ITV Studios is set to launch a host of new formats at MIPCOM 2013, including: Face Of The Year, Building The Dream, Monumental, Saving Jobs, My Dream Wedding and How To Find Love Online. These join the new formats that ITV Studios has already announced for MIPCOM: Saturday night celebrity couples dance competition Stepping Out, hidden camera magic show Tricked, primetime family entertainment series Big Star’s Little … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: ITV Studios to launch 10 new formats
Tradeshows
9 Story acquires worldwide rights to “Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids”
Toronto, Canada – 9 Story Enterprises, the international distribution arm of 9 Story Entertainment, has acquired worldwide distribution and licensing rights (excluding Brazil) to the animated comedy series Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids (Haunted Tales, working title) (40 x 11’). The series is produced by Glaz Entertainment (Brazil) and currently airs on Cartoon Network Brazil. Cartoon Network Latin America is also set to premiere the series this Halloween. Haunted Tales … [Read more...] about 9 Story acquires worldwide rights to “Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids”
MIPCOM: Saban and MarVista to debut “Power Rangers Super Megaforce”
Los Angeles, CA – Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment will officially debut the upcoming season, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, to the international television market at MIP Jr. this year. Power Rangers Super Megaforce Following the August 2013 announcement of the UK’s Channel 5 acquisition of Saban’s PowerRangers Megaforce, Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment have finalised licensing … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Saban and MarVista to debut “Power Rangers Super Megaforce”
Fourth Emmy win for Ericsson in TV advertising
Ericsson has announced it will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its pioneering development of dynamic ad insertion for Video on Demand (VOD) content. This marks Ericsson’s fourth Emmy. Ericsson has been a leading developer of VOD technology for over ten years and was an early mover in the dynamic, on-demand advertising space. In the early 2000’s, Ericsson recognised the impact that time-shifted TV … [Read more...] about Fourth Emmy win for Ericsson in TV advertising
MIPCOM: Technicolor to co-develop CGI series
THE DEEP Paris, France – Technicolor, ABC Television Australia and Australian producer Avrill Stark’s A Stark Production have finalised a partnership for the development of the award-winning graphic novel series (published by Gestalt Comics), THE DEEP, as a CGI animated children’s series. Technicolor, ABC Television and A Stark Production will develop episodes of THE DEEP targeting kids 8-12 and their families, with a view to securing finance to produce … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Technicolor to co-develop CGI series
Kickboxing tournament GLORY to be televised
New York – Kickboxing league GLORY has announced its final event of the calendar year, Glory 13, featuring a televised one-night, Welterweight World Championship Tournament, taking place at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013. GLORY’s Welterweight World Championship Tournament will feature the top-ranked kickboxers at 77kg, including GLORY’s No. 1 Ranked Welterweight fighter, Nieky Holzken of the Netherlands. To emerge as the GLORY Champion, given the … [Read more...] about Kickboxing tournament GLORY to be televised