With the global broadcast business in turmoil, Fremantle Corp. principal Irv Holender insists he's found a perch in the eye of the storm for the traditional game show, soaps and reality series distributor: co-producing commercial dramas with international partners.
"We're trying to get away from reality and the type of shows that have no shelf life or evergreen value," Holender said as Toronto-based Fremantle completed a host of pre-sales at MIPCOM. "We find that not only is there a market for dramas and suspense series and thrillers, it's a market that is needing content."
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CBS will contact you when the NFL delays your Sunday shows
You can get precise starting times via CBS Eye-lerts. EDITOR'S NOTE: However, if your daytime soaps are pre-empted, you are just out of luck.
The Fremantle piece is very interesting. It picks up something I have been wondering about the new CBS game show (LMAD).
ReplyDelete"Evergreen" value means that the show can earn money for years--international sales, rebroadcasts, web streaming at sites like Hulu.
That doesn't seem to be the case for Games or Judge Shows or Talk Shows...witness the ratings/demo challenges of GSN and their need to create new programs.
My hope is that--as with Leno in primetime--there will be a recognition that "short term cheapness" actually COSTS money.
It does have an implication for the day that (hopefully) daytime dramas reappear: They have be be designed to be internationally successful and -- hopefully -- have value in rebroadcast too.
Good editor's note on the CBS warning system :-)