Global Formats and Canadian Television: The Case of Deal or No Deal

Abstract

This article discusses the circulation of format television, with a particular emphasis on the Canadian version of the program

Small, Middle, Test: Rescaling Peripheral Media Markets

“…Measures such as content regulations for radio and television broadcasting-an important fixture in Canadian media regulation-can then be seen as an attempt to ensure a Canadian presence within media flows that feature music or television programs that come from elsewhere. Other figures and factors include local production companies that license global formats, companies who negotiate territorial rights to distribute international films, specialty channels that offer "Canadian editions" of global channels like HGTV, programs like Deal or No Deal and networks like Discovery or the Food Network, along with co-production agreements with other countries (Baltruschat 2009;Wagman 2013;Quail 2015).…”