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BBCS takes streamer BBC Player into Poland with Canal+

Canal+ in Poland has struck a deal with BBC Studios (BBCS) that will see streaming service BBC Player launch in the country. The on demand offering from the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster will go live from 1 June and has been struck as part of a wider linear channel deal, extending an agreement […]

Show of the week: Django

This reimagining of the classic 1960s Western stars Matthias Schoenaerts as the eponymous Django, along with award-winning actress Noomi Rapace. Set in the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s, Django is a man haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, and is still looking for his daughter Sarah, believing that she […]

Canal+ acquires Steven Knight’s wartime drama ‘Rogue Heroes’

France’s Canal+ has acquired six-part wartime drama Rogue Heroes, from distributor Banijay Rights. The series will be broadcast on Canal+ in France and for all Canal+ territories around the world in late 2022. The agreement, which was struck at MIPTV this week, follows MGM-owned network Epix’s acquisition of the drama for the US in November […]

MIPTV scripted round-up – updated throughout the day

‘Crime’ pays for Cineflix with global deals Broadcasters and platforms including Canadian pubcaster CBC and RTE in Ireland have acquired Irvine Welsh’s Crime, following deals with distributor Cineflix Rights. VRT in Belgium, POLAR+ and CANAL+ Group in France, NPO in the Netherlands, Hot and Yes in Israel, Magenta TV in Germany, and Corus in Canada […]

France’s Planete+ sets Pernel doc to make 50th anniversary of Munich Olympic Games tragedy

French broadcaster Planete+ has ordered a documentary focused on the Israeli hostage crisis that shocked the world during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, to coincide with the event’s 50th anniversary. Munich: Of Games And Blood (Des Jeux Et Du Sang Munich 1972) is from French prodco Pernel Media and has been written by writers Philippe Saada and […]

Canal+ join NRK, TV4 on Thomas Vinterberg’s Danish drama ‘Families Like Ours’

Canal+ in France, NRK in Norway and fellow Nordic firm CMore/TV4 have joined Denmark’s TV2 on upcoming drama Families Like Ours, which marks the first TV drama by Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt). The show, which first emerged in 2020, will be produced by Canal+ sibling StudioCanal and Zentropa, with Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen (Darkness: […]

France’s Canal+ rejigs as Olivier Bibas named head of originals

French pay TV operator Canal+ has appointed Olivier Bibas to oversee its original content, including French drama and international coproductions. Bibas becomes head of Canal+ creation originale and will report into Gérald-Brice Viret, the MD of French TV channels and programmes. Bibas began his career at Canal in 1995 before moving to the Lagardère Group […]

Booming African pay-TV market set for three-horse race

The African pay-TV market is predicted to amass a total of 57 million subscribers by the end of 2027. According to analyst firm Digital TV Research, the market will add 18 million subscribers in the coming five years, climbing by 46%. A new report from the company notes however that pay TV revenues will only […]

Disney+, ABC in Oz take trip to Studiocanal’s ‘Ridley Road’

Disney+, ABC in Australia and Nordic pubcasters including Sweden’s SVT are among buyers of Ridley Road, which debuted on the UK’s BBC last month. The 4 x 60-minute thriller, which is from Studiocanal-owned Red Production Company and sold by its parent, was commissioned for BBC One and co-produced with PBS’s Masterpiece. It will also air […]