NEWS & FEATURES

• Doctor Foster prescribed in Korea
  MIPCOM: South Korea has become the third territory to pick up remake rights to BBC drama Doctor Foster after local broadcaster JTBC agreed a deal with BBC Studios.
• Sapan: AMC curation strategy targets talent
  MIPCOM: AMC Networks is using a highly curated approach to programming to differentiate itself from its rivals, president and CEO Josh Sapan revealed in his keynote here at Mipcom.
• Netflix, Awesomeness tackle Trinkets
  MIPCOM: Global streamer Netflix has ordered a drama based on a young-adult novel by Kirsten Smith that will be produced by Awesomeness TV.
• Medyapim goes fourth with Nippon drama
  MIPCOM: Turkish prodco Medyapim has acquired the rights to a drama format from Nippon TV, its fourth such deal with the Japanese broadcaster.
• Federation takes majority stake in Fabula
  MIPCOM: French producer and distributor Federation Entertainment has taken a controlling stake in the Rome-based production company behind one of Netflix’s first original Italian dramas.
• Shudder snaps up Lagardère's Iskander
  MIPCOM: AMC Networks’ premium streaming service Shudder has acquired rights to French miniseries Iskander in a deal with Lagardère Studios Distribution.
• Sunny Bunnies hop to HBO Europe
  MIPCOM: Pay TV network HBO Europe has picked up Southern European SVoD rights to a Belarusian preschool animation in a deal with London-based distributor Media IM.
• YLE buys Hollyoaks, seeks youth content
  MIPCOM: Finnish pubcaster YLE has picked up long-running UK soap Hollyoaks from All3Media International for its free VoD service Areena and is looking for more young-adult programming for the platform.
• Bron strikes Rare deal with Beta prodcos
  MIPCOM: North American Bron Studios has joined forces with Beta-owned prodcos Dramacorp and Isolani on a drama coproduction.
• SBS feasts on Gusto's culinary content
  MIPCOM: Australian pubcaster SBS has struck an agreement with Canadian culinary producer and broadcaster Gusto Worldwide Media for more than 40 hours of original food programming.
• Studio Gale preps Tish Tash
  MIPCOM: South Korean animator Studio Gale has linked with Singapore's August Media and Synergy88 Entertainment in the Philippines on a new 2D children's show.
• Discovery takes All3's Worst Cooks to Lat Am
  MIPCOM: Discovery in Latin America has renewed its deal with distributor All3Media International for long-running culinary reality series Worst Cooks in America.
• Lat Am Albavision extends Forgive Me
  NEWSBRIEF: Broadcaster Albavision has picked up the second season of Turkish drama Forgive Me for its services across Latin America.
• The Cry heard around the world
  MIPCOM: M6 in France, TV2 in Norway and TVNZ in New Zealand have picked up the latest hit BBC1 Sunday night drama from UK-based distributor DRG.
• Blue Ant haunted by TCB series
  MIPCOM: Canadian producer, distributor and channels operator Blue Ant Media has picked up a supernatural factual series from London-based sales house TCB Media Rights.
• Zachariou quits Oz agency Create NSW
  One of the most senior executives at Australian state screen and arts funding agency Create NSW has left the organisation.
• ORF, ZDF taste Vienna Blood
  MIPCOM: Austrian public broadcaster ORF is teaming up with ZDF in Germany to commission an English-language crime drama starring Matthew Beard and Juergen Maurer.
• Mediapro, Vice meet on border drama
  MIPCOM: The US production arm of Spanish broadcast group Mediapro has teamed up with Vice Studios to develop scripted series for Latin America, starting with a project set on the US-Mexico border.
• ESG German format bounces over to Fox
  MIPCOM: US broadcast network Fox has commissioned a local version of a physical gameshow format from Endemol Shine which originally premiered in Germany.
• Banijay sails into The Gulf
  MIPCOM: Banijay Rights has teamed up with New Zealand’s Screentime and Germany’s Studio Hamburg Production and ZDF on a new ‘Southern Noir’ coproduction.

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