Mipcom 2014 news 2

263_NEWEN_N2_COM

mipcom® nEWs

6 X 52’

mipcom nEWs ®

DAY

DAY

02

Tuesday 14 October 2014

281_NBCU_N2_COM

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

Entertainment industry creative icon Simon Cowell is honoured tonight at a gala dinner. See p.16

REACH FOR THE STARS

The stars walked the red carpet to join delegates as they celebrated 30 years of MIPCOM at the Opening Night Party.

See p.8

WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT

The third Women In Global Entertainment Lunch was held at MIPCOM yesterday.

See p.18 MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTE

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Sony Pictures Television’s Steve Mosko gave the first Media Mastermind Keynote yesterday.

See p.14

www.mipcom.com

02

10 x 1 hour | Drama |

|

Stand Croisette 11 Cannes www.fremantlemedia.com

AMERICA’S SUMMER SMASH HIT SERIES! SEASON 1 – 10 X 60 MINS. SEASON 2 – 12 X 60 MINS. SEASON 3 – ANNOUNCED FOR 2015!

AT MIPCOM 2014 | R9.A32 (Formerly RSV 25) starzglobal.com STARZ and related channels and service marks are the property of Starz Entertainment, LLC. Survivors Remorse © 2014 Starz Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved. Hit The Floor © 2014 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SEASON 1 – 8 X 60 MINS. SEASON 2 – 10 X 60 MINS. (NOW IN POST-PRODUCTION)

SEASON 1 – 8 X 60 MINS. SEASON 2 – 10 X 60 MINS. (NOW IN PRODUCTION)

AT MIPCOM 2014 | R9.A32 (Formerly RSV 25) starzglobal.com STARZ and related channels and service marks are the property of Starz Entertainment, LLC. Black Sails © 2014 Starz Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved. Power © 2014 Starz Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

+edule

Sch

nce Confere me m progra P84-87

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTES 11.15-11.45 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

TED SARANDOS, Chief Content Officer, NETFLIX Interviewed by Eric Scherer, Director of Future Media, France Télévisions, France

Ted Sarandos

11.50-12.10 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

ANNE SWEENEY, Co-Chair, DISNEY MEDIA NETWORKS, and President, DISNEY/ABC TELEVISION GROUP

AT THE MIPCOM inauguration ceremony: ProMexico communications co-ordinator Karla Mawcinitt Bueno; Reed MIDEM’s Laurine Garaude; Jorge Herrera Caldera, governor of Durango State; Televisa’s Emilio Azcarraga Jean; Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard; president of Mexico’s National Council for Culture and the Arts Rafael Tovar y de Teresa; French ambassador to Mexico Agustin Garcia Lopez; Reed MIDEM’s Paul Zilk; and ProMexico CEO Francisco N Gozalez Diaz

Anne Sweeney

Interviewed by Anna Carugati, Group Editorial Director, World Screen, USA

NEWS

12.15-12.45 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

JILL WILFERT, Vice President, Global Licensing and Entertainment, LEGO GROUP

8 On the red carpet; Media Mastermind Keynotes; MIPCOM deals; and more...

PRODUCT NEWS

Interviewed by Ali May, Presenter, Mayhart, UK

Jill Wilfert

16.20-17.00 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

56 A round-up of what’s for sale in Cannes

DAVID STAPF, President, CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS

FEATURES

ARMANDO NUÑEZ, President and CEO, CBS GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION GROUP

89 Telling bigger stories: film and TV at the crossroads

David Stapf

Interviewed by Anna Carugati, Group Editorial Director, World Screen, USA

99 Enough for everyone?: a look at production financing

99

Armando Nuñez

A FOCUS ON DIGITAL CHINA 17.10-17.40 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

CHARLES ZHANG, Chairman of the Board and CEO, SOHU.COM Interviewed by Marcel Fenez, Global leader, entertainment and media, PwC

89

Charles Zhang

MIPCOM Stand R8.C20 all3mediainternational.com

is THE TV FORMAT

Mega and award-winning Studio Lambert

6

IN PICTURES

mipcom

Opening Night Party Following the World Premiere TV Screening of eOne’s The Book Of Negroes, stars walked the red carpet into the Opening Night Party of the 30th MIPCOM. The MIPCOM Daily News team was there to meet them

Actor Donald Sutherland, in town to promote his animation project Pirate’s Passage

Reed MIDEM’s Paul Zilk with Elizabeth Hurley, star of Lionsgate’s The Royals

Gene Simmons and his wife Shannon Tweed, who are launching Sierra/Engine’s reality show Coliseum

mipcom neWs 2 The official MIPCOM daily newspaper ®

Michael Nyqvist and Dominic Monaghan, in Cannes with the Red Arrow series 100 Code

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Director of Publications Paul Zilk Director of Communication Mike Williams EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Editor in Chief Julian Newby Deputy Editor Debbie Lincoln Sub Editors Neil Crossley, Sarah Kovandzich Reporters Stuart Braun, Ben Cooper, Andy Fry, Emelia Jones, Juliana Koranteng, Max Leonard, Rachel Murrell, Gary Smith, Joanna Stephens Editorial Assistant Hannah Stephens Technical Editor in Chief Herve Traisnel Deputy Technical Editor in Chief Frederic Beauseigneur Graphic Designers Muriel Betrancourt, Veronique Duthille, Carole Peres Head of Photographers Yann Coatsaliou / 360 Media Photographers Christian Alminana, Olivier Houeix, Michel Johner, Yohann Mortier Editorial Management Boutique Editions PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT Publishing Director Martin Screpel Publishing Co-ordinator Emilie Lambert Production Assistant Eric Laurent ADVERTISING CONTACT IN CANNES Christine Mendes • christine.mendes@reedmidem.com Reed MIDEM, a joint stock company (SAS), with a capital of €310.000, 662 003 557 R.C.S. NANTERRE, having offices located at 27-33 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo - 92100 BOULOGNEBILLANCOURT (FRANCE), VAT number FR91 662 003 557. Contents © 2014, Reed MIDEM Market Publications. Publication registered 4th quarter 2014.

8

eugenelevy

catherineo'hara

danlevy

anniemurphy

now they have to bank on each other.

IN PICTURES

mipcom

Matt Dillon, promoting 20th Century Fox’s Wayward Pines

John Simm and Mira Sorvino, here for the BBC’s The Intruders

Marianne Fortier and Sebastien Delorme, in town with Telefilm Canada’s Berceau Des Anges

Richard Dormer, Sienna Guillory and Luke Treadaway, in town with Sky’s Fortitude

Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, at MIPCOM with Electric Entertainment’s The Librarians

Steve Hoban and Michelle Alexander, promoting Telefilm Canada’s Darknet

10

NEWS

mipcom

SPT’s state of independence is secret to shows’ success Fox International Channels’ Sharon Tal Yguado

FOX CONTINUES TO FEED DEMAND FOR ORIGINAL CONTENT “FINDING a showrunner in Hollywood now is almost impossible!” said Sharon Tal Yguado, executive vicepresident of scripted programming and original development at Fox International Channels. “So many shows are being shot, there’s saturation.”

She was being interviewed about original content creation for MIPCOM’s Film & TV Crossroads strand. Fox was celebrating overnight the US launch of the fifth season of The Walking Dead — in the subsequent 24 hours it would be broadcast to 200 million homes worldwide. “We had this crazy dream that we could launch a series like a movie but we realised we needed to be involved very early on in [production] conversations,” she said.

Yguado predicted that eight- to 10-episode ‘limited series’ like True Detective or Fox’s Wayward Pines had a bright creative future.

And the SVOD providers were very much on the radar, with Netflix leading the charge. “For us as a young studio it did feel right to try to be at the vanguard of some of these platforms,” said Katie O’Connell, CEO of Gaumont International TV. She had liked the creative bubble of delivering all episodes of Hemlock Grove before airing, and thought SVOD’s invitation to ‘binge’ watch was changing the form: “You do think about how someone is consuming it, you think about the beginnings and endings of episodes.”

IFE is pretty good for Sony Pictures Television (SPT) president Steve Mosko. With The Blacklist, Masters Of Sex and Outlander garnering similar acclaim to Breaking Bad, his company’s production division is at the top of its game.

Explaining the company’s success during his Media Mastermind Keynote yesterday, he said it helps that SPT isn’t owned by a huge US channel operator: “Years ago people were telling me that we couldn’t exist as a stand-alone production company. But right now we have 30 shows with 14 networks. I think creatives like Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) like the fact we can sell to everyone.”

On the distribution front, Mosko said that SPT had been working

L

Sony Pictures Television’s Steve Mosko: “we can sell to everyone”

hard to tackle the issue of piracy by monitoring more closely who has access to shows prior to launch and moving towards day and date release internationally: “I don’t see any point in blaming the pirates — we’ve just got to do our job properly to deter them.”

SPT is taking a close interest in the emerging world of digital and on-demand. Aside from selling shows to Netflix, Mosko talked up the company’s digital streaming service Crackle, which it populates with library and original content. He also described a groundbreaking deal that will see new drama Powers debut on Sony PlayStation: “This is a very exciting show with budgets comparable to cable. We’re out in the market now selling it like a traditional show.”

Televisa takes multiplatform view EMILIO Azcarraga Jean, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Grupo Televisa, revealed how Mexico’s largest media empire is seizing the opportunities offered by the digital era in his View From The Top interview yesterday.

“Channel 5 and the ways in which we have changed it provides a good example of how we are embracing the multiplatform world,” he said. “It is our youth and young adult channel, and it now does so much more than just show content — it encourages conversation and engages with its audience. We totally believe in the relevance of new technologies and we try everything to see if it can enhance our offer.

Even technologies which may or may not be around in a couple of years have to be given a chance, because we are determined to optimise our use of every possible platform and window. And of course we are equally engaged with the possibilities offered by

Grupo Televisa’s Emilio Azcarraga Jean: “enhancing our offer”

the second screen and secondscreen content.”

Televisa may well be known mainly for its huge library of telenovelas, but with 90,000 hours in total per year of production across every genre, the company’s offer is so much more than that: “We produce a huge amount

14

of programming, but we are every bit as concerned with quality as we are with quantity,” he said.

“Our offer also includes sports, comedy and drama, and we are also increasingly coming up with successful formats. Televisa is as much about creating ideas as it is about telling stories.”

NEWS

mipcom

Murdoch dares industry Cowell hails small screen’s historic hit-making power to stop playing it safe AMES Murdoch, the cochief operating officer of 21st Century Fox, used his Media Mastermind Keynote Interview, to say companies need to take creative risks if they are to come out on top in the current media landscape: “We want our company to attract the best talents and give them the opportunity to take risks they can’t take anywhere else. It’s easy to play safe but the great successes come when you

J

James Murdoch

take risks. Companies can’t be traumatised when they get something wrong.”

In a wide-ranging session, Murdoch discussed the amalgamation of pay-TV platforms Sky UK, Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland and the current mega-merger between Shine, Endemol and Core.

The latter, he said, had been “an opportunity to create a global leader that shouldn’t be passed up. These businesses will benefit from scale.”

