Axel Fiacco
International unscripted
& media specialist
More than 25 years experience in unscripted and media. International Award Winning format
creator and twice finalist at the Mipformats Pitch Competition of Cannes. Selected in the last 3
editions of MIPTV as PRODUCER TO WATCH.
Lecturer in Italian and international universities and media schools; prolific author of books about
format, television writing and new technologies for media. Designer and academic supervisor of
the Master’s course: Artificial Intelligence for the Media Industry
My newsletter FRIDAY’S ESPRESSO – Three of the week’s hot topics about formats, markets &
trends is the world’s most followed independent newsletter on international formats.
FORMAT ESPRESSO was founded in 2021 with the aim of helping format and TV professionals achieve their goals and operate effectively in a constantly evolving media landscape. What makes us unique is that we offer 360° assistance for everything related to the world of
formats and unscripted. In particular, our activities are spread over 4 main areas:
TRENDS & SCENARIOS
Meet the television of the future
Training, coaching & masterclasses about: Global trends – The future of television – Artificial Intelligence for media – Economic models of format, and others
Clients: RSI & SRF (the Swiss Italian and German public broadcasters), TVe (Montenegro Tv channel) LA FABRIQUE DES FORMATS (France), IPX CHANGE (Germany)
CREATIVITY & DEVELOPMENT
Tools to boost your creativity Effective content creation through our innovative CREATIVE HUB – The Creative Twist: how to make your format unique and impactful
Clients: NBCUniversal, GIL FORMATS, TALPA STUDIOS, FREMANTLE ITALY, MEDIASET ITALY, TIM Group (the main Italian telecommunication company), YAM 112003, CORIMA, RSI
MARKETS & DISTRIBUTION
Advice, support and solutions for international format distribution
Clients: SONY PICTURE ENTERTAINMENT INC., RSI
LEGAL & IP
Legal consultancy on format plagiarism and intellectual property rights
Clients: DENTONS ITALY, GRAZIADEI STUDIO, STUDIO LEGALE DE CICCO – ARTS &
MEDIA
In October, the first master’s course in Italy on artificial intelligence in the media industry will start, organised by Axel Fiacco for the Luchino Visconti Civic School of Cinema in Milan. All the news coming soon to the school’s website https://cinema.fondazionemilano.eu/ ...
03 February, 2025
The Israeli prodco GIL FORMATS has activated a new partnership with our CREATIVE HUB for the development of new innovative formats. The brilliant minds of +100 students are already at work!...
22 November, 2024
FORMAT ESPRESSO has entered into a partnership with THE PEPEGAS TEAM, a leading company with more than 1,500 square metres of set space, cinema-level stage equipment, high-quality cameras and services in the fields of digitalisation, artificial intelligence, data merging, data integration and industrial automation. The......
07 November, 2024
The online masterclass on the 10+1 global unscripted trends in 101 formats took place on 25 September. Thanks to all who participated!...
30 September, 2024
FORMAT ESPRESSO has partnered with Montenegro’s TVe to provide strategic consultancy on international trends and the most successful global formats....
21 August, 2024
NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA, the world’s leading media and entertainment company in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, also entered into a creative partnership with the Creative Hub, our innovative academic tool made up of +100 Gen Z talents, to find cutting-edge content for the......
03 July, 2024
3 July – The masterclass organised by La Fabrique des Formats (France): “THE UNSCRIPTED MARKET – THE 10 GLOBAL TRENDS OF THE YEAR” took place...
03 July, 2024
From January 2024, FRIDAY’S ESPRESSO will have a CUSTOMIZED BIMONTHLY SPECIAL EDITION for the managers of SRF, the SWISS GERMAN PUBLIC TELEVISION, to always be updated on unscripted and media trends in Europe....
07 January, 2024
The 3nd series of our game show JUST 1 LETTER (Solo 1 Lettera) premiered on RSI, the public Swiss television, with the impressive share of 36% in access prime time. On air every day for 110 episodes, till February 2024....
06 November, 2023
The German based prodco MOVEME and the Israeli based prodco GILFORMATS have also started a creative partnership with our innovative academic tool made of +90 talents of Gen Z. The creative sessions with our young and brilliant minds to find out cutting edge contents for......
13 June, 2023
