C21’s complete Mipcom 2017 round-up
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Catherine Zeta-Jones was promoting A+E Networks’ Cocaine Godmother this week
Harvey Weinstein scandal rocks industry
Xilam promotes production trio
Kody Kapow cuts through with int’l sales
C5 warms to 100% Hotter celeb spin-off
eOne delivers Piazza partnership
Bell, Motion Content pair for factual
Mediaset receives The Package, Upgrade
Occhicone dives into Chicken Soup
Smithsonian colours America again
Digital switch to fuel Nigerian prodco growth
Africa’s Yanga TV preps UK launch
Walter Presents eyes early deals
Magnify highlights CNN content
Pablo Escobar investigated by Planète+
Talking Mipcom 2017 – day four
NTV, Banijay reveal Secret for a Million
SBS faces ‘huge’ viewing-time challenge
Jetpack’s Sisters adopted by TV3, Canal Panda
ESI’s Payne hails unscripted ‘stars’
Vox hears Be Entertainment’s Message
Super Channel looks for Pure gold
Discovery eyes Facebook income
French train strike set for Thursday
909 gets Naked & Afraid in France
Mediacorp opens more of TVF’s Food Files
Case to leave in Blue Ant restructure
ITV2 grabs Ghosted from Fox
UKTV, Discovery meet Property Brothers
Whizz Kid to renovate Pimp My Ride
Nickelodeon goes OTT, mobile in Japan
IM Global, Film.UA ink co-dev pact
RTÉ exec ‘disappointed’ by LA no-shows
Globo first to pick up BBCWW’s Last Hours
Insight to coproduce with Korea’s CJ
MTG completes $124m Baltic sell-off
Facebook falls for Fuller’s Skam
Ruptly goes Live with streaming service
Lenny Henry calls for diversity tax breaks
HBO greenlights twist on late-night satire
Electus looks to build Complex blocks
Snapchat video content to be permanent
Seven hears Criminal Confessions
SBS6 adds to Talpa’s Human Knowledge
FilmRise digs up $110m acquisitions war chest
Newman makes Ingenious move
Nickelodeon snaps up Korean jelly toon
WingsMedia joins $250m Asia copro pact
Bell Media buys Corus channels
All3Media’s Liar covers new ground
PBS Kids wins digital funding boost
AMC, Vice partner in Iberia
ITVS Finland makes it into Final Four
Rainbow seeks licence to thrill
Critical takes stake in Renowned Films
Talking Mipcom 2017 – day three
Banijay, int’l nets adapt Farewell Shanghai
Netflix plans $8bn content spend in 2018
Discovery, Corus set up kids’ JV
BBCWW alum enters Boulder Creek
Hunan picks up Om TV, 3C sports format
Bron takes Danish crime novels to TV
Endemol Shine tells Menudo’s story
Nat Geo ‘zero ambition’ to be fully scripted
Netflix, NRK’s Norsemen return
Cineflix descends on Impossible Planet
Fox lights up 5 Stars in Italy
Tall Story adds to team in shake-up
Viaplay enters unscripted with Ferguson
Nat Geo stocks up at Blue Ant
Korean toon tops MipJunior screening list
German execs toast Babylon Berlin
Atrium TV orders first script
NBC adds to World of Dance
Cloudbabies float to China
Smithsonian, Zee back Talesmith doc
PBS’s Vietnam War doc sales rise further
Viaplay, TVNZ take Straight Forward approach
Pixhug hires Thunderbird exec to head studio
Lagardère acquires Finland’s Aito
ITVSGE puts Newzoids, Come Dine into KAN
TBS seeks scripted export breakthrough
Spain’s TVE orders Don’t Ask Me
Armoza’s Final Four reaches Asia, NZ
Sky Vision adds content to RightsXchange
Netflix preys on TF1’s Mantis
HBO ‘not trying to be Netflix’
MGM, Mediapro get hitched for reality
Grand Tour fuels Amazon surge
Mexico’s Azteca unveils high-end studio
Rai introduced to The Day Henry Met
Zig Zag, 3C to play Ancient Games
Poland’s nc+ strikes Dumb Dori deal
