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Disney/ABC’s Missing is the MIPCOM World Premiere TV Screening.

Missing star Ashley Judd joins celebrities on the red carpet tonight

3D Experience screenings and sessions with Sony pages 6 and 92

A keynote speech from Channel One Russia’s Konstantin Ernst features on day one of Focus On Russia, four days of events highlighting the media industry in Russia. The Russia House opens today page 10

Miramax’s Mike Lang discusses his vision of the future with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook is followed by a keynote address from Viacom’s Bob Bakish

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Deals made in Cannes; product news; and forthcoming events

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people 20 Eddie Izzard

Britain’s comic genius’ next TV role is Long John Silver in RHI Entertainment’s two-part mini-series Treasure Island

30 Steven Van Zandt

Rock legend and actor Steven Van Zandt stars in SevenOne International’s light-hearted Mafia series Lilyhammer

36 Werner Herzog

Veteran film director Werner Herzog is in Cannes with his latest documentary Into The Abyss – A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life

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REATING A New 3D Entertainment Experience, which starts this morning at 09.00 in Auditorium A, features a rich programme of conferences and screenings, along with spectacular images delivered via sponsor Sony’s groundbreaking 3D 4K SXRD projector.

Following the opening keynote by Akira Shimazu, senior general manager of Sony Corporation’s 3D and BD project management division, broadcast journalist Chris Forrester will moderate sessions on the latest developments in 3D broadcasting, production and advertising. The increasing impact of 3D on sports, driven by the forthcoming 2012 London Olympics, will also be examined, as well as the role of 3D in new cinema content. See feature, page 92

features 80 Shopping in the digital age

What do buyers want in the multi-platform, multi-screen 21st century? Juliana Koranteng finds out

92 Riding the 3D wave

Things are moving fast for 3D, in movies, TV and even smartphones and tablets. Juliana Koranteng reports from the cutting edge

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More and more Chinese companies are visiting MIPCOM and MIPTV. Debbie Lincoln meets a number of Chinese animation companies in Cannes for the first time

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A HOST of stars walk the red carpet into the MIPCOM Opening Party at the Martinez hotel tonight from 19.30. Names tipped to appear include: Konstantin Ernst, CEO of Channel One Russia; playwright Tom Stoppard, who has adapted Parade’s End for the BBC; Into The Abyss director Werner Herzog; The Exes star Kristen Johnston; Happily Divorced star Fran Drescher; Lilyhammer actor Steve Van Zandt; stars of Hell On Wheels Anson Mount, Dominique McElligott, Common and Colm Meaney; director Paul Verhoeven who brings his new film project The Entertainment Experience to MIPCOM; Missing stars Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis and Adriano Giannini; and Disney’s Anne Sweeney, MIPCOM Personality Of The Year.

NHK IS launching archive service NHK Video Bank at MIPCOM. NHK Video Bank is a new means of direct access to over 3,000 clips of the March 11th disaster, alongside a rich line-up of CGI, wildlife, nature, and daily-updated news from around the world. Content is also available in 3D. NHK’s Hiroshi Yamamoto (left), Ryoko Takagi and Toru Hiroya

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GUESTS at the MIPJunior Closing Party at the Hotel Martinez Beach followed a screening of new animation Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild, produced by Myung Films and Odoltogi Studio, and distributed by Finecut Co. The Party was sponsored by KOCCA, the Korea Creative Content Agency. Pictured are Myung Films’ Kim Sun-Ku, Lee Eun and Paul Yi, and KOCCA vice-president and COO Dong Cheun Chung

THE INTERNATIONAL Academy and Reed MIDEM celebrate a multi-year extension of the International Digital Emmy Awards at MIPTV. Pictured are: Camille Bidermann-Roizen (left) of the International Academy, Reed MIDEM’s Laurine Garaude and Paul Zilk, the International Academy’s Bruce Paisner and Reed MIDEM’s Anne de Kerckhove. The deadline to enter the 2012 competition is November 3. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

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The official MIPCOM daily newspaper • Monday 3 October 2011 • Director of Publications Paul Zilk EDITOrIal DEParTMEnT

The MIPCOM news team is located in the Press & news Hub next to the Palais des Festivals

Editor in Chief Julian Newby Technical Editor in Chief Herve Hervé Traisnel Deputy Technical Editor in Chief Frederic Beauseigneur Graphic Designers Carole Peres, Veronique Véronique Duthille, Muriel Betrancourt Bétrancourt Sub Editors Sarah Xxxxxxx Kovandzich, Xxxxxx xxxxxxxx Max Leonard xxxxXxxxxx Deputy xxxxxxxx Editor xxxxx Debbie Proof Lincoln readerreporters Debbie Lincoln Marlene reporters Edmunds, Andy XxxxxxFry, xxxxxxxx Emeliaxxxxxx Jones,xxxxxxxx Juliana Koranteng, xxx xxxxxxxxRachel xxx xxxxxxxx Murrell,xxx Gary xxxxxxxx Smith,xxx Joanna HeadStephens, of Photographers Chris White, Yann Nigel Coatsaliou Willmott /Head 360 Media of Photographers Photographers Yann Christian Coatsaliou / Alminana, 360 Media Georges Photographers Auclaire, Christian Olivier Houeix, Alminana, Michel Georges Johner Auclaire, Editorial Olivier Management Houeix, Michel Boutique Johner Editions.

Editorial Management Boutique Editions.

PrODuCTIOn DEParTMEnT Content Director Jean-Marc Andre Publications Production and Development Manager Martin Screpel Publishing Product Manager Chealsy Choquette Publishing Co-ordinators Emilie Lambert, Amrane Lamiri, David Le Chapelain Productions assistant Veronica Pirim Production assistant, Cannes Office Eric Laurent Printer Riccobono Imprimeurs, Le Muy (France). aDVErTISInG COnTaCT In CannES Christine Mendes 01 41 90 49 89 – christine.mendes@reedmidem.com ManaGEMEnT, MarkETInG & SalES TEaM Director of the Entertainment Division Anne de Kerckhove Director of the Television Division Laurine Garaude Director of Market Development Ted Baracos Sales Director Sabine Chemaly Marketing regional Sales Director Director Stephane Fabienne Gambetta Germond Programme Marketing Director Director Tania Stephane Dugaro Gambetta Managing Programme Director (uk Director / australia Tania/Dugaro new Zealand) Managing Peter Director Rhodes OBE (uk / Sales australia Manager / new Elizabeth Zealand) Delaney Peter Rhodes Vice President OBE Sales Sales Manager and Business Elizabeth Development, Delaney Viceamericas President Robert Sales and Marking Business Vice Development, President Business americas Development, Robert Marking north Vice america PresidentJP Business BommelDevelopment, Executive Sales north Director, america north JP america Bommel Executive MJ Sorenson Sales Sales Director, Executive north Panayiota americaPagoulatos MJ Sorenson regional Sales Executive Sales Director Panayiota Fabienne Pagoulatos Germond Sales Sales Managers Paul Barbaro, Nathalie Gastone, Gastone Sales Samira Executives Haddi Sales Liliane Executives Dacruz,Liliane Cyril Szczerbakow Dacruz, CyrilSales Szczerbakow Manager Digital Samira Media HaddiSales Digital Manager Media Sales NancyManager Denole australia Nancy and Denole new Zealand australia representative and new Zealand Natalie representative Apostolou China Natalie representative Apostolou China Anke Redl representative CIS representative Anke Redl Alexandra CIS representative Modestova Alexandra English Speaking Modestova africa English representative Speaking africa Arnaudrepresentative de Nanteuil India Arnaud representative de NanteuilAnil India Wanvari representative Israel representative Anil WanvariGuy Israel Martinovsky representative JapanGuy representative Martinovsky Japan Lily Onorepresentative latin america Lily representative Ono latin america Elisa Aquino representative Middle-East representative Elisa Aquino Middle-East Bassil Hajjar Poland representative representative Bassil Hajjar Monika Poland Bednarek representative South korea Monika representative Bednarek South Sunnykorea Kim Taiwan representative representative Sunny Irene Kim Taiwan Liu Germany representative Irene (Digital Liu Media Germany Sector) representative Renate Radke (Digital Adam.

Media Sector) Renate Radke Adam.

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Opening Night Party wraps day one of Focus On Russia

Located inside the converted Azur Hall near the Palais des Festivals, Russia House will be a microcosm of Russia’s media sector.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Russian TV will also be explained during various events at Russia House over the next four days.

These include a Meet The Russians! presentation and a New Media In Russia showcase.

MEETING BUYERS DELEGATES seeking to sell to buyers from Russia, one of the fastest growing economies, should attend the Meet Russian Buyers! session tomorrow (Tuesday, October 4, from 16.30) at the Russia House.

Representatives from such Russian media giants as Channel One Russia, CTC Media, Red Square Group and Central Partnership will state their acquisition strategies and explain the types of content they are seeking.

ANIMATEd BRANdS A COMPREHENSIVE overview of the licensing and merchandising of animated content in Russia will be given today at the Licensing Animated Brands In Russia: From Development To Merchandising session (Russia House).

The moderator is Ilya Popov, CEO and executive producer at Russia’s leading licensing company, The Riki Group. Panelists including executives from The Riki Group and Germany’s Fun Game Media will debate developments in licensing, and merchandise manufacturing in Russia.

The Siberian Babushkas: unmissable versions of pop and rock hits

TONIGHT’s MIPCOM 2011 Opening Party will be Russian in flavour, and themed around the popular Russian music talent show Fabrica Zvezd. The party, at the Martinez hotel, will be the climax of the first Focus On Russia day. Hosted by Channel One Russia and its production arm Red Square Group, and produced with reality-TV giant Endemol, the show will feature live performances from Fabrika

Zvezd stars Ekaterina Li, Sasha Savelyeva and Ira Toneva.

Fabrika Zvezd is the Russian version of Operacion Triunfo, the reality-TV talent series originally created by Endemol Spain and in its eighth season on Channel One Russia. TV presenter Yana Churikova, the face of Channel One Russia, and another Russian star, Victoria Dayneko, will join the stellar roster.

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David Bustamante, the popular Operacion Triunfo finalist, who has sold more than a million records and is releasing his next single through Universal Music.

Also look out for the Siberian Babushkas, the grey-haired singers famous for their unique renditions of rock and pop hits.

HighTV, the world’s first global 3DTV channel, is bringing special demonstrations of glasses-free 3DTV screens to the gala.

Russia is ready to compete KONSTANTIN Ernst, CEO of Russia’s biggest broadcaster, Channel One Russia, will be forthright in his Media Mastermind Keynote address with PwC’s Marcel Fenez this afternoon. The speech, at 16.55 in the Palais des Festivals’ Grand Auditorium, will see Ernst lay claim to Russia’s place at the top table of the global TV industry.

Based on his network’s achievements, Ernst will highlight Russia’s ability to create international-quality content for both domestic and international audiences.

The network reaches more than 99% of Russian viewers, and is seen by about 250 million viewers globally via Channel One Russia Worldwide, its multi-market network of TV channels. Ernst said: “Since 2000, audiences have been demanding more local product.

So the time has come for Russian producers to create more and more original content.”

Additionally, he will point out the challenges facing traditional TV as today’s digital natives grow more demanding about how and when they access entertainment.

Channel One Russia’s Konstantin Ernst: Russia creates international-quality content

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Russian experts pave way

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DIGITALLY SPEAKING RUSSIA’s status as a digitally savvy market will be underlined for delegates at a panel session entitled New Media In Russia on Wednesday.

The speakers will analyse the different ways Russian digital platforms, including Now.ru, Russia’s subscription-based video platform, and the social media network vkontakte. ru, are being monetised.

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Broadcast and Production Union Red Media, and research firm J’son & Partners Consulting. The moderator is Svetlana Vodianova, CEO, J’son & Partners Consulting.

They will discuss how the pay-TV business is expected to boom in Russia’s rapidly evolving media sector, especially as the country’s analogue

switch-off takes place by 2015.

Before then, the number of thematic pay-TV channels is predicted to grow to 300 by the end this year, up from 140 in 2007. The combined revenues from pay-TV advertising and subscription are expected to increase up to four-fold in the next six years, from the current $300m.

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The moderator is Egor Yakovlev, CEO of Russia’s leading video-sharing website Tvigle. The panelists for the event at the Russia House (16.30 – 17.30) will also include digital executives from Channel One Russia, CTC Media and Now.ru.

FOCUS ON FORMATS WAYS to exploit TV formats in Russia will be examined at the International And Russian Formats Showcase on at the Russia House on Wednesday (11:00-12:00).

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It will also look at popular original Russian formats by companies including Channel One Russia and its production arm Red Square Group, the headline partners of MIPCOM’s Focus On Russia theme.

Pozner hosts live talk show in Russia House RUSSIA’s leading chat show host,

Vladimir Pozner will help give delegates an insight into the workings of Russian TV on Wednesday.

Set in the format of a live TV talk show, the conference session in the Palais (Esterel, 14.45) will see him conducting on-stage interviews with some of Russia TV’s most senior executives.

His guests will be: Konstantin Ernst, CEO of Russia’s biggest TV network Channel One Russia; Alexander

Fayfman, Channel One Russia’s first deputy CEO, chief deputy and producer general; Ilya Krivitsky, Red Square Group’s chief creative officer; Viacheslav Murugov, chief content officer at CTC Media and head of CTC Channel; Maria Smirnova, vice-president /general director at Sony Pictures Television Productions Russia; Mark Lolo, Central Partnership’s president; and Maxim Osipov, head of strategy, planning and development at Video International.

CANNES is playing host to some of the stars of Russian television this week, among them Yana Churikova, known as the face of Channel One Russia.

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DELEGATES GIVEN TASTE OF GUMBALL MICHAEL Carrington, senior vice-president and chief content officer EMEA, Turner Broadcasting System Europe, acted as tour guide to The Amazing World Of Gumball this week. Welcoming MIPJunior delegates to the networking lunch on Saturday, sponsored by Turner Content Solutions, he said that Gumball is proof that the UK can make internationalquality shows for six- to 11-year olds in the UK.

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IA And Me, an $8.3m CGI/ live-action series about a girl who can transport herself into a land of unicorns and become an elf, has won this year’s coveted Licensing Challenge. President of the jury Holly Stein, Mattel Inc., said the show, created by Germany’s m4e, was unanimously chosen for commercial potential, longevity and global appeal.

“It’s proof of the concept,” said a delighted Hans Ulrich Stoef, CEO of m4e. “A lot of properties are developed with no licensing and merchandising.

We wanted this to be a quality show, which is nevertheless very commercial.”

Mia And Me beat off strong competition from over 50 entrants. The four other shows

shortlisted were Myo & Ga (Vooz and Imira Entertainment), Justin Time (Guru Animation), Let’s Get Inventin’ (Luke Nola & Friends) and Mouk (Millimages).

The jury consisted of licensing experts from around the world: Maria Doolan (Zinkia Entertainment), Grahame Grassby (Stella Projects), Elias Hofman (Exim Licensing) and Bettina Koeckler (Chorion).

KOCCA and License! Global magazine partner Reed MIDEM in the annual MIPJunior Licensing Challenge. The prize includes a meeting with a member of the jury, and complimentary entry to MIPJunior 2012.

Hans Ulrich Stoef, CEO of m4e: “proof of the concept”

Kids’ experts debate role of research Acquisitions expert Paola Chincoli advises producer

MATCHMAKING AT THE MARTINEZ MIPJUNIOR offers children’s producers numerous opportunities to meet key buyers and commissioners to pitch their projects. Among the executives there to listen were France Televisions’ Julien Borde, Switchover Media’s Paola Chincoli, Noga Communications’ Hilly Horev-Cassouto and Cartoon Network and Boomerang’s Adina Pitt.

LEADING kids’ buyers discussed the role of research in their acquisitions strategies in the panel Instinct And Experience Vs Research: What Do Buyers Want?

Natalia Egorova, head of acquisitions at new Russian kids’ channel Carousel, said: “We have a big focus on research. We are developing more than 40 shows at the moment, and we use psychologists and educators at every stage in the process.”

Research is also in the DNA of Disney, said Karen Miller, director of acquisitions and co-productions, Disney Channels Worldwide: “We know our kids as well as any broadcaster out there. Testing isn’t everything of

course. But it’s one of the tools we use.”

Michael Carrington of Turner Broadcasting System Europe agreed: “We test a lot but good instincts come from experience and knowledge. You can’t believe everything viewers tell you in focus groups. Kids lie through their teeth!”

Barbara Uecker, head of programming and acquisitions children’s TV, ABC (Australia) said that for her, budgets are tight so testing is limited: “We rely a lot on instinct, experience and the feedback on our message boards.”

The session was chaired by Gregory Payne of Foothill Entertainment.

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neWs PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS A MATCHMAKING session designed to bring together publishers and producers took place on Sunday. Organised in partnership with the London Book Fair, it allowed producers to meet leading children’s publishers such as Sophie Caron of Nathan Edition (France) and Leon Perahia of Editions Dupuis (Belgium), and Andrew Cole-Bulgin and Fiona Macmillan of newly created Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment (UK).

