{"id":6118,"date":"2018-03-12T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/qa-with-talpa-globals-annelies-noest\/"},"modified":"2018-03-13T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T17:13:14","slug":"qa-with-talpa-globals-annelies-noest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/qa-with-talpa-globals-annelies-noest\/","title":{"rendered":"Talpa Global’s Annelies Noest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Annelies Noest, the director of formats and global network at Talpa Global, talks to\u00a0<\/em>TV Formats\u00a0about the trends she\u2019s seeing in the marketplace at present and how Talpa is serving the demand.<\/em><\/p>\n The music competition\u00a0The Voice\u00a0<\/em>has cemented its position as a global entertainment behemoth, and the success of the format has led Talpa to expand the flagship brand.\u00a0The Voice Kids\u00a0<\/em>has taken off around the world, and now the company is introducing\u00a0The Voice Senior<\/em>. This type of big, bold, shiny-floor entertainment is a hallmark of what Talpa does best.<\/p>\n We are also getting a lot of traction on our new prime-time family show\u00a0A Year to Remember<\/em>. It is one of those typical family entertainment shows that is great for the weekend. It can be watched with the entire family. It has nostalgia, celebrities and a lot of humor\u2014those ingredients always seem to work.<\/p>\n TV FORMATS:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the strategy for building out\u00a0The Voice\u00a0<\/em>franchise? It starts in August in the Netherlands, and we\u2019ll need to have a little patience for the results of it. I\u2019m absolutely convinced that it will be successful.<\/p>\n TV FORMATS:\u00a0<\/strong>Are you seeing more traction with scripted formats as of late? TV FORMATS:\u00a0<\/strong>What are you going to be focusing on in the coming months? The director of formats and global network discusses the trends she\u2019s seeing in the marketplace and how the company is serving the demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,69],"tags":[1308,390,740],"class_list":["post-6118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-interviews","category-top-stories","tag-annelies-noest","tag-talpa-global","tag-the-voice","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n
TV FORMATS:\u00a0<\/strong>What types of formats have been selling best nowadays?
\nNOEST:<\/strong>\u00a0When you look at what broadcasters really need, it\u2019s schedule pillars. They are looking for those few big titles that can carry their schedule, notably for the fall and winter season. In that sense, we are happy to have\u00a0The Voice\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Voice Kids<\/em>. Now we have\u00a0The Voice Senior<\/em>, which is going to be a focus for us in the year to come. We want to expand\u00a0The Voice\u00a0<\/em>brand with the\u00a0Senior\u00a0<\/em>format, which is a shorter series of four to six episodes.<\/p>\n
\nNOEST:<\/strong>\u00a0We announced\u00a0The Voice Senior<\/em>\u00a0last MIPCOM. It came about quite naturally. What we\u2019ve seen in making\u00a0The Voice<\/em>, which has some 67 versions all over the world and we are always involved, is that there are so many beautiful stories. We felt that having seniors come to the stage will give the whole genre and brand a completely new feel. Rather than looking for a new pop star who can have a music career, this is about great characters who have a story to tell. They have already been to places, lived their lives and have all of this experience to share. Their stories can be so moving and fascinating. They\u2019ve got nothing to lose! They just go out there and do their thing, and it\u2019s great to see the interaction with the families and grandchildren. There is a different feel to the show. It will be very warm and could be a really nice surprise.<\/p>\n
\nNOEST:<\/strong>\u00a0We are very successful with scripted in our home country of the Netherlands. Off the back of that, we are trying to bring some titles abroad. But it\u2019s fair to say that our key focus is very much on non-scripted. We try to cherry-pick now and then, when something is really successful in the Netherlands, to see if we can bring that to other countries. It\u2019s all Dutch-language product, which has a more difficult time traveling than other languages. We have had some success here and there.<\/p>\n
\nNOEST:<\/strong>\u00a0We are strong in big content: shiny-floor, prime-time shows. Also, in terms of reality, we have something in development for the second half of the year that we have high expectations for. For MIPTV, we will be focusing on\u00a0The Voice Senior\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0A Year to Remember<\/em>\u00a0and following up on the leads we have.\u00a0Dance Dance Dance\u00a0<\/em>is still quite active. We recently did a deal in Thailand and are working on some other leads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"