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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…

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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…

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MIPTV 2014: Flame tools up Ultimate Wheels

Australia-based vendor Flame Distribution will launch a batch of new shows at MIPTV, including a…

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MIPTV 2014: All3Media brings talent-led factual to MIPTV

All3Media International is bringing 41 hours of factual entertainment programming from UK indie Spun Gold…

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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…

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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…

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TBI Interview: Robert Rodriguez on TV

Movie writer, producer and director Robert Rodriguez is the latest big-screen name to make a…

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The truth about storytelling

I was meeting a factual commissioner whose ratings were rubbish. It soon became clear that…

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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…

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MIPTV: Twofour moving into kids distribution

UK-based distributor Twofour Rights will start selling kids shows at MIPTV. The kids slate will…

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MIPTV 2014: Courson to keynote

StudioCanal chairman and CEO Olivier Courson and Rola Bauer from Tandem Communications will deliver a…

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MIPTV 2014: DCD warms up Popkorn factual

DCD Rights is heading to Cannes with new factual programming from UK-based indie Popkorn Television….

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MIPTV 2014: eOne brings its factual buckets to Cannes

Entertainment One has forged a reputation as a distributor of US and Canadian drama, but…

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MIPTV 2014: Jerry Springer heads to Cannes with Discovery

Jerry Springer will be in Cannes for MIPDoc. The infamous US talkshow host will speak…

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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…

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MIPTV Hot pick: World Wars

Former UK Prime Minister John Major, his Italian counterpart Mario Monti, US general Colin Powell…

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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…

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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…

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MIPTV 2014: ZDFE bring new noir to Cannes

ZDF Enterprises will launch new Swedish noir series Thicker Than Water at MIPTV. Unlike a…

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MIPTV 2014: Edwards, Kloiber, Worner honored

L-R: Marion Edwards, Konstanin Ernst, Herbert Kloiber, Tim Worner Fox’s international distribution chief Marion Edwards…

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MIPTV 2014: Treasure Box opens in Cannes

Eight Japanese broadcasters will showcase new formats during a themed showcase event at MIPFormats. NHK,…

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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…

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MIPTV: Digital Fronts preview

This year at MIPTV, Reed MIDEM is launching the MIP Digital Fronts, an event Laurine…

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Viewpoint: Rio’s grand

Zig Zag Productions’ CEO Danny Fenton reports back from this month’s Rio Content Market in…

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Viewpoint, Gary Lico: Guess what? Everyone was right

Sorry for the old school rant here, but everything industry pundits said would happen a…

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Watch this space

Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…

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The case of Midsomer Murders’ social media push

Long-running detective series Midsomer Murders is a classic whodunit, a classic British export – even…

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OTT leads the way on 4K

As if the OTT players weren’t bumping heads with traditional broadcasters enough already, they’ve now…

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Beyond Duck Dynasty…

Stuart Carter, Pioneer Productions So what would you do if you suddenly won US$1 million…

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Smartertainment: clever is cool for Nat Geo

National Geographic is on the hunt for more brainy and interactive projects following its recent…