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FRAPA session at MIP London
A Frapa session will feature at MIP London on Monday 23rd February 2026 at...
FRAPA Format Summit
FRAPA once again held a Format Summit at MIPCOM Cannes in October 2025....
New FRAPA Ambassadors
Lisette van Diepen, Jan Salling, Mike Beale and Phil Gurin were named FRAPA...
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Protect, promote, educate and connect.
That’s FRAPA in four words. Our core belief is that creatives own their intellectual works and are entitled to the benefits that flow from them. Our mission is to promote a global marketplace that respects and protects the grassroots creativity that drives the entertainment industry, from the smallest indie producer to the biggest media conglomerate. We work to educate and inform our members and the wider entertainment world through market surveys, reports and workshops. We connect people — and people who know each other are more likely to trust each other. That’s important in a market that lacks a robust legal framework.
“Alone we can do little; together we can do so much”
“As one of the world’s larger production groups, with 35-plus non-scripted creative labels around the globe, we felt it would be useful for all our creatives to understand, be informed and be across the work done by FRAPA to safeguard the flow of original formats. With scale also comes a responsibility to ensure the ongoing protection of creativity, innovation and respect for the work of all producers of all sizes from all territories.”
"Fremantle believes that being among the format industry’s leading companies means that we should also be strong supporters of FRAPA. When the law can offer little protection to format owners, we must stand together as colleagues and competitors. FRAPA protects our interests as a format creator and distributor with the same determination as any other member – big or small. It is essential to have a trade body that speaks for the industry and sets out the standards that we expect from each other while also offering a forum to share ideas, problems and solutions."
