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International Format Awards 2021

International Format Awards 2021

Feb 8, 2021 |

Only 2 weeks remaining to enter the 2021 International Format Awards and promote your shows to the world!   ENTER NOW! The International Format Awards are open for entry for any format that first went on air in 2020 and is now being marketed to the international...

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Frapa Appoints New General Board Members

Frapa Appoints New General Board Members

Feb 1, 2021 |

TBS’ Fumi Nishibashi and NBCUniversal’s Enrique Guillen join format association’s ‘global mission’ Amsterdam, February 1st 2021 FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, has announced the appointment to the general board of two senior format executives...

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International Format Awards 2021

Jan 26, 2021 |

The International Format Awards are the leading awards for the global format business, recognising creativity and excellence across a range of categories. They are a coproduction between leading players in the formats business; C21Media, FRAPA and EMC, in association...

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FRAPA responds in 1+1, TRK formats row

Dec 8, 2020 |

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...

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FRAPA 20 years on

Dec 8, 2020 |

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...

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