While Murdoch anticipated more consolidation in the media market, he said massive media corporations like Fox needed to make sure they gave headroom to entrepreneurial and creative decision-makers. “You can’t overengineer decision-making. Scale is a benefit in commercialisation and distribution but (creative people) need to run their own shop.”

Murdoch said his company’s creative core was its best form of protection against technologybased rivals like Google. “We’re investing a lot more in programming,” he said. “That is where the value is.”

SIMON Cowell praised the “power of TV” in launching global music hits during his keynote MIPCOM speech.

Addressing a packed auditorium yesterday afternoon, Cowell said television’s ability to “create emotions in people to inspire them to want to buy a record” has been one of the keys to the success of formats The X-Factor and Got Talent around the world.

He said: “If you look at some of the most significant moments in artists’ careers, artists like Elvis and The Beatles, they have been on TV; it’s been a massive part of their fame worldwide”.

Simon Cowell

Kreiz highlights shift to short MAKER Studios CEO Ynon Kreiz made clear the rapid change under way in consumption habits during Monday’s Media Mastermind Keynote. “We’re seeing a massive shift from linear TV to online video in general, and shortform in particular,” he said.

As boss of the leading online multi-channel network for shortform content, Kreiz presides over nine billion monthly views from 550 million subscribers and has a unique perspective on the global quest for original content.

“Short-form is the medium, and the way you produce, consume, monetise, market and share it is as different from TV as TV is from the movies,” he said.

Cowell, this year’s MIPCOM Personality Of The Year, said a relationship based on confidence and trust had been vital in rolling out formats in new markets.

He said: “It’s crucial to have confidence in the broadcasters and the people there, you need that mutual trust. If we didn’t have broadcasters around the world trusting us then I wouldn’t be sitting here.”

He added that in order for a format to work the creator had to have genuine passion for the content. “You have to become the audience,” he said. “I am a fan of everything I make.”

The average duration of America’s top 100 videos is now less than four minutes, 25% shorter than last year, he explained.

Videos in the Epic Rap Battles series have racked up over 30

million views, and the series as a whole has clocked more than two billion views. And Kreiz says that PewDiePie, a Swedish creator who makes videos about multiplayer video games, has 30 mil-

Ynon Kreiz

16

lion subscribers generating over 450 million views per month.

And it’s this appeal to the coveted millennial generation (14- to 24-year-olds) that motivated Disney’s recent takeover of Maker.

Millennials are purportedly watching one third less linear television than their 25- to 29-yearold siblings, and less than half of that of their parents.

“That combination of the number-one media company in the world, and the largest short-form online internet company, is a powerful match that will have a huge impact on this market,” Kreiz said.

“Maker is an online company,” said Kreiz. And not just in terms of its platform, but its roots too.

“It’s about the values and attributes you derive from the internet,” he said.

Anytime, anywhere, any device – register now and log in!

Watch full-length programs online

Download our Android App from the Android Store

Create and recommend playlists Get information and news

Download our iOS App from the Apple App Store

ZDF Enterprises GmbH Erich-Dombrowski-Str. 1 55127 Mainz, Germany

phone: +49 (0) 6131 991 0 email: info@zdf-enterprises.de www.zdf-enterprises.de

NEWS

mipcom

MIP goes local to support industry around the world REED MIDEM, organiser of the leading TV and digital content exhibitions, conference and networking events MIPTV, MIPDoc, MIPFormats, MIPCOM and MIPJunior, is expanding its global television footprint.

The first stage of this global strategy sees the launch of MIPCancun, the inaugural LatAm Buyers’ Summit taking place in Mexico, November 19-21, 2014. This high-level event benefits from a global partnership with Mexican media powerhouse TV Azteca and a knowledge partnership with market analysis experts Eurodata.

In addition, Reed MIDEM’s television division is strengthening its co-operation with the Asia Television Forum & Market (ATF), Asia’s leading entertainment content market taking place December 9-12, in Singapore.

“We are developing new regional events and services that will complement MIPTV and MIPCOM, our two core markets, for the global TV industry,” said Jerome Delhaye, director of the entertainment division at Reed MIDEM. “With over 13,500 delegates and more than 100 countries represented at both MIPTV and MIPCOM, these events will remain the heart

Bruce L Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

EMMY NOMINATIONS HERALD EXCELLENCE THE 2O14 International Emmy Awards nominations were announced at MIPCOM yesterday

by Bruce L Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. With 40 nominees across 10 categories, the list represents programming from 19 countries, including the US for the first time.

“In these troubled times in many places around the world, it is gratifying to see so many countries and organisations still striving and competing for excellence in television programming,” said Paisner. “That is part of the magic of television and of the Emmy.”

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy Awards for programming and performances on November 24, 2014 at the Hilton New York Hotel, the Academy will present two special awards. Mad Men creator, Matthew Weiner will receive the 2014 International Emmy Founders Award and Robert Marinho Irineu, CEO & president, Globo Organisation, will receive the 2014 International Emmy Directorate Award.

Nominations for the International Emmy Kids Awards were announced last week. 23 nominees in six categories will receive their Emmys at the third international Emmy Kids Awards on February 20, 2015 in New York City and MIPTV/MIPJunior will be a presenting partner alongside Ernst & Young, Hasbro Studios, Shaw Rocket Fund, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and WDR.

of our business. MIPCancun is an example of providing a high-intensity one-to-one business event, tailored to regional needs and serving Latin American broadcasters, some of which may not yet attend MIPTV or MIPCOM.” While MIPCancun is a totally new endeavour, bringing together buyers from some 40 Latin American broadcasters and an equal number of international sales companies, ATF reinforces an existing relationship.

“Like MIPTV and MIPCOM, ATF is part of the Reed Exhibitions portfolio of events and has hosted the MIPAcademy workshops in Singapore since 2013,” said Laurine Garaude, director of Reed MIDEM’s television division. “By combining our sales efforts and working together to develop new content and concepts, we will bring our expertise to offer solutions to clients around the world who wish to do business in Asia.”

In the medium to long term, Jerome Delhaye said that the MIP brand will be extended to all continents. “Today we are growing our presence in Asia and Latin America. Tomorrow, we will launch new events and services in every continent where there are clients to be found.”

Digital generation ‘almost gender-blind’

Stacey Wilson (left), Jana Bennett, Mo Abudu, Erin McPherson and Keli Lee, panelists in the third annual Women In Global Entertainment Power Lunch

“

I

recognised a need to tell the African woman’s story,” said Mo Abudu, CEO and founder of Nigeria’s EbonyLife TV, at the third annual Women In Global Entertainment Power Lunch at the Majestic on Monday. “We’ve created 1,000 hours of original African programming across all genres in our first year, and in February 2015, we launch Desperate Housewives Africa.”

As the first African woman to launch a television channel, Abudu had no female role models to look to. For that reason, fellow panelist Jana Bennett, president of FYI and LMN at A+E Networks, spoke of women’s responsibility to encourage other women to speak up.

18

Erin McPherson, chief content officer of Maker Studios, agreed. But while television has its legacy of male dominance, she said, in the digital world, things are changing. “The new generation of makers are almost genderblind and colour-blind,” she said.

Keli Lee, executive vice-president casting at ABC and ABC Studios, said that diversity is vital in relation to ethnicity too. And not just because it can offer the audience authentic voices: “Talent development programmes are important for the pipeline,” she said.

The lunch was held in partnership with Lifetime and the panel was moderated by Hollywood Reporter’s Stacey Wilson.

NEWS

mipcom

Pavilion helping to put Polish producers on the creative map Stephen Lambert and Sabrina Duguet

GOGGLEBOX MAKES VIEWERS THE STARS THE SUCCESS of Gogglebox, the factual entertainment show brought to MIPCOM by All3Media International, should be the envy of most producers and distributors.

Launched only this time last year on UK network Channel 4, it has already won the coveted BAFTA award, the number of UK viewers has shot up to five million from 700,000, and the format has been sold to 20 countries.

The combination of transmitting clips from TV shows aired during the most recent week and hearing forthright comments about them from a variety of real-life viewers in their living rooms has caught other viewers’ imaginations.

Stephen Lambert, CEO of the show’s producer Studio Lambert and chairman of distributor All3Media America, said as long as the format is produced locally, Gogglebox would resonate worldwide.

“What we all have in common is the desire to talk about what is on television,” he said.

Lambert and Sabrina Duguet, All3Media International’s vice-president format sales, have similar high hopes for The Kitchen, which is being introduced internationally at MIPCOM. This time, people are seen commenting about what they cook and eat in their respective kitchens.

HE POLISH Pavilion is at MIPCOM boasting an expanded line-up of delegates. Janusz Pienkowski, head of the Department of Trade and Investment Promotion of the Polish Embassy in Paris, said the market provided an opportunity to strengthen the image and visibility of Poland in the creative sector. “We hope this will result in increased demand for products and services and that the Polish brand will become a powerful magnet for investors and customers,” he said.

Warsaw-based film and TV producer Rochstar agrees that Poland is a good production hub.

“We can provide a vast range of services, well qualified specialists and very competitive prices,” said CEO Rinke Rooyens. “We specialise in big studio shows such as The Voice Of Poland or Dancing With The Stars. We also created a fully branded content

T

Janusz Pienkowski

Grzegorz Handzlik

programme, the first in Poland.”

Another benefit of being at MIPCOM is the opportunity to find co-producers. Grzegorz Handzlik, founder at Orange Animation Studio, said: “We want to offer our pre-school series Mr. Toti (13 x 8 mins), which is made with support from the Polish Film Institute. We hope we will find not only buyers, but also coproducers.”

Another animation firm Badi Badi, has a series, Agi Bagi, and

a project called The Flying Bear And The Gang looking for partners. “Our goal is to show it is possible to produce for the international market in Poland,” said Badi Badi producer Dominika Osak.

Inbornmedia recently shot a pilot for travel format Rock The Road in Ukraine. Producer Maciej Pawelczyk said: “For some time we’ve been thinking about the international market. That’s why we’ve produced Rock The Road in English.”

BEYOND Distribution celebrated the launch of a new programmes from 7Productions at yesterday’s cocktail reception. Seven Network’s director of production Brad Lyons (second from right), and Therese Hegarty, head of Seven’s production and rights management, joined Beyond Distribution’s CEO and managing director Mikael Borglund (left), and general manager Michael Murphy for a drink at the event. The five new titles include travel documentary series Boy To Man, My France With Manu and Anh Does Brazil, along with comedy series Bogan Hunters and Kinne.

Deal gives CCTV Hispanic access CHINA International TV Corporation has signed an agreement with Somos Distribution that will see the latter distribute a package of documentaries on an exclusive basis in Spanish-speaking territories. The documentaries are A Bite Of China, Tea, Tale Of A Leaf and Silk Road, each of which show different aspects of Chinese culture.

CITVC general manager Ma Runsheng said: “This agreement is very important in our efforts to

make China, its history and traditions, known across the world.

For us the Spanish-speaking countries are very important and Somos Distribution has the infrastructure and expertise to help us increase our presence.”

