MIPTV and MIPCOM founder Bernard Chevry has died at the age of 96. The exec, who passed away on 17 May, first created MIPTV in 1963 as the world’s first international market for television rights trading. In 1965, he launched MIDEM, the international market for music, and founded his company, the Midem Organisation. He later […]
The formats market has struck a purple patch a month on from MIPTV, with the past fortnight seeing a string of deals for scripted and non-scripted shows. The deals, listed in full below, have seen fact ent titles such as The Great Bake Off travel to Thailand, Family Food Fight being remade in Mexico, Catch […]
Briege Whitehead, head of Australia’s White Spark Pictures, reflects on MIPTV and shares her tips on how emerging producers can make the most out of quiet markets. MIPTV has come and gone, and while its future in the expanding calendar of industry events is reviewed, the chatter continues around how quiet Cannes was. Though some […]
TBI looks at the top deals struck out of Cannes at last week’s MIPTV market. EUROPE ITV is believed to have aggressively outbid Channel 4 for the MBC Korea-distributed singing format The Masked Singer (above), as revealed by TBI. The format finds celebrities singing in full-body costumes and masks, with top contenders reaching series’ end while […]
Viacom International Studios confirmed a raft of international sales for new scripted, comedy and animated titles at MIPTV. The UK’s Channel 4 (C4) picked up new Comedy Central scripted series The Other Two, which was also nabbed by Foxtel’s Comedy Channel in Australia. Viggo, an entertainment service in the Netherlands, has added AwesomnessTV titles Light […]
MIPTV organiser Reed Midem is understood be approaching distributors with stands situated outside the Grand Palais with proposals to move inside the building for forthcoming editions of the spring market. TBI understands that Reed Midem has been holding exploratory talks with a number of distribution outfits across MIPTV, which kicked off on Monday (8 April) and is […]
Banijay Group’s top brass have spoken out about the business’s drive to achieve scale as speculation heats up around its ongoing acquisition talks with Endemol Shine Group, which has been on sale for more than a year. Speaking at MIPTV in Cannes on Monday (8 April), Banijay chairman Stéphane Courbit and CEO Marco Bassetti discussed a […]
Cineflix Rights has struck deals at MIPTV to take Russian drama An Ordinary Woman to SBS Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. The 9 x 60-minute series tells the story of 39-year-old Marina – a seemingly ordinary woman and florist who owns a brothel business as a side gig. Marina’s balance between her day-to-day and […]
TBI Magazine has picked the most buzz-worthy unscripted formats heading to Cannes. From Race Across The World to Mums Make Porn, these are the market’s hottest non-scripted offerings. The Secret Song Vivendi Entertainment/TF1 (France) No Sleep No FOMO The Story Lab/Viu (Asia) Mums Make Porn Passion Distribution/Channel 4 (UK) […]
Cineflix Rights has acquired the blue-chip feature doc JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette: A Camelot Wedding ahead of MIPTV. The 1 x 120-minute doc begins with the top secret wedding ceremony of John F. Kennedy Jr., to Carolyn Bessette in 1996. For the first time, 20 years after the couple lost their lives in a […]
