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MIPTV 2014: Tough Trains scheduled for Cannes
London-based Pilot Productions is launching a series about the world’s most hard-core train journeys at…
MIPTV 2014: SVT prepares for Miss Friman’s War
Sweden’s SVT International is launching a period drama set in early 20th century Stockholm at…
MIPTV 2014: Flame tools up Ultimate Wheels
Australia-based vendor Flame Distribution will launch a batch of new shows at MIPTV, including a…
MIPTV 2014: All3Media brings talent-led factual to MIPTV
All3Media International is bringing 41 hours of factual entertainment programming from UK indie Spun Gold…
MIPTV 2014: My Tupelo and TVF bring Bargain Brides to Cannes
US producer My Tupelo has struck a development deal with TVF International and the first…
MIPTV 2014 news brief: MGM launching Fargo in Cannes
MGM will launch the upcoming TV version of Fargo internationally at MIPTV. The studio’s sales…
TBI Interview: Robert Rodriguez on TV
Movie writer, producer and director Robert Rodriguez is the latest big-screen name to make a…
The truth about storytelling
I was meeting a factual commissioner whose ratings were rubbish. It soon became clear that…
MIPTV 2014: Gyllenhaal will be Honourable Woman in Cannes
Hollywood actress Maggie Gyllenhaal will head to Cannes for an on-stage Q&A to promote new…
MIPTV: Twofour moving into kids distribution
UK-based distributor Twofour Rights will start selling kids shows at MIPTV. The kids slate will…
MIPTV 2014: Courson to keynote
StudioCanal chairman and CEO Olivier Courson and Rola Bauer from Tandem Communications will deliver a…
MIPTV 2014: DCD warms up Popkorn factual
DCD Rights is heading to Cannes with new factual programming from UK-based indie Popkorn Television….
MIPTV 2014: eOne brings its factual buckets to Cannes
Entertainment One has forged a reputation as a distributor of US and Canadian drama, but…
MIPTV 2014: Jerry Springer heads to Cannes with Discovery
Jerry Springer will be in Cannes for MIPDoc. The infamous US talkshow host will speak…
MIPTV 2014: Marvista TV movie to Lifetime ahead of market launch
Marvista has shopped its TV movie Starving in Suburbia to US cable net Lifetime. The…
MIPTV Hot pick: World Wars
Former UK Prime Minister John Major, his Italian counterpart Mario Monti, US general Colin Powell…
MIPTV 2014: Endemol packs Host in the Box
Endemol’s MIPTV formats slate is headed by Israeli crowdfunding show Fundastic and German fish-out-of-water series…
MIPTV 2014: Red Arrow’s Richter to leave before Cannes
Red Arrow International has said this afternoon that its managing director Jens Richter (left) will…
MIPTV 2014: ZDFE bring new noir to Cannes
ZDF Enterprises will launch new Swedish noir series Thicker Than Water at MIPTV. Unlike a…
MIPTV 2014: Edwards, Kloiber, Worner honored
L-R: Marion Edwards, Konstanin Ernst, Herbert Kloiber, Tim Worner Fox’s international distribution chief Marion Edwards…
MIPTV 2014: Treasure Box opens in Cannes
Eight Japanese broadcasters will showcase new formats during a themed showcase event at MIPFormats. NHK,…
MIPTV 2014: Off the Fence gets Raw with Aim TV series
Europe-based distributor Off the Fence is taking a syndicated adventure travel and lifestyle series to…
MIPTV: Digital Fronts preview
This year at MIPTV, Reed MIDEM is launching the MIP Digital Fronts, an event Laurine…
Viewpoint: Rio’s grand
Zig Zag Productions’ CEO Danny Fenton reports back from this month’s Rio Content Market in…
Viewpoint, Gary Lico: Guess what? Everyone was right
Sorry for the old school rant here, but everything industry pundits said would happen a…
Watch this space
Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
The case of Midsomer Murders’ social media push
Long-running detective series Midsomer Murders is a classic whodunit, a classic British export – even…
OTT leads the way on 4K
As if the OTT players weren’t bumping heads with traditional broadcasters enough already, they’ve now…
Beyond Duck Dynasty…
Stuart Carter, Pioneer Productions So what would you do if you suddenly won US$1 million…
Smartertainment: clever is cool for Nat Geo
National Geographic is on the hunt for more brainy and interactive projects following its recent…