Paris – MIPTV 2017 will put a special emphasis on the new generation of digital content studios aiming at engaging with audiences as part of the Digital Fronts showcase. The only international screenings showcase for digital studios and online publishers, Digital Fronts takes place in Cannes from 3-6 April as part of MIPTV, the global entertainment content market. Launched in 2014 as the content industry’s first global distribution and acquisition market for high-quality original … [Read more...] about New storytellers take centre stage at MIPTV
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FreemantleMedia launches new entertainment format
In the run up to MIPTV, FremantleMedia proudly unveils the first look at the ground-breaking Lost in Time, a newly-developed, first-of-its-kind entertainment format created in collaboration with The Future Group. The format will be showcased to buyers at MIPTV. The Norwegian series is due to launch on TV Norge this March. Using Interactive Mixed Reality , Lost in Time follows three contestants as they are transported into different eras including the Wild West, Ice Age, Medieval age … [Read more...] about FreemantleMedia launches new entertainment format
Join keynote at MIPTV
Paris - Paul Telegdy, President of the Alternative and Reality Group at NBC and Meredith Ahr, President of Universal Television Alternative Studio, will deliver a joint keynote at MIPTV 2017. The global entertainment content market, MIPTV takes place in Cannes, France, from 3-6 April 2017. Telegdy and Ahr will discuss the NBC network and studio’s current and upcoming slate of programming and examine the evolution of free-to-air broadcast TV in an age of fragmented audiences and on-demand … [Read more...] about Join keynote at MIPTV
James Martin’s French Adventure launches at MIPTV
London - Independent UK based distributor DCD Rights has concluded a raft of early deals for its key MIPTV launch James Martin’s French Adventure, with broadcasters around the world signing the 20-episode series produced by Blue Marlin Television. Following its recent debut on ITV in the UK, James Martin’s French Adventure, which joins the renowned TV chef as he journeys through France to the locations that inspired his culinary career and pays homage to his culinary hero Keith Floyd, has … [Read more...] about James Martin’s French Adventure launches at MIPTV
MGM introduces MIPTV 2017 slate
Los Angeles, USA - MGM International Television Distribution announces an exciting MIP TV 2017 slate highlighted by new scripted and unscripted series including, The Handmaid’s Tale, Get Shorty, Condor, Funderdome and introducing Mutiny, a new factual entertainment series that recreates Captain Bligh’s extraordinary journey after Fletcher Christian’s infamous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. Scripted titles include the new drama series The Handmaid’s Tale (10x60’) starring Elisabeth … [Read more...] about MGM introduces MIPTV 2017 slate
Maria Wern heads to MIPTV
Eccho Rights will be representing Maria Wern on behalf of Warner Bros. and TV4, launching a new co-operation at MipTV this April. The crime series, based on a series of novels by author Anna Jansson, has been a hit in Sweden with productions for both television and cinema since 2008. The Eccho Rights deal includes 8 episodes of the series produced by Warner Bros. in 2016, as well as a further 8 planned for production later this year. Internationally the series has enjoyed previous … [Read more...] about Maria Wern heads to MIPTV