Warner’s creative force Register is no longer bugged by the bunny DOES IT seem right that a man

who’s troubled by a rabbit should be executive vice-president creative affairs at Warner Bros.

Animation; one of the toughest gigs in the kids production business? Once you’ve listened to the man in question, Sam Register, explain his Leporiphobia, you start to sympathise.

Register, attending MIPCOM for the first time, used his MIPJunior Mastermind keynote to provide a

fascinating insight into Warner Bros.: “This is disappointing for producers who pitch me with new ideas; but everything I do is based on a library of iconic characters that stretches back to 1933. It’s my job to make them relevant to today’s audience.”

The rabbit that troubled Register so much was Looney Tunes icon Bugs Bunny: “The challenge is knowing what to keep and what to change. Brilliant though Bugs was, I knew that if we just tried

POLISH DEBUTS PRODUCER Robert Jaszczurowski of GS Animation in Gdansk attended MIPJunior for the first time, pitching two shows. Mami Fatale, an animated series about a retired diva, is in production. And Basia, a pre-school series about a tomboy, is in development.

Jaszczurowski is in search of broadcasters, sales agents and distributors for both. “MIPJunior a great environment to make new contacts,” he said. “And the feedback I’m getting on both shows is invaluable.”

Also attending his first MIPJunior was fellow Pole Gregor Waclawek.

Waclawek came to find financiers and sales agents for Agi Bagi, the first kids’ series to emerge from major Polish commercials producer, Badi Badi.

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to make it like it was before, it would fail.”

The solution was to make him part of an ensemble. “We spent a long time developing a sitcom format based around Bugs and Daffy Duck sharing an apartment and living close to the other Looney Tunes characters,” he explained.

Register has also overseen other creative renewals, including Thundercats, The Green Lantern, and the DC superhero portfolio.

Sam Register: no longer bugged by Bugs

McAleer in plea for co-operation “PUBLISHERS and producers need to start working together early in the process,” said Helen McAleer, UK managing director of Walker Books and Walker Productions. “A publisher coming late to the project doesn’t work because they won’t get the assets they need.”

McAleer was on a panel in MIPJunior’s new Books To TV Exchange strand, about developing books from television shows — and shows from books.

It was at MIPCOM three years ago that McAleer persuaded producer John Rice, CEO of Jam Media, to help develop an animated series from some books called Tilly And Friends.

The two companies are now

working closely on the television series.

Meanwhile producer Billy Macqueen of Darrell Macqueen explained how he went about it the other way around. He selected Emma Cairns-Smith, license acquisition director of Egmont, to publish the books for his new CBeebies show, Baby Jake.

“As publishers, we look for four key things in a TV show,” said Cairns-Smith: “Good story arcs, a unique voice, and rich locations and characters. And we have to believe that books can bring something extra.”

All four speakers emphasised the need to share a vision — and often writers — across both platforms.

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Fedor Strizhkov, general director, Russian Travel Guide TV (RTG TV), is a producer and broadcaster of documentary films about Russia Tell us about your company

“We present programming about the different natural zones in our country and its manufacturing, industrial and technological achievements. We broadcast in English, Turkish and Russian.”

What drew you to MIPCOM?

“To meet with our international partners and search for new operators in the pay-TV

market. We’re also presenting a catalogue (over 300) of our finest films, and hundreds of hours of exclusive video. I can say with complete confidence that we are the largest producer in Russia in the informative/ educational sector.”

What partnerships are you looking for?

“We hope to meet partners in the form of cable, satellite and IPTV operators, and broadcasters with an interest in buying quality content about nature, culture, active leisure, cities, people and cuisine.”

How has business been in the last 12 months?

“The last year has been a period of serious, gradual development for our company. One important event for us has been the opening of another production studio, in the city of Krasnodar. And Finding Seal Pups, our fascinating film about newborn seals, won an award from the Association of International Broadcasters.”

New deals sealed for Fox shows TWENTIETH Century Fox Television Distribution has signed four deals with Russian broadcasters TNT, CTC and TV3 for local productions of the four shows It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Bones, Tru Calling and Malcolm In The Middle.

The deals were unveiled

by Marion Edwards, president, international television, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, who said: “We are delighted to team up with TNT, CTC and TV3 to create Russian productions of these powerful formats.

Tru Calling: putting TV3 in suspense

The stories and relationships featured in the originals of these shows translate universally. We’re thrilled to see them come to life for Russian viewers.”

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has been picked up by TNT, while CTC is to make local versions of Malcolm In The Middle and Bones.

TV3, meanwhile, has ordered 20 episodes of Tru Calling, a suspense drama about a college graduate working in the city morgue, who is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders.

Last year, the studio also signed agreements with Channel One and CTC for local adaptations of Prison Break and How I Met Your Mother. Prison Break, which airs on Channel One, has already been renewed for a second season of 16 episodes.

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making it big in Russia WeiT Media closes deals to adapt more Endemol formats as MIPCOM showcases the Russian market

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NDEMOL’s Russian operation WeiT Media has closed a line-up of format deals. Rossiya 1 has commissioned a new season of The Ten Million Show, based on Endemol’s The Money Drop. Meanwhile, Russian TV channel MUZ-TV has ordered second seasons of UK-created formats Conveyor Belt Of Love, Hot Tub Ranking and Snog, Marry, Avoid?

Marina Williams, CEO of Central and Eastern European operations at Endemol Group, said: “Since becoming part of Endemol in 2010, WeiT Media has grown into a leading Russian producer of

Endemol’s The Money Drop: transformed into The Ten Million Show

entertainment formats. With the first-ever Russian themed MIPCOM, it’s great to be able to announce a line-up of new deals.”

WeiT has also clinched deals for: romantic comedy Caramel, picked up by TV3 and CTC; action TV series Marines, taken by Rossiya 1; and crime drama The Price Of Life, ordered by REN-TV. Timur Weinstein, WeiT general producer, said: “For 2011/2012 we are launching a new line-up of TV series across a range of genres. This is in response to the demands of our partners for fresh content in their upcoming schedules.”

The King Of Queens: Russia sees funny side

CTC PICKS UP SPT COMEDY SONY Pictures Television (SPT) has unveiled a new scripted format deal in Russia. Under the terms of the deal, SPT Productions Russia will produce 40 episodes of sitcom The King Of Queens for commercial broadcaster CTC. The series will transmit from December, marking SPT’s first local language version of the comedy format.

Unveiling a raft of format deals in Russia, Bulgaria and Israel, Jeff Lerner, senior vice-president, international scripted development and production at SPT said: “The growth in SPT’s scripted formats business demonstrates how, with the right expertise, the best storytelling translates into any culture or language. Through SPT’s production network, there is a wealth of opportunity to explore as we bring scripted hits to new audiences.”

The King Of Queens originally aired in the US in 1998 and is based on the lives of blue-collar couple Doug and Carrie Heffernan who live with Carrie’s oddball father, Arthur. The sitcom was part of CBS’s comedy line-up for 9 years.

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Izzard’s Treasure of a role Speaking to Eddie Izzard and director Steve Barron, Julian Newby hears about Izzard’s competitive streak, and how his running 43 marathons helped shape his role as Long John Silver

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ALKING face-to-face with Eddie Izzard is as entertaining as watching one of his genius stand-up comedy performances. And you learn something too: his rambling, sometimes chaotic delivery, is not just a comic tool — it’s also symptomatic of his enthusiasm for life, and a drive for perfection.

“I’m fiercely competitive,” he said speaking at the Carlton on a round of promotional activities for RHI Entertainment’s two-part mini-series Treasure Island. He proved this competitiveness two years ago, when he ran 43 marathons in 51 days — with just a few weeks of preparation. “Some people are born with stunning good looks, and you notice, don’t you, that they get lots of things coming their way,” he said. “I don’t want to be number 93 on that list. So instead, I’m this person who does very challenging things all the time.”

And playing Long John Silver certainly was a challenge. “Walking around on one leg the whole time with this crutch without a proper handle — just a piece of old rope digging into my hand — it really hurt!” The part took him over at some points too: “I’d be rowing out into open sea and I’d have people shouting at me giving me directions.

But I know how to row, so I would shout back: “Shut the fuck up! I’m the fucking captain!” Director Steve Barron added: “Sometimes he’d row off into the distance and he wouldn’t stop. He’d get smaller and smaller into the distance and I just didn’t want to say ‘Cut!’ It looked so good.”

Barron knew he’d got the right man for the part after he re-watched the films of Izzard’s marathons: “Watching him suffer his way through that ordeal, I was able to go back and make Long John a much tougher character.”

The two-part, four-hour drama is a hard-hitting re-telling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel. Said Izzard: “Pirates Of The Caribbean stole the story really. So we decided to make it hard, tough — right on the edge of family entertainment. What Tim Burton did to Batman, that’s what we’ve done to Treasure Island. It’s the Goodfellas version.”

THE IZZARD ONE-MINUTE INTERVIEW Q: What was the worst moment on the 43-marathon run?

A: In the first three days when my feet started shredding and I had to keep running.

I couldn’t work out how they’d heal while I was running.

Q: Were there any dangerous moments shooting Treasure Island?

A: I fell over trying to get on to the boat. It hurt like crazy and I had to put heat pads on and then the crutch pushed the heat pads into my skin and I burned myself.

Q: Your comedy appears improvised. Do you improvise when there’s a script?

A: I know the journey of my comedy but I will improvise as much as I can. In a perfect world in drama I would, but then everyone else would have to. You’d just throw everyone else off. Maybe in my next drama.

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“TV: just like the internet, but not as good” beActive Media’s Nuno Bernardo presents a typically teenage point of view at MIPJunior’s Transmedia panel on Saturday: a major talking point on Twitter... mipblog CO-PROS EXTEND ELASTIC RIGHTS SPANISH media company Elastic Rights has signed a co-production deal with Argentine production company Resonant TV for new teen series Lola, Muse In Training. The 120-episode series is a story of a young apprentice muse who travels to Earth to inspire a young musician.

Elastic Rights also inked a co-production deal with Argentina’s L’Orange Gutan for animation series Gluko & Lennon.

The two companies are seeking additional co-production partners at MIPCOM for the series aimed at six- to nine-yearolds that looks at the world from the perspective of the five senses.

The two deals mark a major expansion of Elastic Rights’ business strategy, according to company president Ignacio Orive Martin. “It transitions us from third-party brand management into international coproduction,” he said.

“We’re still doing brand management but this entry into co-production on our 10th anniversary is a major repositioning of our business strategy for what we are forecasting will be a very healthy next decade.”

Resonant TV’s Gonzalo Cilley (left) and Elastic Rights’ Ignacio Orive Martin seal Lola deal

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Pawn Stars picked up as content deals pay off for A+E Networks GLOBAL media company A+E Networks has finalised licensing

deals for 450 hours of content with broadcasters in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, according to Sean Cohan, A+E Networks’ Sean Cohan: “flight to quality”

the company’s senior vicepresident, international.

Speaking to MIPCOM News in Cannes, Cohan said the character-based shows that have been hits for A+E Networks’ US cable channels are now selling well in numerous territories: “Pawn Stars has been sold to eight broadcasters including Seven Network Australia and La Sexta in Spain; and Storage Wars has been picked up by Canal D Canada and networks across Scandinavia. We’ve also had strong sales for Swamp People, Hoarders, Top Shot and Ax Men, which sold to W9 in France.”

Cohan is in an upbeat mood despite the volatility of the global economy: “In situations like

these, there’s a flight to quality which benefits companies like ours with proven programme brands. This year we have a 9,500-hour catalogue with 550 new hours, which means we can provide clients with a range of content to fit their needs.”

Cohan, who also oversees A+E Networks’ international channels business, said: “There are two big stories here: the launch of Crime & Investigation in the Middle East and the launch of History Channel in India. History debuts on October 9 to 40 million homes across a range of pay-TV platforms in five languages. It will provide a mix of our best USoriginated content and local productions.”

DQE takes 5 And It to India and Qatar DQ ENTERTAINMENT (DQE) has inked a pack of deals for 5 And It, a 3D CGI animated TV series adapted from the original work Five Children And It by Edith Nesbit.

DQE has concluded a licensing deal with the Qatar Foundation for its channels jcctv.net and baraem.tv for 22 Arabic states and with Nick India for the Indian subcontinent for the adventure comedy aimed at sixto nine-year-olds about five children who unearth a sand fairy which can grant wishes – but not just any old wish.

DQE has brought on board Yowza! Animation and

Luxembourg’s Fabrique d’Images as co-producers along with ZDF Enterprises on 5 And It. The series is set to be finished in 2013.

Mazen Rifka, senior manager, acquisition and distribution for the Qatar Foundation, said: “It’s the kind of high quality production content that we are looking for and that is often not very easy to find.”

Tapaas Chakravarti, chairman and CEO of DQE added: “Our belief is in multinational creative and financial co-productions and acquisitions and in the diverse productions they can create.”

DQE also signed a licensing deal

The Qatar Foundation’s Mazen Rifka (left), Yowza!’s Heather Walker, DQE’s Tapaas Chakravarti, Nick India’s Anu Sikka and ZDF Enterprises’ Arne Lohmann

with the Qatar Foundation for the 106-episode 3D animation series Charlie Chaplin, due to be finished in 2012.

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Hell On Wheels stars in Cannes

Frontier folk: Endemol Studios’ Jeremy Gold (left), actors Anson Mount, Dominique McElligott and Colm Meaney, and Entertainment One’s John Morayniss

Anson Mount: “Everyone laughed at Lincoln’s dream of a transcontinental railroad — just liked they laughed at Kennedy when he said he wanted to put men on the moon. But even though the project was needed to unify the nation, it was also human hubris destroying God’s creation”

Dominique McElligott: “This is so much more than a simple Western. I play an English woman called Lily Bell who’s a huge outsider. Lily is married to an American surveyor who dies at the beginning of the series, so she’s been left to fend for herself in a brutal man’s world”

Colm Meaney: “Hell On Wheels is an exciting, complex, dramatic show that we’re all incredibly proud of”

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ELL On Wheels, Entertainment One/ Endemol USA’s “epic Western told in close up”, continues to generate headlines with its nuanced mix of history, drama and human courage.

In Cannes to promote the 10 x 60 mins series, written and created by Joe and Tony Gayton, are stars Anson Mount (Cook County), Colm Meaney (Get Him To The Greek), Dominique McElligott (Moon) and Common (Just Wright).

Transporting audiences back to post-Civil War America, the story centres on Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Mount), who is bent on avenging the murder of his family

by Union soldiers.

His quest leads him to the Union Pacific Railroad’s westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad, where he finds

himself in the tented city of Hell On Wheels.

A multi-layered tale of civilisation versus untouched nature unfolds, weaving together the institutionalised greed and corruption of the railroads with the immigrant experience, the plight of the newly emancipated AfricanAmerican slaves and the ravaging of the Native American homeland and people.

“It’s the perfect framework for a Western and one that has never before been used,” Mount said. “But it’s not just a great historical framework, it’s also a very clever one, because it brings together a variety of backgrounds, races and cultures. Men who months earlier had been trying to kill each other in the Civil War suddenly found themselves working together to unite their country and achieve what many thought was impossible — laying a track across the continent.”

Colm Meaney, who plays railroad owner Thomas ‘Doc’ Durant, said that some might find his character “despicable”, with his grasping entrepreneurialism, financial wheeling and dealing, and “perfidy of epic proportions”.

“But I loved him,” he added. “It was people like him who made the railroad happen.”

For executive producer Jeremy Gold, Endemol Studios’ head of creative affairs, the moral issues raised by the storyline continue to resonate: “On the downside, the transcontinental railway spelt the end of the Plains Indians’ way of life. On the upside, what would have been a six-month sea voyage from East to West coast could now be done in eight days. In terms of progress, it was akin to inventing the microchip. But was it worth it? I think everybody has to answer that question for themselves.”

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neWs GUIDES TO LOVE FOR GAUCHE GIRLS RIVE Gauche has made its distribution debut in the scripted comedy category. It is selling Cinemax show Girl’s Guide To Depravity (13 x 30 mins), which follows two best friends who’ve had bad dating experiences, and the rules they formulate to avoid getting hurt.

The Californian company has also announced the sale of more than 100 hours of long-running series Operation Repo and Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan to Australia. Foxtel and Seven Network will broadcast the shows, while deals sending 250 hours of programming to Scandinavia and Benelux have also been signed.

NETFLIX TAKES OSIRIS TITLES INDEPENDENT film and DVD distributor Osiris Entertainment has secured an output deal with online streaming service Netflix on the eve of MIPCOM. Seven new titles join a wide range of Osiris library films that have been renewed in the deal, which takes effect from October 15.

The deal was unveiled by Osiris CEO Evan Crooke.

