 French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand, left, and Cannes Mayor Bernard Brochand at MIPTV on Monday (Getty)
MIPTV delegates stranded by volcanic ash
A dense atmospheric cloud of volcanic ash drifting southwards from Iceland has left thousands of MIPTV executives facing travel chaos Thursday. Full story MIPTV ends on upbeat note for TV biz Consensus is recovery, slow but steady, has begun. Full story Star Media plans World War II doc epic Star Media, one of Russia's largest production companies, is looking to put an Eastern spin on World War II with an epic documentary series in the vein of Thames Television's groundbreaking "World At War." Full story April 14, 2010 BSkyB CEO addresses piracy at MIPTV BSkyB CEO Jeremy Darroch said that a three-pronged attack from piracy, regulation and commoditization threatened "dark shadows" over the value of content, with consequences that would damage producers, studios and consumers alike. Full story 'The Parents' headed to Russia Russian producer Yellow Black and White has bought format rights at MIPTV to localize a family comedy from Canada called "The Parents." Full story Scrawl, MDAS ink co-production deal At MIPTV on Tuesday, Singapore animation company Scrawl Studios, in collaboration with the Media Development Authority of Singapore, unveiled five co-production deals worth $14 million. Full story Televisa, CCTV to co-produce telenovela Two international TV giants -- China's CCTV and Mexico's Televisa -- are joining forces to jointly produce and distribute a Chinese telenovela. Full story Schwartzkopff partners with Talpa in Germany Hamburg-based Schwartzkopff TV has signed a co-production deal with John de Mol's Talpa Media to be the exclusive production partner for Talpa formats for the German market. Full story MGM Channel to debut in South Africa Movies from "Some Like It Hot" to "Mandela" will be beamed to subscribers on the just announced MGM Channel set to debut May 1 in South Africa on a new paybox called Top-TV. Full story Germany's ZDF locks up sales for series Germany's ZDF Enterprises has made a killing with its crime series at MIPTV. Full story Nickelodeon, Studio 100 team for 'Anubis' Nickelodeon and Belgium-based producer/licenser Studio 100 are joining forces on a new version of live action series "House of Anubis." Full story MTV Russia takes ABC Family shows from Disney Walt Disney Russia licensed seasons one and two of the hit ABC Family show to MTV Russia, along with teen gymnastics drama "Make It Or Break It." Full story Studio Hamburg takes stake in TV outfit German TV production giant Studio Hamburg has taken a 25.1% stake in Cologne-based Gruppe 5. Full story April 13, 2010 Aussie 'Prank Patrol' getting new episodes Australia's ABC3 and activeTV are teaming for 39 new half-hour episodes of the Aussie version of the children's reality series "Prank Patrol," created by Canada's Apartment 11 Prods. Full story Italy's Rete 4 licenses 'Four Weddings' Italy's Rete 4, owned by Mediaset, has licensed ITV Studios' primetime international format "Four Weddings" for local production. Full story Fireworks presells 'Guys Choice Awards' Fireworks International, the TV and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm, has presold the 2010 "Guys Choice Awards," originally aired and produced by MTV's cable channel Spike TV, to 90 territories. Full story Scripps Int'l acquires series for Food Network Scripps Networks International, the global development arm of Scripps Networks Interactive, has acquired the SBS Australia original series "Luke Nguyen's Vietnam" for its globally distributed Food Network. Full story Vertice 360 launches int'l sales division Spanish content powerhouse Vertice 360 has set up its own international sales operation, Vertice Sales, to handle the group's product, as well as to represent independent producers. Gonzalo Sagardia will head the new division. Full story 'Wire' star calls for Brit TV to diversify "The Wire" star Idris Elba wants British television to stop talking onscreen diversity and "just do it": Put more actors of color onto Brit shows and series. Full story Jonathan Miller predicts online pay models The glory days of freeville are over and even online champions of gratis contents