Luis Villanueva, president and CEO of Somos Distribution, added: “The quality of production, the excellent development of the stories and the world’s fascination with China guarantee the success of our efforts to

20

CITVC’s Ma Runsheng (left) and Somos’ Luis Villanueva

distribute these programmes. It is very satisfying to keep growing a relationship so valuable to me.”

BACK FOR MORE

TURN: WASHINGTON SPIES

HALT AND CATCH FIRE

20 x 60 min

AND

THE RED ROAD 12 x 60 min

20 x 60 min

SUNDANCETV ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES

RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 tvinfo@entonegroup.com

Q

eOnetv.com

/eOnetv @eOne_tv

Q

Q

Visit eOne at MIPCOM C15.A5

NEWS

mipcom

Magine TV sees co-existence as key to future world of OTT ou need broadcaster DNA to make OTT useable,” said Michael Tu r ner, execut ive vice-president of content and new markets for cloudbased TV platform Magine TV. “Something may look fantastic in the lab. But that’s not enough to make users take it up.”

Turner was speaking at yesterday’s session Cable Vs OTT: Getting Past ‘Frenemies’, part of the Global Channel Distribution Day conference strand.

As OTT services mature, traditional broadcasters have to work out how to co-exist with them: how to value and sell their rights, know what audiences want, and what technology is needed to deliver it.

“Broadcasters aren’t necessarily losing customers, they just have to learn to deliver to them in new ways,” said Daniel Nord-

Y

Team’s Michael Hirsh (left) and John Vandervelde

FINANCIAL GOAL FOR NEW TEAM PRODUCTION veterans Michael Hirsh and John Vandervelde are at MIPCOM to demystify the world of finance for TV productions, and in particular tax incentives for producing in Canada.

The pair met when working together at Nelvana and Cookie Jar, and went into finance together with Team, launched at MIPTV 2014.

“You don’t meet many people in finance with production backgrounds.

We form a nice bridge,” Hirsh said, adding that production-savvy intermediation could potentially release more money from banks, and also smooth production crises.

One area of expertise is tax breaks. Although many US states had launched production incentives, these were often limited, Vandervelde said, which left productions at risk of not being paid if funds ran out that year. “Canadian tax credits are actually looking better,” Vandervelde added.

“They’re totally bankable and can be 50%-60% if you hit the right markers.”

While mergers and acquisitions and financial advisory are Team’s biggest area, the duo also keeps a hand in production, currently making Missing Evidence for Smithsonian Channel and Classic Car Rescue for Discovery.

Magine TV’s Michael Turner: broadcaster DNA makes OTT useable

berg, head of content acquisition at OTT service Opera Software.

“Viewers want to binge, so ondemand and Netflix will work.”

For established broadcasters, a change of identity is required.

“We need to see ourselves as content producers, and TV as only one of the platforms we supply,” said Taahir Hoorzook, manager digital distribution, Al Jazeera Media Network. “By changing the way that we develop, produce and schedule content that is for YouTube, we can significantly multiply the audience it gets.”

Turner said that in its first two years, Magine has proved itself with regard to cost, security and data provision, and ease of use is his guiding mantra. Launched in Sweden in 2013 and now in Germany, Magine is moving into more territories next year.

“We have a shot at being the first global pay-TV platform,” he said.

Mr Good Man makes European friends A GROUNDBREAKING SinoEuropean co-production has been announced by CCTV’s Ma Runsheng, general manager of China Radio, Film and TV Programmes Exchange Centre (CPEC).

The property in question is successful Chinese comedy series Mr Good Man (33 x 45 mins), about a man who sets up a business helping people who have problems with friends, business associates and relatives.

Whereas the first series was a wholly Chinese affair, the second season will be a Sino-European co-production.

“Mr Good Man is just what his name suggests, a genuinely good man,” said producer Tina Tian of Beijing’s Paravision Inc. “He’s always smiling.”

The European side of the co-production will be managed by Daniel Zimmermann of Angels Avenue in Belgium. He will enlist

key European broadcasters, particularly targeting France, Germany and Italy. He has already brought in Barter and Cactus of Italy, who are represented at MIPCOM by consultant Giusto Toni of 4 Dark Productions.

Co-producing Mr Good Man with European partners will help CCTV give the show international legs, said Zimmermann.

It will also increase its domestic appeal. “Tourism is an important industry, and the Chinese middle class is discovering Europe.”

Welcoming the co-production, CCTV’s Ma said that Mr Good Man represents Chinese people’s concern for others.

“This is a series about love, understanding and family,” he said.

Mr Good Man: CCTV’s Qin Zhengui (left), Paravision’s Tina Tian, CCTV’s Xue Jijun, Angels Avenue’s Daniel Zimmermann and 4 Dark’s Giusto Toni

22

Drama Series (2014) 49 x 60 minutes

eOneTV.com TVinfo@entonegroup.com

MIPCOM / C15.A5

ZDF Enterprises celebrates its MIPCOM highlights at the ‘Sundowner’ The sunset on the beach of Cannes served once again as the background for ZDF Enterprises’ legendary get-together.

The promo reel and introductory words by Alexander Coridass, President and CEO, and Fred Burcksen, Executive VP and COO, prompted interest in this fall’s highlights.

Many buyers asked about the teen animation series H20 MERMAID ADVENTURES, an animated series for the age group just below that of H2O Just Add Water. Heading the roster of new dramas is THE TEAM with its multi-national police force. Demand was great for the factual series’ APOCALYPSE NEANDERTHAL, which features some startling revelations. And in the entertainment sector, the quiz format QUIZ CHAMPION, a contest that pits celebrities against «normal» people, attracted the guests’ attention.

Celebrating the new cooperation contract: Margarita Garcia (Director ZDFE.factual DACH), Alexander Coridass (President and CEO, ZDF Enterprises) with Conrad Heberling (Chairman of the DAF board), Christine Völkel (DAF’s Head of Programs) and Ralf Rückauer (VP ZDFE.factual, ZDF Enterprises).

ZDF Enterprises’ President and CEO Alexander Coridass (third from right), Galen Yeo (Creative Director, The Moving Visuals), Astro Malaysia’s Agnes Rozario, Henry Tan and Raymond Tan, Patrick Hörl (CEO Autentic) and Khim Loh (Managing Director, The Moving Visuals) are proud of the joint venture for SPARK Asia.

Katharina Pietzsch (Director ZDFE.junior, center) with Coolabi’s Michael Dee, Jeremy Banks, Zoe Bamsey and Snapper Productions’ Ben Butterworth (second from right).

Nikolas Huelbusch (ZDF Enterprises’ Director ZDFE.factual) with Spiegel TV’s Kirsten Hoehne (Deputy Editor in Chief) and Kay Siering (Head of Documentaries).

Peter Lang (ZDF Enterprises VP ZDFE.junior), with Cinedigm’s SVP of Acquisitions Mark Kashden and President Bill Sondheim.

Advertorial

Susanne Frank (Director ZDFE.drama, center) with Christian Wikander (SVT’s Head of Drama), Swetlana Winkel (Managing Director, Polyband), Wolfgang Feindt (Commissioning Editor Series, ZDF) and Andi Wecker (Producer of THE TEAM, the latest addition to the ZDFE.drama catalogue, Network Movie).

Stephan Adrian (Executive Vice President and CFO, ZDF Enterprises) with Anke Beining (Managing Director, Teleclub AG) and Peter Kerckhoff (Head of Content, Deutsche Telekom AG).

Nicole Keeb (Head of International Coproductions and Acquisitions Children and Youth, ZDF), Arne Lohmann (ZDF Enterprises’ VP ZDFE.junior), Sebastian Debertin (Head of Fiction, Acquisitions and Co-productions, KiKA) and Zhang Tianxiao (Fantasia Animation).

Fred Burcksen (Executive VP and COO of ZDF Enterprises), Sean Cohan (Executive Vice President, International, A+E Networks), Alexander Coridass (ZDF Enterprises’ President and CEO) and Hansjörg Füting (CEO ndf).

Tasja Abel, ZDF Enterprises’ VP ZDFE.drama (second from right) with Ferdinand Dohna (Producer, EOS Entertainment), Irina Ignatiew (Co-Managing Director, Red Arrow) and Wolfgang Feindt (Commissioning Editor Series, ZDF).

YLE’s Maria Kivinen (Sales Executive) and Pekka Ruohoranta (Senior Producer) with ZDF Enterprises’ President and CEO Alexander Coridass, Director ZDFE.drama Sarah Eichenlaub and award-winning director and writer Jukka-Pekka Siili.

NEWS

mipcom

Global focus for TV Asahi with deals and Real-Media strategy Eurodata’s Jacques Braun

BIG SCREEN STILL KING FOR JACQUES BRAUN EURODATA TV Worldwide is 25 this year — and vice-president Jacques Braun has been there since the beginning.

“When we started, we were in five countries and now we are in 100 countries, monitoring 3,000 channels,” he said.

“But of course, our biggest challenge currently is to reflect what is happening across all screens — which is a challenge both technically and politically. We have been including time-shifted viewing for several years, and the next stage is to include catch-up TV on PCs and tablets, plus what people are watching on their mobile phones.”

Despite the proliferation of screens, Braun believes that the TV — or the big screen, as he prefers to call it — still reigns supreme: “For anything live, the big screen is still king.

The other screens may well be the new stars, but nothing comes close to the TV screen for any kind of appointment TV. It still attracts huge audiences compared to the others, and a popular primetime drama will boost ratings hugely. Similarly, the World Cup saw the big screen pull in massive audiences.”

MIPCOM FIRST AID POINT The First Aid Point at MIPCOM, where delegates can go for medical attention, has moved. It is now close to the entrance to the Riviera, by the access to the car park.

APAN’s TV Asahi Corporation has signed a licence deal with Mexico’s Televisa for HD animation series Shin Chan.

The dubbed Spanish version of the comedy animation, which transports audiences into the mind of a cheeky five-year-old, will be broadcast on Televisa’s newly launched channel, Tiin.

TV Asahi is also showcasing a third series of Doctor-X, a medical drama that was first aired on its network in 2012. The series, which centres on a beautiful and courageous female surgeon who challenges the established hospital hierarchy, scored the highest ratings of all the dramas aired that year by Japan’s commercial TV channels.

Gengo Sunami, executive director in charge of TV Asahi’s business and administration divisions, said the broadcaster is continuing to drive international deals for its terrestrial dramas. However,

J

TV Asahi’s Gengo Sunami: focus on video streaming and Real-Media strategy

It’s a deal: TV Asahi’s Motoko Nakai (left) and Yoshiyuki Sugimoto (right), with Televisa’s Karina Montoya Herrera

he is also focusing on internet video streaming and developing TV Asahi’s Real-Media strategy, which aims to engage audiences via live performances, including concerts, plays and musical.

“We are [investing] much of our effort in the production and development of original drama for video streaming,” Sunami said. “We have

already produced and streamed about 110 original shows.”

He added: “We have started launching Real-Media events abroad to introduce Japanese pop culture by featuring idols and animations that are popular on the internet.

“We plan to pursue such RealMedia developments with a special focus on the Asian market.”

