Profiles

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 …

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) …

A look at the global format strategy for the Korean hit Grandpas Over Flowers.

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 …

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 …

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, …