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MIPCOM
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News brief: Waybuloo scores Taiwanese deal
Zodiak Kids’ preschool series Waybuloo has found carriage on a Taiwanese broadcaster. The 50x19mins show…
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ABC orders Cannes-bound Bryan Singer drama
US broadcaster ABC has given a straight-to-series order to The Black Box, an upcoming drama…
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Red Arrow launching Dustin Hoffman show in Cannes
Red Arrow will launch the much-anticipated one-off drama Esio Trot at MIPCOM. The TV movie…
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Eccho Rights asks Who’s Got the Money?
Stockholm-based distributor Eccho Rights has acquired gameshow Who’s Got the Money?, and will launch it…
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Channel 5 secures Red Kite preschooler
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Bradley and Bee from Scotland-based production company Red Kite…
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Kiwi drug drama Harry paves way for Desert Road
New Zealand drama indie Desert Road is moving into in-house international distribution for the first…
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RTÉ cooks up pre-market sales
Ireland’s RTÉ Television Programme Sales as closed package deals for cooking shows with broadcasters in…
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Essential fills MIP slate with Bubble Bath Bay
Rake coproducer Essential Media and Entertainment is sending four children’s series to MIPJunior next month,…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: She’s With Me
Use the phrase ‘new Israeli scripted drama’ and you’ll certainly grab attention in Cannes, and…
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MIPJunior: Super Wings!
The international nature of the kids TV business is encapsulated in a new show for…
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Latin focus: Telemundo Internacional
Telenovela Labour of Love, a Cinderella-style story, New Orleans-set revenge drama Broken Angel (pictured) and My Dear Handyman,…
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Global Agency in pre-market restructure as Sime exits
Andrew Sime has resigned from Turkish sales house Global Agency, with the company’s head of…
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Euro-made boys action toon set for MIPCOM
DeAKids and Planeta Junior are among partners presenting the first episode of Egyxos, a new…
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That Puppet Game Show makes play at MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide will launch its Saturday night primetime series That Puppet Game Show in Cannes,…
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Cineflix seals Euro deal ahead of MIPCOM
Cineflix Rights has signed a content agreement with French broadcaster RMC Découverte, plus sold shows…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: The Tunnel
Shine International will hope three is the magic number as it takes this new incarnation…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Filly Funtasia
Filly Funtasia will be trotting into MIPJunior and MIPCOM courtesy of Spain’s BRB, which is…
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Latin focus: Televisa Internacional
Five new TV entertainment formats, upcoming Mexican telenovela Por Siempre mi Amor and the market premiere of…
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Twofour Rights bringing Hotel Inspector to Cannes
Twofour rights is bring Alex Polizzi to Cannes to promote its fact-ent series The Hotel…
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9 Story cuts Daniel Tiger sales ahead of the market
9 Story Entertainment has shopped its animated preschool series, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood (pictured) to a…
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Latin focus: Globo
Brazilian powerhouse Globo comes to MIPCOM buoyed by the strong performance in the local TV market of its recent…
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TBI Interview: Julio Fraile, GD Entertainment Fund
A new fund has been launched and is looking for TV and digital projects in…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Beijing Opera Cats
SMG is one of China’s largest media companies and its kids and family division, Toonmax,…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Fleming
Everybody has heard of the late Ian Fleming, but who was he? This is question…
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Foothill bags Content Media kids shows, Kidobi deal
LA’s Foothill Entertainment has scored a deal to distribute shows from Content Media Corp.’s children’s…
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Banijay readies Mentor for market
Distributor Banijay International is getting ready to launch Danish competition format Mentor at MIPCOM. The…
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SPT sets off for space with Milky Way Mission
Sony Pictures Television will blast off at MIPCOM with a format that offers contestants the…
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Latin focus: Caracol TV International
Football Dreams (pictured), a primetime hit series for Caracol TV in Colombia, Unimas in the US…
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Côte Ouest opens Congo office, scores pre-market Viacom deal
African distributor Côte Ouest has an Agence France-Presse executive, opened a new office in Congo,…
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Beyond unveils full MIPCOM line up
Beyond Distribution has unveiled its full MIPCOM line-up after acquiring sales rights to crime show…