YESTERDAY’s Disney Lunch was attended by Maker Studios’ Ynon Kreiz (left) and Disney executives Ben Pyne, Janice Marinelli, Mark Endemano, Haydn Arndt and Fernando Barbosa

Cupcake to dish up Peanuts apps CUPCAKE Digital has partnered with Peanuts Worldwide to develop new digital applications starring characters from the iconic franchise.

The deal covers a range of digital publishing and activity apps for fans around the world.

Among the first releases planned are enhanced storybook apps based on the classic Peanuts artwork targeted at tweens and kids aged between three and seven.

Cupcake will also create apps around the much-anticipated re-

lease of the Peanuts Movie in 2015.

Cupcake Digital’s executive vicepresident of brand and business development, Amory Millard, said: “The opportunity to work with a brand as beloved as Peanuts is an honour for us. This multi-year collaboration is a great opportunity to work closely with Peanuts Worldwide on product and marketing campaigns that dovetail with their exciting global franchise initiatives. The first enhanced storybook app with activities based on the classic Kick

26

Coming soon: enhanced Peanuts storybook apps

The Football storyline is slated for release in November 2014 to capitalise on the brand’s association with seasonal holidays and social expression.”

NEWS

mipcom

Elizabeth Hurley makes royal entrance in Lionsgate drama IONSGATE is at MIPCOM with The Royals, an original 10-part drama that goes behind closed GRRUV ZLWK D ÀFWLWLRXV FRQtemporary royal family. Leading WKH FDVW LV (OL]DEHWK +XUOH\ ZKR

L

SOD\V WKH IRUPLGDEOH 4XHHQ +HOHQD +HU FR VWDUV LQFOXGH :LOOLDP Moseley (The Narnia Chronicles) and newcomer Alexandra Park. +XUOH\ VDLG VKH LV YHU\ FDUHIXO DERXW DFFHSWLQJ 79 UROHV EHFDXVH RI WKH HQRUPRXV WLPH FRP-

mitment if the show is renewed. ´%XW ,¡G EH WKULOOHG >LI 7KH 5R\DOV UHWXUQHG@ ¾ VKH VDLG ´:KHQ , ZDV sent the scripts they ticked all the boxes. The royals are a fascinatLQJ VXEMHFW DQG LW¡V LQWULJXLQJ WR JR EHKLQG FORVHG GRRUV 4XHHQ

William Moseley, Elizabeth Hurley (centre) and Alexandra Park

Witnesses: special MIPCOM screening

Witnesses is ‘what’s best about French TV’ WITNESSES (Les Temoins), a noir thriller series commissioned E\ )UDQFH KDV EHHQ ODXQFKHG at MIPCOM by France-based 1HZH1 'LVWULEXWLRQ 3URGXFHG E\ 3DULV EDVHG &LQHWHYH ZLWK writing and direction from +HUYH +DGPDU DQG 0DUF +HUSRX[ Âł FUHDWRUV RI VLPLODUO\ DWmospheric psychological thriller /HV 2XEOLHHV )RUJRWWHQ *LUOV

for France 3 — NeweN will host D VSHFLDO VFUHHQLQJ RI :LWQHVVHV WRGD\ DW LQ $XGLWRULXP . ´%OHQGLQJ P\VWHU\ DQG LQYHVWLgation, strong, complex characWHUV WZR FDSWLYDWLQJ OHDG DFWRUV and sophisticated camera work

Helena wants to protect the imDJH RI WKH UR\DO IDPLO\ DQG VHUYH KHU SHRSOH EXW WKH PRPHQW WKH GRRUV VODP VKXW VKH IDFHV DOO WKH IULFWLRQV RI D QRUPDO IDPLO\ Âľ $OWKRXJK WKH VKRZ KDV EHHQ VKRW LQ /RQGRQ +XUOH\ VDLG LW LV KLJKO\ XQOLNHO\ WKDW WKH %ULWLVK UR\DO IDPLO\ ZRXOG WKLQN WKH VHULHV LV EDVHG RQ WKHP 6R KRZ ZRXOG VKH FKDUDFWHULVH LW" ´,W¡V D PRGHUQ FXUUHQW GD\ VHULHV EXW KDV WKH JODPRXU DQG JOLW] RI VRPHWKLQJ OLNH '\QDVW\ Âľ VKH VDLG ´, GRQ¡W think there is another show like WKDW DW SUHVHQW Âľ )RU $XVWUDOLDQ DFWUHVV $OH[DQGUD Park, who plays Princess Eleanor, WKH VHULHV LV D ELJ EUHDNWKURXJK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and exactly the kind of role she has been dreaming of. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of all the KXQGUHGV RI SDUWV , PLJKW KDYH been offered in the last few years, WKLV LV WKH RQH , ZRXOG KDYH ZDQWed. Eleanor is amazing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; excitLQJ FRORXUIXO DQG YXOQHUDEOH Âľ Moseley sees the series as a way WR PRYH GHFLVLYHO\ LQWR WKH DGXOW market. Playing Prince Liam, he is fascinated by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;innate tragedy of being a royal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a life that RIIHUV WKH KLJKHVW VXFFHVV EXW WKH IHZHVW SRVVLELOLWLHV <RX¡UH QHYHU going to be a doctor or a lawyer. <RX¡UH JRLQJ WR EH ERUQ DQG GLH DV D UR\DO Âľ

DQG GLUHFWLQJ :LWQHVVHV UHSUHVHQWV ZKDW¡V EHVW DERXW )UHQFK 79 VHULHV WRGD\ Âľ VDLG /DHWLWLD 5HFD\WH 1HZH1 'LVWULEXWLRQ¡V managing director. She added that Channel 4 had already acTXLUHG WKH VHULHV EHIRUH LWV RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO 0,3&20 ODXQFK :LWQHVVHV DWWUDFWHG WKH KLJKHVW QXPEHU RI YLHZV DW )UHQFK VFUHHQLQJV HYHQW /H 5HQGH] 9RXV in Biarritz last month. Channel 4 ZDV TXLFN WR SLFN XS WKH VL[ HSLVRGH VHULHV IROORZLQJ WKH VXFFHVV RI 7KH 5HWXUQHG ZKLFK ZDV WKH 8. EURDGFDVWHU¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW IRUHLJQ ODQJXDJH GUDPD LQ WZR GHFDGHV when it premiered in 2013.

28

GLOBAL SCREEN PRESENTS

THE SHARPEST COP ON THE BOSPORUS

MOVIE COLLECTION

VISIT US AT MIPCOM 2014 Booth: P-1.K1, Hall: Palais -1 | info@globalscreen.de | www.globalscreen.de

NEWS COMAREX TAKES CANAL ONCE SHOWS GLOBAL MEXICAN distribution company Comarex has entered into a distribution partnership with awardwinning Mexican educational network Canal Once. Comarex will manage the worldwide distribution rights for Canal Once’s drama series such as Cronica De Castas, Paramedicos, Estado De Gracia, Pacientes, XY, Soy tu Fan and documentaries including Antropologicas, Historias De Vida and Mexico En La Edad De Hielo. Canal Once’s Mayolo Reyes Ballesteros said: “This alliance represents an important opportunity for Canal Once to enter the international market with high quality content, hand-in-hand with an experienced distributor.”

mipcom

The ‘golden age of TV’ entices Harlan Coben to small screen arlan Coben, the bestselling author of mystery novels and thrillers, is in Cannes to promote the first TV adaptation of one of his 25 books.

Coben is adapting his 2003 novel No Second Chance into a six-part mini-series, in collaboration with

H

producer Sydney Gallonde and director Francois Velle (Bones).

Shooting is about to begin near Paris and TF1 International is selling the rights at MIPCOM 2014.

Coben said he was never really interested in working in film or TV, preferring instead to focus on

PBS PICKS UP WORDWORLD PBS DISTRIBUTION has acquired all three seasons of the multi-award-winning programme WordWorld.

The deal includes worldwide DVD and digital distribution rights for all 84 adventures of WordWorld.

The show, which won the 2009 Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding children’s animated programme, is designed to introduce, support, and foster literacy skills in children aged three to five. Young children are introduced to the world of words via the lovable, legible animals called WordFriends. “I’m looking forward to making more families aware of this fun-filled and educational series,” said Debbie Ries, managing director of children’s distribution for PBS Distribution.

Harlan Coben (left) with Sydney Gallonde

his writing. But in what he called a “golden age of TV”, where shows such as Lost, Breaking Bad and True Detective have the quality of a novel, he had a change of heart, after Gallonde proposed bringing No Second Chance to TV. This is Coben’s second French collaboration after working with director Guillaume Canet on the first feature film adaptation of his books, the hit thriller Tell No One. Coben’s novel Six Years will also be adapted to film, with Hugh Jackman in the lead.

The author has sold 16 million books, which are known for their twisting plots and everyday characters. He believes a six-hour TV adaptation can give best value to his stories. Describing the opening of No Second Chance, where a young mother opens her door and a bullet hits her chest, Coben said the first thing she thinks about is her daughter. “What is going to separate this is that warmth, that feeling of family, that maternal instinct,” he said.

Stein heralds wave of scripted series THE INDUSTRY is going through a “golden age of drama” as scripted series sweep the globe, Sonar Entertainment CEO Gene Stein has told MIPCOM News.

Attending his first MIPCOM show since he was appointed CEO of the US producer and distributor in May, Stein said that a “wave” of scripted series is being driven by an “explosion of outlets” and a huge international appetite for quality drama productions.

“We’re moving strongly in the direction of scripted series,” said Stein. “Technology has changed the way people get access to shows and there are more networks than there used to be.

A scripted series really estab-

lishes an identity for a network.”

Sonar is in Cannes with three scripted drama series to bring to the international market. Stein said these represented a new strategic direction for the company.

The series include an epic fantasy series called Shannara, which has already been acquired

by MTV. Based on a series of fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, Shannara has been adapted by co-writers and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar. Shooting will begin on the series in New Zealand at the beginning of next year, with Wrath Of Titans director Jonathan Liebesman directing the first two episodes.

Sonar has also signed a deal

30

with the BBC to produce Taboo, a Regency series starring Tom Hardy as a 19th century explorer grappling with the allpowerful East India Company.

The eight-parter is based on an original story idea by Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy.

Sonar CEO Gene Stein says the industry is experiencing a “golden wave” of drama

TOMORROW AT

2 : 3 0PM

LIVE PANEL

YOU ARE INVITED - WEDNESDAY AT 2:30PM - ESTEREL, PALAIS DES FESTIVALS

DISCOVER THE WORLD OF MASTERCHEF 2014 NOW PRODUCED IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES INCLUDING

GUEST SPEAKERS

MASTERCHEF JUNIOR USA NEW ON

JOE BASTIANICH

MARK FENNESSY

NADINE NOHR

THIERRY LACHKAR

MasterChef USA judge and restaurateur

Shine Australia CEO

Shine International CEO

Shine France CEO

NEWS FRENCH SHOWS FLY THE FLAG AT MIPJUNIOR FOUR of the top five mostscreened kids’ shows at MIPJunior this year were French, showing the global appeal of properties from the distributors of MIPCOM’s host country.

