A raft of high-concept unscripted codecs from the likes of Yes Yes Media, Keshet Worldwide and Fulwell 73 had been informally introduced this week on the first version of the Worldwide Inventive Alliance Days hosted by Satisfaction Group, the Paris-based outfit based by entrepreneur and famed TV host Arthur Essebag.
The 2-day occasion introduced collectively creatives and business gamers who’re both a part of Satisfaction or doing enterprise with the corporate, notably acquisition executives from M6, France Televisions and Amazon Prime Video, amongst others.
Richard Bacon, whose banner Sure Sure Media welcomed Satisfaction as a shareholder final yr; spoke about a number of music-themed expertise exhibits, together with “Who’s within the Band” which he stated will “seek for the brand new One Path or BTS, involving a brand new solution to vote and a brand new solution to audition.” There will likely be 5 candidates who will audition directly, all singing the identical tune on the identical time. The present, which is being co-developed by a robust producer whose monitor report contains “X Issue” and “Bought Expertise,” could have three judges and its personal model of the spinning chairs.
One other buzzy format in Sure Sure Media’s pipeline is “My Fictional Father” (additionally referred to as “The Inheritance”) which has already been picked by a U.S. streamer and is accessible internationally. Riffing on HBO’s hit present “Succession,” “My Fictional Father” follows candidates who transfer in collectively in a mansion owned by their fictional – and dying — rich redneck father and should embark on a journey to persuade him by each imply that they need to inherit his fortune. Bacon, who based Sure Sure Media alongside Elisabeth Murdoch’s banner Sister, stated a 75-page bible has been written for the present.
Aiming to generate new income streams, Sure Sure Media can also be creating “A Minute In the past,” an action-packed survival actuality recreation present that may unfold in actual time and concurrently with a online game. The banner is in negotiations to enlist a well-known motion star to host the present.
Fulwell 73, in the meantime, is creating a singing competitors present with Talpa, whereas Keshet is seeing a revival of their iconic codecs akin to “Increase” and “Deal With It,” on high of creating a brand new bodily comedy present referred to as “Caught!”
Satisfaction, then again, mentioned its new primetime format, “1 to 10, how nicely do you do?” which has already been picked up by TF1. A strategic quiz present, “1 to 10” will collect 10 movie star contestants who will compete in a common data trivia and will likely be required to self-evaluate their data with precision to win.
Chatting with Selection on the occasion, Essebag identified the Worldwide Inventive Alliance Days underscore the worldwide growth of Satisfaction inside the final yr. “We’ve got expanded in Spain, Portugal, South America, and we’re additionally in English-speaking markets by way of our partnership with Sure Sure Media,” stated Essebag. The outfit has additionally fashioned a joint venture with Fulwell 73, the U.Okay.-based manufacturing firm behind “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” Talpa within the Netherlands and it not too long ago launched Satisfaction Iberia with Daniel Domenjo, a well-established Spanish producer and host. Satisfaction most not too long ago signed a multi-territory deal to co-develop and co-produce non-scripted codecs with Keshet International (“Belief No One” throughout its hubs in France, Germany, Israel, the U.Okay. and the U.S.
Essebag stated the Inventive Alliance Days are “like a real-life, big zoom” that’s centered on the event of IP’s reasonably than lively dealmaking. “It offers us the chance to see our accomplice with whom we’ve cast sturdy bonds and current what everyone seems to be engaged on.” The second day of the occasion was devoted to workshops the place producers brainstormed on how you can adapt choose codecs for particular territories.
“The massive markets are good to make the offers, however right here the concept is to place our brains collectively and assist one another discover the perfect concepts and provide you with essentially the most revolutionary codecs,” he stated, including that he hopes Satisfaction will sooner or later launch the identical occasion for scripted IP’s.
