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MIPTV
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Distributors warn MIPTV changes could be “universally detrimental” to market
MIPTV’s new floorplan, confirmed by Reed Midem today, has prompted outrage from international distributors who…
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MIPTV says “change means change” with new Palais-centered strategy
TBI can reveal that Mip organiser Reed Midem has confirmed plans to centralise the spring…
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Exclusive: MIPTV inches closer to Palais centralisation
Exhibitors at MIPTV could be relegated to just three floors inside the Palais in 2020…
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Reed Midem explores separate bookings for MIPTV, MIPCOM
MIP organiser Reed Midem is making good on promises to “reimagine” its spring and autumn…
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MIP founder Bernard Chevry dies at 96
MIPTV and MIPCOM founder Bernard Chevry has died at the age of 96. The exec,…
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TBI Weekly: Formats thrive in purple patch post-MIPTV
The formats market has struck a purple patch a month on from MIPTV, with the…
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Don’t throw away your shot at quiet markets
Briege Whitehead, head of Australia’s White Spark Pictures, reflects on MIPTV and shares her tips…
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MIPTV: The Big Deals
TBI looks at the top deals struck out of Cannes at last week’s MIPTV market….
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MIPTV round-up: Viacom shops titles to C4, TF1; Keshet sells raft of non-English language dramas
Viacom International Studios confirmed a raft of international sales for new scripted, comedy and animated…
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Exclusive: MIP organiser explores moving all stands inside Palais for MIPTV
MIPTV organiser Reed Midem is understood be approaching distributors with stands situated outside the Grand Palais…
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Banijay bosses discuss drive for scale, Endemol sale
Banijay Group’s top brass have spoken out about the business’s drive to achieve scale as…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix takes ‘Ordinary Woman’ down under; More4 acquires Drive’s ‘Lost Worlds’
Cineflix Rights has struck deals at MIPTV to take Russian drama An Ordinary Woman to…
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MIPFormats 2019: TBI’s Format Hot Picks
TBI Magazine has picked the most buzz-worthy unscripted formats heading to Cannes. From Race Across…
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Cineflix acquires Critical Content’s ‘JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette: A Camelot Wedding’
Cineflix Rights has acquired the blue-chip feature doc JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette: A Camelot…
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MIPTV round-up: Drive launches True Royalty TV titles; Lagardère preps drama-focused slate
Drive is set to launch a slate of royal family docs from UK indie Spun…
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MIPTV slates: Looking Glass shops Michelle Obama doc; Scorpion acquires current affairs titles for market
Australian distributor Looking Glass International (LGI) is bringing a slate of factual titles to MIPTV…
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DRG acquires rights to “happy noir” police procedural ‘For Life’
DRG has acquired the rights to For Life, a Norwegian “happy noir” police procedural that…
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MIPTV slates: Sky Vision shops ‘Catherine The Great’; Barcroft preps ‘Sleeping with the Far Right’
Sky Vision has unveiled its MIPTV slate with Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great leading the…
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Mediaset to debut int’l arm at MIPTV
Mediaset España is set to launch its new international arm, Mediterráneo, at MIPTV this April….
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Exclusive: Armoza ramps up scripted with Arab/Israeli drama ‘Muna’
Armoza Formats’ Muna, a drama about an Arab-Israeli photographer battling with her identity, is among…
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Endemol Shine, BBC pull out of MIPTV as Reed Midem eyes floorplan change
Endemol Shine Group and BBC Studios have pulled out of next month’s MIPTV market, leaving…
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TBI opens MIPTV Hot Picks submissions
It’s that time of year again. TBI is now accepting submissions for our upcoming MIPTV…
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TBI Weekly: Winding down from MIPTV
MIPTV may have had an impact on your days this week, as the industry experienced…
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Canal + reels in Waller-Bridge’s Killing Eve
French pay-TV service Canal + is the latest to buy into Phoebe Waller-Bridge drama, Killing…
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Social content the ‘next leap’ in programming: Facebook’s Henick
Social content should prioritise personal connections, be responsive to the audience, and will be the…
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AMC’s Sundance Now picks up Aussie crime thriller
Ahead of its official launch at MIPTV, DRG has secured its first major deal for…
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Blue Ant crafts CCTV9 co-production
Blue Ant Media-owned Beach House Pictures has entered into a partnership with China’s CCTV9, which…
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First projects selected for MIPTV/Canneseries drama forum
MIPTV and Canneseries track have unveiled the inaugural twelve projects officially selected for their In…
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Cannes Series gears up for launch with ex-iTunes exec hire
Cannes Series has hired artistic director Albin Lewi to bring the newly proposed event to…
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Armoza’s Final Four lands Russia deal post-Fox
Russian broadcaster CTC has commissioned a first season of Armoza Formats’ primetime singing competition, The…