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C21’s complete Mipcom 2024 news round-up

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Ben Silverman’s Propagate bags new Global Agency format Celebrity Dreams

Germany’s ProSieben plots move away from linear model to super streamer

BBC’s Kate Phillips calls for cost-effective quiz and gameshows in ‘tough times’

Cyber Group Studios cuts staff as French animation industry woes continue

TV industry faces up to two more years of chaos, claims Sony’s Tony Vinciquerra

Channing Dungey wants WBTV to do more int’l copros, heading to UK for meetings

If you don’t listen to staff aged under 35 your company is ‘f**ked,’ warns Evan Shapiro

Backing start-ups, not M&A, will drive next phase of Banijay Americas growth says CEO 

Banijay launches Iberia sports division, adapts Monk in India with Disney+ Hotstar 

Fox developing Billionaire Apocalypse drama from The Morning Show creator Jay Carson

JC Acosta unveils Mediapro Studio US/Canada’s first English-language content

Trustbridge’s Higgins forecasts ‘buying frenzy’ when kids commissioning slump ends

‘Overlooked’ sports set to grow reach thanks to YouTube, predicts Neil Price

StudioCanal unleashes Werewolves in Cannes as it pitches boardgame format

Electric Entertainment unveils new free streaming service ElectricNOW Originals

Cineflix Rights closes raft of deals for Manayek, The Minister in Europe, Australia

Germany’s Sport1 lines up local versions of Banijay’s MasterChef and Survivor

Andrew Zimmern’s Intuitive Content pairs with Hazelnut Media to Eat Like a Local

Key buyers investigate S4C’s Welsh crime drama The One That Got Away

Spain’s Mediacrest launches new services unit to focus on local production

BBC Studios, South Korea’s JTBC pair for first coproduction with Song Ji-hyo

BBC Studios mines content back catalogue with multi-genre sales across Europe

Thrillers, blue-chip nature and procedurals high on ZDF’s Mipcom shopping list

Amazon bags Anglophone rights to Costiera after deal with Lux Vide, Fremantle

Paramount signs exclusive multi-year licensing deal with beIN Media in MENA

Wildbrain to shop 2D preschool toon Hey Toma from Hangzhou Younuo in China

Fremantle’s UK action thriller Nightsleeper set to stop off at 147 markets

ITV drawn to UK version of Mattel’s Pictionary to be created by Whisper North

Singapore’s Viddsee partners with CJ ENM to expand scripted content footprint

Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo has big plans for new microdrama streaming app

Aardman partners toyco Mattel to reboot classic kids’ stop-motion property Pingu

Kids buying will rebound once streamer sports spending cools, 9 Story’s Commisso

Blue Ant Media strikes FAST channel and volume content deal with Pluto TV for US

Stan Lee’s superheroes The Excelsiors to be reborn for graphic novel, TV and movies

Disney EMEA hopes to invest in Middle Eastern and African content, says Londono

Pluto TV’s Olivier Jollet calls for FAST, AVoD players to collaborate and consolidate

Greece’s Alpha TV remakes local version of Nippon TV’s global drama hit Mother

Hulu picks up Australian drama Critical Incident for US in All3Media deal

CJ ENM’s hit Korean drama Queen of Tears gets Turkish makeover

C4 seeks English-language drama acquisitions, anniversary pieces for factual

Scandi broadcasters lead Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case doc pre-buys

Channel 4 and Starz’s The Couple Next Door continue global journey with RTL, VTM, Rai

Global Screen adds Murder on the Inca Trail, Recipes for Love & Murder to Cannes slate

Brazil’s Globo licenses dramas Justice and The Others for adaptation in Greece, Germany

Calliope Networks’ Dave Davis urges TV firms to dive into AI model training deals

Spanish content has generated $5.1bn in streamer revenue since 2021, Parrot Analytics

Natural history series Asia and science exploration Solar System lead BBCS doc sales

Spin Master, 9 Story Media Group alums launch IP outfit Victura Media in Cannes

Scripted label acquisitions on the horizon for All3Media, reveals CEO Jane Turton

