Format Recognition and Protection Association

The Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) is a trade association that seeks to create and enforce legal protection for television formats as intellectual property, and to mediate industry disputes.{{Cite web|title=FRAPA official site|url=http://www.frapa.org/|accessdate=28 September 2010}}

FRAPA co-sponsors the C21 Media International Format Awards.{{Cite web|title=C21 Media International Format Awards|url=http://www.c21screenings.net/formatawards/|publisher=C21 Media|accessdate=28 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824112121/http://www.c21screenings.net/formatawards/|archive-date=24 August 2010|url-status=dead}}