by The WIT
Overview of the 30 most creative and trend-setting TV formats of the 2002 season around the world.
Over the past 3 years, the format market boomed, thanks to 4 star formats : "Who wants to be a millionaire" in the quiz show genre, "Survivor" in the adventure reality game show genre, "Big Brother" in the reality soap genre, "Popstars" in the talent search genre. They have been adapted almost everywhere in the world and successful almost everywhere. Those formats gave birth to a second generation of formats in those genres, in particular the naughty quiz shows "Greed" and "The Weakest Link".
We are going to present you the most popular formats that flourished in this second generation - most of the titles we'll present have been and still are successes in the countries where they are broadcast; a few ones were less successful but they reveal an interesting trend in format creativity.
What does this mean for local broadcasters, can they profit from these trends?
The WIT
The Wit - World Information Tracking - is the specialist of information
and research on TV programs worldwide.
The Wit provides broadcasters, producers and distributors with information on
all the new TV programs and trends around the world through newswires, publications,
online database, and on thewit.com website. The Wit's publications include "The
Weekly Wit", a weekly report on the hottest news in TV programming around
the world, "The Wit Fresh TV", a monthly extensive survey of all the
new shows broadcast in more than 25 countries, "The Wit Highlights",
an analysis of the trends and performances of the month's new shows.
Presenter:
Olivier LEVET
Head of International Research
Olivier Levet has been in charge of the International Research at the Wit for
2 years.
He is specializing in international TV formats and regional and local TV
stations' programming strategies.