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