Nataliya Minakerman

The Voice, So You Think You Can Dance, The X-Factor and may other TV shows have become popular worldwide. All these shows were adapted for TV viewers in various countries, so they could watch their “local” product. Today, a TV format is the moving force of progress within the television industry. As the first TV formats were created, their owners started to think about how best to protect their intellectual property rights. The thing is, a TV format is not recognized as intellectual property either by national regulations or under the Berne Convention on the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works… It’s important to understand that to create a TV format, it is necessary to develop a TV program template containing the detailed description of a show and its and its constituent elements (music, the number of hosts and their roles, the set, etc.).