PARIS – Issa Rae, creator, producer and star of HBO’s hit show Insecure, has been named MIPCOM 2018 Personality of the Year. The Peabody Award winner and vanguard Hollywood actress, writer, director and producer will be honoured at a gala dinner for leading international television executives at the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, on Wednesday 17 October, and will take part in a keynote interview. MIPCOM, the world’s entertainment content market, takes place in Cannes … [Read more...] about Issa Rae is MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year
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Satellite industry recognises the need to stay relevant
SINGAPORE – Opening the Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum in Singapore on 25 June, CEO Louis Boswell set the tone for the day as he told delegates that those in the satellite communications industry need to “see change as a challenge to grow, develop and become stronger to benefit the larger ecosystem”. Furthermore, “Casbaa is uniquely positioned, with video as the common glue, to talk about – and promote – developments, innovations in and the relevance of the satellite … [Read more...] about Satellite industry recognises the need to stay relevant
MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
PARIS – Reed MIDEM has announced the conference theme for MIPCOM 2018, “The Big Shift”, to be explored by the first two confirmed keynote speakers, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, and Josh Sapan, President and CEO of AMC Networks. The world’s entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France, from 15-18 October. This year, MIPCOM takes as its overarching conference theme “The Big Shift” which sets out to examine the paradigm shifts affecting the content creation, … [Read more...] about MIPCOM 2018 announces theme “The Big Shift”
Nippon TV Finalizes Deal with STB TV Channel For Hit Drama Series “Mother”
CANNES, FRANCE – On the first day of MIP-TV, Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), the leading commercial broadcast network, production powerhouse in Japan, and ratings champion for four consecutive years, announced STB TV Channel has acquired the scripted format rights to their award-winning drama series Mother (11 x 60’) and will be remaking the series in either Ukrainian or Russian (to be announced shortly). The scripted format Mother has already been sold to South Korea … [Read more...] about Nippon TV Finalizes Deal with STB TV Channel For Hit Drama Series “Mother”
MIPdrama Buyers’ Summit offers buyers exclusive first-look
PARIS – In parallel to the launch of the CANNESERIES international competition screenings, the MIPDrama Screenings have been revamped to become the MIPDrama Buyers’ Summit, offering buyers in Cannes an exclusive first-look at hot new drama. The MIPDrama Buyers’ Summit takes place on Sunday 8 April in the Palais des Festival in Cannes, France, ahead of MIPTV, the flagship and leading global TV and digital content market, which runs 9-12 April 2018. The MIPDrama Buyers’ Summit is designed to … [Read more...] about MIPdrama Buyers’ Summit offers buyers exclusive first-look
Two Globo series featured at Fantasporto
Globo will be featured at the 38th Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival –, held at the Rivoli Theater, in Portugal. The first episodes of series Jailers and Vade Retro will be shown this Friday, March 2, at 5 p.m., followed by a screening of the motion picture Meio Expediente. The productions will be screened at the theater’s Grand Auditorium. The leading actor in Vade Retro, Tony Ramos (‘Passione’), and Mauro Mendonça Filho, the show’s director, will attend the event. MIPTV’s … [Read more...] about Two Globo series featured at Fantasporto