Fremantle has increased its stake in AbotHameiri, one of the leading Israeli production outfits, to 100% taking full ownership of the company. Founded in 2006 and headed by Eitan Abot and Guy Hameiri, the Tel…
PBS Kids is the segment of children’s programming of the North American public network, which is oriented to an audience of 2 to 8 years of age. Natalie Engel, Director of Content, Children’s Programming for…
Glance (Eurodata TV Worldwide) made a its traditionalpresentation “One TV Year In The World: Cracking Audience Trends”at this year Digital MIPTV, where it highlighted the results of a report of trends in world television viewing…
Digital MIPTV officially began on Monday, April 12, with the second presentation from The Wit about «Fresh TV» conferences, this time dedicated to fiction, where highlighted a Spanish and a Brazilian production, and stand out…
ZDF Enterprises will also co-produce S2 of the drama and catastrophe series Sløborn and will again be responsible for its global distribution. S1 of the ZDFneoriginal series dealt with the outbreak of a virus that…
AMC Networks has acquired the rights to the sophisticated, 6-part spy thriller series Spy City, which was produced by LEONINE Studios’ production banner Odeon Fiction and MIRAMAX TV, and will premier in the USA on…
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) has entered into its latest international venture with Zee Entertainment, one of the largest media conglomerates in India, as a part of its efforts to explore new avenues of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
