Media entrepreneur and former SVT director of programmes Annie Wegelius is to receive the International Formats Gold Award during MipFormats in Cannes this April.

FRAPA has replaced Patty Geneste as chair with Phil Gurin and Jan Salling becoming co-chairs, with a remit to develop a raft of new initiatives at the rights protection association.

With a month to go until Natpe Budapest, the organiser says buyer numbers are up following a targeted registration campaign and an initiative to unravel US studio screenings from market business.

MIPTV: Formats and social media specialist Indiemedia has picked up gameshow Smart Face from Israeli format creator Dori Media for development in the UK.

MIPTV: Find Me A Home is one of the edgiest shows taking a bow at MipTV this week, as New Zealand producers Martin Cleave and Jane Wilson from Bolton Productions shop the adoption format in Cannes.

NATPE: Natpe kicked off in Miami yesterday reporting double-digit growth and more than 1,000 buyers in town for the US programming fest.

The New York Television Festival is set to launch a spin-off event in London to help UK producers crack the US television market.

Resonant TV and media specialists MediaXchange are partnering on a joint-venture called Insight, designed to give international TV channels and producers access to US writers and showrunners.

Having spent the past two years developing its channel brand, Body in Balance is looking to boost original production and pick up more programming in the body and well-being genre to extend its international roll-out. Jenny Davidson reports.

The Swedish television production community is bidding to outshine other European territories as 'the coproduction partner of choice' at next week's New York Television Festival (NYTVF), with a dozen top players leading a Nordic onslaught on the US market.