The market for global TV formats, once dominated by the U.K., the U.S. and the Netherlands, is in a state of constant geographic flux.
Turkey and South Korea are now joining Israel and Japan on the list of major purveyors of TV series that can be easily adapted to local tastes.
The growth of global streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon has also upped the demand for shows with sturdy formats that can play widely around the world.
In early March, Amazon Prime Video launched its first unscripted original, “The Remix,” an Indian live music reality show, across 200 countries. The format was acquired from Turkey’s Global Agency.
The show, in which 10 teams pairing a DJ and a singer remix existing songs into new cover versions in the hopes of winning a big-money prize and the chance to cut an album, was produced with “probably one of...
Turkey and South Korea are now joining Israel and Japan on the list of major purveyors of TV series that can be easily adapted to local tastes.
The growth of global streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon has also upped the demand for shows with sturdy formats that can play widely around the world.
In early March, Amazon Prime Video launched its first unscripted original, “The Remix,” an Indian live music reality show, across 200 countries. The format was acquired from Turkey’s Global Agency.
The show, in which 10 teams pairing a DJ and a singer remix existing songs into new cover versions in the hopes of winning a big-money prize and the chance to cut an album, was produced with “probably one of...
- 4/7/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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