Would you want to be the next big thing on TV?
Well, you’re not going to star in it. You’re not going to act, perform or do crazy stunts. What you’re actually going to do — is create your own TV show! And not only that, you will be paid for your TV ideas! Does that sound like a crazy opportunity?
Become the next JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost co-creator)?
Or the next Mark Burnett (Survivor creator)?
Or the next Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI producer, as pictured)?
From USA Today:
It sounds as if it could be a reality series: Earn money by creating your own TV format.
Producer John de Mol says it’s the real thing. Deal or no deal?
De Mol, co-founder of the international media giant Endemol (Deal or No Deal, Big Brother, Fear Factor), says anyone can have a great idea for a reality show, and he’s starting a website,TalpaCreative.com, to solicit concepts.
“Everybody watches TV. Everybody has an idea about TV. A doorman or waitress can have a good idea,” he says. “We’re looking for the next big thing.”
Netherlands-based de Mol, who has the resources to get a series from concept to the TV screen, opened an office in L.A. a couple of years ago find program ideas in the USA for his Talpa Media Group, which develops TV shows. The latest concept is meant to extend that reach into “a big fishnet.”
People can participate by submitting ideas or responding to focused creativity assignments. Talpa plans to buy the rights to concepts with promise and develop them. The originator, who can be involved in development, will be paid greater amounts depending on how far the project goes. People will be compensated fairly, de Mol says.
More on that here.
Next Big Thing, John De Mol, Mark Burnett, Jerry Bruckheimer, JJ Abrams
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