RMVISTAR Founder and President Rose Marie Vega announced that the company has secured worldwide rights to Anacronte, a 3D CGI animated short film produced by Mr. Bug Studio in collaboration with Raul Kohler. Mr Bug… RMVISTAR secured exclusive worldwide rights to Anacronte animated short film
French TV content distributor Ampersand Fiction, a division of Paris-based sales company Ampersand, has purchased the European, Asian, North American, and African rights to a fresh batch of series produced by Russian NTV. The two… Ampersand Fiction picked up three NTV series for distribution
EndemolShine Fiction and Black Sheep Films announced the renewal of their exclusive co-development and co-production partnership covering all of the latter’s film slate. Founded in 2016 by Augustin Bernard and Mathieu Van de Velde, Black… EndemolShine Fiction and Black Sheep Films renew an exclusive deal
Having just recently announced a similar deal for the award-winning format Mute It!, Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) and Nippon TV have announced a deal whereby the Major Studio production business unit is set… WBITP acquired Nippon TV’s hit gameshow format Sokkuri sweets
David Ciaramella, Communication Manager at K7 Media (UK), led the session focused on Factual & Documentary trends, where the thin of the consultancy highlighted that ‘past 2020, factual and documentary content had a lot of… K7 Media: ‘Factual and documentaries are the most demanded across platforms’
The traditional session Fresh TV Formats, presented by Virginia Mouseler, CEO of The Wit, began with its annual list of the most adapted formats from September 2020 to April 2021, headed by Korean format The… Fresh TV Formats: The Masked Singer is the most adapted format last year
‘We’re looking forward more than ever to bring you the best of MIPTV, MIPDocs and MIPFormats online’, underlined Reed MIDEM’ Deputy Director TV Division, Lucy Smith atthe opening session that took place yesterday, April 9.… Lucy Smith: ‘We aim to bring the best of MIPTV’
A Pew Research Centre report showed that Google’s online video service is consumed by 81% of Americans, edging out Facebook by a considerable margin in the country’s social media stakes. The study found that YouTube… USA: YouTube used by 81% of adults
Chris Ottinger, President of Worldwide Television Distribution and Acquisitions at MGM, said: ‘This pan-regional launch on the Apple TV app further cements MGM’s successful expansion of our on demand SVOD service. We are excited that… MGM’s SVOD arrives to Latin America through Apple TV
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is relaunching its VoD activities this month, with the merger of its two existing platforms, Mediaset Play and Infinity. Renamed as ‘Mediaset Play Infinity’, the new streaming platform will feature new graphics… Mediaset to relaunch VoD platform
Brazilian media company Globo and infrastructure, platform capabilities, and industry solutions provider Google Cloud have agreed on a seven-year strategic partnership. The announcement aligns with Globo’s ongoing digital transformation, its restructuring focused on direct-to-consumer deliveries,… Globo bets on AI and ML with Google Cloud
Discovery and Comcast have announced the launch of discovery+ on Xfinity Flex, providing Xfinity Internet customers in the US with access to the streaming service launched in the country on January 4. Additionally, discovery+ will… Discovery+ launched on Xfinity
The 6th edition of MIPDrama, launched as part of virtual conference and market event MIPTV, showcases new series, most in post-production, a few finished from some of the biggest and most important series players in… MIPDrama: 12 brand new global drama series
Julie Degroote, EVP Head of Content development and international, TF1 is in charge of adapting international entertainment formats, as well as creating new one. On this conversation for MIPFormat, he underlined the main trends in… Buyers at MIPTV: TF1 Group: ‘Joyful prime time content’
Documentaries have always been a key element of MIPTV due to MIPDoc, which this year is integrated to the market conference lineup. “Actual Programming Brief: ZDF Enterprises” presented Kristina Hollstein, director acquisitions & co-productions documentaries/Children… Buyers at MIPTV: ZDF Enterprises
Hitler, Stalin: a secret relationship (2x’52), docu-series produced by Siècle Productions and distributed by Balanga. To offer greater support to its members in the documentary community, TV France International organized the Le Rendez-Vous Docs 2021,… TV France International: Le Rendez-Vous Docs 2021, the new 100% documentary market
FRAPA, the Format Recognition and Protection Association, has announced the appointment to its general board of three senior format executives from three of Europe’s top independent production and distribution companies: Fremantle’s Tony Stern, Banijay’s Carlotta… Tony Stern, Carlotta Rossi Spencer and Nick Smith join Frapa board
ScreenHits TV Limited announced the recent launch of its new mobile platform on Apple iPads, Android TV, Chromecast and Fire Stick platforms. ScreenHits TV is a FREE intuitive super content aggregator that allows subscribers to… Screenhits TV launches new mobile platform
ITV Studios’ smash hit Beat The Chasers wrapped up a superb first season in the Netherlands. With an average of more than 1 million viewers each episode, this first series averaged a solid 17.6% market… Beat The Chasers wraps up fantastic debut season in the Netherlands
Banijay Iberia today outlines the revised local management team for its footprint in Spain and Portugal. Under the leadership of CEO, Pilar Blasco, the new executive group comprises CFO and COO, Javier García, International and… Banijay Iberia Sets New Management Team
Apple TV+ has appointed former Lifetime exec Colleen Grogan and Spotify alum Erika Clarke to its unscripted team as the streamer continues its push into the genre. The US-based execs both join the company as… Apple TV+ expands unscripted team in programming push
2020 was a good year in particular for French content, whose dramas stand out having penetrated new global markets during the pandemic, both in readymade and formats. Prensario interviewed Lauren Agostini of France TV Distribution… France TV Distribution: ‘French fiction is exported well and in increasing volumes’
Kanal D International (Turkey) is promoting at Digital MIPTV five top, premium dramas from its catalogue. Heading the slate is Hekimoglu (S1: 44 commercial hours and S2 on air), produced by Ojo Pictures for Kanal… Kanal D: romantic and medical, premium drama
Eccho Rights (Sweden) launches brand new dramas at Digital MIPTV, including series from Turkey, Scandinavia and shows an expansion to its lineup of Korean fiction from its parent company CJ ENM. Heading the slate are… Eccho Rights expands at a great rate
ATV Distribution is launching at MIPTV one new series, which complements the high-end catalogue of the company full of drama and period fictions. Moreover, the channel in Turkey has had a good season: despite pandemic… ATV: new horizons for the Turkish drama
GRB, an Emmy Award-winning content studio and global distribution company, attends Digital MIPTV with great expectations about its brand-new titles, as well as some of the most classics productions. The company’s international distribution team sales… GRB: the ultimate destination for medical, crime and paranormal
GoQuestMedia (India) continues to grow its catalog of dramatic content from around the world, with special emphasis on productions coming from Eastern Europe and CIS. At MIPTV, the company is launching Civil Servant (24x’50), the… GoQuest reinforces its bet on CEE-CIS drama and launches Civil Servant
MADD Entertainment (Turkey) promotes at Digital MIPTV the strong catalog built after a successful 2020. Led by Ateş İnce, general director, the distributor was very active during the pandemic adding new titles every four months,… Madd: outstanding revertioned dramas
ORF Enterprises (Austria) continues to bring some of the best European documentaries of wildlife, nature, history, as well as high quality, action series to the marketplace. At Digital MIPTV, the company bet especially on it… ORF: documentaries at its best
TonderoDistribución has had a great start to the year with news from Peruvian production to the world, more international co-productions and the strengthening of TonderoEspaña, as well as the sale of the scriptedformats from successful… Tondero: Peruvian production to the world