“We are delighted to forge our association with Netflix,” he said. “Our films attract a wide range of viewers which is crucial in order to stay on top as a supplier within the world of digital distribution.”

ODDS-ON WINNER FOR ENDEMOL ENDEMOL has closed deals in Europe for the hit comedy show Odd One In. Cuatro in Spain has commissioned Endemol-owned Zeppelin TV to produce a daily stripped access primetime series, while Endemol Germany has been commissioned by RTL for a full series of Odd One In. Odd One In has also successfully launched in Italy on Rai Uno.

From chat-show queen to media mogul: Oprah sells to the world ORIGINAL content produced for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has made its Cannes debut at MIPCOM. The cable-TV platform, inspired by the US chat-show queen and broadcast entrepreneur, is a joint venture between Winfrey’s media company Harpo Inc and Discovery Communications.

Launched in January 2011, it is in 77 million US homes.

For Winfrey, the move from chat-show host to owning a channel with international reach is the realisation of a dream.

“Fifteen years ago, I wrote in my journal that one day I would create a television network, as I always felt my show was just the beginning of what the future could hold,” Winfrey said.

The OWN shows available at MIPCOM do not feature Winfrey herself, but they fulfil her vision. Finding Sarah: From Royalty To The Real World is a good example. The 6 x 60 mins series follows the financial and emotional tribulations of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York

and former daughter-in-law of England’s Queen Elizabeth II. Ferguson’s participation is the kind of scoop Winfrey was

renowned for on her TV show.

This, and the rest of the OWN slate is available from UK-based Passion Distribution.

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Sundance’s Asian ambitions expanded SUNDANCE Channel Global is

launching into Malaysia on Astro, the country’s leading multimedia broadcaster, which has a 50% penetration of TV homes and some three million subscribers.

The move comes on the back of “a very active summer”, said Harold Gronenthal, senior vice-president and general manager of AMC/Sundance Channel Global. Gronenthal added: “Astro is a very big player in its market and is aggressively promoting and marketing Sundance Channel HD. In terms of our overall expansion moving forward, this is a very important launch for us. Astro, which has made remarkable strides in

leading Malaysia’s adoption of HDTV, is a great partner for introducing Malaysian viewers to Sundance Channel’s highquality programming.”

He stressed that Sundance Channel Global is in “constant conversation” with key networks across Asia as it strives to expand its footprint to “cover the entire market”.

Sundance Channel, established

by Hollywood legend Robert Redford to provide a platform for independent films, documentaries and original programming, is already distributed in Korea, Singapore and, since August, Taiwan, where it is available on DishHD and Chunghwa.

AMC/Sundance Channel Global’s Harold Gronenthal: “a very important launch”

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I’ll be Frank — a new life in Norway for Van Zandt From Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band to the Sopranos, Steven Van Zandt is in Cannes to tell the market about his new series Lilyhammer, brought to market by Germany’s SevenOne International and set in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer

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ORWEGIANS are very nice people,” said Steven Van Zandt. “But the complete opposite of New Jersey. So we have the ultimate fish out of

water story.”

Which may go some way to explaining the mystery of full-on, Born In The USA, Sopranos star Van Zandt writing, producing and acting in a Norwegian television series. He plays Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano, who testifies against his mafia boss and has to join a witness protection programme in small-town Lillehammer, known — if at all — to the wider world only for the 1994 winter Olympics.

How do you say that, again? That would be Lilyhammer — the title of the 8 x 45-minute series, distributed by Germany’s SevenOne, where Frank tries to go straight, but of course doesn’t succeed. He has the unlikely figure of his counsellor at the local unemployment office to try to keep him on the right path, with a local businessman on hand with more attractive inducements — along with his Norwegian teacher Sigrid.

Perhaps not surprisingly, music first took Bruce Springsteen’s guitar point man to Norway.

“Norway is not really on the rock n roll tour – most acts only do Copenhagen and Stockholm.

I was the first to come here,” he said. That led to involvement with a couple of Norwegian bands, and it was while in Bergen about three years ago that the writers — Anne Bjornstad and Eilif Skodvin — approached him with the idea. “It was so crazy, I liked it straight away.”

It led to a year of collaboration for Van Zandt as producer and writer, before the cameras rolled.

“I’m not really engaged unless I can collaborate.

I’m no longer just a gun for hire,” he said He is full of praise for his fellow actors. “We have National Theatre actors playing cab drivers — it’s like having Laurence Olivier on set.”

And he added, in relation to the language issue, especially in the US: “All the actors speak very good English, so it would probably add only a day a week to shoot an English-language version alongside.”

Which seems to suggest Van Zandt’s love affair with Norway is set to continue in future series.

Expect an outbreak of bandana wearing in Oslo.

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neWs STATESIDE SALE FOR SHOPAMOK NORDIC World has sold the Danish format Shopamok to US company, MY-Tupelo Entertainment.

Deals for the Gong Media fashion format, which aired on Kanal 4 this spring to double its slot average, are now being negotiated with broadcasters across Europe and the Middle East, according to Jan Salling, Nordic World’s chief operating officer and director of sales.

CTI and NTV go hand in hand for Japanese drama remake CNPLUS PRODUCTION, the joint venture between Japan’s Nippon Television Network (NTV) and CTI Television (CTI) in Taiwan, has moved into development on its first production, Love In Hands.

Love In Hands is a remake of the NTV drama Heaven’s Coin, which first aired in 1995.

The joint venture was inked in May and CNplus officially launched in July. The company is now looking for licensing partners at MIPCOM. “It’s the first time that CTI has had any co-operation with a Japanese company,” said Jason Liao, president, CNplus Production and president of CTI. “This remake of one of Japan’s most popular series of all time is a first step, but we are confident it will allow us to license additional remake rights for NTV dramas that will reach the larger Chinese speaking community in the region and around the globe,” said Yukiko Kimishima, general manager, international business content business division, for NTV.

Salling said: “Our recent global success with Shopamok has confirmed what we have known for some time — that Nordic programming, with its high production values and quirky take on universal themes, works as well in New York as it does in New Delhi.”

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FUN WORLD BUYS INTO THE ACTION IN LINE with its mission to build a library of “entertaining content that fills gaps across underserved genres”, Fun World Media’s distribution arm has acquired two new series: mixed martial arts programme Superior Cage Combat (12 x 180 mins) and extreme travel/ adventure show Season On The Edge (13 x 30 mins).

“The action in Superior Cage Combat rivals UFC matches and Season On The Edge goes beyond action to tell the back stories,” said Andrew Schreiber, president of sales.

NTV’s Yukiko Kimishima and CTI’s Jason Liao

Zephyr in global content quest MEDIA buying and management company Zephyr Media is leading a consortium in the launch of Vibrant TV, a US TV channel dedicated to quality programming from international producers and broadcasters.

Scheduled to launch next June, Vibrant TV will air blocks of programmes in categories

including lifestyle, reality, series, sports and kids.

Zephyr CEO Dan Zifkin is in Cannes this week with the channel’s new content acquisition team in search of shows.

“American viewers are developing a strong appetite for programming that originates from all parts of the world that is

largely unmet by current channels,” said Zifkin.

He added that Vibrant TV would be a showcase for internationally-produced shows “providing a television window to the world for American audiences and a US broadcast platform for international producers.”

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neWs ICONCERTS GOES MOBILE WITH APP ICONCERTS has inked distribution deals with key manufacturers Samsung, Toshiba Europe, LG Electronics, Philips and Panasonic. iConcerts is in Cannes to demonstrate its new Android and iOS based application, which introduces intuitive sliding menus and makes full use of touchscreen interfaces.

The distribution deals are part of iConcerts ramp-up for its connected TV launch, which is set to roll out throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Samsung, Toshiba, LG, Philips and Panasonic will feature the iConcerts VOD music service on multiple platforms. “With the iConcerts TV and VOD services now available in some 86 countries, our goal is to provide our audience with a true transmedia experience. said founder Natalia Tsarkova.

WORLD ACQUIRES TASTE FOR SHOW RIVE Gauche Television is celebrating strong international sales of its hit reality series, My Strange Addiction, which looks at people’s unusual obsessions and habits. CEO Jon Kramer has announced that the show is now in more than a hundred countries.

Among the latest to sign up are La Sexta (Spain); TV 4 (Sweden); TV2 (Norway); TV5 (Finland); Viasat (Denmark); Nine Network (Australia); Yes DBS (Israel); Fox Crime/True Corp.

(Thailand) and Discovery (Central & Eastern Europe).

My Strange Addiction (Rive Gauche)

TV Asahi’s Gourmet Academy serves up food for thought YASUO Kawashima executive director of the new international business department at TV Asahi, Japan, is at MIPCOM with a package of formats that are having a big impact on the broadcasters’ domestic ratings.

In Gourmet Academy, for instance, professional chefs give ruthless evaluations of dishes served at branded restaurant chains, and by major food manufacturers. “The TV industry in Japan produces a lot of great ideas, but not many people abroad are aware of this,” Kawashima said. “So we would like to make the best of opportunities like MIPCOM to introduce our versatile formats.

We are also looking to take a further step and create and develop projects together with partners from around the world for Gourmet Academy and other formats such as Village Voices, a feel-good challenge show featuring community co-operation, and a singing competition.”

Yasuo Kawashima

Emotional debut for 9 Story series PRE-SCHOOL animated series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood had its world premiere at MIPJunior.

The series (40 x 22 mins) is being produced by Canadian animation house, 9 Story Entertainment: “It’s unique in that it is the first show that kids watch and it’s all about experiencing and dealing with emotions,” Natalie Osborne, executive vice-president, business development, said. “The show also has a unique look and feel thanks to a combination of stop motion and Flash.”

Company president and CEO Vince Commisso added: “We’re also currently developing new episodes of Arthur with a fresh new look. But equally we respect what has made the show so

popular so we won’t be changing things for the sake of it.”

Also screening for the first time at MIPCOM are 9 Story’s children’s

animated comedy series Numb Chucks (52 x 11 mins) and The Super Dupers ( 52 x 11 mins), about superhero twins.

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Herzog’s tale of American Gothic Werner Herzog tells Julian Newby about his latest documentary, Into The Abyss – A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life, about prisoners on death row in Texas

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OLLOWING the recent success of his 3D feature-length documentary Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, veteran German filmmaker Werner Herzog (Nosferatu The Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo) is at MIPCOM to present his latest documentary Into The Abyss – A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life, an in-depth examination of the personalities of American convicts awaiting the death penalty, commissioned

by German state broadcaster ZDF. What fascinates Herzog about inmates on death row is the fact that they know exactly how, and when, they are going to die. “They know every step of the ritual, the protocol.

They know the minute they are going to die, we do not. So there is a very significant sort of difference between us.” He added: “This is true American Gothic.”

Herzog conducted exhaustive research on each of the inmates featured in the film, before conducting the on-camera interviews.

“I did my homework. I went through each individual’s case file, sometimes hundreds and hundreds of pages of police reports, witness interrogations, crime scene photos and court transcripts, so I was quite familiar with the crimes themselves — but not of course with the people. You have only 15mins for a conversation on camera so you have to be able to settle in immediately and find the right tone.”

Herzog said the common denominator between the convicted criminals interviewed was a bad start in life. “Quite often I asked them about how we should conduct our lives? How should we cherish each moment? How should we raise our children? And it’s very significant because many of them had very bad upbringings and terrible childhoods, and they all insist on small family values, without exception.”

And Herzog is clear in his own views about their plight. “I am cautious because the film should not make them heroes,” he said. “In all the cases that I dealt with, the question of guilt does not even exist anymore, and I tell them all that ‘this is not a platform for you to prove your innocence, are you still willing to talk to me?’. In all cases, the jury’s guilty verdict was based on overwhelming evidence.”

But this does not mean that Herzog agrees with the death penalty. “My view is unshakable, and I don’t even have an argument, I only have a story. And it is the history of Nazi Germany, the barbarism where you had an incredible amount of capital punishment, and parallel to that a programme of euthanasia,

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where if you were insane you were unworthy of life, and the state would kill you off. On top of that the genocide of six million Jews — so period, end of story. No one of my generation in Germany, none of my peers advocates capital punishment. The state should never have the capacity to kill off anyone for any reason, period. It’s a very simple attitude, not even an argument. And I let everyone know at the prison that I am not an advocate, and that it’s not an activist film. You also have to understand that [while making the film] I am also a guest in the USA and a guest in Texas, but I respectfully disagree with the death penalty.” want to know more? A press conference with Werner Herzog takes place today in Auditiorium J, at 11.00

The state should never have the capacity to kill off anyone for any reason Werner Herzog

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RGENTINA’s Construir TV, an innovative themed channel aimed at workers and their families, is making its MIPCOM debut. Launched by Fundacion Construir the non-profit arm of the UOCRA union in Argentina, it produces programming addressing the construction industry, the life stories and activities of the workers and educational topics.

“We launched Construir TV this year and have so far produced 1,000 microprogrammes (7 mins) related to

the industry,” Ralph Haiek, Construir’s consultant and content buyer, said. “We come to MIPCOM for the first time to offer our format and our programming to other companies or organisations that could be interested in such an appealing niche.”

Haiek stresses that Construir TV is focused on the future of digital content. “You will be able to watch content on TV, internet and mobile phone streaming. Our strategy calls for placing our content in the cloud to make VOD available everywhere,” he said.

Ralph Haiek: “Seeking all kinds of opportunities and alliances.”

Fox carried to East Africa EAST Africa-based Wananchi Group has announced that it is to carry TV services from Fox International Channels (FIC) on its three-in-one cable, DTH and online platform, Zuku.

The Zuku carriage agreement will see it introduce Fox Entertainment, FX, NatGeo Adventure and Baby TV over the next few months. “The deal with FIC marks another exciting step for Wananchi, supporting our ongoing drive to offer viewers a diverse range of programming,” said Hannelie

Bekker, managing director of Wananchi Programming.

“These channels are a fantastic addition, further bolstering our offering to a wider demographic within the East African population.”

Thandi Davids, regional director, broadcasting & sales Africa at FIC added: “We are delighted to bring FIC channels to Zuku subscribers. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Zuku to bring subscribers even more TV choice from our bouquet of channels.”

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While formats is a key strength, Ohta says that Fuji has come to this market with a wide array of content: “Although we primarily

focus on non-scripted programming, we are also presenting scripted, anime and documentaries — a wellbalanced mix from our abundant content library. Based on this, I strongly believe that we will achieve ever-growing revenue.”

Fuji’s activities in the international space have been helped by the creation of a new unit, he said: “Last year we started a new division, worldwide production and sales, in which we have consolidated our international programme sales, format sales and special project development.

This division will focus on co-development and coproduction of both non-scripted and scripted programming.

Our ultimate goal is to create

content that will travel well in the global market.”

According to Ohta, Fuji’s innovation in content and distribution also extends to digital: “Currently, we provide our customers with programmes, social gaming and mobile content via our Premium TV On Demand service. This market has grown rapidly and Fuji dominates it in comparison to our competitors. As for social gaming, we collaborate hand-in-hand with Japan’s market leaders, and have rapidly developed original games.”

Fuji has also been developing social networking systems that give audiences an opportunity for more personal interaction with other loyal fans and celebrities appearing on shows.

Ohta said that digital

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innovations like this will help Fuji extend its influence in the international market: “With our eye on the North American market in the near future, we plan to aggressively expand our business to target the rapidly growing and multifaceted platform of digital devices such as smart phones and smart TVs.”

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It’s television Tim, but not as we know it Tandem Communications’ Tim Halkin talks to Julian Newby about movie-sized productions for the TV-sized screen

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HILE Germany’s Tandem Communications is at MIPCOM doing business as usual, the company has two epic series in production in different parts of Europe. World Without End, the sequel to the cinematic Pillars Of The Earth — both adaptations of novels by Ken Follett, is currently shooting in Hungary, while the television adaptation of author Kate Mosse’s bestseller Labyrinth, starts shooting in Carcassonne, France, next week.

Both productions use Tandem’s now tried-and tested coproduction formula, enabling the company to build a sufficient budget — all of which is thrown at the screen — to produce movie-quality drama at television-sized budgets.

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As Tim Halkin, executive producer and partner/managing director at Tandem, said of the World Without End shoot, currently under way: “This is not television, this is definitely bigbudget theatrical in terms of what they built. They built the entire town of Kingsbridge just outside Budapest. You look around and you are in 14th-century England.”

World Without End is a majority German, minority-Canadian co-production, with an additional inter-provincial co-production agreement between the province of Ontario and the province of Quebec. The series is being filmed in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia, with post-production in Canada. “The structure was beneficial to getting the show financed because we are tapping into incentives in both Canada and Hungary,” Halkin said.

“Hungary is a great place to shoot. Major $100m films are being shot in Budapest these days – they have great crews there.”