such as Google and Hulu will be forced to charge for top-end content. Full story Granada Germany, RTL in triple script deal Granada Germany has signed a multi-project deal with RTL Television to develop three original scripted projects for the German commercial giant. Full story DRG, CBC seal distribution pact London-based distributor DRG International Tuesday announced a landmark pact with Canadian broadcaster CBC. Full story BBC's African channel acquires ITV titles BBC Worldwide's African channel BBC Entertainment has picked up ITV Studios distributed titles "The Street" and "Miranda." Full story Telepool signs multiple series deals German series have been strong sellers for Telepool at MIPTV this year, with the Munich-based group closing deals in France and Canada for its serialized catalog. Full story April 12, 2010 New Zealand lands first International Emmy New Zealand made history Monday night in Cannes by nabbing its first-ever International Emmy. Full story RHI, Syfy to co-produce two movies RHI Entertainment and Syfy will co-produce two movies which will air on the channel Stateside in 2011 and are available for worldwide licensing at MIPTV. Full story Hasbro Studios hires Cartoon Network exec Hasbro Studios has tapped international programming and distribution exec Finn Arnesen, who comes to the studio from managing European operations at Cartoon Network, to lead its foreign expansion. He will report to Hasbro Studios president Stephen Davis. Full story Starz, Electus co-developing two series Starz is teaming with Electus to co-develop and co-finance two new series for the U.S. pay player: the medieval period drama "William the Conqueror" and a modern-day action thriller, "Peace Keeping." Full story 'Murdoch' renewed by Citytv, Alibi Murdoch Mysteries," a Canuck series set in 1895 Toronto, has been renewed by Citytv in Canada and by UKTV's crime drama channel Alibi in Britain. Full story HBO, BBC, France 2 Beta load 'Guns' HBO and the BBC have trained their sites on "The Guns of August," getting behind a 4x90 minute historical miniseries based on the Pulitzer-prize winning book by Barbara Tuchman about the first months of World War I. Full story PBS sells catalog to Autentic for Germany PBS International has signed a long-term distribution deal with Germany's Autentic for German-language rights to the public broadcaster's entire catalog. Full story ZDF sells to Smithsonian Channel The Smithsonian Channel, the joint venture between Showtime and the Smithsonian Institute, has picked up five documentary features from Germany's ZDF Enterprises. Full story MTV seals int'l sales deals on 'Penguins' MTV Networks International has closed more than 40 sales deals for Nickelodeon's CG animated series "The Penguins of Madagascar," it was announced Monday. Full story Mediapeers, Astra join forces on B2B Berlin-based B2B group mediapeers has signed a deal with satellite technology company Astra Platform Services (APS) that will see APS handle the delivery of TV series and films between mediapeers clients. Full story Discovery, Demand sign 3-year U.K. DVD deal Discovery Enterprises and Demand Media have signed a three-year DVD output deal for the U.K. and Ireland. Full story Zodiak delivers 'Holiday' format to BBC1 Pan-European producer distributor Zodiak Entertainment is heading for a U.K. vacation after signing a deal for its "Save My Holiday" format with BBC1. Full story Nick Jr. takes Pocoyo for U.S. Nick Jr. has picked up U.S. broadcast syndication rights for the CGI animated preschool series Pocoyo. Full story Universal Networks in global expansion Universal Networks International has grown its international channel portfolio by 400% since 2007 and plans accelerated global expansion. Full story Fremantle-Fuji form alliance Fuji Television and FremantleMedia have set up a closer partnership to co-develop and produce TV formats for the international market. Full story Strand picks up 'A Somewhat Gentle Man' Strand Releasing has picked up Norwegian crowd-pleaser "A Somewhat Gentle Man" for North America from TrustNordisk. Full story Instavision to produce 'Trauma Team' It's all fun and gaming until someone gets hurt on "Trauma Team," a new medical drama format set for global release via digital distribution