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NHK calls for co-production partners

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Cannes - NHK is on the look-out for co-production partners in the factual entertainment space. A dinner held the evening of October 14, during MIPCOM 2008, saw NHK assemble many of the world's best factual programming producers and present to them a number of projects for possible co-productions. Representatives from the likes of AETN International, BBC Worldwide, Caldecott Productions International (MediaCorp's HD division), Discovery, KBS, National Geographic and Off the Fence were there as … [Read more...] about NHK calls for co-production partners

Discovery announces first-ever slate of Planet Green content on offer at MIPCOM

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MIPCOM Cannes - Discovery Communications announced that it will offer a robust slate of programming from Planet Green, the first 24-hour network dedicated to eco-friendly living, for the first time at MIPCOM. Launched in June 2008 with more than 250 hours of original programming, Planet Green reaches more than 50 million homes in the US and is also available as a programming block in Asia, Latin America and the UK. Planet Green's programming covers a wide range of topics and genres that inform … [Read more...] about Discovery announces first-ever slate of Planet Green content on offer at MIPCOM

NHK calls for co-production partners

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Cannes – NHK is on the look-out for co-production partners in the factual entertainment space. A dinner held the evening of October 14, during MIPCOM 2008, saw NHK assemble many of the world’s best factual programming producers and present to them a number of projects for possible co-productions. Representatives from the likes of AETN International, BBC Worldwide, Caldecott Productions International (MediaCorp’s HD division), Discovery, KBS, National Geographic and Off the … [Read more...] about NHK calls for co-production partners

TV’s ‘feel-good factor’ will ride crisis

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MIPCOM, Cannes – Senior execs attending MIPCOM this week are remaining upbeat about the impact of the financial crisis upon the TV and industries. Consistently the message has been that TV consumption tends to rise in times of recession because people cut down on going out and other luxuries. Discovery Communications’ president and CEO David Zaslav said that because 50 percent of revenues are derived from cable subscriptions, and 30 percent come from outside of the US, he is … [Read more...] about TV’s ‘feel-good factor’ will ride crisis

Discovery announces first-ever slate of Planet Green content on offer at MIPCOM

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MIPCOM Cannes - Discovery Communications announced that it will offer a robust slate of programming from Planet Green, the first 24-hour network dedicated to eco-friendly living, for the first time at MIPCOM. Launched in June 2008 with more than 250 hours of original programming, Planet Green reaches more than 50 million homes in the US and is also available as a programming block in Asia, Latin America and the UK. Planet Green’s programming covers a wide range of topics and genres that … [Read more...] about Discovery announces first-ever slate of Planet Green content on offer at MIPCOM

Portfolio Entertainment announces pre-MIPCOM deals

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Toronto - Portfolio Entertainment heads to MIPCOM with multiple sales for their catalogue of programming to territories spanning the globe for programming across multiple genres including lifestyle, animal, children's, culinary, travel and how-to series. Sales into Asia include Japan's Discovery Networks Asia, who renewed the second and third seasons of Animal Miracles (episodes 14 - 39); the one-hour factual program that recounts extraordinary events and the mysterious relationships we share … [Read more...] about Portfolio Entertainment announces pre-MIPCOM deals