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Series Mania
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Series Mania cancelled as Coronavirus impact continues
French drama festival Series Mania has become the latest TV event to be cancelled as…
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Series Mania monitors as Coronavirus continues to hit Europe
Series Mania organisers are continuing to monitor the ongoing impact of Coronavirus in France, while…
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Coronavirus hits events in Italy & Korea, Series Mania ‘monitors’ & MIPTV to refund
TV conferences and markets around the world are being postponed amid concerns over the spread…
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Series Mania to go ahead but ‘hygiene measures’ in place
Drama-skewing festival Series Mania will go ahead as planned despite the spread of Coronavirus across…
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News round-up: Series Mania adds ‘Homecoming’ creator Eli Horowitz to line-up; Insight TV expands with fuboTV
Series Mania adds Homecoming’s Eli Horowitz to line-up Eli Horowitz, the creator and showrunner of…
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Series Mania launches Franco-Israeli writing residency
French drama festival Series Mania is launching a Franco-Israeli writing residency initiative. In partnership with…
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‘The Virtues’, ‘Mytho’ take top honours at Series Mania
Channel 4 drama The Virtues and Netflix/Arte co-production Mytho are among the big winners out…
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Ted Sarandos: Netflix doesn’t disrupt for disruption’s sake
Netflix is not primarily about acting disruptively, at least in terms of content if not…
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French lesbian nightclub drama wins Series Mania Forum’s pitch prize
French drama festival Series Mania has revealed the Best Project winner out of its industry-focused…
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Les Misérables nabs raft of global sales ahead of Series Mania
Ahead of its national premiere at Series Mania 2019, BBC Studios has struck a raft…
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Netflix’s Sarandos, Amazon’s Brown set for Series Mania
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and Amazon Studios’ European originals boss Georgia Brown are…
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Series Mania to host premiere of Jordan Peele’s ‘Twilight Zone’ reboot
Series Mania is set to host the international premiere of CBS’ The Twilight Zone. The…
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Series Mania unveils 16 projects for Forum
Drama projects from Italy’s Indigo Film, Finland’s Funfar Film and the UK/Canada’s Reel One Entertainment…
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Berlinale: Gangster drama Big Bones heads to Series Mania
David Schalko’s historical crime drama Big Bones, which was pitched at the Berlin Co-Pro Series event, is…
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Series Mania launches Writers Campus for new drama talent
Series Mania’s European Project and Talent Forum has launched Writers Campus, a week-long intensive writing…
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Series Mania to challenge Cannes from Lille
French drama forum Series Mania is relocating to Lille after being named as the winning…
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HBO Europe on-demand nets stop at Berlin Station
HBO Nordic and HBO España make two of three new buyers of Epix’s drama series,…
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Studio Lambert drama set for Series Mania
The final selection for the Series Mania copro pitching session have been announced and include…
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Another French TV drama festival set for launch
France will get another scripted TV festival next year with a government-backed event launching and…
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Cannes plots Film Festival-scale TV event
The mayor of Cannes has said the city will launch a television series event next year…
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10 MIPTV takeaways: #7 the industry asks ‘how will MIP evolve?’
One question TV folk in Cannes were asking was how will MIP evolve? Should it…