and production company Instavision. Full story April 11, 2010 MIPTV buyers looking for affordable fare Emerging from a recession-battered global TV market, buyers and sellers will convene on the Riviera this week to talk co-production, formats and low-cost production at the TV sales market MIPTV. Full story Broadcasters air content concerns at MIPDOC Broadcasters want more content for the same money, leaving producers feeling the squeeze, delegates at the MIPDOC in Cannes heard Sunday. Full story Comcast Int'l licenses shows in Asia Comcast International Media Group on Sunday unveiled a host of licensing deals with Asian outlets for shows from its quartet of U.S. cable channels -- E!, Style, G4 and the Golf Channel. Full story Sony TV inks sponsorship for soccer doc Sony Pictures Television has scored a brand partnership for its global soccer doc "How to Win the FIFA World Cup" with lubricant giant Castrol. The deal was unveiled Sunday on the eve of MIPTV by SPT chief creative officer Mike Morley. Full story Comcast ups Lee Raftery to senior vp Comcast's Lee Raftery comes to Cannes with a promotion in his pocket. He has just been upped to senior vp international marketing for the Comcast International Media Group. Full story Greenpeace doc announced at MIPTV Jerry Rothwell ("Deep Water") is to direct a feature documentary about the Canada-originating environmental group Greenpeace from Insight Production Company and Met Film. Full story April 10, 2010 Ben Silverman returns to reality at MIPTV Ben Silverman is going back to his career roots as an international reality formats specialist as he heads to Cannes under his new banner, Electus. Full story April 8, 2010 Red Arrow does format deal with Omri Marcus On the eve of MIPTV, Red Arrow Entertainment, the production subsidiary of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has signed a deal with Israeli entertainment producer Omri Marcus. Full story ITV Studios sells 'Prisoner' abroad ITV Studios has sold AMC's remake of cult British 1960s sci-fi thriller "The Prisoner" to more than 100 territories including ZDF in Germany and ABC in Australia, and will be pushing for more deals at MIPTV, director of global TV distribution Tobi de Graaff said Thursday. Full story 'Smoke and Mirrors' for Fremantle Corp. Fremantle and Kaleidoscope Entertainment are developing a vampire series, "Smoke & Mirrors," based on the "Smoke" book series by Canadian fantasy author Tanya Huff. Full story NBCU sells 'Minute to Win It' format to Sat.1 NBC Universal and Elizabeth Murdoch's Shine have signed a deal that will see Shine's German division produce a local-language version of NBC's "Minute to Win It" format for Sat.1. Full story April 7, 2010 Endemol picks up '20 Little Piggy Banks' On the eve of MIPTV, global producer Endemol has snapped up the format rights to a new entertainment game show called "The 20 Little Piggy Banks." Full story MarVista taking 'Fan-Demanium' to MIPTV L.A.-based MarVista Entertainment has picked up international distribution rights to the feature doc "Fan-Demanium" and will begin licensing it to foreign stations at next week's MIPTV. Full story ITV Worldwide to shop Proper TV at MIPTV ITV Worldwide is bringing three new Proper TV factual series to MIPTV after Discovery Channel Canada on Wednesday green lit the latest series from the Canadian indie producer. Full story Special Report: MIPTV 2010 preview Coverage of the lead-up to one of the most important television markets of the year. Read the report | Product listings (PDF download) March 30, 2010 Singapore in the spotlight at MIPTV This year's MIPTV market will put the spotlight on Singapore with this year's "Country of Focus" leading MIPTV's largest ever delegation, organizers Reed MIDEM said Tuesday. Full story March 8, 2010 Jonathan Miller to give MIP Digital speech News Corp.'s Jonathan Miller will deliver more than just the news for his MIP Digital Keynote speech on April 13, organizers Reed MIDEM said Monday. Full story March 4, 2010 Pair to deliver MIP Digital keynote Shine CEO Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields, former CEO of Bebo and president of AOL's social media operations, will deliver a joint MIP Digital keynote April 13, organizers said Thursday. Full story MIPTV 2010TV market runs April 12-16April 15, 2010, ET