Ladybug, PGS Entertainment’s animeinspired female superhero, came top of the list, and PGS stablemate Alvinnn!!!

And The Chipmunks was fourth. Both, said PGS’ president Philippe Soutter, are “iconic and original productions that underscore our company’s commitment to quality”.

Go-N Production’s Zip Zip, a digital 2D comedy for six- to 10-year-olds about a group of wild animals trying to live a life of ease by disguising themselves as pets, took second place. Eric Garnet of Go-N said: “It’s a show with a unique voice, humour, heart, and a graphic look that kids and parents can relate to.”

Entertainment One Family took the third spot with Cupcake & Dinosaur, a zany show for kids and adults. eOne Family CEO Olivier Dumont calls the show’s creator, Pedro Eboli, “an amazing talent”.

And coming in at number five was Peanuts, the new animated series produced

by Normaal Animation and sold by France Televisions Distribution. And as commissioner Julien Borde of France TV said: “We love big IPs.” And they don’t come much bigger than Peanuts.

The most-screened genre was animation, with only two live-action shows in the top 30. Descendants from Buena Vista came in ninth and Annedroids from Picture Box was 12 th.

mipcom

HIT brandwagon comes to town with new Bob and Little People I T E N T E RTA I N MENT has created two artworks especially for MIPCOM — a cartoon of the Palais, showing characters from its new series Little People welcoming delegates, and an image of Bob The Builder character Scoop rolling jauntily down the Croisette.

The images aim to focus attention on the Mattel subsidiary’s headline acts for MIPCOM 2014 — a new series of Bob The Builder, to be delivered in late 2015; and a brand new CG-animated series called Little People, based on the 55-year-old Fisher-Price brand of the same name.

All the core Bob The Builder

H

HIT’s Little People greet MIPCOM delegates

characters will be back in the new series, alongside a new cast of faces and machines. It will air on Channel 5’s Milkshake! in the UK, PBS Kids in the US and Super RTL in Germany.

Also slated for a 2015 release is

Scoop rolls into Cannes

Little People (52 x 11 mins), to be created with animation partner DHX Media. The new series will feature contemporary characters and emphasise imagination, group play, discovery and critical thinking skills.

High score for ninja app spin-off

The Mini Ninjas team celebrates a run of pre-sales

F R ENCH producer Cyber Group Studios has scored big with a string of pre-sales for its latest children’s show, a 2D animation based on a popular gaming app for smartphones and tablet devices.

The show, Mini Ninjas, has been sold widely throughout Europe, Russia, Asia, the Middle East and Canada. It is based on the app of the same name, produced

by Square Enix, which has been a hit with gamers worldwide.

Produced by Cyber Group in collaboration with TF1 in France and Enanimation in Italy, the show is still in production and will span over 52 11-minute episodes. Production is due for completion in March 2015.

Carole Brin, vice-president of sales, acquisitions and new media at Cyber Group Studios, said: “The brand is already famous and it’s a mixture of action and comedy with a high production value.

32

Released at last year’s MIPCOM market, Cyber Group has since secured pre-sales with RTVE Clan in Spain, VRT in Belgium, the Disney Channel in Russia, Latin America the CEE and MEA regions, Tele-Quebec in Canada, Spectrum in Indonesia and RTS in Switzerland.

Cyber Group is distributing a number of other animations at this year’s show, including Zorro: The Chronicles and pre-school series Zou.

MODERN MAN MEETS MOTHER NATURE Thirteen men. Four weeks. One Island. Who will survive?

All New Format | Season Two: Coming Soon Season One: 6 x 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Shine TV and BGV production for Channel 4 (UK) Watch now at shineinternational.com MIPCOM R8.E1

NEWS

mipcom

Whelan set to thrill as eOne’s Matador enters MIPCOM ring ATADOR, a 13-part spy thriller series for Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network, is being offered at MIPCOM this week by eOne. Produced and directed by the team behind films Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn and Transformers, and TV series Revenge and Sleepy Hollow, the second series was greenlit before the first has begun to air.

Australian actress Nicky Whelan, who plays CIA control agent Annie Mason, is in Cannes to promote the series, which she called a mix between straight action and James Bond.

“She’s kick-ass, she’s powerful, she’s boss hog,” Whelan said of her co-lead character.

The series is primarily the story of DEA (drug enforcement) agent Tony Bravo, who is thrust into a dangerous world of money, power, excess and intrigue while on a covert mission to investigate the flamboyant owner of the LA Riot, one of the world’s greatest soccer teams.

Pitched initially to the Latino market in the US, the Los Angeles-based series is set to have global appeal, said Whelan. “We have soccer as one of the main themes in the show.

I’m the white American girl but I’m also Australian. It’s a worldly show. It’s spy, it’s sexy.”

M

Intruders’ writer and executive producer Glen Morgan

INTRUDERS CREATOR SLIPS INTO CANNES WRITER/executive producer Glen Morgan (The X-Files) is in Cannes with BBC Worldwide to promote new paranormal drama Intruders.

The eight-part series about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others, launched in late August on BBC America, starring John Simm. Based on the novel by Michael Marshall Smith, Morgan quickly recognised the challenge he faced in adapting the book: “There is a big, penultimate reveal that wasn’t going to be something that would work for the series. I couldn’t hold back this information for so long but I still wanted to gradually build suspense and initially make our viewers work.” he said. “Alan J Pakula’s political thrillers including All The President’s Men and The Parallax View are my favourite films. I looked through his work again to take note of his use of shadow and long takes. Our composer Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead) also found an old piano that was about to be thrown out to recreate sounds we hear in all those paranoid films.”

Nicky Whelan: “it’s spy, it’s sexy”

Hyp-Gags star mesmerises market A HYPNOTIST performer has wowed an audience in Cannes with a live stage show as he unveiled his latest project to the international market.

Performing on stage at MIPCOM yesterday, Canadian artist Messmer showed a gathered crowd some tasters from a TV format in which he plays with a participant’s subconscious and uses a range of hypnotic techniques in urban locations around the world.

Producer Group Entou r age ha s completed the first series of the show, Hyp-Gags With Messmer, and is preparing to begin shooting series two.

Eric Young, founder and president of Groupe Entourage, said that there was already “lots of interest in the project” at the market. Messmer on stage at MIPCOM

34

He added: “There’s a big trend towards hypnosis at the moment all over the world. It can be used for entertainment or for health treatments. Messmer works with a bit of everything. His inspiration can come from anywhere — he uses what he’s seen on the street or in people’s behaviour.”

The show has already been sold to network Bell in Canada where it is set to make its debut in January, and to TF1 in France.

1000 YEARS OF MURDER, AMBITION, BETRAYAL & GREED. Season One: 4 x 60’ 360 Production and GroupM Entertainment for Channel 5 (UK) MIPCOM R8.E1 Watch now at shineinternational.com

All New Format | Season Two: Coming Soon Season One: 8 x 60’ Shine America production for CNBC (USA) MIPCOM R8.E1 Watch now at shineinternational.com

NEWS

mipcom

‘Full-blooded’ euro co-pro trawls criminal underworld EADING drama producers Haut et Court (The Returned) and Warp Films (Southcliffe) are in Cannes this week with a new co-production The Last Panthers. The six-part series, which stars Samantha Morton, John Hurt and Tahar Rahim, is an original commission for Canal+ and Sky Atlantic. Global distribution is being shared by Tandem Communications and Sky Vision with pay-TV platform Sky Deutschland already lined up to air the show.

The Last Panthers opens with a daring diamond heist before delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and ‘banksters’ rules. Warp Films Europe chief Peter Carlton said: “We wanted to create an intelligent, entertaining series that says something about Europe in the way The Sopranos said something about the US. The heist is just the tip of the iceberg on a continent more united by its criminality than any kind of legitimate business.”

Haut et Court’s Caroline Benjo said the two producers have been completely collaborative for the project: “We are using our cultural differences to create a great piece of entertainment that will really make you think.”

For Tandem chief operating officer Tim Halkin, the company’s link with Canal+ made

L Yannick Bisson: “Murdoch is our ideal self”

NO MYSTERY WHY MURDOCH IS SELLING AROUND THE WORLD DASHING detective William Murdoch — aka Canadian actor, director and executive producer Yannick Bisson — is at MIPCOM to celebrate the 100th episode of the Shaftesbury crime drama Murdoch Mysteries, which has now been sold to 110 markets.

Set in Toronto in the early 20th century, the one-hour drama series sees Murdoch solve the city’s most gruesome crimes with his methodical approach and pioneering forensic techniques. “Murdoch is our ideal self,” Bisson said. “He’s objective, kind, fair — all the things we’d like to be, me included.”

Murdoch Mysteries, which is CBC Canada’s most watched programme with an average weekly viewership of 1.4 million, airs on Ovation in the US, CCTV-8 in China and France 3, where it is one of the broadcaster’s top three shows.

So what’s the secret of its international appeal? “An interesting thing about the show is that everybody likes something different about it,” Bisson said. “Some people tell me they like the romance, some go for the adventure, some like the crime angle or the historical aspect. There really does seem to be something for everyone.”

Murdoch Mysteries is developed and produced by Shaftesbury in association with CBC, ITV Studios Global Entertainment and UKTV’s Alibi, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund.

Left to right: Haut et Court’s Caroline Benjo, Tandem’s Tim Halkin, Haut et Court’s Jimmy Desmarais, Warp’s Peter Carlton, Warp’s Alex Marshall and Sky Vision’s Jane Millichip

it “a no-brainer for us to get involved in the distribution. This is a great story from two firms at the top of their game.”

Sky Vision managing director Jane Millichip added: “Like Tim, we knew we had to have this series. It’s a full-blooded very commercial piece that we think will play well on a wide range of platforms.”

Endemol makes magical drama AWARD-winning British actors Eddie Marsan and Bertie Carvel are in Cannes along with producer Nick Hirschkorn to represent the BBC series Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which has been produced by Endemol.

Based on the best-selling novel by Susanna Clarke, the series has been adapted by Peter Harness and directed by Toby Haynes. Endemol Worldwide Distribution holds global TV rights outside the UK and North America,

Eddie Marsan (left), Nick Hirschkorn and Bertie Carvel

36

where the BBC will first broadcast the series in early 2015.

A unique mix of historical drama and fantasy, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is set in England at the dawn of the 19th century and follows two very different magicians who change history as they join forces to fight the Napoleonic Wars against France.

Marsan, not originally a fan of fantasy, was struck by the multi-dimensional characters, which are well served by the best ensemble cast he has ever seen. Carvel was already a big fan of the book. “It’s extraordinary. It has a quality of authenticity. It doesn’t seem limited by its genre.”

Producer Nick Hirschkorn said the novel’s adaptation was suited to a BBC co-production since it fuses the broadcaster’s passion for period drama with special effects and fantasy.

“I’d never seen that done before,” he said, adding that the seven 60-minute episodes will appeal to a broad audience from adults to younger lovers of magic and fantasy.