NBCU, Snap forge JV, eye scripted
Super Channel worships American Gods
Samsung TV Plus gains Insight pact
UKTV gets 20 Years on Death Row
OTF scales Aerial Mountains copro
Talking Mipcom 2017 – day two
Facebook looks for friends in Cannes
All3’s Rellik racks up sales
ProSieben, Discovery start German streamer
WME, IMG teams form Endeavor Content
Netflix taps second Universal exec
Little Old Lady adapted in Sweden
Canal+ unpacks FremantleMedia’s Picnic
BBC4 goes Below the Surface
IM Global, Newen link up for unscripted push
Pablo Escobar’s son launches prodco
Movistar+ commits long-term to drama
Vox to recount Warner Bros’ True Story
Swedish trio launch Bigster prodco
Insight adds catalogue to Amazon Channels
E-Vision bags BBCWW content
WDR takes Maus and more to Asia, America
Inaugural Canneseries schedule revealed
ZDF zones in on Movistar+ drama
Rai moves into Scream Street
SBS buys into British royalty
Unilad falls for first dating format
Sony’s Le Goy: SVoD more inclusive
DR enters Fremantle’s Recording Studio
Autentic takes distribution control
Sweden checks into Love Island
CJ E&M to make Mother in Korea
Econet, Vice form African production hub
Talpa hears Voice Senior
AMCNI promotes for European sales
Ovation orders four from FilmRise
Komixx captures Wattpad thriller rights (
Nelvana hunts original Chinese IP
Bristow partners Attraction to enter scripted
Bell, Borchetta start The Launch countdown
Schwarz buys back Animation Collective
RTL likes the look of Red Arrow’s Buying Blind
Cineflix eyes French-Canadian adaptations
Disney ups Endemaño to global role
Drobnyk helps Nat Geo trap Bear Grylls
S4C set to hit Mipcom with a Bang
Talking Mipcom 2017 – day one
Atrium’s Victor Hugo series on first slate
Kew takes Awesome stake
Greece enjoys Indian Summers
Amazon extends Fashion Hero reach
Blaze lights first original
SNI starts Hart for Mipcom
Kapow adds punch with FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia Int’l hires Miramax alum
BBCWW unveils fact ent slate
Blackpills gets New Form’s Cold
Viasat preps Epic scripted launch
OwnZones rolls up 420TV
Etspueler upped at Red Arrow
International Emergency for Lineup
Beyond’s Heavy Rescue travels in Europe
CreateIt plans Mipcom Beauty Battle
Blue Ant lights Architect’s Birthday Cake
Israel’s Gil births Euro deals
Rainbow seeks licence to thrill
Korean toon tops MipJunior screening list
Zodiak Kids and Fantawild form Tiger Team
Munki and Trunk swings to global nets
Netflix orders Indian, Korean originals
Mattel exec urges ‘high road’ on diversity
Super RTL reunites with Beyond
ZDF to revisit Find Me in Paris
BBC Children’s outlines digital strategy
Riki toons travel to Israel, China
YLE, TV Puls purring for Kid-E-Cats
NRK’s Skam to be remade across Europe
VR for kids ‘needs time’
Cartoon Network exec urges tech risks
9 Story rebrands Toronto studio
Boxwars wins international pitch
Frederator’s Seibert urges data use
Normaal appoints distribution boss
TRX make children’s rights move
Thomas & Friends gets modern update
MIPJunior: Humour key to int’l success
Danger Mouse caught in EMEA
Pubcasters rally behind linear channels
Universal Kids greenlights gameshows
Amazon takes Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder
CBeebies, American Greetings construct toon
Turner surfs on Monster Beach
BBCWW brings Warriors, Soup to Cannes
Earth to Luna orbits the globe
Int’l nets mine Bejuba library
Euro nets capture Monster toons
Nick Int’l goes big on shortform
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