Meanwhile the Tandem-Scott Free production Labyrinth is a German-South African coproduction, shooting in Carcassonne in the South of France, and Cape Town in South Africa. The four-hour mini-series is adapted by writer Adrian Hodges (Primeval, The Last King) and directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death, Triangle) — with an all-star cast list including British actor John Hurt.

“I’m very excited about the collaboration of two incredibly strong artists on this project: putting Adrian Hodges and Chris Smith’s talents together has become explosively exciting,” said executive producer Ridley Scott of Scott Free.

Halkin said the production has been welcomed with open arms by the people of the region of France where the book is set.

“Kate Mosse has become a local hero there,” he said. “Her book was hugely popular worldwide and it put Carcassonne, and the whole Languedoc region, on the map. The tourist board worships the ground this woman walks on, basically.”

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CRIPPS Networks International is making its Indonesian debut this month with the HD launch of Food Network Asia on DTH satellite service aora.

Food Network was launched at MIPCOM in 2009 and Food Network Asia followed in 2010 as a 24/7 English language channel that includes a mix of series from

Scripps Networks International’s Bob Baskerville

the US, as well as locally produced original content.

Subscribers to aora will have access to signature series such as Barefoot Contessa and regional favourites such as Luke Nyugen’s Vietnam.

The lifestyle network is also continuing its expansion into Portugal with a launch on Portugal’s ZON Multimedia. It is already carried on Portugal Telecom through Vodafone’s Casa IPTV channel. In Portugal, the lifestyle channel will be available to all ZON HD digital subscribers.

“The launch in Indonesia represents Food Network Asia’s fifth territory and validates the appeal Asian viewers have for our brand,” said Bob Baskerville, general manager for Scripps Networks International.

The channel is already present in Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan.

Cineflix ups IP role with major new rights venture DISTRIBUTION and production company Cineflix Media has signalled its commitment to growing its intellectual property strategy and revenue with the creation of Cineflix Rights (formerly Cineflix International). The move comes as the company comes to MIPCOM with an enhanced presence and a significant number of programme acquisition Cineflix Rights’ Paul Heaney

and sales deals signed in advance of the market.

The creation of Cineflix Rights signals the company’s plans to expand its IP exploitation beyond distribution into areas including digital content and ancillary revenue: “The creation of Cineflix Rights is an exciting move for the company, demonstrating our keen focus on significantly expanding our IP exploitation into new areas and growing the division substantially in the near future,” Cineflix Rights president and managing director Paul Heaney said.

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neWs Ben Miller stars in ‘fresh and different’ Death In Paradise Primeval star Ben Miller is headlining the ambitious BBC1/France Televisions co-production Death In Paradise. He tells Max Leonard about “his dream job” “IT WASN’T exactly a hard sell,” said actor and comedian Ben Miller, describing his decision to play DI Richard Poole in Death In Paradise, one of the flagship dramas being presented by BBC Worldwide at MIPCOM. The 8 x 50 mins series is a classic fish-out-of-water tale about an English policeman who is posted to Sainte Marie in the French Caribbean, where he finds the local policing style — not to mention the sun and the sand — something of a trial.

Miller, however, found the exotic location more pleasing than his on-screen character: “It’s a place of incredible natural beauty,” he said.

He also found the script, written by new TV writer Robert Thorogood, compelling.

“When I first signed up, I thought I was in the Caribbean version of The Wire!” Miller said. “Then I saw the first cut and I realised there were some very funny bits too. You have to take the murders very seriously, to grip the audience and involve them with the characters. But at the same time, there are some really fun moments. I think that’s what Robert does very well: he combines nice light moments with dark storylines.”

He added: “Death In Paradise has a lot to offer a heartland audience who love detective shows, but at the same time it

feels very fresh and different.”

The series is the first time the BBC has co-produced with France Televisions.

Miller, a Francophile, praised the collaboration.

“I loved working with really great French actors, directors and producers,” he said. He added that he hoped Death In Paradise would introduce co-star Sara Martins (Tell No One, Pigalle) to a wider international audience.

Death In Paradise is produced

by Red Planet Pictures and Atlantique Productions in association with BBC Worldwide and Kudos Film & Television, with support from the region of Guadeloupe.

Death In Paradise stars, Sara Martins and Ben Miller: sun, sand and slaughter

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ERMANY’S Bavaria Film and Telepool will join forces in January to form Global Screen, a company handling worldwide distribution of cinema and television programmes outside German-speaking European territories, to become one of the largest distribution companies in Europe.

Rolf Moser and Thomas Weymar will be named managing directors. Moser will primarily handle commercial matters and Weymar the distribution of programmes. Both will be in charge of acquisition. Existing libraries and programme licences

will remain with the shareholders and will be marketed internationally by Global Screen in the form of an agency model for Telepool and Bavaria Media.

New film and television rights will be acquired and distributed

by Global Screen itself.

“Global Screen will not only continue the success story of the two companies, but will also receive a significant boost by joining of forces,” Bavaria Film’s Moser said.

Telepool’s Weymar added: “We will become big enough to stand our ground in the highly competitive programme market, and still remain small enough to individually take care of our clients.”

Bavaria Film’s Rolf Moser: “significant boost”

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EBU launches new online marketplace THE EUROPEAN

Broadcasting Union (EBU) is at MIPCOM launching its new online content trading platform EurovisionShowcase.com, which captures programming and formats from around the globe and allows creators to showcase their work, and buyers to source content for their channels.

The new platform enables members of Eurovision Showcase to upload, browse and search a database of content and formats. Buyers can then negotiate directly with the sellers to conclude deal rights. Andy Wood CEO, Eurovision London Limited, said: “It provides content buyers with a powerful sourcing tool and enables open collaboration and sharing between the TV and

Andy Wood: “serving the broader media community”

media content community.

“Our strategy is to create an online marketplace and community for media professionals and this represents a significant step by the EBU towards serving the broader media community.

“European Showcase offers an easy-to-use and secure environment, complementing existing distribution channels by providing a powerful set of tools such as HD video upload, template driven entry, advanced search, personal and company contact profiles, and social features including private messaging.”

Wood added: “Our strategy at MIPCOM is to launch our offering, raise awareness and build momentum. Our members have an audience share exceeding 650 million viewers each week and operate over 300 radio and 280 television channels. Foundations are now in place for the use of rich forms of content across multiple platforms.

“The falling cost of production combined with widespread availability of broadband and mobile viewing platforms are key enabling factors.”

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neWs FUNGI DEAL MUSHROOMS PHILIPPINES-based animation studio Top Draw Animation has signed a co-production pact with Catalonia-based Stor Fisk.

Under the terms of the deal, they will produce Fungi, a 26 x 7 mins series in association with Televisio de Catalunya.

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Fungi, created by Veronica Lassenius, tells the story of Frida and Max, two friends who learn from their unusual neighbours, the Undergrounders. The show will be distributed in Asia and Australasia by Mango Distribution; a joint venture between Top Draw and Sticky Pictures (Australia).

Wayne Dearing, managing director of Top Draw and Mango, said: “Fungi is charming, well-written and has genuine international potential. We’re delighted to be working with Stor Fisk for the first time.”

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KADOKAWA’S CREATIONS KADOKAWA Shoten is in Cannes with a number of titles, among them The Future Diary and Misplaced By Heaven-A Clockwork Angeloid.

TV animation The Future Diary, based on the original manga by Sakae Esuno, is a suspense action anime based on a brutal survival game that unfolds between holders of mobile diaries that have the future written on them.

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Mouk and his friend Chavapa travel worldwide with Disney

HE WALT Disney Company is globetrotting with Mouk, a new animated pre-school series from France-based Millimages.

The Walt Disney Company EMEA has bought the 62 x11 mins series in a multi-territory deal that will see Mouk air on the Disney Junior network in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,

Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The show follows the travel adventures of Mouk and his friend Chavapa. After every new adventure in a different country, they write back home and tell their friends Popo and Mita about it.

The show is designed to help Disney Junior’s targeted two- to seven-year-old audiences, and their families, learn something new about the world’s cultures and attractions.

BBC double act set to charm BBC WORLDWIDE Channels is unveiling Sarah & Duck, a commission for the international CBeebies network; now available in 53 million homes outside the UK. The 2D animation series (40 x 7 mins), created by Sarah Gomes Harris and Tim O’Sullivan at Karrot Entertainment, is aimed at three- to six-year-olds. It tells the story of seven-year-old Sarah and her manic best friend, Duck.

Sarah & Duck was commissioned by Henrietta Hurford-Jones, director of CBeebies investment at BBC Worldwide, to air on CBeebies’ international feeds from 2013.

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Worldwide has also secured global distribution and merchandising rights.

Hurford-Jones said: “Sarah & Duck has great charm, strong characterisation and is a wonderful concept for CBeebies. CBeebies is experiencing huge growth and it’s paramount that we continue to live up to the trust placed in the brand with a range of great shows and formats.”

“BEST BOY Entertainment is launching its international distribution division at MIPCOM, with new product including factual series Pet ER, a new season of children’s series Mickey’s Farm, travel/ adventure show The Skinny Dip which looks at the best places in the world to skinny dip,” Robert Evans, vicepresident distribution, marketing, interactive, Best Boy Entertainment, said. “And we have more new shows in development. We are also offering Pet ER and The Skinny Dip as formats.”

POP IT! IN PORTUGAL GURU Distribution, a division of Guru Studio, has sold seasons one and two of kids dance-along series Pop It! to Portuguese broadcaster SIC. The 52 x 5 mins series will premiere in October on pay TV channel SIC Kids.

“We are pleased with the sales momentum for Pop It! going into MIPCOM,” said Mary Bredin, vice-president, development & acquisitions, at Guru Studio. “We anticipate strong interest in Cannes for a dance show designed to energise viewers and entice them to participate in fun physical activity.”

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Tell us about Silkroad Digital Technology

“We have 14 branches in China, devoted to six business sectors: product visualisation, 3D animation, digital exhibitions, CGI education, digital cities and film special effects.

Our 3D animation is well-known in China.”

What drew you to MIPCOM?

“MIPCOM is the world’s leading content market and the most influential digital content exhibition. We have 10 years experience in 3D, our main products are animation, advertising and film special effects.”

What partnerships are you looking for?

“We expect to find good overseas co-

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operators and companies to explore the Chinese digital content market.”

How has business been in the last 12 months?

“Computer graphic technology has developed rapidly. The Chinese market is thriving — including computer games, film and TV production — and this is an accelerator for CGI companies. The digital content market in China is booming under a positive economic environment.”

Fruitful move for Annoying Orange BASED on the mostwatched web series of all-time, The Annoying Orange animated television series is currently in development, being produced by entertainment management and production company The Collective in association with Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2), and written by multi-Emmy winner Tom Sheppard (Pinky And The Brain, Animaniacs).

The television series takes The Annoying Orange out of the kitchen and on a time travelling fruit cart with the rest of the

fruit-based characters who make up his world.

“The pilot is just about finished and we are seeing a lot of interest from various distributors. The Collective has already developed a reputation for developing online business models that work for a number of high-profile clients, and this project is about expanding that idea,” Michael Green, CEO and founder of The Collective, said. “Now that technology allows the audience to interact with programming, we see a whole range of possibilities for a character who has the sort of mass comic appeal of an enduring classic like SpongeBob SquarePants.”

The Annoying Orange (The Collective)

Maglabs platform gives firms tools for the job

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IGITAL asset management specialist Maglabs is launching a platform that allows even the smallest entertainment production or distribution company to create, manage and distribute digital content. Publicitymedia.com is a flexible, pay-as-you-go service open to any entertainment industry company that owns digital content and needs to securely manage it — both internally among staff and collaborators, and externally.

The platform can be used for any digital content including stills, video, scripts and production notes. A

major benefit is that companies using the service will only be charged for storage space on the system, not for distribution.

“Many small to medium entertainment businesses don’t currently have the tools they need to securely store, manage and distribute their digital assets,” Maglabs consultant, Mike Taylor said. “They are still coming in to find their e-mail boxes jammed full of big files each morning. Or they are putting files on USB sticks and couriering them across town or via a runner across the office. Publicitymedia.com does away with all of this.”

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Red Bee deliveRs dATA FOR UpC TECHNOLOGY solutions firm Red Bee Media has unveiled an exclusive multi-year deal with UPC Broadband, Liberty Global’s European cable division, to provide rich metadata for Liberty Global’s next-generation TV platform, Horizon.

Red Bee will create and deliver services for the Horizon platform, scheduled to launch next year in the Netherlands.

Horizon allows consumers to share and view content on multiple screens and devices wirelessly throughout the home.

“Digital television has opened up new opportunities for broadcasters to promote and stream their content across multiple platforms. Rich metadata is revolutionising the traditional listings model, accessing new audiences and potentially lucrative revenue streams,” said Bill Patrizio, CEO of Red Bee Media.

OpTOMen deAl CONTENT processing and re-purposing business re:fine has struck a deal with Optomen International to provide content processing services, including digital storage, video encoding, and digital distribution. The companies will be working together for three years on future services. To kick the deal off, Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares Series 4 has been digitised and digitally delivered to 10 major broadcasters.

Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen nightmares (Optomen international)

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PESSIMISTS, prostitutes and the power of good food are all to be found on Nordic World’s MIPCOM roster. The Nordic programming alliance is in Cannes with several new formats, including the chef-rescue show Dinner Disasters, now airing on TV3 Norway where it is pulling in the channel’s highest ratings.

From Denmark comes The Pessimists, which promises to take its gloomy contestants from hopelessness to happiness in just three months.

Another Danish offering, Grandma’s Whorehouse, sees two celebrity grandmothers debate the pros and cons of the world’s oldest profession.

ROBOCAR Poli, the cops-and-robots show that won the 2010 MIP Junior Licensing Challenge for Roi Visual, is back in town. Combining the three main obsessions of its target audience of three- to fiveyear-old boys — robots, cars and police — Robocar Poli is now making its international debut. The show launched successfully on Korea’s public education channel EBS earlier this year, where it pulled in the highest viewer ratings.

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Robocar Poli (Roi Visual)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST SPAIN KIDS’ DRAMA

JOKEBOX (13 x 26 mins) from the Spanish producer Kotoc is a sketch-based animation that draws on pop, cinema and cultural references to appeal to a cross-generational audience. Set to air next month on TV3, which co-produced the show, the series consists of 12 independent

sketches, each based on a different character.

The surreal cast includes a family that communicates through drawing, two students who are trying to rent a room to Bill Gates and a hamster that displays human behaviour in a parody of a National Geographic documentary.

Dinner Disasters (Nordic World)

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MEDIA Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) is in Cannes with 400 hours of content. Priorities include the treasure hunt-style game show Thumb Wars (11 x 60 mins), distributed by Bomanbridge Media, in which teams of cross-generational contestants use smart phones and apps to solve complex challenges. The pre-school animation Guess How Much I Love You (52 x 11 mins), adapted from Sam Bratney and Anita Jeram’s picture book, which has sold 22 million copies worldwide, follows the adventures of the Nutbrown Hares and their woodland friends.

CHEEKY, big-hearted and adorable, Olly lives in the town of Bumpton — a fantastical Utopia for children, where snowy mountains meet sandy shores and thrilling cityscapes. This is the setting for Parthenon Entertainment’s latest 3D HD CGI pre-school animation, which follows the adventures of Olly and his group of chums, including a Welsh fire engine, a racy pink sports car and a driver called Stan. Voiced

by BAFTA Award-winning Justin Fletcher, Olly The Little White Van is already airing on CiTV in the UK.

Olly The Little White Van (Parthenon Entertainment)

STUDIO100 MEDIA GERMANY KIDS’ DRAMA

Thumb Wars (MDA/Bomanbridge Media)

GERMANY’s Studio 100 Media is showcasing the soap-style live-action series Galaxy Park (52 x 12 mins), which combines adventure and mystery in a lightly humorous storyline. Targeted at 10- to 14-year-olds, the daily series is set in an amusement park, where six teenagers are working during their holidays. But there’s something very strange about Galaxy Park. Baffling things start to happen — and the plot thickens when it transpires that one of the kids is actually an alien on a mission to study human emotions.

Galaxy Park (Studio100 Media)

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UK-BASED Content Television, a subsidiary of Content Media Corporation, is getting intimate at Cannes with Strictly Sexual: The Series. A spin-off of the US cult independent movie of the same name from Hyphenate Films, the comedy drama is a wry and humorous look at the challenges of 21stcentury dating. It focuses on the fate of two young women who choose different approaches to romance and sex. Dramatic tension emerges when their emotions get complicated and affect their decisions about love, career and friendships.

A FEATURE film about redemption, the dispute between a monastery and a Buddhist meditation centre, a humorous social soap opera and the challenges faced by social workers are some of the themes of new titles brought to MIPCOM by Polish public broadcaster TVP (Telewizja Polska).

Heritage is the title of the 124-minute movie about the ambitious ‘Prince’ who is forced to return to his poor village after plans to make it big go awry. Two peace-loving communities, at a monastery and a Buddhist centre respectively, clash bitterly in Major Power.