WKH QHWZRUN WKDW FKDQJHG WKH ZD\ VWRULHV DUH WROG FRPLQJ WR HXURSH LQ QRYHPEHU

NEWS

mipcom

DeBitetto unveils dramatic moves for A+E Networks +E N ET WORKS, the US-based international TV-channels operator renowned for its factual and reality-TV shows, is in Cannes with cash to invest in international co-production ideas for original scripted series and TV movies.

The move, which comes shortly after A+E Networks paid $250m (€197m) for a 10% stake in fastgrowing digital-media group VICE Media, is part of a strategy that led to the launch of production arm A+E Studios in the US about 18 months ago.

The group has now formed A+E Studios International to fund dramas made with international partners with an average budget of $3m (€2.4m) per hour.

“Our networks had started making some dramas, such as Bates Motel for A+E, The Bible and Vikings for History, and Lifetime also had some drama. So drama has become critical to our brand,” said Robert DeBitetto, president of brand strategy, business devel-

A Spark Asia set to offer dazzling documenatries

SPARKLING DEBUT FOR SPARK ASIA ASTRO Malaysia, one of Malaysia’s leading consumer media groups, and Moving Visuals International, have signed a joint venture deal to set up Asia’s first dedicated HD factual and documentary channel, Spark Asia.

The channel, which will go live in the first half of 2015, will offer exclusive Asian and global HD content across science and technology, history, environment, nature and wildlife.

Spark Asia will have both linear TV and digital content designed to resonate with audiences across Asia. “We believe that the aggregation of Asian-centric stories and factual content in an Asian branded documentary channel is timely and has tremendous potential,” said Rohana Rozhan, CEO of Astro Malaysia.

Spark Asia will also draw programming from the vast library of ZDF Enterprises, the commercial subsidiary of German TV broadcaster ZDF.

A+E Networks’ Robert DeBitetto (left) and Sean Cohan

opment and A+E Studios.

But those titles were licensed from other production companies, meaning A+E Networks did not own them. “We decided to invest more money in our own ideas and control most of our programmes,” he explained.

A+E Networks is already produc-

ing The Returned, the Englishlanguage adaptation of French supernatural horror series Les Revenants from Canal+.

“We’re open to great co-production ideas. If it is great, we say ‘bring it on’,” said Sean Cohan, A+E Networks’ executive vicepresident, international.

Frank sets out interactive vision DAVID Frank, founder of RDF Media and former CEO of Zodiak Media, is in Cannes at the helm of new company Dial Square Eighty Six. “Our aim is to build a new breed of company that embraces the changes in the content market,” he said. “The plan is to back entrepreneurial companies in the content origination business or content enhancement business, by which we mean companies that use technology like interactivity and social media to help audiences engage with content in new ways.”

Frank, who oversaw Zodiak’s expansion from a £150m (€190m) to a £500m operation, said the business model would involve taking controlling interests in established companies, start-ups

and early stage businesses with high growth potential. While he expects TV-based investments to account for around 70% of its activities, he said he would be disappointed if, in five years time, the firm remained just a TV company. “That isn’t the vision for the company,” he said.

To underline the point, one of Dial Square Eighty Six’s first acquisitions is Red Hare Digital, which manages beauty and fashion talent and has come to prominence on YouTube channels.

In terms of investment capacity, the company raised £2m ($3.2m) in seed finance earlier this year to set up the firm. It is seeking further investment and expects to raise £15m-£25m ($24m-$40m) to fuel its acquisition strategy.

38

David Frank

Premiering in Europe 9th of October

NEWS SECOND TIME ROUND FOR FIRST LADY KATIE Holmes will reprise her role as Jackie Onassis in a new (4 x 60 mins) mini-series for ReelzChannel, the company has announced.

The Kennedys – After Camelot reunites Reelz with the production team behind The Kennedys, in which Holmes first played the legendary first lady.

That production was picked up by Reelz when it was controversially dropped by its original network. It went on to win multiple Emmys.

Holmes will direct one episode, while The Kennedys director John Cassar will take on the rest.

Muse Entertainment is producing and distributing the mini-series.

ITALIAN SCANDAL INSPIRES SERIES BETA Film has partnered with Sky Italia and Italian production outfit Wildside on the thriller series 1992.

The production (10 x 60 mins) is set in the midst of the political turmoil in Italy at the beginning of the Nineties, which led to the collapse of the First Republic and the so-called Mani Pulite corruption scandal. While police and prosecutors dig deep into a web of illegal money transfers and organised crime, the power vacuum paves the way for new up-and-coming players, who seem to be mysteriously linked to one another.

“After the tremendous international success of Gomorrah, 1992 is the next major project of Sky Atlantic HD for 2015,” said Nils Hartmann, Sky Italia’s director of original productions.

mipcom

Endemol’s tough new martial arts drama pulls no punches NDEMOL is in Cannes presenting a powerful drama following the lives of a group of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters.

Set around Venice Beach in LA, the show, Kingdom, offers a glimpse into the often fraught private lives of the fighters, as they mask their vulnerability with their tough public personas.

Two of the show’s leads, Frank Grillo, star of Warrior and The Winter Soldier, and Jonas Brothers star Nick Jonas, are at MIPCOM alongside executive producer Byron Balasco to showcase Kingdom to the international market.

“Violence is such an elemental, primeval thing,” he told MIPCOM News. “It brings out so many instinctive emotions. We wanted to make something that was really authentic. We worked closely with real MMA fighters

E

Actor Nick Jonas (left), executive producer Byron Balasco and actor Frank Grillo

to get their stories and I would have been heartbroken to let those guys down. We’re not doing a show about MMA; it’s a family drama and it’s very accessible.”

Grillo said: “Because these guys give up so much time to become elite fighters, emotionally a lot of them are very vulnerable and

child-like. The show explores this and their personal relationships.”

Endemol, which produced the show for DirecTV and holds the rights worldwide excluding the US, is at MIPCOM to discuss further distribution opportunities with international broadcasters.

FRANCE’s TF1 Group has acquired on Small World IFT’s new reality format All-Star Lifeguards!, which will be produced by TF1 Productions for DTT channel NT1. The beach-based format, originally created by Finland’s Aito Media, sees 10 celebrities compete against each other in missions that test their fitness, courage and endurance as they train to be lifeguards. “With its bathing suit-clad celebrities, fabulous tropical location production hub and real lifeguard challenges, All-Star Lifeguards! is a triple threat,” said Small World’s Luci Burnley who is pictured here (left) celebrating the deal with two lifeguards, along with Small World’s Tim Crescenti (centre) and Aito Media’s Ilkka Hynninen (right).

TVP scoops cub reporter series PRODUCERS Monika and Andrzej Cwiek of Warsaw-based production company Samuel Willson Productions have sold a second series of their kids’ travel show Nela The Young Reporter (12 x 15 mins) to Polish broadcaster TVP. The factual series sees real-life eight-year-old Nela travel the world exploring the world’s culture and animals. She has over 57,000 fans on Facebook — adults

as well as kids — and this year launches a series of books published in Poland by National Geographic.

“Nela is the world’s youngest reporter,” said Malgorzata Mierzejewska-Wawrykow, head of TVP ABC Channel. “We’re delighted to have secured a second series of her show for our channel.” A third series is in development with Samuel Willson Productions.

42

TVP’s Malgorzata MierzejewskaWawrykow (left) with Monika and Andrzej Cwiek.

NEWS

mipcom

Miss Country Girl travels to China in localisation deal INGAPORE-based distribution/production agency Bomanbridge Media has brokered a deal on behalf of its partner Small World IFT that will see a local version of reality makeover series Miss Country Girl produced by Star China International Media’s Starry Production.

Vivian Yin, chief representative of Star China International Media and vice-president of Starry Production said: “Star China is well known as a producer of the top formats in China. Everyone is looking for the next big hit and we are sure to claim it with Miss Country Girl.”

Aegena Tay, Bomanbridge media director of development, said: “Following our deal in Thailand last year for Miss Country Girl, China was our next dream for Asian localisation. We are confident our partner Star China will produce an

S FremantleMedia International’s Hayley Dickson and Ovation’s Scott Woodward

THE ART OF MAKING SALES AT MIPCOM US ARTS-only network Ovation has sold its original series The Art Of (13 x 21 mins) to Foxtel Australia, Cineplex Thailand and Skylife TV Korea.

The deals were brokered by FremantleMedia International, which has signed on to distribute 18 more episodes of the weekly half-hour series.

The Art Of profiles creative endeavours – graffiti, tattoo art, sushi-making, sneakerpainting, burlesque, beer brewing – that fall outside the traditional definition of ‘art’.

“It’s both inspiration and aspirational,” said Scott Woodward, Ovation’s senior vice-president of programming and production. “And it perfectly fits in with the concept of our network, which is that art is everywhere.”

The new slate includes episodes on such left-field topics as comics, coffee, rollercoasters and drag. “It’s a really unique concept and a totally fresh approach to arts programming,” added Hayley Dickson, FremantleMedia International’s vicepresident of television acquisitions and development, global content. “It also has universal appeal and will travel, as these deals demonstrate.”

Bomanbridge Media’s Aegena Tay (left), Star China’s Vivian Yin, Bomanbridge Media’s Sonia Fleck and Small World IFT’s Tim Crescenti

excellent show, with a great success story.” Tim Crescenti, president of Los Angeles- and London-based formats company Small World IFT, added: “Unlike other transformational reality shows, Miss Country Girl is incredibly warmKHDUWHG DQG UHGHÀQHV ZKDW EHDXW\

truly is, proving that anyone – from anywhere – can show their beauty to the whole country.”

Originally produced by Media Factory for Prima TV in Romania, Miss Country Girl will make its debut in China later this year with a 13-episode series.

KOREAN company Home Choice, which launched its groundbreaking 4K UHD commercial broadcasting channel UMAX last April, has signed a deal that will see some of UMAX’s original 4K UHD content distributed globally. The deal with distributors Ava Entertainment and NinePlanners covers shows including Travel Bucket List In Brazil. Home Choice has already sold the show and Clara’s Beautiful Color Yoga to China.

Home Choice is showcasing a range of native 4K content at MIPCOM on both its own stand and on the RAPA stand. Picture in Cannes are NinePlanners’ CEO E N Park (left), Home Choice’s Dr Choi Jungwoo and Ava Entertainment’s Justin Kim.

Spain’s Imira to join the Toonz team INDIA-based Toonz Entertainment, owner of South Asia’s animation studio Toonz Animation, has agreed to acquire Spanish production/distribution group Imira Entertainment, which specialises in youth programming. The deal will be finalised following the completion of due diligence.

Although Imira becomes a100%-

owned subsidiary of Toonz Entertainment, it will continue to operate separately. It will focus on exploiting Imira’s catalogue and Toonz Animation-produced shows in its traditional regions such as Europe, the US, Latin America and Africa.

In turn, Toonz will boost funding in Imira and explore co-production partnerships, while also of-

44

fering its expertise serving AsiaPacific territories.

Additionally, Toonz brings to Imira its experience in providing animation content to major Hollywood and international companies, including the Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios, Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System, BBC Worldwide and Lionsgate.

