A cooking-focused gameshow format from Japan has been picked up for local production in Brazil via a deal involving Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Global Agency, Endemol Shine Brazil and Globo.

There was plenty to talk about in Cannes this week, as Mipcom returned as a physical event for the first time since 2019. The C21 team was there and heard from delegates and exhibitors about the state of the market.

MIPCOM: New production and distribution company 4Mat Factory launched to the international market here in Cannes last night, with a content deal in place with US-based hip-hop entrepreneur Damon Dash.

MIPCOM: Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde Viaplay is here in Cannes looking for a distribution partner for its latest drama production, which explores the banking crisis that hit Finland at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s.

MIPCOM: New Russian streamer Kion made its debut at Mipcom in Cannes yesterday, unveiling a slate of original Russian titles and telling C21 it is in the market for international coproductions.

MIPCOM: Quebec-based distributor Media Ranch has agreed deals with companies including US duo The CW and Wheelhouse Entertainment for shows from its format incubator initiative Horsepower.

MIPCOM: Dutch talent format Avastars has been picked up for local production in the Middle East through a deal between start-up prodco Blue Engine Studios and broadcaster MBC Group.

MIPCOM: A Dutch production company has unveiled a new drama here in Cannes that tells the story of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the so-called father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb programme, who died from Covid-19 yesterday.

MIPCOM: Broadcasters in Australia, Canada, Belgium and Scandinavia has signed pre-sale deals with UK distributor DCD Rights for a new travel series hosted by historian and author Bettany Hughes.

MIPCOM: German miniseries Dark Woods, from Emmy-winning writer Stefan Kolditz (Generation War), has been acquired in territories including Japan and across Central and Eastern Europe, distributor Global Screen has confirmed.