The German public-broadcasting group Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) has been operating for 60 years, serving the country’s TV and radio communities with original content. WDR mediagroup (WDRmg) was formed later as its commercial subsidiary, focused on marketing and selling WDR programs …
Profiles
ITV-Inter Medya’s Foray into Formats
December 7, 2015
Pelin Koray, sales executive at ITV-Inter Medya, talks to TV Formats Weekly about its production and international marketing of entertainment formats, a new line of business for the company. After several years of successfully selling scripted fare (notably, Turkish dramas) …
Case Study: Grandpas Over Flowers
December 14, 2015
A look at the global format strategy for the Korean hit Grandpas Over Flowers.
MIPCOM: The Week in Formats
October 12, 2015
TV Formats Weekly takes a look at the format highlights to come out of this year’s MIPCOM. Partnerships and cross-border collaborations were the big stories in the format space last week in Cannes, as companies look to work together to …
Case Study: Dori Media Group’s In Treatment
October 19, 2015
Dori Media Group’s Nadav Palti talks to TV Formats Weekly about the company’s scripted drama In Treatment, which has been adapted to critical acclaim worldwide. A charismatic therapist (who himself is seeking therapy) is at the heart of Dori Media …
Keshet International’s Sebastian Burkhardt Talks Formats
October 26, 2015
Format buyers, by and large, have a clear vision of the types of projects that best fit the brands they’re acquiring for, and what will and won’t work for them. However, sometimes it pays to go off-piste, suggests Sebastian Burkhardt, …