FRAPA hosted its bi-yearly Summit in Cannes on Tuesday. The 90-minute session was welcomed by Jan Salling who repeated the necessity of being a FRAPA member and the advantages attends have as a member. Most notably IP protection, networking and b2b advice from format veterans.
The event included a series of on-stage Q&As which kicked off the session, concluding with a conversation between FRAPA board member and acquisitions consultant, All3Media, Lisette van Diepen and Michael von Würden, managing director of Germany’s Snowman Productions and developer of the hit format Married at First Sight.
Also, Nick Smith interviewed the commissioning editor from ITV, Joe Mace: ‘We are looking for daytime and primetime play-along entertainment and people should contact him directly’, commented regarding the main focus of the company on the formats side.
Meanwhile, von Würden said the success of Married at First Sight has made it very easy to approach commissioners with new projects. ‘Relationships with commissioners are very important. But a new format can start with just a picture or an idea’.
The Summit finished off with David from K7 sharing 30 minutes of format promos and unmissable format Intel.
