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The C21 Media International Format Awards 2011 in association with FRAPA are open to all programmes that had their first broadcast between September 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011, anywhere in the world and are now being represented internationally as a format.

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Award categories

Get voting for the best formats in the business!

Voting is open in The C21/FRAPA Format Awards. More that 80 of the world’s most creative formats are bidding for glory in the online final of the 2011 awards.

From September 5 until September 28 you can screen and vote for your favourite shows below. Don’t miss this opportunity to find out what shows are top of the pile and through to the final.

Votes will be logged on September 29 and the winners announced at a gala awards ceremony at Mipcom in Cannes on Wednesday October 5.

You can still enter formats in any of the categories below.
To enter click here

For more information call C21 on 020 7613 7182 - Lise Mathon or lise@c21media.net.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Registered users of C21Media.net can vote in The C21Media International Format Awards in association with FRAPA throughout September 2011. On September 29 the votes that are logged will be harvested. On Wednesday October 5, 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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