SPANISH production company La Cometa, part of Eurostar Mediagroup, wants to discuss the sale of With A Right To Vote, its live studio debate format.

The programme, currently airing on the Madrid TV channel Telemadrid, analyses public opinion on the latest political and social issues. It invites 100 Madrid citizens, selected according to opinion poll criteria so as to give a barometer of local public opinion, to take part in a live TV debate.

Additionally, politicians, journalists and other experts are invited to the studio to express their views and, where relevant, be given a right to reply.

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Strictly Sexual: The Series (Content Television)

LITTLE BROThER PRODUCTIONS UK KIDS COMEDY ANIMATION

REVENGE and fury are in abundance in the comedy animation series called The Revenge Files Of Alistair Fury from UK-based Little Brother Productions and Montreal’s Sardine Productions. It is based on the best-selling children’s book of the same name, from publishing group Random House, and on the BAFTA award-winning live-action BBC TV series. The 52 x 11 mins series follows the plots, conspiracies and schemes hatched by schoolboy Alistair and his friends, whose mission in life is to right the wrongs visited upon boys everywhere.

A DRAMATIC archive account of events and developments during the Second World War is available from Octapixx Worldwide, the Canadabased international distributor. WWII Diary: 19391945 comprises an archive of 2,190 two-minute short films. Amounting to 73 hours of footage, the films feature a day-by-day account of all aspects of the greatest conflict the world has ever known.

With a well-crafted narration and stunning choice of archive footage, the short films are designed for distribution on platforms including broadcast, DVD, mobile and traditional newspaper on-pack incentive schemes.

WWII Diary: 1939-1945 (Octapixx Worldwide)

With A Right To Vote (Eurostar Mediagroup)

TELEMUNDO US TELENOVELAS

DRAMATIC narratives unfold at Telemundo Internacional, one of the world’s biggest telenovela distributors. La Casa De Al Lado (Behind Closed Doors) follows the terrible secrets of the apparently normal Conde family. Mi Corazon Insiste En Lola Volcan (My Heart Beats For Lola Volcan) is about two young star-crossed lovers whose decision to elope leads to tragedy and misfortune. Other Telemundo titles include Flor Salvaje (Wild Flower), La Reina Del Sur (Queen Of The South) and a package of youth-targeted shows originally produced for mun2, the US Latino cable TV network.

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IN POH’s Kitchen Series Two — Poh’s Kitchen On The Road — (26 x 30 mins), presenter and artist, Poh Ling Yeow, travels in Australia and Asia creating recipes using local ingredients. From the kids’ catalogue come two series of The WotWots (52 x 10 mins/26 x 12 mins), about two puppet-like aliens who explore earth, the fourth series of Let’s Get Inventin’ (9 x 22 mins), and new edition Stay Tuned (30 x 15 mins) about two music bloggers. Factual programmes include The Digger (1 x 83 mins), about Australian soldiers and In Their Sights (45 mins), about kill-capture missions in Afghanistan.

PRANK Science (13 x 30 mins) is a street-level gag show that lures unsuspecting people into pranks – all in the name of science, and in the process reveals facts and theories. Natural Born Dealers (6 x 1 hour) is a series about a father and son team who enjoy finding cool old stuff that they can enjoy and then sell; anything from a 1950s jukebox or a civil war cannon to a designer 60s swivel chair. The company also brings Inventions That Shook The World (10 x 1 hour), a look at the inventions of the 20th century that have shaped how we travel, communicate, live, work and play.

BANIJAY International brings a classic family game show format to MIPCOM — Don’t Say A Word.

Each week two teams of four celebrities take turns trying to make their team-mates guess the phrase they have been given, one word at a time. They can use anything to try to get clues across: body language, facial expressions, actions and whatever props they find lying around — anything except their voice. The show is airing on Sweden’s SVT.

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TO CELEBRATE, in 2012, the 70th birthday of former world champion boxer Muhammad Ali DFD brings a set of three one-hour DVDs, titled Ali: In His Own Words, to the international marketplace. The programmes include an audience with Muhammad Ali, with an invited audience, a question and answer session with members of the public, and the complete match against British challenger Henry Cooper, plus rarely seen archive footage. Also in the catalogue is Whistlestop London, a look at the beautiful locations and historic buildings of the city.

IN CONVICTED To Live (working title) Shoreline Entertainment brings a story set in Romania during the Second World War, told through the eyes of a young boy. A German soldier is found dead, and the local authorities must find the culprit, under threat of death. Ipu (Gerard Depardieu), the madman of the village, is put under pressure to admit responsibility. In return, he is promised a hero’s funeral, a statue, the renaming of the main street after him, and property for his family. Led by the town Priest (Harvey Keitel), the locals try to convince Ipu to take the fall.

Convicted To Live (Shoreline Entertainment)

kids’ series & doCumentAry

TOTALLY Amp’d is a new kids’ series (10 x 7 mins) for television, web and mobile, focusing on five teenagers with raw talent who are brought together in the hope of becoming the next big musical supergroup. Built for smartphone and tablet devices, the show, with an original soundtrack, is produced by Shaftesbury and its digital media division, Smokebomb Entertainment. Shaftesbury will also be launching a one-hour documentary Who’s Sorry Now?, produced in association with the CBC. Who’s Sorry Now? considers the recent boom in public apologies against a backdrop where powerful people and powerful interests have less privacy, and where misdeeds are harder to hide.

Totally Amp’d (Shaftesbury Films)

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OFFICIAL CONFERENCES & EVENTS

THE PITCH DOCTOR’S GUIDE TO MAKING AT MIPCOM 9.00 – 10.00 Californie Theatre, Level 5 Presenter ■ Paul Boross, The Pitch Doctor, Big Sky, UK @PaulBoross

Moderator d ■ Keith Johnson, Partner, Agora Media Group Ltd., UK, @brands2me

FOCUS ON RUSSIA: COUNTRY MEDIA OVERVIEW 10.30 – 11.45 Esterel, Level 5 Moderator d ■ Chris Burns, euronews

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USSIA Speakers ■ Irina Dorogan, General Producer, Broadcast and Production, Union Red Media, Russia, @RedMedia_tv ■ Anton Kudryashov, Chief Executive Officer, CTC Media, Inc., Russia ■ Vlad Riashyn, Founder & CEO, Star Media Group, Russia, @vladryashin ■ Margarita Simonyan ( photo ), Editor-in-Chief, RT, Russia, @M_Simonyan ■ Ruslan Tagiev, CEO, TNS Russia, Russia ■ Natalia Yakovleva, Partner, Assurance, Entertainment & media industry leader, PwC, Russia MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTES 12.00 – 13.00 Grand Auditorium, Level 1 ■ Mike k Lang , CEO, Miramax, USA ■ Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix, USA

FRESH TV AROUND THE WORLD 13.15 – 14.15 Grand Auditorium, Level 1 ■ Virginia Mouseler, l CEO, The WIT, France @TheWitFreshTV

CONNECTED TV: PREPARING FOR THE MASS MARKET 14.30 – 15.30 Esterel, Level 5

Speakers ■ Michael Comish, CEO, blinkbox Entertainment, UK ■ Hae-Nyoung Huh, Researcher, KISA, Korea ■ Johannes Larcher, Senior Vice President International, Hulu, USA ■ Richard Musch, Senior Director Business Development Smart TV, Philips Consumer Lifestyle, The Netherlands ■ Donagh O’Malley ( photo ), Director of Content, Google TV, Google Inc, USA

NEW: MEET THE SPEAKERS SESSION! 15.30 – 16.00 Conference Networking Lounge, Level 5 A unique chance h to networkk with h top industry d professionals and ask the questions only they can answer.

Don’t forget your business cards!

MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTES 16.00 – 17.30 Grand Auditorium

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA OUTLOOK ■ Marcel Fenez, Global Leader, Entertainment and Media, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong ■ Robert M. Bakish, President and CEO, Viacom International Media Networks, USA

10.00 - 12.00 Networking Breakfast

12.45 - 13.15 MIPCOM 2011 & Russia House Opening Ceremony

13.15 - 13.45 Focus on Russia and Russia House: Meet the Russians!

Focus on Russia and Russia House activities overview.

13.45 - 14.15 Russian Trendsetters Presentation of Channel One Russia and Red Square Group.

14.30 - 15.00 Channel One Russia and Red Square Group Content Showcase

15.00 - 16.00 Licensing Animated Brands in Russia: From development to Merchandising Hosted by The Riki Group

■ Konstantin Ernst, CEO, Channel One Russia

MIPCOM WORLD PREMIERE TV SCREENINGS: ABC Studios’ “Missing” 18.00 – 19.30, Grand Auditorium, Level 1 Be the first to screen episode one of the eagerly awaited thriller “Missing”, ABC Studios’ new series produced by Stillking Films, during the MIPCOM World Premiere TV Screenings.

Meet cast members: Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis, Adriano Giannini for a special Q&A.

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Monday 3 October

CREATING NEW 3D ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES Organised in association with

INTRODUCTION & OPENING KEYNOTE 9.00 – 9.15 Auditorium A, Level 3 Keynote ■ Akira Shimazu (photo), Senior General Manager 3D & BD Project Management Division, Sony Corporation, Japan Moderator ■ Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-Television.com, UK

3D BROADCAST 9.20 – 10.10 Auditorium A, Level 3 Moderator d ■ Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-Television.com, UK Speakers ■ John Cassy, Director Sky 3D, British Sky Broadcasting, UK ■ Cosetta Lagani, Head of Sky 3D, Sky Italia Srl, Italy ■ Hiroaki Nakashima (photo), Producer, Programming & News Headquarters, Program Department, Fuji Satellite Broadcasting Inc., Japan, @cima_nomisosiru ■ Mark Ringwald, Director, Scheduling & Acquisitions, 3net, USA

3D SPORTS 11.30 – 12.00 Auditorium A, Level 3 Moderator d ■ Jonathan Tustain, Journalist, 3D Focus Ltd, UK, @3DFocusLive Speakers ■ Bryan Burns, Vice President, ESPN, Inc., USA ■ David Bush (photo), Marketing Director, Sony Professional Solutions Europe, Sony Europe Ltd, UK

3D NEW CINEMA CONTENT 13.30 – 14.10 Auditorium A, Level 3 Moderator d ■ Jonathan Tustain, Journalist, 3D Focus, UK @3DFocusLive Speakers ■ Dave Cowlishaw, Head of European Business Development , Sony Europe Ltd, UK ■ Austin Shaw (photo), Co-founder, Omniverse Vision Limited, UK ■ Marlene Songin, Vice President, Cinema EMEA, RealD, Inc., USA

3D Day Conferences Monday 3 October 09.00 - 15.10

3D PRODUCTION 10.20 – 11.20 Auditorium A, Level 3 Moderator d ■ Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-Television.com, UK Speakers ■ Chris Cookson (photo), President, Technologies, Sony Pictures Entertainment, USA ■ Graham Howe, Cameraman, Stereographer, Cameraman-online Ltd, UK ■ Stéphane Millière, President, Gedeon Programmes, France ■ Jo Sermon, Director of Content Strategy, BBC Worldwide, UK

3D ADVERTISING 14.20 – 15.00 Auditorium A, Level 3

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Moderator d ■ Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-Television.com, UK Speakers ■ Markus Aha, CEO, Aha International Media GmbH, Germany ■ Matthew Bristowe (photo), Head of Production, View-D, Prime Focus Film, UK ■ Ruth Cartwright, Broadcast Account Director, Maxus Global, UK

Creating new 3D Entertainment Experiences: Screenings and latest developments from industry experts across the board

CLOSING REMARKS 15.00 – 15.10 Auditorium A, Level 3 Moderator ■ Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-Television.com, UK

The world’s entertainment content market

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OTHER EVENTS TODAY

Breakfast in Russia House 10.00 – 12.00 Structure Azur MIPCOM

Award-winning filmmaker Werner Herzog and ZDF Enterprises present “Into the Abyss — A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life” , a new feature film length documentary project on the fates of convicts on Death Row 11.00 – 12.00 Auditorium J Special Event for Press & Buyers

Stevie van Zandt presents his new dramedy “Lilyhammer” exclusively at MIPCOM 15.00 – 16.00 Blue Lounge

V&S celebrate evreything’s rosie’s international success with broadcast dinner 18.00 – 19.30 Carlton Hotel – La Côte

Press Conference

By invitation only V&S Entertainment

Ex Machina and Civolution host Second Screen Drinks Reception 17.30 – 19.30 Le Petit Bar, Carlton Hotel

ICOC’s Cocktail @ MIPCOM 2011

By invitation only Ex Machina

Contact Ms Zeynep Sengul for further information and invitations: zeynep.sengul@ito.org.tr

18.30 – 19.30 Hall des expositions The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Press Conference, Announcement of the 2011 International Emmy Award Nominees 12.00 – 13.00 Auditorium K

MIPCOM World Premiere TV Screenings: ABC Studios’ “Missing” 18.00 – 19.30 Auditorium Louis Lumière MIPCOM

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3D Lunch Reception, in partnership with Sony Corp.

12.00 – 13.30 Verrière Californie

Saban Brands Partners Cocktail Party 18.00 – 19.30 Terrasse Presse

By invitation only ITO

MIPCOM Opening Party, in partnership with Channel One Russia, Red Square, HIGHTV From 19.30 Carlton – La Côte MIPCOM

By invitation only Saban brands

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ZDF ENTERPRISES is introducing a new short-film service, contunico, at MIPCOM. The service is aimed at media industry professionals who want a quick and economical way of producing, improving or expanding their products with audiovisual clips. Drawn from ZDF’s archives, contunico’s clips range from several seconds to about four minutes in length, and cover history, science, health, travel and entertainment, as well as many other areas. They are available without complicated legal procedures. All rights are internationally cleared for unlimited use in all media for the duration of the licence.

9 STORY ENTERTAINMENT CANADA ANIMATION SERIES

NEW ANIMATIONS from 9 Story Entertainment launched at MIPCOM include: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (40 x 22 mins or 80 x 11 mins), a preschool series based on the longest-running children’s programme on American television, Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. It features Daniel, a fouryear-old tiger who learns the key skills necessary for school and life; season two of Almost Naked Animals (40 x 22 mins or 80 x 11 mins), about a bunch of hospitality-challenged, underwear-clad animals who run a beachfront resort hotel, aimed at six- to 11-year-olds. Season two of Wild Kratts (66 x 22 mins), created by zoologist brothers Chris and Martin Kratt, features animated versions of the brothers travelling the world, and using their Creature Power Suits to rescue their animal friends.

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V&S ENTERTAINMENT UK ANIMATION SERIES

THE THIRD series of Everything’s Rosie is launched at MIPCOM by V&S Entertainment. This series brings the total number of episodes to 78. Rosie and her best friend Raggles lead the cast of colourful characters in the HD CGI pre-school series. Aimed at girls and boys aged between three and six years old, Everything’s Rosie is produced and distributed worldwide by V&S Entertainment.

Everything’s Rosie (V&S Entertainment)

MENTORN INTERNATIONAL UK COMEDY AND REALITY SERIES

A NEW series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is an observational comedy about an actor who runs an agency for actors of diminutive height. The show, Life’s Too Short (7 x 30 mins), features high-profile cameo appearances including Johnny Depp, Steve Carell, Liam Neeson and Helena Bonham Carter, and is a BBC/HBO coproduction in association with Backlash Productions, launching on BBC2 in the UK and on HBO in the US. Mentorn also brings two US series.

Crash Course is a competition format in which five teams test their driving skills. Full Throttle Saloon features a legendary bike rally and music festival in South Dakota.

Life’s Too Short (Mentorn International)

NBCUNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION US MUSICAL DRAMA SERIES

NEW DRAMA Smash (15 x 60 mins) has been brought to MIPCOM by NBCUniversal. The story features a successful songwriting team, portrayed

by Debra Messing and Christian Borle, who begin work on a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Tenacious producer Anjelica Huston has something to prove, and tension grows when they begin casting the title role. The drama culminates on the opening night when the audience determines the show’s success. Steven Spielberg is executive producer, alongside Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

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KESHET BROADCASTING ISRAEL TECHNOLOGY

KESHET Broadcasting and content and advertising company The Box bring a new partnership venture to MIPCOM. Screenz aims to deliver cross-media products to TV, distribution and production companies. The aim of the

technology is to turn TV shows into multiscreen events, using interactive dashboards, applications and online games. It has already been used in TV shows including Big Brother, MasterChef, and The Million Pound Drop.

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (9 Story Entertainment)

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NEW DRAMA Huerfanas (120 x 60 mins) is the story of three young and wealthy aristocratic sisters whose fortune takes a turn for the worse when their parents die. Stripped of all their property they have to survive the harsh reality of life, with the help of their grandmother. Huerfanas was produced by Azteca and Corazon Television. Comarex, Azteca’s exclusive sales agent, is distributing the series internationally.