Global buyers develop a taste for Lion TV food industry doc Irresistible

MTV Finland at Mipcom looking for adventure reality formats and the ‘new Masked Singer’

Satisfaction Iberia, Ah! Production join forces to tell Jean Reno’s life story

International buyers sign up for long-running renovation franchise Chateau DIY

BritBox takes on multi-genre package from Sphere Abacus for Best of British service

Amazon MGM Studios flying unscripted teams to Tokyo to tap ‘comedy goldmine’

Sinking Ship, Aussie entertainment group The Wiggles partner on animated series

Lithuania’s LNK seeks long-running crime dramas for daily linear slots

All3Media-backed Two Brothers’ scripted format Liar to be adapted in Botswana 

ITV Studios rolls out digital distribution label Zoo 55, hires WBITVP’s Martin Trickey as MD

Sony Pictures Television brings reality format The Ultimate Hustle to Mipcom

Fremantle, NewBe, Jumbo to adapt party game Hitster

TGC Global Entertainment signs format alliance with Norwegian broadcaster NRK

BBC Studios’ Doctor Foster, Ghosts to be adapted in Greece for ANT1 and Star Channel

ITV looking to appoint first head of generative artificial intelligence innovation

Beta Film, Globo in Brazil to show Discipline as they enter crime drama partnership

TVO, Blue Ant Studios take Canadian version of Nippon TV’s Old Enough! to S2

BBC Studios, Guangdong Radio & TV partner on new wildlife series

Big Media reveals sales for doc on USS Cole terror attack, highlights IP ownership success

Evan Shapiro, Barb warn of bleak prognosis for UK TV if change not embraced soon

Electric secures broadcast deals for The Librarians spin-off and The Ark

World of Wonder lines up Drag Race South Africa for streamer WOW Presents Plus

GRB Media Ranch bags US rights to Relative Justice

Two wins each for Studio Lambert and Channel 4 at International Format Awards

ITV’s acquisitions team seeks contemporary thrillers, serialised crime at Mipcom

Talpa Studios’ quiz format The Floor reaches 20 countries after Scandi, Lat Am deals

Sky on the hunt for ‘prestigurals’, high-end drama, premium docs and kids’ content

New drama on Maria Anna Mozart unveiled with German, Austrian, Swiss partners

Japan’s TBS inks Turkish remake deals for Forget Love, Tower of Sand

France TV, Nova/GBH join Pernel’s Origins of Mammals documentary coproduction

Korean, Spanish series lead non-English content on Netflix, says Omdia

Italy’s Giallo Channel picks up German drama Vet Jacobs – Agent on Occasion

Israeli terror doc We Will Dance Again lines up further global sales at Mipcom

MipJunior:

AI animation start-up Mini Studio comes to Cannes with kids’ series Fuzzlets

Global Citizen’s YouTube channel gets on board Sinking Ship’s Media Stamped

Brazilian toon Bia and the Beats strikes the right chord at MipJunior pitch competition

Mattel’s Josh Silverman talks up moves into live-action scripted children’s content

ZDF, ARD seek to ‘future-proof’ children’s channel KiKA with new boss Twork

WBD pivots to first windows on YouTube and Roblox to target Gen Alpha

Rai searches for Luca Milano’s successor as children’s TV veteran set to retire in 2025

France Télévisions to increase focus on docs, live-action drama for kids

Mako Kids seeks partners for AI-themed animated children’s series

Children’s industry urged to experiment with AI tools despite ‘threat to livelihoods’

Hit YA streamer series inspire BBC to bet on longform content for older kids

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir to get character spin-offs

End of an era declared as children’s TV industry needs ‘complete re-invention’

‘Our biggest competitors are kids,’ children’s TV producers tell MipJunior delegates

France Télévisions, Dandelooo, TeamTO partner to adapt What’s Up Eesha? books

Pubcasters are ‘jewel in the crown’ of kids’ content, says Ampere Analysis

Hildegarde among those circling TeamTO as French studio seeks buyer 

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