TV format

Under TV format (or format television) is understood in the Media Studies ", the specific design of commercial and royalty -bound definition " of television productions. Colloquially, the term " format " equated with genus or genre.

While the genus, such as the crime, is open to change, is the format, however, strict compliance with the contractually defined concept in the foreground. A well-known example of a television game show format is taken from the U.S. Wheel of Fortune. The rate - show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is marketed worldwide as a television format, and is largely defined in procedures and details, so that - in fast food chains like - is recognizable anywhere. In the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire is the study had excellent.

Non - media scholars understand by television format the different aspect ratios for televisions, see screen size