Tom Gamlich News Today

A recap of the major stories from the formats business in 2023.

FAST has emerged as a buzzword across all sectors of the business, but factual distributors appear to be benefiting the most from the quickly growing segment, which was clear from many of the headlines out of MIPTV last week.

With a looming writers’ strike in the U.S. and broadcasters and platforms eager to deliver cost-effective programming amid financial concerns, the global formats business is gearing up for a potential new boom, borne out by the wealth of news that emerged from MIPTV and MIPFormats last week.

ZDF Studios is boosting factual entertainment with the establishment of new company Content Laden. Founded with managing director Tom Gamlich and creative…

ZDF Studios is boosting factual entertainment, Oble has acquired ‘The Plague’ and Studiocanal’s ‘The Vow’ has sold to Italy ahead of MipTV.

ZDF Studios has teamed up with Tom Gamlich and Jan Fritzowsky to launch CONTENT LADEN, which will focus on the development and production of factual entertainment formats.