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2007 TV trends:
Making user-generated content useful

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During the mid season, 414 new show shave been launched in the major TV markets studied by NOTA. Most new programs launched from January, 1stto February, 28th 2007 were factual programs (175), followed by fiction (123) then entertainment ones (116). But most of all, the mid-season sees the emergence of programs that all have simplicity in common: the simpler, the better.

The year 2007 marks the return to more basic programs in terms of form and content, where TV viewers at the centre of programming. Various attempts of television blogs have previously been launched, but the trend has now spread to magazines entirely made of images of amateur film makers. For instance in the magazine Homemade (UK - Channel 4), a selection of viewers' home videos are uploaded onto the Internet to be shown on the program, such as music samples, reality TV shows, documentaries, or challenges. TV viewers are also at the centre of programming in France with the launch of a new breed of political magazines. 

 


With J'ai une Question à Vous Poser (France - TF1), the candidates running for the elections make one to one debates with the French population, as 100 French people question them live. The four episodes aired on TF1 drew in more than 7 milion viewers. This program has been sold worldwide and was already successfully adapted by the public Spanish broadcaster TVE1. On March, 27th Tengo una pregunta para usted achieved a 30.3% market share among all viewers, while TVE1 performed on average 18% in March among the same demo group. The format, distributed by A Prime Group, has already been optioned in Italy and grasps interest of American broadcasters


Source: NOTA - International TV Trends Season 2006 / 2007 Volume 3 - Copyright Médiamétrie & IMCA + Médiamétrie-Médiamat (France) / TNS Audiencia de Medios (Spain) - All Rights Reserved.

 

 

 

Mid Season TV Trends: New programs launched from January 1st to February 28th 2007

 



 

"The quality of our scripts and shootings, the speed and the artistic talent that we have in Televisa, as well as the competitiveness and the exploitation of resources with the highest technologies are the bases for the company to remain the leader. But above all, it's Televisa's brand name what makes the audiences' reception easier anywhere in the world, besides our thorough and comprehensive melodramatic monitoring," stated Salvador Mejía, Televisa's prestigious producer, who is in charge of the company's drama production in Mexico, during an interview with this magazine last year.