DRAMA SERIES

TWENTIETH Century Fox Television Distribution has returned to MIPCOM with a range of drama programming. New series The Playboy Club captures the spirit of Chicago in the 1960s, and stars Eddie Cibrian as an attorney who is dating a Playboy Club Bunny. He comes to the rescue of another Bunny who accidentally kills the patriarch of a crime family. Homeland is a new psychological drama starring Claire Danes as a driven CIA officer who is convinced that a celebrated soldier is really part of a cell planning a terrorist attack. Terra Nova follows a family back to prehistoric Earth as part of an experiment to save the human race, but the community becomes increasingly suspicious. New Girl is an ensemble comedy about a geeky young woman who moves in with three single guys, and American Horror Story is a psychological thriller about a family in a new house that appears to know their fears and plays on them.

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CHINA

TALES From Journey To The West, a collaborative project with China’s CCTV, is aimed at children under nine, and is designed to appeal to families as well. The series is based on the traditional story that the company has described as a “must-read” for all Chinese children, but one that is not usually presented to an audience this young. Jin Ding Animation Studio is also in production on its next series Adventures Of KangKang.

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DRAMA SERIES

DOCUMENTARY producer GAD is taking a new lifestyle direction with The New Luxury Trades (1 x 52 mins HD) which looks at industries that service the increasing numbers of super-rich in the world, and Caviar, The Black Gold (1 x 52 mins HD), which looks at caviar-producing fish farms. Death In Camp Delta (1 x 53 mins/HD) is the result of three years’ work by Norwegian filmmaker Erling Borgen, interviewing released Guantanamo prisoners and their lawyers, and portrays a father’s struggle to find out if his son committed suicide as the authorities claimed. Flamenco Hoy (1 x 90 mins), available in 3D and HD, is a flamenco show that mixes tradition and modernity.

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The Playboy Club (Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution)

GODFORSAKEN: True Killers is a series with each episode based on a genuine murder case, focusing on the circumstances and events leading up to the crime, largely from the killer’s point of view. Nine episodes are already complete, with 10 more currently in production. The series was created by Amsterdam-based Pupkin Film, and airs on public broadcaster BNN.

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MANGO is at MIPCOM with the worldwide rights to 3D animated series The Adventures Of Hello Kitty And Friends (52 x 12 mins). The series, aimed at children aged two to six, features Hello Kitty and her friends in stories focusing on friendship and educational values. Mango Distribution is a joint venture between Philippines-based production house Top Draw Animation and Australian kids’ TV producer Sticky Pictures.

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A HIGHLIGHT for FME at MIPCOM is The Wedding Band (10 x 1 hour), which follows a group of guys who try to escape the strains of everyday life by performing in a wedding band. The friends stop at nothing to make every wedding, birthday or bar mitzvah a concert to remember.

Channel 5 has picked up the series in the UK, while Turner has acquired it for TBS Latin America, syndicating it to over 48 countries across the region. The Wedding Band was originally commissioned by US cable net TBS.

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NEW BBC comedy drama, The Royal Bodyguard, stars David Jason as Captain Guy Hubble, a lifelong soldier who has been put in charge of Royal security, due to a misunderstanding — having previously worked in the car park at Buckingham Palace. The Royal Bodyguard, brought to Cannes by Hat Trick International, marks the return of David Jason to BBC1 after his starring role in global hit Only Fools And Horses.

DUSTIN Hoffman has assembled a cast of some of the best known British actors for his feature film directorial debut Quartet, which has begun filming.

Quartet is brought to life by BBC Films and DCM Productions with Headline Pictures and Finola Dwyer Productions, in association with Decca and HanWay Films. Based on Ronald Harwood’s stage play it features Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith, and Michael Gambon. The story is set in 6a home for retired opera singers. At rehearsals for the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday old grudges surface and theatrical temperaments threaten to spoil the show.

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ITV STUDIoS’ MIPCOM slate of primetime drama includes: US network series Prime Suspect from ITV Studios America and Universal Media Studios, starring Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney; Underbelly: Razor, the latest instalment of the crime drama franchise; The Jury, written by Peter Morgan and starring Julie Walters as a defence barrister at the centre of a controversial re-trial; co-produced by Sundance Channel; Appropriate Adult profiles the role that Janet Leach (Emily Watson) played in the police investigation of multiple killer Fred West; Above Suspicion: Silent Scream is the new instalment of Lynda La Plante’s crime series; and the second series of Vera and Monroe.

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Dustin Hoffman in the director’s chair for Quartet (Headline Pictures)

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GoD SQUAD is an animated send-up of gritty police dramas in which the gods of various religions play the principal roles as cops and criminals.

Pitched to 18- to 40-year-old males, lead characters Ganesha, Freyja and Xenu uncover a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of government. Producer Zac Toons, an animation studio producing multiplatform properties, has signed a license agreement with SBS Australia under which SBS will have Australian TV rights for God Squad for a period of 12 months.

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DARo Film has acquired a new slate of action movies from MPCA, available for Central and Eastern Europe, CIS, Baltic region and Africa. Titles include: Assassination Games and Six Bullets, both starring JeanClaude Van Damme; One In The Chamber, with Dolph Lundgren and Cuba Gooding Jr; and The Package, also with Dolph Lundgren and Steve Austin.

Underbelly: Razor (ITV Studios Global Entertainment)

God Squad (Zac Toons)

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IN NEW film Dreaming Alice (90 mins), produced by Native Productions, Alice’s life falls apart when her mother appears after twenty years of silence, and her family discovers she is not who she pretends to be. AB International also brings Mafiosa (32 x 52 mins), now in season 4, Desperate Parents (34 x 52 mins), and Love In Paris, season 2, (52 x 45 mins).

PRODUCER and distributor Urban Canyons brings the first episode of a series about ancient warriors, Untold History (6 x 52 mins), to MIPCOM. Ninja Shadow Warriors looks at the skills and traditions of the Ninja, the rebellious Japanese mountain villagers who stood up to Samurai warrior clans.

Experts include British and Japanese historians and one of the last surviving Ninja masters. The company intends to produce future episodes in 3D and HD.

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CARGO brings two new series to MIPCOM from Keep It In The Family Productions of Toronto. Travel series Paddling Bryans (13 x⁄30 mins) follows Bryan Adams and Bryan Wallwork on a 5,700 km trek by canoe.

Also making its MIPCOM debut is Door To Door, in which a host goes into people’s homes and offers travel-related prizes if they can answer questions or find obscure household items.

Documentaries include Juarez Vive: Inside Mexico’s Drug War (47/75 mins), The Maud Squad, about people obsessed with the Anne Of Green Gables stories, and To Be Heard, about teens from the Bronx involved in a radical poetry workshop.

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IN PAPARAZZI Academy 12 contestants compete over eight weeks, for the prize of owning their own celebrity entertainment website, sponsored specifically for them.

The contestants prepare an entertainment news segment on a particular theme — celebrity interview or expose, for instance — for the judges at the end of each week. The jury consists of paparazzi and celebrity journalists, and the audience votes using SMS. Global Agency also brings Decor Monsters, a daily show in which five women are given a budget to revamp an area of their homes, in an effort to win cash or a voucher for a home-style store.

THE STRAITS (10 x 55 mins) is a darkly humorous series about the drug-smuggling business of the Montebellos family in Australia, and the competition between the three sons to replace their father as head of the family. The Straits is produced

by Matchbox Pictures for ABC Australia, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Screen NSW and Screen Tasmania. It is due to premiere primetime in 2012 on ABC Australia. DCD Rights also brings drama series The Slap and the third series of Land Girls.

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FROM the executive producers of Lost comes Once Upon A Time, about a world where fairy tales and contemporary life collide. Emma Swan is shocked when Henry, the son she gave up years ago, turns up in need of her help. Henry believes that Emma is Snow White and Prince Charming’s missing daughter, sent away to protect her from the Evil Queen’s curse. Emma doesn’t believe this, but when she returns Henry to his hometown of Storybrooke, she finds that it is a magical place where fairytale characters live, even though they don’t remember who they once were.

The series stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore and Raphael Sbarge.

Once Upon A Time (Disney Media Distribution)

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THIS VS. That (6 x 60 mins) is a HD series that investigates some of life’s puzzling common dilemmas and provides the answers, and is brought to MIPCOM by Beyond Distribution. Beyond is also launching Buzzy Bee & Friends (26 x 7 mins/HD), a children’s animation that invites young listeners to call into Buzzy’s radio station in colourful Rolling Downs. Dark Minds is a show that takes a fresh look at unsolved murder cases using the skills of two investigators and an unidentified convicted killer; and Classical Destinations (6 x 60 mins/13 x 30 mins/HD), is a tour through historic locations closely associated with pieces of classical music with singer Aled Jones as a guide.

TWO NEW documentaries top the factual priority list for HanWay Films. Firstly Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (1 x 76 mins), which profiles Kevin Clash, the man behind — and under — one of Sesame Workshop’s hardest working stars. The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (15 x 60 mins) features movies from around the world, telling the history of cinema from the silent era to the digital age, including interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors. HanWay also brings recent hits including Wim Wenders’ Pina, Mark Landsman’s Thundersoul, and Kevin Macdonald’s Life In A Day.

CROSSING Borders (1 x 72 mins) is a documentary film with a mission to break down barriers and stereotypes between cultures. Produced

by Crossing Borders Education, a non-profit organisation for intercultural education, the film follows four Moroccan and four American university students as they travel together through Morocco. The students confront the complex implications of the supposed clash between Islam and the West. The relationships formed through shared experiences contrast sharply with the media-shaped views Americans and Muslims have of each other. The documentary is brought to MIPCOM by Janson Media.

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THE GOLF Courses Of The British Isles is a 13 x 30 mins series in production based on a book written in 1910 by Bernard Darwin, grandson of Charles Darwin, which is regarded as one of the great sport books. The series is brought to MIPCOM for presales by Landmark Media Productions, sister company of Landmark Media, a US distribution company specialised in educational content.

A NEW addition to Globo’s catalogue, and a priority at MIPCOM, is Extreme Planet (3 x 30 mins/1 x 40 mins). In the HD series a team of Brazilian journalists travel across Antartica, the Andes, Norway, and the Bahamas, facing breathtaking challenges. Also on the MIPCOM slate are: telenovelas Cat’s Cradle, Written In The Stars, Passione and The Buzz; shorter drama series Starting Over Again, Miracle Hands, Internal Affairs, The Cariocas, and Fifties Club; documentary series Globodoc; and comedy series The Cleaning Lady and Normal People; and from the kids’ genre Do-Re-Mi Factory and The Little Emperor’s Christmas.

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DOCUMENTARY specialist Terranoa has secured three new package deals this year including from RAI 5 (12 travel titles), Histoire (13 history titles) and Red Media Group in Russia (15 history titles). The MIPCOM slate includes 3 x 52 mins wildlife series Meet My Wild Friend; Alain Prost, Racing Through Life (52 mins), a portrait of the motor racing legend; Solar Impulse: The Wings Of The Sun; Volcano Devils, the story of the last days of volcanologists Maurice and Katja Kraft; 300 Days Alone On An Island; Portraits, Self Portraits, the documentary that celebrates the UN International Children’s Day; and The Footsteps Of Tintin, profiling Herge’s famous creation.

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SESAME Workshop returns to MIPCOM with a full catalogue of puppet and animation series for children. Priorities include: Super Grover 2.0 (13 x 6 mins), featuring the eponymous hero, complete with red cape, as he observes and investigates problems across the planet; and Best Friends, in which Elmo & Abby and Bert & Ernie have fun while encouraging children to explore their imagination, emotions, differences, health, safety, manners, and friendship.

The series features different styles of animation from around the world; Count TV (26 x 5 mins), featuring number fanatic Count von Count as he introduces children to the number of the day; Abby’s Flying Fairy School (13 x 9 mins), a 3D animation starring fairy-intraining, Abby Cadabby; Big Bird Looks At The World (52 x 10 mins); and 3-2-1 Let’s Go (52 x 30 mins).

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SPLASH News and Shankly International Distribution have joined forces to launch Splash TV at MIPCOM, a weekly half-hour television magazine series that features celebrity news with exclusive footage captured by Splash News’ army of Hollywood digital paparazzi. Splash TV is produced by Splash News, with Shankly handling worldwide distribution.

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PILOT Productions, the producer of travel series Globe Trekker, has a 10-hour slate of new programming as part of the 20th anniversary of the series next year. The programmes are destined for Globe Trekker’s network of more than 30 broadcasters, and includes a six-hour round the world marathon that is scheduled to air in October 2012. A three-hour travel block, London 2012, will be available in July, 2012, just before the London Olympics. Also, a one hour behind-the-scenes special, The Making Of Globe Trekker is also part of the package.

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3DD BRINGS the pilot of Day In The Life to MIPCOM, a 6 x 30 mins series starring international artists and their personal projects. The first show stars Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson at his charity golf event in London, Shooting Stars Benefit.

Five more episodes are planned, the next with actor Tim Roth, who is curating a photographic exhibition.

3DD also brings Remembering Amy (30 mins), with concert and interview footage with the late singer Amy Winehouse, and London Live, the latest in a concert series, featuring Kasabian.

Vietnamese children featured in Globe Trekker (Pilot Productions)

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EX WIVES Rock (14 x 30 mins) chronicles the highs and lows of glamorous LA in the company of four women who have led the rock & roll lifestyle with their musician ex-husbands, and who have survived to reinvent themselves. Game Changers (8 x 30 mins) takes a look into the world of invention, hosted by Andrew Anthony. The company is also launching its second season of InSecurity (23 x 30 mins/HD) at MIPCOM, an action-comedy series about the fictional National Intelligence and Security Agency who keep the world safe...ish.

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NEW ANIMATED series Wiley & Grampa’s Creature Features is brought to MIPCOM by Wizard Hat Productions. Aimed at boys aged six to 11, it is based on the Wiley And Grampa book series by Kirk Scroggs.

Gingham County is the home of Wiley, a zombie fighter and amateur chemist, who along with his best friend and cat, lives in a town perched on a toxic lake full of sea monsters. Adventures include Colonel Dracula’s Monster Truck Spectacular rolling into town, or Grampa’s annual BBQ attracting hungry Zombies.

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ENDEMOL brings a range of entertainment formats to MIPCOM. From the US comes Same Name, in which ordinary members of the public swap places with their celebrity namesake for a taste of the high life, while the celebrities spend a week in their namesake’s home. Celebrities featured include David Hasselhoff and Mike Tyson. In adventure dating format, Love In The Wild, 10 men and 10 women compete in challenges in a jungle environment. From Endemol UK comes comedy game show Odd One In, in which two celebrity teams try and spot the person with a unique skill, secret or story in a series of outlandish line-ups, and Pointless, a game show where the object is to guess the least obvious answer to a question.

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SMARTCLIP brings its system to support connected TV to MIPCOM. Running existing video campaigns on connected TVs, the company is looking at new formats that take advantage of the branding element that TV offers with the interactivity of the internet.

Video, internet and personal content is seamlessly connected, and viewers can vote, access content relating to the programme they are watching, blog, tweet and access many applications via TV.

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FIRST-time exhibitor Miramax is re-establishing its distribution organisation and at MIPCOM is focusing on its library of more than 700 film titles. The company holds some of the world’s most acclaimed independent films including Kill Bill Volumes 1 and II, Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare In Love, The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, and No Country For Old Men, as well as crowd-pleasing hits including Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bad Santa, Scream, Hellraiser, Scary Movie and Spy Kids franchises.

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ELECTRIC Sky comes to MIPCOM with a growing catalogue of operas and ballets. Anna Nicole (120 mins) by Royal Opera House Productions is a contemporary opera based on the life of American Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith who married an octogenarian billionaire, became a reality star and, after a drug overdose, died tragically young. The company also brings Mozart’s Cosi Fan tutte (210 mins), and three 180-minute operas from the Globe Theatre in London, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, and Henry VIII.

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PROGRAMMING from Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV), brought to MIPCOM by Zodiak, includes Guinness World Records Smashed (12 x 60 mins); Ultimate Guinness World Records (52 x 30 mins); Italy’s Lo Show Dei Record (24 x 165-240 mins); China’s Zheng Da Zong Yi: Guinness World Records (52 x 60 mins); Australia Smashes Guinness World Records (10 x 30 mins); the US’ Guinness World Records Primetime (53 x 60 mins) and Guinness World Records Live: Top 100 (1 x 120 mins). The company is working with its production companies to develop new programming from the brand. Also, Zodiak Kids debuts pre-school animation Tickety Toc (52 x 11 mins) at MIPCOM, and The Basketeers (52 x 30 mins), in which basketball star Tony Parker discovers a group of street-ball prodigies.

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SET IN 1959, Magic City stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the force behind Miami Beach’s newest hotel and a man with dangerous secrets; Olga Kurylenko, as his wife; and Danny Huston as a dangerous mobster. The series will debut in the US on Starz early next year. From the kids slate comes Dan Vs., an animation featuring a likeable cynic battling the frustrations of modern life. The company also brings: Spartacus: Blood And Sand; Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena; and new season of the franchise Spartacus: Vengeance; along with family films A Christmas Wedding Tail and The Dog Who Saved Halloween.