MIPTV delegates stranded by volcanic ash
A dense atmospheric cloud of volcanic ash drifting southwards from Iceland has left thousands of MIPTV executives facing travel chaos Thursday. Full story MIPTV ends on upbeat note for TV biz Consensus is recovery, slow but steady, has begun. Full story Star Media plans World War II doc epic Star Media, one of Russia's largest production companies, is looking to put an Eastern spin on World War II with an epic documentary series in the vein of Thames Television's groundbreaking "World At War." Full story April 14, 2010 BSkyB CEO addresses piracy at MIPTV BSkyB CEO Jeremy Darroch said that a three-pronged attack from piracy, regulation and commoditization threatened "dark shadows" over the value of content, with consequences that would damage producers, studios and consumers alike. Full story 'The Parents' headed to Russia Russian producer Yellow Black and White has bought format rights at MIPTV to localize a family comedy from Canada called "The Parents." Full story Scrawl, MDAS ink co-production deal At MIPTV on Tuesday, Singapore animation company Scrawl Studios, in collaboration with the Media Development Authority of Singapore, unveiled five co-production deals worth $14 million. Full story Televisa, CCTV to co-produce telenovela Two international TV giants -- China's CCTV and Mexico's Televisa -- are joining forces to jointly produce and distribute a Chinese telenovela. Full story Schwartzkopff partners with Talpa in Germany Hamburg-based Schwartzkopff TV has signed a co-production deal with John de Mol's Talpa Media to be the exclusive production partner for Talpa formats for the German market. Full story MGM Channel to debut in South Africa Movies from "Some Like It Hot" to "Mandela" will be beamed to subscribers on the just announced MGM Channel set to debut May 1 in South Africa on a new paybox called Top-TV. Full story Germany's ZDF locks up sales for series Germany's ZDF Enterprises has made a killing with its crime series at MIPTV. Full story Nickelodeon, Studio 100 team for 'Anubis' Nickelodeon and Belgium-based producer/licenser Studio 100 are joining forces on a new version of live action series "House of Anubis." Full story MTV Russia takes ABC Family shows from Disney Walt Disney Russia licensed seasons one and two of the hit ABC Family show to MTV Russia, along with teen gymnastics drama "Make It Or Break It." Full story Studio Hamburg takes stake in TV outfit German TV production giant Studio Hamburg has taken a 25.1% stake in Cologne-based Gruppe 5. Full story April 13, 2010 Aussie 'Prank Patrol' getting new episodes Australia's ABC3 and activeTV are teaming for 39 new half-hour episodes of the Aussie version of the children's reality series "Prank Patrol," created by Canada's Apartment 11 Prods. Full story Italy's Rete 4 licenses 'Four Weddings' Italy's Rete 4, owned by Mediaset, has licensed ITV Studios' primetime international format "Four Weddings" for local production. Full story Fireworks presells 'Guys Choice Awards' Fireworks International, the TV and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm, has presold the 2010 "Guys Choice Awards," originally aired and produced by MTV's cable channel Spike TV, to 90 territories. Full story Scripps Int'l acquires series for Food Network Scripps Networks International, the global development arm of Scripps Networks Interactive, has acquired the SBS Australia original series "Luke Nguyen's Vietnam" for its globally distributed Food Network. Full story Vertice 360 launches int'l sales division Spanish content powerhouse Vertice 360 has set up its own international sales operation, Vertice Sales, to handle the group's product, as well as to represent independent producers. Gonzalo Sagardia will head the new division. Full story 'Wire' star calls for Brit TV to diversify "The Wire" star Idris Elba wants British television to stop talking onscreen diversity and "just do it": Put more actors of color onto Brit shows and series. Full story Jonathan Miller predicts online pay models The glory days of freeville are over and even online champions of gratis contents such as Google and Hulu will be forced to charge for top-end