Angie Yong, Senior Manager, Acquisitions, AETN All Asia Networks “Heading into MIPTV, we are acquiring for our new channels Lifetime and H2 in addition to our existing channels, Bio and Crime & Investigation Network. Currently we are not in need of third party acquisitions for HISTORY. For Bio, we are seeking real-life, character driven series and for Lifetime we are focusing on female-skewing drama, TV movies, and reality series. While character-driven, factual entertainment series … [Read more...] about buyers: MIPTV
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Sophie Turner Laing, Managing Director, Entertainment, News and Broadcast Services, BSkyB Sophie Turner Laing will open the MIPTV 2013 Media Mastermind keynote line-up. She has overall responsibility for Sky’s entertainment and news channels including Sky 1, Sky News, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living and Sky Movies, as well as Broadcast Operations, Network Planning and the Sky Creative Agency. Felix Baumgartner, Aerial Expert Baumgartner flew 39 km into the stratosphere in a helium … [Read more...] about highlights: MIPTV
MIPTV: Beyond Distribution to launch 180 hours of content
Beyond Distribution is heading to MIPTV with 180 hours of premium factual, crime and children’s series. Key series include Mother of the Bride, BBQ Crawl, Hidden In America, History Hunters, Junior Vets, Love It or List It Vancouver and Totally Rubbish. Buyers can also expect to find plenty of popular returning series, with new episodes available from Income Property, MythBusters, Animal 999, World’s Weirdest Restaurants and Dark Minds. Factual and lifestyle titles launching at MIP … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Beyond Distribution to launch 180 hours of content
MIPTV: 50 TV shows selected to celebrate MIPTV’s 50th anniversary
Paris – For MIPTV's 50th anniversary, The World Information Tracking (WIT) has selected 50 shows that have shaped the history of television around the world over the past half-century. The WIT will reveal this exclusive selection prior to the upcoming MIPTV. "To celebrate 50 years of MIPTV, we chose to select 50 emblematic shows, one for each year, starting from 1963 until today," said Virginia Mouseler, CEO of The WIT. "Our aim was to reflect the internationalisation of the … [Read more...] about MIPTV: 50 TV shows selected to celebrate MIPTV’s 50th anniversary
MIPTV: 9 Story Entertainment announces programming slate
Toronto, Canada – International producer and distributor, 9 Story Entertainment, has announced its slate of new series and new episodes of returning series for next month’s MIPTV. The new series being distributed are: Nerds and Monsters (40 x 11’), a new animated comedy aimed at 6-11 year olds that tosses a group of nerdy kids on a fantastic uncharted island with a tribe of hideous but dim-witted monsters; Peg + Cat (80 x 11’), a new preschool animated series that … [Read more...] about MIPTV: 9 Story Entertainment announces programming slate
ITV Studios brings back “Saturday Night Takeaway” for MIPTV 2013
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is bringing a refreshed version of ITV Studios’ primetime entertainment format Saturday Night Takeaway to MIPTV 2013, after the show successfully returned on ITV in the UK on February 23, with a peak audience of 8.1 million and averaging 7.1 million across the show, making it the most watched programme of the night and ITV's highest rating Saturday night show so far this year. “Saturday Night Takeaway is a proven international hit format … [Read more...] about ITV Studios brings back “Saturday Night Takeaway” for MIPTV 2013