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SELL YOUR TV SHOW IDEAS: An Outsider’s Guide to Getting Inside the TV Format Industry

Written specifically for non-TV execs, and brimming with first-hand guidance on how TV industry outsiders can access and profit from the unscripted TV format world, readers will discover:

1. How to pitch an idea for a TV show
2. How to write a TV show proposal
3. How to turn a simple TV show idea into a potentially valuable TV format
4. How to know if your unscripted TV show ideas are on the right track
5. How to present a treatment for a TV format
6. How best to protect your TV show ideas
7. How the global TV format Industry works
8. What to expect from an offer or a contract

Here’s what the TV format industry’s saying about the book:

“Packed with useful advice and guidance for the would-be TV format creator”
Melanie Leach—Award Winning Executive Director and MD of Twofour Broadcast

"A much needed and carefully thought through primer for anyone out there with a great idea for a TV show — and who doesn't?"
David Cumming—Head of Development at Waddell Media

"A must-have textbook for the uninitiated entering the TV format industry—Bob Barber has done a thorough and top-notch job"
Tim Crescenti—President, Small World International Format TV USA

“A no-nonsense, essential guide for anyone on the outside looking in at the global TV formats business”
Ben Hall—MD Shine Network, Shine Group