At the origin of a global industry: The TV format trade as an Anglo-American invention

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The use of international television formats by public service broadcasters in Australia, Denmark and Germany

“…Research by format scholars has revealed that PSBs have a long history of 'borrowing' programme ideas from abroad (Bourdon, 2012;Chalaby, 2012;Moran, 2013). Today the market is enforcing a system of intellectual property rights.…”

Reflection i: Transnational TV Formats: Making the Local Visible and the Global Invisible

“…The reasons behind this entertainment revolution are multiple and have been detailed elsewhere (Chalaby 2011(Chalaby , 2012. In an age of fierce competition, TV formats enable broadcasters to offer local programming -always the audience favourite -whilst managing risk (with the knowledge that the same concept has a proven track record in other markets) and driving down costs (through the progressive refinement of the production model).…”

Fidelity as Interseriality: The Challenges of Adapting the Québécois TV Series Les Invincibles for Broadcast in France

“…scholarly works on transcultural remakes and adaptations of tV formats (including tV series) and their circulation are well established (Bataille & Hatchuel, 2012;Beeden & De Bruin, 2010;Bourdon, 2012;chalaby, 2012Esser, 2016;Ferrari, 2010;Holdsworth, 2011;Moran, 2009a;Navarro, 2012). Also, during the past few years, scandinavian tV series or films and their adaptations are the epicentre of research for many scholars who work on international format-travel (Gemzøe, 2013;Hochscherf & Philipsen, 2016;Perkins & Verevis, 2015;Waade, Nielsen, & Jensen, 2016).…”