NEWS DUMONT SEEKS PARTNERS FOR CUPCAKE & DINOSAUR MANAGING director of eOne Family and eOne Licensing, Olivier Dumont, sees the current kids’ market as particularly competitive, but with new properties such as Cupcake & Dinosaur, which premiered at MIPJunior this year with a trailer, as well as 7CS and Zak Storm, he is optimistic about the company’s prospects at MIPCOM. “To have successful properties you need a combination of top quality and commercial relevance, and strategically speaking, we choose to focus on one or two key properties per demographic segment. Plus there is a full digital halo around each property,” he said. “But the paradox of these times is that, on the one hand, any property needs to be as widely available across as many platforms as possible, but doing so eats into its exclusivity and therefore its value.”

Cupcake & Dinosaur is still in development, and Dumont is actively seeking partners for the series at MIPCOM. “Specifically we’re looking for pre-sales or co-production partners,” he said. “For Zak Storm, which is now in production, we’re looking for broadcast partners. Plus Winston Steinberger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong is also now in production with ABC Australia and Canada’s Teletoon on board.”

eOne’s Cupcake & Dinosaur

mipcom

Marathon man’s Federation to capitalise on brave new world ASCAL Breton, former head of Marathon Entertainment, has brought his newly launched French film and TV mini-studio, Federation Entertainment, to MIPCOM to take advantage of the new possibilities that over-the-top (OTT) and other interactive applications now present to content providers.

“We keep one foot in the old world, working with traditional broadcasters and pay TV, but our hands are in the new world. We have to think creatively about the viewers who freely consume content quickly across devices — we need to deliver what they want faster and in redefined ways,” Breton said.

Based in Paris and Los Angeles, the fully integrated productiondistribution studio controls production, financing and distribution of original straight-to-series event programming for the global marketplace. Breton is developing original content that relates to both American and European audiences, raising initial funding in Europe before approaching

P

Federation Entertainment’s Pascal Breton: niche content for hybrid platforms

American co-production partners.

Federation has unveiled its first series line-up at MIPCOM, including the Canal+ primetime drama The Office Of Legends, which follows secret agents with a mission to seek out and identify intelligence sources. Other series projects under way include Marseille,

Federation’s debut commission for Netflix France.

“We want to bring the best European programming to America.

We are working predominately in Scandinavian territories, France and Israel to find brilliant, niche content that will succeed on hybrid platforms,” said Breton.

Africa deal is only natural for Zodiak ZODIAK Rights has signed a new first-look development deal with the Natural History Unit Africa (NHU Africa) and is at MIPCOM with NHU Africa’s new programming.

NHU Africa, founded in 2006, has produced over 100 hours of wildlife programming, including 3D documentaries and currently has 12 hours in production.

Zodiak Rights will take on up to 20 hours of prestigious natural history programming a year from the producer and sister company Sabido Productions. As part of the deal, Zodiak Rights will also help facilitate co-productions between NHU/Sabido and its roster of Zodiak Media Group companies, including French natural history

Vyv Simson of NHU Africa (left) with Zodiak Rights’ vice-president of factual acquisitions and programming, Andreas Lemos

specialist Mona Lisa, and UK blue chip factual producer IWC Media.

“The partnership with Zodiak Rights is an exciting step for NHU and Sabido Productions, particularly at this juncture where

46

we have significantly grown our programming slate and are looking to establish our presence in new territories,” Vyv Simson, commissioning editor and creative director at NHU Africa, said.

mipcom

NEWS

Classic fairy tale gets fresh twist as live-action blends with CGI Left to right: DQ Entertainment’s Tapaas Chakravarti, Arne Lohmann of ZDF Enterprises, Annita Romanelli and Luca Milano of Rai Fiction, France Televisions’ Pierre Siracusa, Amoni Distribution’s Daniela Amoni, Method Animations’ Aton Soumache, Yann Chapellon from France Televisions, ZDF’s Nicole Keeb, AB International Distribution’s Valerie Vleeschhouwer and Tiphaine De Raguenel of France Televisions

A Tcheky Karyo, star of The Missing

THE MISSING STAR KARYO TURNS UP IN CANNES AS SHOW’S REACH GROWS FRENCH actor Tcheky Karyo, star of All3Media’s mystery thriller The Missing, was in Cannes yesterday, before heading off to Valence to perform with his band. In the meantime The Missing is proving to be a hit with buyers, the show having been pre-sold to Super Channel for Englishspeaking Canada, Norway’s TV2, MTV Finland, TV4 Sweden, Denmark’s DR, TVNZ, RLJE International/Acorn for DVD in UK & Eire, as well as to eOne for DVD releases in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. These latest deals come on top of previous acquisitions

by BBC Worldwide for Australia and Starz Entertainment for the US, plus TF1 for France and French-speaking territories.

MAJOR new collaborative hybrid animation project has been unveiled at this year’s MIPCOM. The series Seven Dwarfs And Me has been produced jointly by Method Animation, AB Productions and DQ Entertainment, in collaboration with TV networks France Televisions, Rai Fiction in Italy and German broadcaster ZDF. Seven Dwarfs And Me combines CGI animation with live filming, and presents a goofy, comic take on the life of a very distant granddaughter of Snow White. Shooting is about to commence, with production scheduled to be finished by the end of next year, after which

the three networks involved will air the series.

AB Productions, part of Groupe AB, has entered the international market to find interested broadcasters worldwide via its sister company AB International Distribution, with Amoni Distribution taking the show to Asia.

Speaking to MIPCOM News, Method Animation producer Cedric Pilot said: “It’s a new type of hybrid animation, mixing live-action and CGI in a new way. We wanted to give our regular audience something a bit different to watch. There’s a lot of comedy in it, from the goofiness of the dwarves to the real emotions of the little girl.”

The show was first unveiled at a number of screenings at MIPJunior last week.

Online sensation gets its own TV show CANAL+ and Millimages have inked an agreement to co-produce a series starring the eccentric character Molang, who, since debuting on the internet two years ago, has become hugely popular. Molang is a joyful, fluffy rabbit while his sidekick is a

discreet and emotional little chicken. Their numerous differences lead them into unexpected and unsettling situations, which their friendship and mutual empathy transform into opportunities for fun. The series is aimed at pre-schoolers.

Celebrating their co-production deal for Molang are Sophie Boe of Canal+, Millimages’ Roch Lener, Laurence Blaevoet of Canal+, Millimages’ Marie-Caroline Villand, Geraldine Soto of Canal+, and Millimages’ Hanna Mouchez

48 N2P48+D.indd 1

13/10/14 19:26

COM P I T M F2.G1 A S -1/ TU MEE PALAIS

: S T EN

ES R P O DIPL

E G R A L @ RS O T A E K R C WOR T A

.

MIN 0 3 0×

1

PREM

IUM

ON ENT M T N CO .CO IUM TPOOL M E R TEN ALL P SEE ULLCON B .RED

NEWS

mipcom

LookLive targets dedicated followers of hit TV fashion HE CREATORS of a new widget which allows viewers to buy clothing worn in hit TV shows are in Cannes to meet broadcasters over potential signings.

The Amsterdam-based company, LookLive, is unveiling the technology for the first time at MIPCOM after two years of development.

With its own in-house team of developers, made up of cognitive science and artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, LookLive does not rely on studios providing costume specifications but instead uses a combination of human and computer judgment to source inshow clothing.

LookLive co-founder and chief executive Christopher Archer said: “MIPCOM is a great opportunity for us to get in contact with all the networks. This has been a proposition that’s been talked about my whole career, but before it has always relied on the studios.

“We are making money from this already and there’s a big financial opportunity for the broadcasters to as well.”

The widget, which is designed to sit on broadcasters’ websites beneath catch-up episodes

T NETWORKS IN YOUTUBE ‘FAIL’ BROADCASTERS are failing to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by YouTube for monetising their content or offering a multichannel experience for their viewers, according to Melberries’ head of TV content Lucile Carricaburu.

She told MIPCOM News that networks need to collaborate with YouTube to offer “another kind of presence on another platform” to audiences.

She said: “YouTube is not the enemy any more; it can be a real boost to monetisation. Things have moved on and it has to be seen as a plus and an opportunity. If you’re not on YouTube then you don’t exist to some viewers.

“We’re here to help people understand how to use YouTube to the maximum potential.”

Carricaburu added that one of the big challenges for broadcasters was to secure their content from piracy, which often hampers the monetisation of videos online.

Paris-based Melberries, part of the Webedia group, is at MIPCOM to meet broadcasters and content providers interested in optimising their multichannel presence and embarking on collaborative production projects.

It has a range of divisions, including rights management, revenue optimisation, digital distribution and channel management.

LookLive’s Christopher Archer: “big financial opportunity”

of shows, allows viewers to purchase items directly from retailers online. It also offers a range of items, from the exact product seen in the show to similar garments depending on the viewer’s budget.

Deal feeds need for bespoke news NEWSTAG, the Sweden-based international crowd-curated video news service, has announced a partnership deal with Agence France-Presse at MIPCOM as it prepares to launch next week.

Other global news agencies partnering Newstag include Reuters, Associated Press, and IMG’s sports news service.

The start-up service, which enables subscribers to create personalised video newsfeeds on their smartphones and tablets, will kick off with an invitation-only access before rolling out to other users.

They use its smart-tagging system to select news stories that can then be shared with friends, family and peers. The system is supported by advertising chosen by the subscribers, who can opt to keep the income or choose to donate it to approved causes, charities or research projects.

Newstag CEO/founder Henrik Eklund said: “[Advertising] brands become associated with your tags. And because you made that decision, it becomes a commercial value proposition for the advertiser, even if you are the only viewer of that news.”

50

Newstag’s Henrik Eklund

NEWS

mipcom

Go-N unleashes Zip Zip’s wild animals in Cannes EV ER A L Eu rop ea n broadcasters have confirmed interest in Zip Zip, the animation series for six- to 10-year-olds launched at MIPCOM by Go-N Productions, celebrating 10 years in business.

German broadcasters Super RTL and France Televisions were on board from the start and Zip Zip was the second most screened property at MIPJunior.

Produced in Digital 2D, the 52 x 13 mins episodes feature an ensemble cast of wild animals who have disguised themselves as domestic pets. They’re all zipped-

S 9 Story Media Group president and CEO Vince Commisso (left) and executive chairman Neil Court

NEW CHAPTER FOR 9 STORY FOLLOWING a deal where ZM Capital and former DHX Media principal and Decode Entertainment co-founder, Neil Court, made an equity investment in 9 Story Entertainment, the company has rebranded as 9 Story Media Group.

“The deal was set in motion last year at MIPCOM,” said 9 Story executive chairman Court.

“We were initially looking for a factual entertainment company, but we were impressed by how 9 Story had built up its business so organically to produce 10 shows per year. More generally, we were increasingly aware of the potential in the kids’ market where buying patterns are changing now that new players like Netflix and Amazon are coming in. The ZM investment will put the company on the same playing field as companies like DHX.” The company is at MIPCOM with both animated and live-action programming. New series in development include Super Movers and Top Wing, alongside new episodes of returning favourites like Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood and Peg + Cat.

up and ready to embark upon a life of luxury and leisure with an unsuspecting suburban family, though the ruse is not as straightforward as they had hoped.

