by Jacqueline Van Stiphout | Dec 8, 2020 | News
Read the latest FRAPA Newsletter here.
by Jacqueline Van Stiphout | Dec 8, 2020 | News
Format recognition and protection association FRAPA has taken the unusual step of publicly commenting on its role in a format dispute, following the row between Ukrainian broadcasters 1+1 and TRK Ukraine. The storm over copyright piracy and plagiarism blew up last...
by Jacqueline Van Stiphout | Dec 8, 2020 | News
As the 20th anniversary year of Frapa nears its end, its co-chair looks back at the history and achievements of the format protection agency, and at what the future may hold. This summer, in the most extraordinary of years, I set out to research and write the history...
by frapanew | Nov 12, 2020 | News
To me, those are the first words that spring to mind in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. And I think they are the wake-up calls that western society might have needed for a very long time. First of all, it has highlighted the fragility of our world. It is a scary...
by Jacqueline Van Stiphout | Oct 29, 2020 | News
In some ways, nothing much has changed in the 20 years since FRAPA was founded. In other ways, the world in 2020 would be almost unrecognisable to a time traveller from 2000. What hasn’t changed is that the formats industry is still in need of an international...
by frapanew | Oct 2, 2020 | News
So how do I get my idea in front of the right people while sitting at home? We have now been in our new world for over half a year and there continues to be no real end in sight. Although pitches have continued and productions are returning, how easy is it to get your...