content. Full story Granada Germany, RTL in triple script deal Granada Germany has signed a multi-project deal with RTL Television to develop three original scripted projects for the German commercial giant. Full story DRG, CBC seal distribution pact London-based distributor DRG International Tuesday announced a landmark pact with Canadian broadcaster CBC. Full story BBC's African channel acquires ITV titles BBC Worldwide's African channel BBC Entertainment has picked up ITV Studios distributed titles "The Street" and "Miranda." Full story Telepool signs multiple series deals German series have been strong sellers for Telepool at MIPTV this year, with the Munich-based group closing deals in France and Canada for its serialized catalog. Full story April 12, 2010 New Zealand lands first International Emmy New Zealand made history Monday night in Cannes by nabbing its first-ever International Emmy. Full story RHI, Syfy to co-produce two movies RHI Entertainment and Syfy will co-produce two movies which will air on the channel Stateside in 2011 and are available for worldwide licensing at MIPTV. Full story Hasbro Studios hires Cartoon Network exec Hasbro Studios has tapped international programming and distribution exec Finn Arnesen, who comes to the studio from managing European operations at Cartoon Network, to lead its foreign expansion. He will report to Hasbro Studios president Stephen Davis. Full story Starz, Electus co-developing two series Starz is teaming with Electus to co-develop and co-finance two new series for the U.S. pay player: the medieval period drama "William the Conqueror" and a modern-day action thriller, "Peace Keeping." Full story 'Murdoch' renewed by Citytv, Alibi Murdoch Mysteries," a Canuck series set in 1895 Toronto, has been renewed by Citytv in Canada and by UKTV's crime drama channel Alibi in Britain. Full story HBO, BBC, France 2 Beta load 'Guns' HBO and the BBC have trained their sites on "The Guns of August," getting behind a 4x90 minute historical miniseries based on the Pulitzer-prize winning book by Barbara Tuchman about the first months of World War I. Full story PBS sells catalog to Autentic for Germany PBS International has signed a long-term distribution deal with Germany's Autentic for German-language rights to the public broadcaster's entire catalog. Full story ZDF sells to Smithsonian Channel The Smithsonian Channel, the joint venture between Showtime and the Smithsonian Institute, has picked up five documentary features from Germany's ZDF Enterprises. Full story MTV seals int'l sales deals on 'Penguins' MTV Networks International has closed more than 40 sales deals for Nickelodeon's CG animated series "The Penguins of Madagascar," it was announced Monday. Full story Mediapeers, Astra join forces on B2B Berlin-based B2B group mediapeers has signed a deal with satellite technology company Astra Platform Services (APS) that will see APS handle the delivery of TV series and films between mediapeers clients. Full story Discovery, Demand sign 3-year U.K. DVD deal Discovery Enterprises and Demand Media have signed a three-year DVD output deal for the U.K. and Ireland. Full story Zodiak delivers 'Holiday' format to BBC1 Pan-European producer distributor Zodiak Entertainment is heading for a U.K. vacation after signing a deal for its "Save My Holiday" format with BBC1. Full story Nick Jr. takes Pocoyo for U.S. Nick Jr. has picked up U.S. broadcast syndication rights for the CGI animated preschool series Pocoyo. Full story Universal Networks in global expansion Universal Networks International has grown its international channel portfolio by 400% since 2007 and plans accelerated global expansion. Full story Fremantle-Fuji form alliance Fuji Television and FremantleMedia have set up a closer partnership to co-develop and produce TV formats for the international market. Full story Strand picks up 'A Somewhat Gentle Man' Strand Releasing has picked up Norwegian crowd-pleaser "A Somewhat Gentle Man" for North America from TrustNordisk. Full story Instavision to produce 'Trauma Team' It's all fun and gaming until someone gets hurt on "Trauma Team," a new medical drama format set for global release via digital distribution and production company Instavision. Full story April 11, 2010 