C21’s complete Mipcom 2025 round-up
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Mipcom:
YouTube partners major European TV players for YouTube Shows launch in UK, Germany
Microdramas will generate $11bn by end of 2025, according to Omdia report
Fox-backed vertical video outfit Holywater looks to ‘huge potential’ of Lat Am market
Protege claims ‘major’ EMEA broadcaster made $1m in six months by licensing library for AI
Studio Lambert plans ‘exciting steps’ in scripted/unscripted crossover adaptations
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment secures $20m from Content Partners
Warner Bros Discovery and CJ ENM sign K-drama pipeline deal for HBO Max
Two Korean formats licenced to India’s Karman under Something Special pact
ITV’s Nartey calls for light-hearted drama, live-action kids’ shows and topical docs
Kate Phillips: ‘Please don’t think the BBC would never go for that or can’t afford it’
Banijay CEO Bassetti bemoans US production costs, encourages buyers to be bolder with new IP
Banijay Benelux launches professional football club in the Netherlands
StudioCanal promotes Aska Yamaguchi to SVP of worldwide TV production financing and US film sales
Richard Gadd’s Half Man secures international deals with Stan, Bell Media
YouTube ‘ripping up the script’ but could complement TV industry, says ITVS’s Berry
AMC Networks restructures international content sales team
RTL greenlights Wisdom of the Crowd, BBC Studios’ Sumi Connock predicts trend for feel-good formats
Nami Patel claims ITVX, Disney+ deal supports long-term future of broadcasters
Brand-friendly formats, true crime and sports docs on Rakuten TV’s wishlist
Banijay Asia and Talpa Studios enter collaborative deal for India and Thailand
Banijay prepares to unleash Werewolves on the world with StudioCanal, Dreamspark
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs expose picked up by ABC, TVNZ and Corus Entertainment
Fremantle secures international distribution for Billy Idol feature doc
Mipcom 2025 pt1: Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green talk Boston Blue; Luca Montezemolo and Manish Pandey on Seeing Red; Mackenzie Crook and Gill Isles size up Small Prophets
Companies queueing up to sponsor branded content format, says NBCU’s Mabruk
FRP will still make public-service content post US funding cuts, says Ellen Doherty
Canal 10 to air Uruguay’s first version of classic Big Brother format
YouTube a threat to discoverability of shows aired by UK broadcasters, TV execs in Cannes claim
Thailand’s TrueVisions cooks up culinary crime series with Banijay
France Télévisions, Superprod Animation team on comic book adaptation
Strong Productions takes Japanese hide and seek format to Denmark
BBC looking to build ‘wall of great formats’ for primetime Saturday, says Kate Phillips
Talpa Studios’ reality competition format Most Wanted heads to Hungary
Propagate Content, Cowshed Ventures launch outdoor and adventure YouTube Channel
Viewing of Spanish-language content has nearly doubled since 2018, PlumResearch reveals
After Party Studios unveils The Nella Rose Show
Hearst, Bloomberg TV+ and AMCNI UK to launch channels on streamer Freely
KRO-NCRV, VRT pay a visit to period drama Grand Hotel by the Sea
Cineflix Rights racks up multiple sales for history, adventure reality series worldwide
The Mediapro Studio’s The Famous Five and Real Madrid doc among Euro, Oz sales
ZDF joins SkyShowtime in adapting Johanna Hedman’s best-seller The Trio
Radial picks up North American sales rights to Gaumont gothic thriller Hemlock Grove
Amazon Prime Video preps Norwegian version of ITV Studios’ I Kissed a Boy
Beta Film, MR Film, Seven.One, ORF partner for Rex – Vienna Calling
Three new European versions of Taskmaster extend Avalon format’s global footprint
Globo sets up international business hub for EMEA with local team in Lisbon
MyTime Movie Network lands on FAST, YouTube through Fremantle pact
Banijay set to roll out more YouTube-to-TV formats after success of Let’s Play Ball
V10 hires NBCU, Paramount alum Josh Vodnoy to lead distribution and licensing in the US
Finland’s Norse Key engages with drama series Theatre of War
M-Net, ITV Studios join forces on Deon Mayer novel adaptation The Invisible
ATS relocates global HQ to London, appoints Danny Sanz as CEO
Dori Media unveils AI-powered cost-effective gameshow The Golden Egg