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DELPHIS FILMS’ catalogue is presented at MIPCOM under its two new brands. Club D covers family and children’s content, including over 100 family movies and animations, and 500 half hours of animation and live-action children’s series and formats.

The second label, Action, features action films and police series, including the Belgian series and upcoming movie spin-off: Code 37, the Canadian police comedy The Bait, and Fakers, a movie about teens getting into the counterfeiting world. Delphis is also bringing over 11,000 home video/animal clips.

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HUNTER X Hunter is an animation about a young boy who learns that the father he thought was dead is in fact a mysterious hunter of treasures, and decides to leave his remote island to follow in his footsteps. The 30-minute episodes are to be produced in a proposed series of 45. Rebound (1 x 75/9 x 60 mins), meanwhile, is a drama about a young woman, once 78 kg, who slims down, only to fall in love with a pastry chef. NTV also brings High School Restaurant (1 x 75/8 x 60 mins), a drama based on the heart warming true story of the only restaurant in Japan run by high school students, for high school students; and animation Chihayafuru, about a young student who studies Karuta, a traditional card game.

NELVANA’s new series, Scaredy Squirrel, is based on a book series by Canadian author Melanie Watt.

Scaredy lives in Balsa City and has the perfect job for a creative squirrel with a touch of OCD — stacking cans into elaborate displays at the grocery store. In his spare time, he is a paddleball fan and dreams of becoming the best ever. The series recently debuted in the US on Cartoon Network.

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OSIRIS Entertainment is at MIPCOM with its largest slate yet of independently-produced films.

Highlights include: Cayman Went, the story of fading TV personality (Michael Lombardi), who finds himself in a land grab scheme targeting the unspoiled Caribbean island of Cayman Brac; Bunnyman, a horror story about a group of friends who stumble on a murderous family; The Fall, featuring a lawyer who tries to help his brother who has been wrongly accused of murder; and Clear Lake about the residents of a small town who fell victim to a strange disease. As fear spreads local preacher (Michael Madsen) calls the outbreak a punishment for sins and recruits high school students to help him kidnap the worst sinners.

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THE GROUP Entertainment, in partnership with Electus/Engine Distribution, and in association with Small World IFT, is producing and distributing the US format for drama series The Kitchen Musical, slated to premiere in multiple territories across Asia very soon. The Kitchen Musical is the first musical television drama produced in Singapore by The Group Entertainment, and features an intriguing mixture of drama, popular music, dance and recipes.

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MONDO, the Italian animation producer for TV and film, and international toy industry partners Giochi Preziosi, have agreed on the production of 26 new episodes of Gormiti, a 3D CGI animated series, which will bring the number of 26-minute episodes available to 52. The final agreement is due to be formalised in the coming weeks.

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Shopping in the digital age Looking back 15 or 20 years, at least the TV buyer knew roughly what he or she was buying content for, and why — and where and when it would be seen. But what’s it like to be a buyer in the digital, multi-platform, multi-screen 21st century? Juliana Koranteng finds out

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HE LOT of a TV-network buyer has, historically, never been easy. Seeking the right programmes for the right audience demographics at the most right time of day, evening and night was one thing. Finding the audience-ratings hits to justify the public licence fee and advertisers’ expenditure has been a science in its own right.

Yet, in the days of one or two TV channels per country, a formula emerged that got the job done in the programme-schedules laboratory. But as the number of multi-channel households grew and competition for primetime heated up, the programme-acquisition chemistry grew more complex.

But television from the broadcast-only days longer exists: video content is now also available via internet-delivered, telecommunications-distributed, and digital-broadcast platforms.

In most developed and developing markets, the same content can be seen on traditional TV, online videoon-demand (VOD), catch-up TV, IPTV (internet protocol TV), live and pre-recorded streamed

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“The advent of social media has Today’s TV-acquisition executive changed the way we buy programneeds insight into this kind of ming,” says Charlie Parsons, trend when negotiating for US-based vice-president of global content. development and production at “We need to make sure we can buy the National Geographic Channel different rights so that we can (Nat Geo TV). “It’s made us think build 360-degree projects, adhere of different extensions (of the to our viewers’ needs, and capitaprogramming brand) on different lise every single (digital) platform,” devices at different times for TV, adds Cathrine Wiernik, head of Cecilia Persson, promotional material, exclusive format acquisitions and internaTurner Broadcasting content, short-form entertaintional relations at Swedish comment. We want to serve all media mercial TV giant TV4. consumers and be wherever they are. The times are “But we still need the shows to work. We always buy changing and that keeps you thinking in different something that will engage viewers; if we don’t have ways on how to slice and dice projects for the approthat, we don’t have anything. We need programmes priate audiences.” that are the talk of the town. We get in early with the Earlier this year, US-based cable network Cableviproducers so that we’re part of the journey and part sion launched mobile apps to give subscribers access of the revenues.”

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feature Some buying executives know their audiences presume nothing less. “For those of us in the kids business, having the ancillary rights (to the programmes) is essential because our audience expects it. They don’t remember how content entertainment was before,” says Cecilia Persson, vice-president of acquisitions and co-productions, EMEA, for Turner Broadcasting’s kids’ channels. These include Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito, Cartoon Network Too and Boing.

Negotiating release windows for video and DVDs is also a dying art, says Joy Tashjian, president of San Francisco-based JTMG, a Alex Okosi licensing agent representing NBCUniversal’s networks, incluMTVNA ding E!, USA Network and Bravo, who licenses content for the tablet medium.

“There used to be delays of between six and eight months before a programme went to video and DVD; that’s becoming almost extinct. Now, when we get the content, we have to ask, ‘Can it be a downloadable content, a downloadable game, an app?’”

Negotiations for rights can also get intense. “We expect the rights to be clear for the appropriate territory for each platform and we like to know upfront all of the platforms envisioned by creators and how the content will be used for each platform,” says Jennifer Stewart, senior director of acquisitions and development at Canadian public broadcaster CBC. “This should be integral to the creators’ thinking from the outset. We’d also like a good sense of how

the creators manage their rights through such technologies as geo-fencing (which maps what’s possible or not in different geographical markets).”

This opens opportunities for the buyer to get involved during a show’s conception stage. “For certain projects, we’re open to development deals,” says Nat Geo TV’s Parsons. “If necessary, we try to make decisions very quickly about a show, especially if we feel that it will be very valuable to the channel worldwide.”

Nat Geo TV is interested in “character driven” factual series such as its Alaska State Troopers (by PSG Films), Border Wars (by Nick Stein for Nat Geo TV) and Dog Whisperer (by MPH Entertainment). As Parsons explains: “These are non-scripted shows about interesting people going about their daily working lives and a camera and voice-over just happen to be present. Sometimes, you get only one shot at the best ones. So while we prefer to commission, we’re also flexible to ensure we get the best for our channels.”

Becoming involved at the early stages of development might be necessary to prevent rival networks from nabbing the most coveted content. How the buyer’s money is used then becomes a sensitive matter.

“To launch a big format today is a huge investment risk,” TV4’s Wiernik says. “We could lose a lot of money because, on top of that, there are the marketing and media budgets. And as the budget is not just for the show, it’s essential to be seen and heard. The (buying)

Africa is stepping up in the broadcast arena in terms of how content is delivered to viewers

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Nat Geo TV’s Charlie Parsons

Dog Whisperer (MPH Entertainment), an example of Nat Geo TV’s “character driven” factual series

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feature business has got bigger and tougher as there are more “In some cases, programme suppliers have demanded competing channels, so everyone is after the same we submit a plan on how to generate revenue by stuff; everyone wants the big, bold exploitation of rights in our and best ideas.” territory,” says Shin Yasuda, Even though she doesn’t discuss producer, international co-produccurrent deals, she cites the foltions, at Japan public broadcast lowing as some of the hottest network NHK. “But as a public selling formats: the BBC’s Strictly broadcaster, it’s not our priority to Come Dancing, ITV Studios’ generate revenue through exploitaDancing On Ice, and Syco’s The X tion of rights. Therefore, we Factor from the UK. And presometimes have to give up the viously successful large-scale content to our rival networks.” reality productions, such as Fort Ultimately, sellers’ willingness to Boyard and Survivor, are coming collaborate to create the most back, she says. entertaining shows continues to However, she stipulates, “if we were make MIPCOM a hit with buyers. to put many resources into deve“At MIPCOM, we’re looking for loping an idea, and if we were producers we can work with and risking all that money in launching Larry Namer would like to build up our childa first season of a format, we would E! Entertainment ren’s slate with more programmes,” want something back. We would Joy Tashjian says. split the rights. But it’s important NHK’s Yasuda says the broadcasfor the agreement to be a win-win for everyone.” ter is “seeking factual programmes that appeal to The seller’s need to be profitable can raise dilemmas female audiences. It seems many of the programmes for public broadcasters, which are duty-bound to that target women are either too commercial (fashion place public service before profit. brands, cosmetics) or too domestic (cooking, lifestyle). We wish to see more hard documentaries that deal with issues relevant to women.”

Some producers and distributors note that the globalisation of media has given some content buyers vast advantages.

Tom Brisley, creative director at UK content-production and distribution company Arrow Media, says: “In the last five years, broadcasters have become global so they commission a show not just for one local channel, but for that network’s outlets in other countries; that could mean fewer opportunities for us to go to other broadcasters in those parts of the world.”

In response, Brisley advises independent producers to build a healthy portfolio of content to increase the opportunities to sell to other networks. “Everything we create is done with a broadcaster in mind, sometimes it is a global channel, other times it is a single channel — but we come up with bespoke content for them.”

“The model we use is that we only make programmes that can be sold globally.

Once you get a track record for selling internationally to at least 20 territories, you can get finance from any (distribution platform),” says Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, the UK

It’s taken Hollywood a while to learn that the rest of the world no longer just buys a film to dub it into a foreign language

Metan Development Group’s Larry Namer

NHK’s Shin Yasuda

Arrow Media’s Tom Brisley

Teddy’s Show (Photo: ZDF, Isabell Schatz)

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feature production company famous for historical and military factual titles such as Great Crimes And Trials, and Air Crash Confidential.

Equally, globalisation has created more breaks for buyers in emerging markets. Larry Namer, co-founder of E! Entertainment and currently president/ CEO of US/China-based content production company Metan Development Group, explains what drove him to focus on selling to TV and other distribution platforms in China.

“It’s taken Hollywood a while to learn that the rest of the world no longer just buys a film to dub it into a foreign language,” he says. “Now, you need to think whether the format can translate from the very beginning. Also, the origins of ideas are no longer Hollywood-centric. A lot of reality-TV formats are coming from the Netherlands, even Eastern Europe.

In China, we will not take anything that comes with subtitles, we want only products that we can localise, recast, and reshoot.”

Moreover, he encourages his production crews in Los Angeles and Beijing to learn each other’s way of working creatively, especially on localised formats or original Metan productions, such as Return To Da Foo Tsun, the new Chinese sitcom that goes into production in October.

“I work with Chinese writers, who understand what Chinese consumers relate to. We also bring in people from Los Angeles to train in Beijing, so that they understand what we’re looking for after we send them back to LA.” Africa, with its perceived erratic politics and economics, is another region that has traditionally not been a priority for buyers. Yet, South Africa-based MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) proves sellers would be wrong to ignore that market.

“Africa is stepping up in the broadcast arena in terms

of how content is delivered to viewers and though we may not currently offer the kind of services and platforms one might expect in Europe, we are certainly fast approaching that,” Alex Okosi, MTVNA’s senior vice-president/managing director, says. “One need only look at digital satellite TV’s introduction of VOD and mobile services to realise this.”

As multi-channel TV’s penetration accelerates locally, MTVNA has stepped up its fight for the most popular content.

“The best content obviously commands a premium however this can be mitigated by asking for exclusivity in certain countries and on certain media platforms (eg pay TV) either for the entire licence period or for the first six months of the licence,” says Akosi, whose network is seeking pre-school animation, tween drama and reality TV. Catherine Powell, senior vice-president/general manager at Walt Disney Co’s Disney Media Distribution, which handles the international distribution for hit shows like Desperate Housewives and the new thriller series Missing, insists that digital media and globalisation compel content sellers to work even more closely with buyers than ever before.

“Our priority is to make sure that once we’ve a deal, we support the local broadcast partner to get the best possible launch, so that viewers will see it wherever and however they want, including the interactive elements and the community built around that,” says Powell.

As Turner Broadcasting’s Persson says, to do their job properly, buyers “constantly need to get their heads round new technology. When a producer clears a performance rights with us, it covers future (digital) inventions as well. Until the day we have TVs built inside our brains, I think we’re pretty much covered.”

Try-out TV BECAUSE of the high stakes involved, a number of networks have set up elaborate ‘laboratories’ for consumer-testing shows before committing to an acquisition.

German public broadcaster ZDF launched ZDFneo, an “experimental” channel that tests programmes mainly for young adults between the ages of 25 and 35, before deciding whether to transfer them to its mainstream channels.

In the week from August 27 to September 3 ZDFneo featured 10 pilot shows vying for the audience’s approval. “ZDFneo’s goal is to develop and present new creative and daring programs,” says Dr Simone Emmelius, ZDFneo’s vice-president, content.

It set up a TVLab to search for new trends, test new ideas and see which new concepts would appeal to ZDFneo’s core audience. “We’re looking for cutting-edge programmes that accommodate our young audience’s taste with cross-media concepts and viewer interaction via blogs and social media.”

These include original new commissions such as comedy series Teddy’s Show, documentary feature Wild Germany, and neoParadise, an entertainment magazine.

BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, one of the “hottest” international formats

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Riding the 3D wave It took James Cameron 10 years to get the 3D technology right for his record-breaking movie Avatar. But things are now moving fast for 3D, in movies, TV and even smartphones and tablets. Juliana Koranteng reports

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HREE-dimensional (3D) entertainment is about to join a host of established cultural references.

Since time immemorial, the number ‘3’ has caught artists’ imagination, from The Three Musketeers novel, the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, via popular fairy tales like the Three Little Pigs, to the biblical Three Wise Men. The digital generation, meanwhile, is now leaping

from 3G telecommunications signals to 3D content.

“3D in the home is an emerging market, but a rapidly expanding one,” says Tom Cosgrove, president and CEO of 3net, the new US dedicated 3D channel launched by Sony Pictures Television (SPT), Discovery Communication and Imax Corp in February. “Research and data, domestically and internationally, point to a real uptake in 3DTV sales and content over the next several years.”

3net’s original action/adventure 3D series High Octane

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feature Various industry predictions support his stance (see “It probably won’t be lucrative for a movie on sidebar). By 2015, we can expect more than 100 Blu-ray disc to be natively shot in 3D because of the 3DTV networks from the current estimated 40 high-production costs,” says 3D Boutique CEO channels, experts say.

Matthias Triebel. “But a (2D-to-3D) conversion for In addition to 3net, others include News Corp’s home entertainment alone can affect sales positiUK-based Sky 3D, the Disney-controlled ESPN 3D, vely.”

DirecTV’s n3D, and Comcast’s Xfinity 3D in the US, But native 3DTV content is still developing. Experts Australia’s Foxtel 3D, the pan-European Eurosport estimate there might be only about 200 hours of 3D, and the new globally distribuoriginal 3D programming in ted HighTv, a satellite service. existence worldwide. The industry, They’re bringing into consumers’ however, is building up its libraries homes the thrills and spills of the of 3D content and Cosgrove is immersive entertainment that had confident 3D has started the climb cinema audiences jumping out of towards going mainstream. their seats in the 1950s. The “3net is actively in discussion with technology used then was crude. several key players in the digital Today’s 3D is a slicker experience content delivery space,” he adds. not only on the cinema screen, but “3D is being delivered to consualso on flat-screen TVs, hand-held mers in a variety of ways, and we games devices and, soon, smartsee an opportunity to seed the phones and tablet PCs. overall market for 3D and garner Sony, for example, is incorporating awareness for our linear channel as 3D into its handheld games, video well.” cameras, movie projectors and its Discovery and SPT plan to license Kate Winn, famous Bravia HDTV sets.

3net to its partners overseas. Until A+E Networks Nintendo’s glasses-free 3.5 inch then, Discovery Networks Interna3DS device is setting a benchmark tional (DNI) has started selling 3D in games entertainment. programmes to overseas cable-and-satellite platAdditionally, there are the 2D-to-3D conversion forms. DNI-commissioned titles like 3D Safari, specialists, such as Germany-based 3D Boutique, Beautiful Freaks, High Octane and The Haunted are with technology that enables existing standard 2D being supplied to UK-based BSkyB and Virgin films to be turned into 3D. This technique is conside- Media, and Japan’s J:Com. red cheaper compared with filming in “native 3D” BSkyB’s Sky 3D network, Europe’s first dedicated (shot in 3D from scratch).

