Video Interview: Format IP Owners Talk Trends

Formats bounced back relatively well after the Covid-19 pandemic, but the overall programming market has been contending with a number of other factors, like writers’ strikes in the U.S., budget squeezes and then some. So, how are formats faring amid all this current disruption? In this video, Fremantle’s Vasha Wallace, Banijay’s James Townley, BBC Studios’ André Renaud and All3Media International’s Nick Smith weigh in on the state of the market for non-scripted entertainment formats.

Wallace, executive VP of global acquisitions and development at Fremantle; Townley, chief content officer of development at Banijay; Renaud, senior VP of global format sales at BBC Studios; and Smith, executive VP of formats and licensing at All3Media International, talk about hot topics such as creativity in the marketplace, what’s cutting through at the moment, risk-aversion, the impact the streamers have had on commissioning and more.