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Feb 24
3 min

How to Write a Press Release Journalists will actually Use

How can you cut through the noise and get noticed when content trades receive hundreds of press releases daily, and only publish a...

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Gary Carpenter

Jan 20
4 min

Secrets of the Prank Format Revealed

With the return of Revenge Prank on MTV, and streamers exploring the genre, Gary Carpenter considers what makes a prank format work - or not

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How to Get the Best Partners and Deals for your Format idea

Michel Rodrigue

Jan 14
3 min

How to Get the Best Partners and Deals for your Format idea

TV industry veteran Michel Rodrigue reveals how to get the right partners - and the fairest deals - to take your format from idea to...

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Can Facebook’s Rival Peak help TV become truly interactive?

David J Bodycombe

Jan 6
4 min

Can Facebook’s Rival Peak help TV become truly interactive?

David J. Bodycombe argues that for interactive TV to really come of age it must connect viewers to each other as well as to the content.

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How Not to Give Away a Million - it's all in the format design

David J Bodycombe

Dec 2, 2020
3 min

How Not to Give Away a Million - it's all in the format design

Game-show guru David J. Bodycombe reveals the techniques for keeping a big money quiz show within its prize budget.

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How Decision Points help make a good TV format better.

Justin Scroggie

Nov 17, 2020
3 min

How Decision Points help make a good TV format better.

DECISIONS As The Format Doctor, I examine the health of new-born formats. And one vital sign I always check is the number of its Decision...

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Using LinkedIn to pitch formats 3 months before the meeting

Daniel Ravner

Oct 19, 2020
3 min

Using LinkedIn to pitch formats 3 months before the meeting

Daniel Ravner, CEO of Ravner – Marketing Innovation, The Perspective and Format People consultant - argues that the TV Format industry...

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Transforming Formats from Regular TV to Streamers

Simon Lythgoe

Sep 12, 2020
2 min

Transforming Formats from Regular TV to Streamers

Nothing prepared me for the transformation of Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings from Freeform to Disney+

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Making a reality show? 9 Lessons from Lockdown

Justin Scroggie

Aug 18, 2020
2 min

Making a reality show? 9 Lessons from Lockdown

One of the tools I’ve developed for consulting on reality formats is The List of Opposites. Imagine 2 columns. In the left-hand column...

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Pitch Competitions - 3 Good Reasons to take part

Justin Scroggie

Jul 20, 2020
2 min

Pitch Competitions - 3 Good Reasons to take part

The Format People have been designing, organising and judging pitch competitions around the world for many years.

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