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.

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.

Curriculum

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

CLIENTS & PARTNERS
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FRIDAY’S ESPRESSO:

The most followed newsletter about unscripted in the world

News

  • The online masterclass on the 10+1 global unscripted trends in 101 formats took place on 25 September. Thanks to all who participated!...

    30 Settembre, 2024

  • FORMAT ESPRESSO has partnered with Montenegro’s TVe to provide strategic consultancy on international trends and the most successful global formats....

    21 Agosto, 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 Luglio, 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 Luglio, 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 Gennaio, 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 Novembre, 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 Giugno, 2023

  • Our brand-new game show GOLD has been selected as one of the 5 finalists of the 2023 MIPFormats Pitch! The Pitch will take place on day one of MIPTV 2023....

    06 Aprile, 2023

  • Proud to be included also this year in the list of “Producers to Watch 2023” by MipTv team....

    31 Marzo, 2023

  • Proud to have produced Fight Back THE FIRST ORIGINAL UNSCRIPTED FORMAT AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE METAVERSE.  The first episode premiered last Thursday 23rd March at 9:00 pm and it can be seen only by all those who enter the Mevaverse of The Nemesis. The whole......

    29 Marzo, 2023