3D channel, has ambitions to be a true multi-genre

We’re expecting a much bigger audience for 3D, especially in the home space

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2011: 3D takes off • February 3net, the cable-andsatellite-delivered 3DTV channel jointly owned by Sony Pictures Television, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corp, launches in the US Xfinity 3D, a 24-hour channel devoted to live music, sporting events, factual and other original content, joins Comcast’s HBO 3D on Demand • March Penthouse Digital Media Productions launches Penthouse 3D, the first 3D adult-content TV channel, in Europe • April The newly formed Cameron-Pace Group, co-founded by director James Cameron announces ambitions to make 3D technologies more accessible to movie makers. Cameron predicts that all production of movies and most home-entertainment content will be 3D-enabled (via 3D-capable cinemas and TV screens) within the next five years • May Eurosport’s 3D live coverage of the Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament is made available in the UK via Virgin Media ArtConnected3D, an international 3D internet-technology developer, launches software that enables art dealers and exhibitors to re-create galleries in 3D to showcase their portfolio online • June Broadcasters in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the US use Sony Corp technology to transmit the semi-finals and finals of the Wimbledon tennis championships in 3D for the first time. Wimbledon was also transmitted at 3D cinemas in more than 20 countries.

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feature network, according to Sky’s director of 3D John Cassy. “We’re actively seeking 3D content and would like to see more produced. If anyone is already selling to Sky, they should carry on doing so. But if you’ve also got wonderful (3D) ideas, we want to know.”

Among the new productions commissioned by Sky 3D is Flying Monsters 3D from UK-based Atlantic Productions with Serengeti Entertainment and National Geographic Entertainment, which is being released in cinemas as well.

“The scale and nature of high-end factual projects vary enormously, so you’ve to create a bespoke funding model for each one,” says James Taylor, head of content distribution at Atlantic Productions, which has formed Colossus Productions, a 3D production joint venture with BSkyB. That there is a limited amount of 3D content on the market is clear.

Content from sports network ESPN 3D can also been seen on BSkyB’s Sky platforms in the UK, Germany and Italy, Virgin Media, Foxtel and Austar in Australia, and Francebased Numericable. But this temporary lack of clutter does mean that the industry can, at least, see more easily which productions work where and when.

“We want to explore content-delivery opportunities and get the best collaborative promotion and quality to the market, and are always open to discussing opportunities with others,” an ESPN spokesperson says.

US-based international network A+E Networks, a leading supplier of 2D TV content, is getting ready to meet expected demand for factual content.

A+E is determined to maintain the standards associated with its existing 2D shows such as the reality series Swamp People. “Now, that would be interesting in 3D, if you don’t mind alligators jumping out from the screen at you,” says Sean Cohan, senior vice-president, international. “But we don’t believe in backward engineering; if you’re going to do 3D, you need to do it right and that has served us well internationally already.”

The network has commissioned 13 hours of original 3D shows from California-based Flight 33 Produc-

We will start to see mobile phones, laptops and tablets that can provide reasonable 3D without glasses Ami Dror Xpand 3D

tions. The titles include The Universe: Seven Wonders Of The Solar System, which is currently a one-hour special but will be increased to a seven-hour series next year.

UK commercial network ITV is entering the arena in a big way next year with a 3D version of River Monsters, the reality series about extreme angling produced

by Icon Films. “It made sense to launch our 3D offering with this series as it is a huge international brand with a strong following,” says Gary McDonagh, ITV Studios’ acquisition manager.

Other networks counting on

• August Sony Corp launches the HMZ Viewer, a visor that features both 3D glasses and headphones to re-enact the full experience of a home-entertainment centre while watching films or playing games Sony, Panasonic, Samsung and European 3D-glasses developer X6D join forces to launch the Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative, an industry standard for manufacturing electronically powered ‘active’ 3D goggles.

Manufacturers Royal Philips Electronics, Sharp, Toshiba and TCL support the initiative SES Astra, the satellite-broadcast operator, introduces the 3DTV industry to iPONT, a new ‘autostereoscopic’ technology that enables broadcasters to offer glasses-free 3DTV UK public broadcaster BBC unveils plans to transmit the 100 meters sprint finals and other much anticipated events at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in 3D Pay-TV operator Sky Italia launches an experimental 3D channel featuring mostly sports programming complemented by some movies and other entertainment content

ITV enters the 3D arena next year with a 3D version of Icon Films’ River Monsters

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feature 3D’s popularity are in emerging markets. They include Poland-based ITI Neovision, which offers 3D content on its Platform n, which includes a video-on-demand service and nShow3D, a dedicated 3D channel.

“Currently, Platform n is only acquiring and has not entered the 3D production arena,” says Grzegorz Plaza, ITI Neovision’s head of programming. “The availability of 3DTV product is still limited, but we’re convinced that it will increase as customer demand for 3DTV services grows.”

As 3D production is still expensive, producers need to be flexible about which distribution platforms to license to. St Petersburg Animation Studio, a subsidiary of Russia-based Riki Group, has invested in the technology for the TV series Kikoriki, a lucrative kids’ brand in Russia and neighbouring Eastern European markets. But it is initially focusing on the largest screens.

“We’re producing stereoscopic 3D for theatrical releases, as is the case with our latest animated feature film, Kikoriki: The Movie, which premieres throughout Russia in December of 2011,” says Nadezhda Kuznetsova, St Petersburg AnimaJohn Cassy tion Studio’s studio director.

Sky But it is UK-based production group Electric Sky that seems a frontrunner in the content production race. With 50 hours of 3DTV already in its portfolio, Electric Sky aims to be a market leader by “2015-2016, when 3D will become established”, says CEO and founder David Pounds.

Since working with Madrid-based SGO to develop the Mistika 3D system to produce a 3D version of ballet Swan Lake for London’s Royal Opera House in 2009, Electric Sky has been in constant demand.

Its high-profile clients include 3net.

Pounds explains that high-quality 3D content can be 50% more expensive to produce than 2D. So when networks acquire 3D content, they spread the costs by purchasing the 2D HD version as well to sell elsewhere or transmit on a sister channel. That

strategy ensures the largest possible audience gets to see the programme, and encourages advertisers to commit to it.

But the cost is dwindling, he adds. “Companies like Panasonic and Sony are coming out with cameras that are much lighter and flexible to use. Even satellite TV and HDTV had hiccoughs in their early days.”

Other challenges facing 3DTV entertainment include monetisation. TV advertisers will soon catch the 3D bug, says Cheryl Wannell, general manager at cinema industry trade body Screen Advertising World Association (SAWA).

“3D advertising started in the cinema, but is moving quickly to TV and, soon, mobile and tablet,” she says. “There were 60 (cinema) 3D spots in 2010, up from a dozen in 2009. 3D advertising is a new immersive art form that directors are embracing and the retention numbers from audiences are higher than in 2D.” Generating revenues will be easier from 2012 when all flat-screen TV appliances are expected to be 3D-capable, says Kate Winn, vice president, home entertainment, A+E Networks.

“We’re expecting a much bigger audience for 3D, especially in the home space. But you need to have authentic 3D, retailers are adamant about that. For our first (international) 3D release, the audience was mostly in the US. But we noticed that 30% of the total was attributable to Europe, much higher than normal. It showed the 3D element triggered a real interest (in sales).”

Other hurdles for content producers are “the different broadcast technical standards around the world, which can bring up unexpected issues”, says Electric Sky’s David Pounds. “With 3D, there can be nasty hidden costs that the producer might not be aware of.

It’s a new work flow for them to think through.”

Consumers’ disposable income cannot be taken for granted either. Although they can distinguish 3D pictures from conventional 2D, they’ve only just been bombarded with the advantages of HDTV technology in the last decade. The 3D industry needs to deliver its promises to avoid disillusioning its audience.

Then, there is the required eyewear. With today’s 3DTV sets comes either ‘passive’ red and green eyewear in disposable frames, or the more expensive Bluetooth-controlled ‘active’ glasses, which are effectively mini liquid crystal screens interacting with the TV’s display screen.

The first rule about 3D content is to forget about the technology

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The semi-finals and finals of this year’s Wimbledon tournament were transmitted in 3D for the first time

Sony Corp, Samsung, Panasonic and technology company Xpand 3D have joined forces to launch the Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative, which offers manufacturers one set of standards and protocol for making ‘active’ glasses. Prototype Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative glasses are scheduled to be unveiled next January.

Ami Dror, Xpand 3D’s Los Angeles-based chief strategy officer, believes glasses-free autostereoscopic 3DTV sets will not be available for another decade.

“We will start to see mobile phones, laptops and tablets that can provide reasonable 3D without glasses. But when the screen goes beyond 15 inches (in size), there is a big technological deficit,” he says.

3DTV also has to deal with competition from other types of 3D entertainment. UK-based Musion Systems has modernised the 19th century illusion device called Pepper’s Ghost to enable concert spectators and TV audiences to watch life-like holograms of performers.

What the forecasters say

Madonna, the Black Eyed Peas, and Celine Dion are among the superstars that have used Musion’s system on TV and stage. Musion’s head of music Sanj Surati believes audiences become emotionally engaged if the holographic 3D objects or person appear to be physically in the same location.

“A lot of the people who come to our events film the (holographic content) on to their camera phones and then upload the videos on to YouTube,” Surati says. “The videos then start to get 40,000 hits each in about 48 hours. With 200 people filming at one of these events, you could send a brand’s launch or artist’s performance into the eight million views mark.”

Sky’s director of 3D John Cassy says: “The first rule about 3D content is to forget about the technology.

You need to ask whether you have a good story to tell, the talent to tell the story and do people want to watch it. You forget the importance of storytelling at your peril.”

• By 2014, 18% of all computer tablets will be 3D-capable, while almost 30% of all handheld games consoles will be in 3D by 2015, according to In-Stat • In-Stat also predicts more than 100 3D channels worldwide available in 300 million-plus households by 2015 • 3D-capable flat-panel TV sets will account for 50% of the world’s total revenues from TV devices by 2014, representing 100 million units globally, according to a study by DisplaySearch • PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts that 28% of European homes and 29% of US household will have 3D-ready TV sets by 2015

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China gets animated Each year MIPCOM — and MIPTV — welcome more Chinese companies eager to step onto the international stage. Debbie Lincoln found a number of animation companies from China in Cannes for the first time FOUNDED in 2005, Cmay Animation, part

of Chongqing Broadcasting Group, now has nearly 300 employees, producing animation that to date adds up to nearly 20,000 minutes. As well as producing animation, the company operates Chonggqing kids channel and has also organised a national animation festival. On visiting MIPCOM for the first time CEO Liu Xing says: “The professionalism, credibility, popularity, global reach and marketing network of MIPCOM are attractive.

Cmay is looking forward to learning about global animation development and find opportunities to enter the international market. It will be wonderful if Cmay can find partnerships at MIPCOM.” Xing cites his company’s advantage of resources approaching an international market, including a mature production team and market network, and Tico Summer the low cost of production (Cmay Animation) and human resources.

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this year, Hunan Yiwen New Fairy Tale Media, is applying its new fairy tale presentation concept — a multimedia 3D stereo reading model — to children’s books, movies, animation and games.

“We call it the mainstream reading mode of the 21st Century,” company president Zhou Yiwen says. “We have brought a full-length animation Zhou Yiwen adapted from a popular book. About 20 volumes of Adventurous Little Prince have been published, with sales of more than five million. The leading character is Bao Xiaolong, who has magic powers. He and his friends come to Nayoko Elven Nation and they fight against powerful evil wizards. The aim of the books is to foster children’s brave and innovative spirit, and lay the foundations for good character.” He adds: “The Chinese children’s culture market is in a transformation period, with huge changes in forms of expression and marketing. In addition more people have paid attention to the market. As a fairy tale writer, I certainly pay more attention to the development of the children’s market. I hope that new fairy tales and traditional fairy tales are complementary, and that we will develop the Chinese children’s market.”

ANOTHER young company making its first visit to MIPCOM is Happy Animation, based in Hangzhou in southern China, with branches in Shenyang and Beijing, totalling over 500 employees. The company is headlining shows at MIPCOM that it says are international in style and quality. Director and general producer Eric Sun says: “There will be five 3D animation products exhibited, among which the 52-episode Golden Horn has won lots of awards in China, and the 100-episode Happy Puppy has gained a lot of attention, even though we only have a few completed episodes.”

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HUNAN-based Hunan Shanmao Cartoon is a producer of films, mobile, games, music and animation products. TV animation is produced and distributed internationally under the brand SMJM. Chairman Jianhong Liu says: “MIPCOM is the biggest platform for copyright transaction in the world, that’s why we are taking part. We are looking for the partners who can buy and broadcast our programmes.

We’re also looking for a licensing agent for our brand SMJM.” Heading Hunan Shanmao’s MIPCOM catalogue are HD series The Happy Chapters Of Shanmao And Jimi; The Carnival Of Shanmao And Jimi; The Happy Family Of Shanmao And Jimi; Happy Together Of Shanmao And Jimi; and The Sweet Paradise Of Shanmao And Jimi.

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ANOTHER company looking to test its international muscle at

MIPCOM is Jiangsu Tianyi Animation Co, founded in September 2006, and which has produced more than 1,000 minutes of animation. Members of the production team have participated in Chinese productions from other companies, including Legend Of Nezha and Little Carp Jumped The Dragon Gate, but since Jiangsu completed its original 26-episode animation Wisdom Island, the company has concentrated on its own work. Along with Wisdom Island the company is showcasing at MIPCOM: Rainbow Turtle (26 episodes); Jungle Adventure; Wisdom Island 2 – Science Adventure; and Colorful City. Jiangsu Tianyi’s Haiying Jiang says: “Our development depends on planning and production of original animation, and the development of derivative products to maximise our Haiying Jiang effectiveness.”

MIPCOM is the biggest platform for copyright transaction in the world, that’s why we are taking part Jianhong Liu, Hunan Shanmao Cartoon SEARCH FOR NEW PARTNERSHIPS SUMMING up the optimism of China’s new visitors to MIPCOM is Yu Le, general manager of Changzhou Yufu Animation, who says: “Our original animated series White Fox (20 x 22 mins) will be completed by the end of 2012. I decided to take part in MIPCOM to let the world know more about China. I hope through MIPCOM, we can find partnerships in which both sides can learn from each other, discuss with each other, and get mutual benefits on friendly terms.”

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is a producer of original animation, everything from planning to music and post-production. The company is also focused on extending its brands to toys, stationery and other consumer products. Lucky Town, a 52-episode series produced by the company, aired on CCTV’s children’s channel this year, and the series is due for distribution to Taiwan. Says Lucky Town Multimedia Co’s Chunmel Ho: “Lucky Town Multimedia’s new series Carpenter Miya tells a story using beautiful woodcarvings, delicious eastern food, and traditional Chinese medicine in a fantastic world full of dreams, love and Chunmel Ho inspiration.”

THE SELLING point for Beijing Rocen Digital Science & Technology Co, according to general manager Zhang Yitao, is the company’s new methods of production aimed at speeding up the process, and saving money. The result of this improved system is the animation Qielan (104 x 25 mins), the story of the orphan Zhanchi who is living happily with a foster mother and her niece Moyi, when she is kidnapped by a monster. Zhanchi is determined to defeat the monsters with the help of the Qielan Warriors, who use the magic of Qi — the opposite of the evil power Li, which is used by the monsters. Broadcast across China, the Qielan brand has also been successful in mobile games, online games, comic books and even model kits. The company is now ready to bring Qielan to the rest of the world. “In order to know more about kids’ programmes in the world and to find international partnerships, we decided to participate in MIPCOM. We hope to co-operate with international buyers who have strong economic and technical strength, and are expert in distribution and management,” Zhang Zhang Yitao says.

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JIANGSU RuYiToon Animation Industry, based in Zhangjiagang, was

established in 2007. With 150 employees, including R&D and animators, the company’s activities includes 2D art outsourcing services and original animation production. “Our original cartoon Ruyi Rabbit And Red Crystal (comprising 104 episodes) has aired on over 200 television stations both at home and abroad.

Our new series Ruyi Rabbit And Happy Farm (312 episodes) will be seen in China soon, and our production team is now making a new series called Chinese Zodiac/Ruyi Cool Baby. We are working hard to turn RuYiToon into a worldclass animation company within three years,” vice-general manager Qiang Hua says. He adds: “Due to the large number of episodes, the production cycle of our new animation may last Qiang Hua for four years. Therefore, our strategy for the market is looking for long-term business relations with buyers and distributors. The company has also developed it own 2D animation software that will lead to significant cost savings — as much as 60%. “Therefore, we are also looking for long-term 2D art outsourcing business,” Qiang Hua says. And for the future: “According to statistics, the production of Chinese original animation films were over 221,108 minutes in total last year.

This is unprecedented. China has become a big animation production country. I think that we should improve the quality of animation films from this year to make them much more competitive in the international market.”

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