Monday, February 24, 2025

Features

By the Script

July 10, 2023

Leading distributors discuss recent trends in the scripted format space as broadcasters clamor for a bit of certainty.

Back in Bloom

March 6, 2023

Mansha Daswani checks in with some of the format industry’s leading players on what’s driving the business today.

Social Experiments’ Next Chapter

September 12, 2022

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.

Star Power

July 18, 2022

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.

Game On

April 4, 2022

Kristin Brzoznowski explores the demand for game shows and where the genre is headed next.

Back in Style

December 13, 2021

Mega-formats continue to dominate prime-time grids, and many are being renewed and refreshed to keep audiences engaged. 

In the Game

February 1, 2021

Game shows are proving to be a hot commodity for networks around the world, giving audiences the kind of escapist entertainment very much in demand these days.

Asia in Focus

December 14, 2020

Looking ahead to trends that will be shaping the format business in 2021, World Screen checked in with a number of producers and distributors about the format landscape in the Asia Pacific.