Profiles

Jen O’Connell and Rebecca Quinn, co-founders and co-CEOs of Velvet Hammer Media, on how they bring a unique female perspective to every project, including the new Netflix dating show Age of Attraction.

Josh Duhamel and Julie Pizzi talk about the new friendly competition format Buddy Games.

A review of the major format trends to emerge out of MIPCOM.

Format adaptations that have been making waves on social media this summer.

Lucas Green, chief content officer for operations at Banijay, talks about the ever-popular MasterChef brand and its newest adaptations, reboots and spin-offs.

Diane Rankin, executive VP for rights and executive producer at Distribution360, talks about the sand-sculpting competition series Race Against the Tide.

Nippon TV’s Yuki Akehi and producer Naoko Yano discuss bringing Hajimete no Otsukai to the global stage as the format Old Enough!

U.S. network fall schedules were unveiled at Upfront presentations being picketed by striking writers, with a predictably strong emphasis on reality programming.

With a looming writers’ strike in the U.S. and broadcasters and platforms eager to deliver cost-effective programming amid financial concerns, the global formats business is gearing up for a potential new boom, borne out by the wealth of news that emerged from MIPTV and MIPFormats last week.

The trend-trackers at The WIT have identified format adaptations that have been making waves on social media this winter, charting those with the greatest followings on Instagram.