TV format trades nearly doubled, FRAPA report finds

CANNES, France - The international trade association Format Recognition and Protection Association has found that international production volume generated by traded TV formats has grown 45% to top EUR9.3 billion for the years 2006 to 2008.The report also found that formats like Deal or No Deal, Hole in the Wall and Lalola have circled the globe, and 445 original formats found their way to foreign countries from 2006 to 2008. That number is nearly double that from the organization’s first report which analyzed the formats traded between 2002 to 2004.Its 2009 report analyzied the TV format business in 14 countries, including Canada and the...