TGC GE acquires Hunan TV’s breakout Chinese business reality format Gold Rush
Knowledge Canada, Mediacorp Singapore, Noga Israel take a dive with Emerald
Made Up Stories secures rights and development for JP Pomare’s crime thriller 17 Years Later
DeAPlaneta creates Maya the Bee pop-up channel for Samsung TV Plus, Pluto
ABC Oz orders Hugo Weaving drama The Great White from Mediawan, M6 picks up The Heirs of Monte Cristo
M Night Shyamalan partners with Mattel Studios on Magic 8 Ball scripted series
Banijay Kids & Family’s Once Upon a Time finds buyers in Europe, Asia and Canada
Autentic and Terra Mater Studios extend distribution partnership
Off The Fence makes first content deals as part of World Storytelling Media
Prime Video draws up a Masterplan with Gaumont and Amazon MGM Studios
Media IM scores Tatty & Misifu, Sunny Bunnies sales and introduces Zola & Friends
Banijay Benelux takes majority stake in Netherlands’ Werktitel
SBS, Channel 4 and TV2 Denmark buy into Britespark’s Days that Shocked the World
Crime thriller Virdee investigates new territories after Cineflix Rights deals
Lineup Industries dials Swiss broadcaster SRF for Emergency Call format
Channel 4 and ITV Studios sample Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator from Blink Films
Directv, Non Stop and 11 Lat Am broadcasters form ALATV in ‘historic milestone’
Mastiff Sweden and TV4 cut through with culinary showdown format 100 Knives
Italian producer Blu Yazmine developing Dori Media and Abot Hameiri gameshow format
Pig & Horse Productions partners with Time Out magazine on unscripted formats
A24’s Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake heading to Sky in UK and Ireland
Globo announces coproduction deal with Janeiro Studios, sales to Telefe
BBC goes for Little Lunch as ACTF shops Aussie shows including Knee High Spies
Hat Trick International brings neurodivergent format Play Time to global market
Discovery and D+ in India land on FBoy Island with adaptation from Fox6 Media
BBC Studios, Finland’s YLE renew long-standing output deal
The Floor reaches 30 markets with MBC in MENA and Nippon TV in Japan
Bell Media, ProSieben, TVNZ pick up darkly comedic crime drama Sunny Nights
FilmRise nabs German, Lat Am rights to romance, holiday movies from Studio TF1 America
Gen AI outfit Gennie partners Woodcut Media on true crime copro Deep Blue CSI
Australia’s Binge picks up Electric Entertainment’s The Librarians and spin-off
ITV Studios signs overall deal with Nordic creators Karsten Bartholin, Kenneth Kristensen
Blue Ant ships ITN’s Matthew Perry doc into more than 50 territories
ITV scoops Format Awards treble in Cannes, two awards for Banijay
Ron Leshem partners with Janeiro Studios and Globoplay on Gen-Z drama Paranoia
Global Agency unveils A Mother’s Oath in Venice, talks up a new era of Turkish drama
Atresmedia orders Spanish version of A Party to Die For from ITV Studios
Germany’s ARD sails into a Perfect Storm with Canada’s KO, Aroma TV
Fremantle to represent YTV’s new Japanese gameshow Inside the Grid
Funny business: Comedy takes centre stage as gameshows get a reboot
Italian broadcast deal agreed for ATV drama The Nightfall
Globo, Fox Entertainment Studios to coproduce English-language movie
Beta sends C4’s Couple Next Door – Deadly Attraction around the globe
21 shows worth catching in Cannes
MipJunior:
Wind Sun Sky, Viral Nation scare up spooky game format with YouTube stars The McCartys
No need for commissions in AI-enabled kids’ content future, Guy Gadney tells MipJunior
Sixteen South’s The Retrievers wins MipJunior pitch competition
Preschool version of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir in the works
10-year-olds with smartphones ‘can create content that outperforms Netflix’ MipJunior told
Netflix commissions more kids’ content than commercial broadcasters, Omdia says
Animaj’s Dray sees ‘white space’ in sports content as kids seek active viewing
Safe digital-first kids content will build parental trust and boost profits, MipJunior hears
Mediawan partners with El Reino Infantil on digital-first toon Wadoo
Toys ‘R’ Us Studios president talks YouTube, preps Geoffrey’s World Tour ‘2.0’
TF1 seeks distinct kids’ content in Cannes after increase in investment
YouTube dominates UK kids’ content consumption, K-pop is next big trend, MipJunior hears
