C21’s complete Mipcom 2026 news round-up
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Mipcom:
BBC content chief says commissioning based on algorithms makes you a ‘creative carcass’
Banijay sets sights on Hollywood majors, US scripted growth after All3 merger
Netflix CCO Bela Bajaria says pulling out of WBD deal ‘definitely right decision’
Netflix wins Spanish rights to 2030 World Cup in ground-breaking deal
BBC Studios faces up to ‘different’ relationship with cost-cutting parent
Netflix learned to adopt YouTube creator approach working with Sidemen
MFE, ProSiebenSat.1 eye joint sales force after showing united front in Cannes
ITV Studios taps Endemol Shine’s Sara Richardson to launch Australian drama label with Lingo Pictures
Endemol Shine Brasil and creator group Podpah bring Temptation Island and other formats to YouTube
Rakuten TV’s Marcos Milanez hunts for FAST acquisitions in multiple genres
Live events driving surge in brand-streamer tie-ups says After Party’s Barnett
Fox buying digital creators’ content for international distribution
David Duchovny drama Malice set for ITVX following Amazon MGM Studios deal
Fremantle bets on bigger hooks, broader audiences and more windows
K-dramas from Beta Film picked up in Italy, Greece, MENA
You First Originals rebrands as Victoria House, opens up to new genres
Billy Nash’s Passport Properties gets S2 with Sean Buckley as exec producer
Microseries can launch future TV hits says TikTok as app strikes latest copro deal
Calinos unveils Turkish daily drama Violet, Disney+ titles
ORF-Enterprise takes distribution rights to Whatever Pictures’ Crème de la Crème
WBD, TVNZ and Sky join buyers of Cineflix Rights unscripted shows
Little Princess enthroned at Sky UK, Nordisk Film, RTV Slovenia, TIMvision
TV 2 commissions Banijay’s Mastiff Norway to join the Werewolves pack
MBC Group acquires O3 Medya’s The Hatmaker in presale deal
BiggerStage looks to attract production to Ireland with format pilot scheme
National Geographic braces for disaster docuseries Megastorm from 72 Films
MBC and CJ ENM enter partnership to carry Korean content across MENA
Fox to adapt microdramas into TV series under Hartbeat pact
Early collaboration crucial in drama as gap financing dries up
Groupe M6 orders two-part event special of Most Identical format
Live event budgets are ‘greatest challenge’ in real-time content, says Done+Dusted’s Fletcher
Skydance, Movistar Plus expand partnership into original Spanish series
BBC Studios Digital Brands expands YouTube presence with quiz and trivia channel
Spain’s Atresmedia, WBD, Movistar Plus take 325 hours of Blue Ant shows
Caracol’s Ditu brings four Korean dramas to Colombia in deal with CJ ENM
Japan’s TBS, UK’s ATS form London team to sell formats in Europe
YouTube Shorts ‘bigger than Netflix’ in US, says Omdia’s María Rúa Aguete
BBC makes first acquisition of Globoplay original with fantasy series Blood Red
Stan, Sky NZ, Hot the first to pre-buy Sid Gentle comedic thriller Honey
RTL Hungary lands Signal.Stream, Talpa Studios’ Anti Survival Show format
Queen Silvia, La Vida Barcelona producers eye S2 renewals as Beta Film launches sales
YLE, Walter Presents, TV2 Denmark among buyers for ZDF’s Mipcom scripted slate
ITV picks up crime dramas The Galway Bay Murders and Last King of the Cross
Piers Morgan’s Uncensored strikes FAST deal with WME’s Creator Labs
HelloYou.TV to debut UK comedy FAST channel as Real Madrid TV expands
AI companions doc among six Sideways titles being shopped at Mipcom
Workerbee, Paper Route Studios link up on Jackson brothers doc
Magenta Light Studios, Marenzi & Associates form joint venture
CJ ENM partners AI studio Utopai to reduce soaring K-drama costs
Primetime Saturday shows are ‘Holy Grail’ for BBC reveals Ed Havard
Rakuten TV rolls out FAST channels and services in US, Middle East, Japan
Reinvent Yellow adds Aurora Studios’ Teea Hyytiä to film and TV team
Dating format Wingman takes flight as Fremantle picks up global distribution rights
YouTube and Germany’s RTL hail content partnership and revenue-share model
Bomanbridge picks up Arcadia factual catalogue, agrees IP development deal
Former Prime Video German originals head Philip Pratt resurfaces at Disney
Derren Brown’s Incognito to be shopped worldwide by ITV Studios
StudioCanal invites buyers to play Kidnap Game at Mipcom
Take Two, Sagafilm Nordic crime drama Hildur sells across Europe and Australia
Samsung TV Plus to launch BBC Studios channels in 11 European markets
Princess Diana’s Secret Confessions to be heard on Prime Video in UK and Ireland
Samsung TV Plus to launch BBC Studios channels in 11 European markets
Blue Ant acquires BossaNova Development Day docs, comedy The Ambassador
TF1 commissions French version of much-travelled Avalon format Taskmaster
Rai 2 secures Italian second-window rights to rebooted Baywatch
Romania’s Kanal D adapts WBITVP quiz format The Final Circle
The Voice reaches 80 territories with versions set for Estonia, Macedonia
Banijay’s Matthews sees tide turning on risk-averse scripted commissioning
Globo, Endemol Shine Brasil partner to co-create new entertainment IP with global potential
Samsung TV Plus orders Dhar Mann anthology Unlikely Families
Mediaset Spain picks up reality show Tempting Fortune from Cineflix Rights
Dougray Scott, Chris Philip attached to new detective drama Austin Grant
Mark Fennessy’s Helium rises towards 2027 with Paramount, Stan projects
Fox launches Malaysia production hub for Extracted format
MipJunior:
El Reino Infantil lines up movie based on digital hit La Granja de Zenón for 2028
Plim Plim prodco Spiritum Entertainment takes Bumpy the Bear to Mipcom
Kids’ TV commissioning shrinks as YouTube builds a new ownership model
Glance: social media codes and football shaping kids’ content
