PARIS – Reed MIDEM has opened the call for entries for the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards 2018. Dedicated to championing and promoting diversity and inclusion in all forms across the international television industry, the second edition of the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards will take place on Tuesday 16 October. The awards show will be held in the Grand Salon of the Intercontinental Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, during MIPCOM. Global entertainment content … [Read more...] about The MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards are back
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Issa Rae is MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year
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
CITVC Expands Global Marketing Strategy For CCTV
BEIJING, CHINA/NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – CITVC announced a major communication expansion plan starting in Spring 2018. As part of this initiative, CITVC hired global content industry media agencies – MJ Global Communications (MGC) and Pink Orchid International (POi). Panayiota Pagoulatos, MD of POi and MJ Sorenson, CEO of MGC are working together to help promote the Chinese mega broadcaster/production entity for 2018. Following the MIPCOM 2017 announcement of CCTV’s international doc … [Read more...] about CITVC Expands Global Marketing Strategy For CCTV
Eccho Rights announce 6 International sales for Cennet
Eccho Rights can announce the first 6 international sales for the new Sürec Film series Cennet (Cennet’in Gözyaşları) with international interest in the series intensifying since its launch at last month’s Mipcom. The Turkish Drama series that tells of a young woman’s struggle to reconnect with her biological mother after years of estrangement, has now been picked up in Bulgaria (BTV), Romania (Happy Channel), Lithuania and Latvia (SIA), Kosovo (Koha TV) and Georgia (Rustavi … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights announce 6 International sales for Cennet
Biggest ever MIPCOM for Silverlining
On the back of its most successful MIPCOM to date, distribution agent and production finance broker, Silverlining, has secured a number of sales and pre-sales for UK independent producers Brinkworth Films and Knickerbockerglory. Secret Life of the Long-Haul Flight (1x60’) from Brinkworth Films has sold to M6 France, N24 Germany, Prime New Zealand and RTL Netherlands. The special achieved 1.7m viewers, which is 57% up on slot for Channel 5 earlier this year. Also from … [Read more...] about Biggest ever MIPCOM for Silverlining
Gordon reveals the motivation behind his TV persona at MIPCOM 2017
I had the honour to be invited by all3media to an exclusive roundtable discussion with international renowned chef, Gordon Ramsay. He’s certainly a showman by nature. British chef Gordon Ramsay is celebrating 25 years in the television industry this year, with shows like Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, Kitchen Nightmares and F Word having made him a well-known personality across the world. It’s a long way from his fi rst visit to Cannes in 1992 as the chef on Neighbours mogul Reg Grundy’s … [Read more...] about Gordon reveals the motivation behind his TV persona at MIPCOM 2017