MIPTV buyers looking for affordable fare Emerging from a recession-battered global TV market, buyers and sellers will convene on the Riviera this week to talk co-production, formats and low-cost production at the TV sales market MIPTV. Full story Broadcasters air content concerns at MIPDOC Broadcasters want more content for the same money, leaving producers feeling the squeeze, delegates at the MIPDOC in Cannes heard Sunday. Full story Comcast Int'l licenses shows in Asia Comcast International Media Group on Sunday unveiled a host of licensing deals with Asian outlets for shows from its quartet of U.S. cable channels -- E!, Style, G4 and the Golf Channel. Full story Sony TV inks sponsorship for soccer doc Sony Pictures Television has scored a brand partnership for its global soccer doc "How to Win the FIFA World Cup" with lubricant giant Castrol. The deal was unveiled Sunday on the eve of MIPTV by SPT chief creative officer Mike Morley. Full story Comcast ups Lee Raftery to senior vp Comcast's Lee Raftery comes to Cannes with a promotion in his pocket. He has just been upped to senior vp international marketing for the Comcast International Media Group. Full story Greenpeace doc announced at MIPTV Jerry Rothwell ("Deep Water") is to direct a feature documentary about the Canada-originating environmental group Greenpeace from Insight Production Company and Met Film. Full story April 10, 2010 Ben Silverman returns to reality at MIPTV Ben Silverman is going back to his career roots as an international reality formats specialist as he heads to Cannes under his new banner, Electus. Full story April 8, 2010 Red Arrow does format deal with Omri Marcus On the eve of MIPTV, Red Arrow Entertainment, the production subsidiary of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has signed a deal with Israeli entertainment producer Omri Marcus. Full story ITV Studios sells 'Prisoner' abroad ITV Studios has sold AMC's remake of cult British 1960s sci-fi thriller "The Prisoner" to more than 100 territories including ZDF in Germany and ABC in Australia, and will be pushing for more deals at MIPTV, director of global TV distribution Tobi de Graaff said Thursday. Full story 'Smoke and Mirrors' for Fremantle Corp. Fremantle and Kaleidoscope Entertainment are developing a vampire series, "Smoke & Mirrors," based on the "Smoke" book series by Canadian fantasy author Tanya Huff. Full story NBCU sells 'Minute to Win It' format to Sat.1 NBC Universal and Elizabeth Murdoch's Shine have signed a deal that will see Shine's German division produce a local-language version of NBC's "Minute to Win It" format for Sat.1. Full story April 7, 2010 Endemol picks up '20 Little Piggy Banks' On the eve of MIPTV, global producer Endemol has snapped up the format rights to a new entertainment game show called "The 20 Little Piggy Banks." Full story MarVista taking 'Fan-Demanium' to MIPTV L.A.-based MarVista Entertainment has picked up international distribution rights to the feature doc "Fan-Demanium" and will begin licensing it to foreign stations at next week's MIPTV. Full story ITV Worldwide to shop Proper TV at MIPTV ITV Worldwide is bringing three new Proper TV factual series to MIPTV after Discovery Channel Canada on Wednesday green lit the latest series from the Canadian indie producer. Full story Special Report: MIPTV 2010 preview Coverage of the lead-up to one of the most important television markets of the year. Read the report | Product listings (PDF download) March 30, 2010 Singapore in the spotlight at MIPTV This year's MIPTV market will put the spotlight on Singapore with this year's "Country of Focus" leading MIPTV's largest ever delegation, organizers Reed MIDEM said Tuesday. Full story March 8, 2010 Jonathan Miller to give MIP Digital speech News Corp.'s Jonathan Miller will deliver more than just the news for his MIP Digital Keynote speech on April 13, organizers Reed MIDEM said Monday. Full story March 4, 2010 Pair to deliver MIP Digital keynote Shine CEO Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields, former CEO of Bebo and president of AOL's social media operations, will deliver a joint MIP Digital keynote April 13, organizers said Thursday. Full story |
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