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The C21 Media International Format Awards 2010 in association with FRAPA are open to all programmes that had their first broadcast between September 2009 and August 2010, anywhere in the world and are now being represented internationally as a format.

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Award categories

Enter The C21/FRAPA 2010 Format Awards Today!

The C21/FRAPA Format Awards are the first to see television programming judged by the entertainment community at large, not a small panel of experts. Winners will receive a range of prizes including marketing packages for the shows through C21Media magazines and websites. Entries are invited from programming first broadcast between September 2009 and August 2010. Other entry criteria are detailed in the entry terms and conditions. All entries can be made through this site during August 2010. These entries will then be reviewed by C21 and the shows that make it to the online events stage judged online by C21Media.net's community of more than 35,000 International Entertainment Executives during September. The final day for voting will be September 30. Winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony at Mipcom in Cannes on Wednesday October 6. You can enter formats in any of the categories below and voting will begin on September 1.

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For more information call C21 on + 44 (0) 20 7729 7460 and speak to Hannah, Lucy or Richele.
1. Best studio based gameshow format:
Studio Based Gameshows can cover everything from serious quizzes to physical studio games to cooking and dating games. At the core, they must take place in a closed studio environment and some game must be played, almost always with competition and winners.
2. Best comedy format:
Comedy Format is for unscripted comedies, not sitcoms. These are comedy formats in studio or the field that might involve comedy sketches, improve, hidden camera, panels. They won't be confused with actors in sit coms but might be confused with quiz shows except, for comedies, the answers don't matter. The laughs are the thing.
3. Best competition reality format:
Comp Reality takes in everything from Survivor to So You Think You Can Dance. At the core, there is a winner. Participants (Celebrities or Public) are playing to win. All modern talent shows are Comp Reality.Even though a lot of the competition takes place in a studio, nowadays, nearly all have out of studio elements not least of which is public voting.
4. Best factual entertainment format
In our awards Factual Entertainment has a broader definition than used in Britain where Factual and Factual Entertainment mean different things. For these awards, Factual Entertainment Formats are formats, shot in the field or in studios where there is not competition but rather the exploration of a slice of life either for elucidation or for entertainment. The topics could be life or death (Deadliest Catch) or lifestyle (Cooking).
5. Best multi-platform format:
Multi Platform Formats at their core, must has some platform aside from television, that is integral to the show's narrative. A website, social network page or telephony that is merely a promotional vehicle for the show would not qualify. The other non TV platforms have to interact with the casting, narrative or outcome of the show to make it a significant multi platform format.
6. Best scripted format:
These are scripted shows (either comedy or drama) that have been formatted for territories outside their country of origin It could be the Nanny or In Treatment or Ugly Betty but wherever they come from once they go to a second territory they are eligible for our Format Award.
7. Best brand generated format:
More than just a bit of product placement or brand integration, this category is about Formats that owe their existence to a Brand or advertiser which has played a crucial part in the Format's creation. The Format could be a Studio Based Gamneshow or Factual Entertainment chat show, but it was brought to television with the key input of a brand.
8. IFA Gold Award:
This award goes to a person, company (or even format) that has had a significant effect on the Format business.
Registered users of C21Media.net can vote in The C21Media International Format Awards in association with FRAPA throughout September 2010. On September 30 the votes that are logged will be harvested. On Wednesday October 6, between 6.30pm and 8pm, an awards ceremony will be held to present the winners with their awards at ClubC21, Mipcom.

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