading distributors weigh in on piecing together funding formulas today.

Star Power

Celebrities have been featured in formats for years—from serving as hosts and judges to appearing in celebrity spin-off versions of shows—but now there are a number of new formats with famous faces starring as the main participants right from launch.