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
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Novovision partners India’s Greymatter Entertainment
Paris – Novovision has signed a coproduction agreement with Greymatter Entertainment, a multiplatform production company based in Mumbai. The deal builds on Novovision’s growth in the Indian sub-continent, where its programming already airs on four channels. It further underlines the popularity of Novovision’s comedy shows in the Asia/Pacific region, which accounts for more than 50% of the company’s sales. The partnership with Greymatter involves the production of a … [Read more...] about Novovision partners India’s Greymatter Entertainment
MIPTV: MIPFormats International Pitch competition 2013 finalists announced
Paris – MIPFormats has announced the names of the MIPFormats International Pitch competition finalists who will be invited to Cannes to pitch their projects during the 4th edition of MIPFormats, running on April 6-7, 2013, ahead of MIPTV (April 8-11 in Cannes, France). Warner Bros. International Television Production, the exclusive sponsor of the competition, oversaw the pre-selection and will spend up to €25,000 to develop the winning project of the MIPFormats Pitch. The five … [Read more...] about MIPTV: MIPFormats International Pitch competition 2013 finalists announced
MIPTV: ITV Studios Global Entertainment to launch ten new formats
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is set to launch a raft of new formats at MIPTV 2013, including: Pissed Off (ITV Studios Nordic for YLE), Magical Mystery Tour (12 Yard for Channel 4), Average Celebrities (12 Yard for BBC One), Cook Me The Money (Shiver for ITV), The Big Quiz (ITV Studios for ITV), Great Getaway (ITV Studios for ITV) and School’s Out (SO TV for BBC One). These join the major new formats that ITVS GE has already announced it is launching at the market: Boom Town … [Read more...] about MIPTV: ITV Studios Global Entertainment to launch ten new formats
MIPTV: Japan’s TV Asahi and UK’s Warner Bros. International co-develop “No Brainer”
No Brainer, an innovative quiz show co-developed by TV Asahi in Japan and Warner Bros. International Television Production, will make its debut at MIPTV in April with its pilot filmed in London, UK. The rules and game play in the quiz format, No Brainer, have been re-developed for audiences in Europe and the U.S. The pilot was produced by U.K. production company Wall to Wall using British contestants and staff at the London Studios to give the format an international flavour. Last year, TV Asahi … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Japan’s TV Asahi and UK’s Warner Bros. International co-develop “No Brainer”
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