Producers Eric Garnet and Anne de Galard founded Go-N Productions in 2004 to develop and produce animated kids’ programmes and distribute them across all platforms worldwide. De Galard said: “It has been an absolute pleasure to work in close collaboration with our broadcasting partners in France and Germany, and with our Franco-American team of writers led by the uber-talented script editor Cynthia True in the US.”

Eric Garnet and Anne de Galard with Zip Zip creator Aurore Damant (centre)

ALVINNN!!! is headed for Brazil via a MIPCOM deal between PGS Entertainment and satellite giant Globosat. PGS, which manages worldwide licensing and merchandising for ALVINNN!!! And The Chipmunks, excluding the US and France, has licensed two seasons (104 x 11 mins) of the evergreen animated series to Globosat, where it will debut on the Gloob pay-TV channel. The deal includes the hotly anticipated new series of the M6-commissioned show, created by Janice Karman and produced by Bagdasarian Productions in collaboration with OuiDo! Productions. Pictured celebrating the deal are Gloob’s Paulo Marinho (left) and Paula Taborda dos Guaranys with PGS’ Guillaume Soutter.

Nick shows sweep across Latin America VIACOM International Media Networks (VIMN) has confirmed Nickelodeon licensing deals covering 1,000 hours of programming with multiple broadcasters in Latin America, with a collective audience reach of 93.5 million.

In Mexico, an exclusive TV deal signed earlier this year with longstanding partner Televisa covers more than 650 episodes. New titles Every Witch Way and The

Haunted Hathaways air on Canal 5 this quarter, and the broadcaster has taken additional episodes of Nickelodeon favourites Dora The Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sam & Cat, Paw Patrol and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and TV film Swindle.

VIMN has also reported sales in Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

“Latin America continues to be a pivotal market for our distribu-

52

tion business with local superstar Dora The Explorer leading the charge,” Caroline Beaton, senior vice-president international programme sales, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) said. “In collaboration with our partners across the region, we look forward to continuing to deliver best-in-class kids’ content that captivates and entertains viewers from two to 12, not to mention their parents and carers.”

NEWS

mipcom

Stars of ITV Studios’ Schitts Creek mine the funny side of reality TV UGENE and Dan Levy are in Cannes to unveil a new comic drama, Schitts Creek, which charts the downfall of a rich family forced to live in the one-horse town they bought at the peak of their wealth.

The show was co-created by the father-and-son duo, and begins with the Rose family being stripped of their worldly possessions. All they are left with is the town of Schitts Creek, which the father Johnny Rose — played by American Pie star Eugene Levy — once bought for his son David as a joke.

The show stars Dan Levy as David and Catherine O’Hara as Moira, the matriarch of the highly dysfunctional family, and it is set to air on CBC in Canada

E Street magician Zack Mirza

PEACOCK PREMIERS ITS MAGIC FORMULA ILLUSIONS Of Grandeur is a 12 x 30-minute series accompanying Zack Mirza in his quest to become one of history’s greatest magicians.

That journey has brought him to Cannes where Peacock Alley Entertainment, the two-year-old Canadian producer/ distributor, is premiering the show internationally.

The series follows Mirza as he embarks on a whistlestop tour in North America, hitting the streets in cities such as Toronto, Las Vegas, Austin and New York.

Aimed at young urban viewers, each episode ends with Mirza performing a spectacular trick centred on a theme linked to each visited city. As he strives to become the next-generation Houdini or David Blaine, viewers are also shown Mazir’s vulnerability as he deals with the challenges of becoming a global star.

“Unlike other magic shows, there is more intimacy,” said Craig McGillivray, Peacock Alley’s vice-president of distribution. “Most (highprofile) magicians have an aura about them. Zack is approachable.”

Carrie Mudd, Peacock Alley’s president, said: “In an industry changing dramatically, we needed to develop a show that would stand apart, something with a modern twist.”

early next year. Produced by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, which is at Cannes to offer the show to the international market, Schitts Creek will run at primetime on CBC over 13 half-hour episodes starting in January.

Dan Levy told MIPCOM News that the show is a comedic take on reality TV culture, and its obsession with celebrity and money.

He said the format is made funnier by the inability of the characters to adapt to a more humble way of life.

“It would be a good thing for the family if they were at all functional,” he said. “They despise the local townspeople and the situation they find themselves in, but they find themselves having to assimilate.

Schitts Creek stars Eugene (left) and Dan Levy

In a way it’s the ultimate situational comedy but we didn’t want to do a sitcom format. It has a real versatility; it could work on cable or network, and it would work well internationally. We have all watched these celebrity and royal families play out and seen how debauched they are.”

PLATINUM Films seals the deal with French kids’ channel Gulli for seasons 1 and 2 of CGI adventure comedy series Matt Hatter Chronicles. Left to right are: Lagardere Active’s Kevin Petitpas and Maud Branly, with Platinum Film CEO Nigel Stone and Lagardere’s Jean-Rene Aucouturier. Stone is also celebrating a green light from ITV for season four of the show in the UK. “The show is set in Notting Hill’s Coronet Theatre, and we’ve just heard that fans have been writing to their hero care of the Coronet,” said Stone. Lagardere Group, which owns Gulli, will use the property across its numerous platforms including magazines, live events and with its toy partners Smoby Group.

MME makes it big in German market MME, part of All3Media, has scored several renewals with a range of leading national German broadcasters. Representing Studio Lambert formats, All3Media International and MME have concluded a further 120 episodes for the gently competitive Mein Himmlisches Hotel, as Be My Guest is known in Germany, taking broadcaster VOX’s order to a total of 200 for the show.

MME is also producing Undercover Boss in Germany — now in its seventh season. In Germany, MME produces for RTL and has featured companies such as Burger King, Best Western Hotels, Accor Hotels, Pit Stop (ga-

rages) and the theme park Heidepark Resort. MME has also produced two seasons especially for ORF in Austria, where the series performed exceptionally well for the channel, consistently beating the slot average.

“The German market, as is the case in many countries, currently wants shows with a local touch, and with some sort of positive twist that gives viewers a warm feeling,” said Arne Kreutzfeldt, head of factual entertainment, MME. “Studio Lambert’s hit title Gogglebox is a show that I believe will play well here.”

Sabrina Duguet, All3Media vice-president international for-

54

MME’s Arne Kreutzfeldt (left) with Sabrina Duguet

mat sales, sees the same trend in Asia: “Asian audiences also want lovable characters who could be your neighbour, and I also have high hopes for Gogglebox in the region,” she said.

PRODUCT NEWS

mipcom

SPUN GOLD

NHK ENTERPRISES

THE SECOND season of natural history series Life Force is launched at MIPCOM. Two years in the making, Life Force 2 is a global production, partnering NHK and NHNZ with CCTV9, Science Channel, Discovery Networks International, ARTE and SVT. The series follows the dramas of the daily lives of animals found in bio-diverse global ‘hot spots’, unraveling compelling science mysteries and showing how strange ties and curious connections bind the living world. Life Force is distributed in Asia by NHK Enterprises, and by Discovery Program Sales in the rest of the world.

BIG FISH MEDIA

TARGETED at children from six to eight, ChiChi & ChaCha is an energetic magazine-style programme that aims to be educational as well as entertaining. Featuring a group of young hosts, ChiChi & ChaCha uses music and dance as well as 3D animation to create a positive environment. The format is the first hybrid live-action/ animation show in Malaysia and has just premiered on Astro Ceria and Astro Maya HD. ChiChi & ChaCha is brought to MIPCOM by Big Fish Media, a joint venture between Educate to Learn (e2L) and Kyanite TV.

LONDON-based producer Spun Gold puts the spotlight on the issue of child carers in its thoughprovoking documentary 12 Years Old And Caring For Mum: Through A Child’s Eyes (1 x 60 mins). The film follows three youngsters, aged between 11 and 13, as they go through daily life at home. The young narrators use video cameras to record their hopes and fears as they reflect on the experiences and challenges they face, including what it’s like to have to race home from school to cook and clean for a parent that needs care. Distribution is by All3Media International.

12 Years Old And Caring For Mum: Through A Child’s Eyes (Spun Gold)

INBORNMEDIA

ROCK The Road is a new project with an original angle on the travel show format, brought to MIPCOM by Poland’s Inbornmedia. The show follows the American host and musician as he travels to 12 locations across the world to record an album, and in true rock style he samples American whiskey and local beverages along the way. The pilot has already been filmed in Ukraine.

ChiChi & ChaCha (Big Fish Media)

STARZ

STARZ is in development on new drama The Disappearance, the story of Alice Grimson who is overjoyed when her teenage son Josh shows up seven years after being kidnapped. She and her husband Tom set aside long-simmering tensions in their marriage to help Josh in his struggle to resume a normal life. But when she connects his return to a series of horrific local murders, Alice begins to wonder if Josh knows something he’s not telling them.

Determined to protect her son, she digs deeper into what really happened to him while he was missing and enters a nightmare that threatens her life and everything she holds dear. New Orleans-based novelist Nick Antosca is executive producer and screenwriter, and the producer is Amblin Television.

CMJ PRODUCTIONS

MONTREAL, Canada-based CMJ Productions is highlighting a range of series including newly commissioned seasons. Priorities on the slate are: A Stranger In My Home (season 2/6 x 60 mins), a documentary series that tells the true stories of what happens when people invite strangers to live in their homes; Fatal Vows (season 3/13 x 60 mins), a factual series that public court documents to tell stories of divorce and murder; Boogeymen (season 2/13 x 60 mins), a travel series uncovering local monsters and myths; Home Made (season 2/13 x 60 mins), looking unusual structures; and Helico Tout Terrain (season 2 /10 x 60 mins), a documentary series exploring the world of modern-day bush pilots in northern Quebec.

Rock The Road (Inbornmedia)

56

PRODUCT NEWS GLOMAX ENTERTAINMENT

THE THRILLER series Stone In The River (7 x 50 mins) is brought to Cannes by LA-based MIPCOM first-timer Glomax Entertainment. The complex dark storyline surrounds a pharmaceutical company which in the past conducted secret human experiments to develop a mysterious vaccine. Now the company is trying to escape bankruptcy by spreading a virus that it hopes will profit them.

Three people are then unwittingly drawn into the conspiracy in a bid for survival. The story allows for the development of a further series.

mipcom

RABBIT FILMS

FINLAND’s Rabbit Films returns to MIPCOM with a catalogue of programming, including The Dudesons, Madventures and Kill Arman which have been seen in over 150 countries across the world. The company has also created new formats including live entertainment show Posse, comedy panel show Pop’n’Roll, travel show Comedian & 7 Wonders, weekly panel show Think Tank and anarchic reality show Celebrity Home Invasion. In addition, the company runs a YouTube network and produces and manages content for several YouTube channels. Rabbit Films has recently opened an office in Los Angeles.

The Dudesons (Rabbit Films)

Stone In The River (Glomax Entertainment)

EONE ENTERTAINMENT

NEW CHILDREN’s animation series, Zak Storm, brought to MIPCOM by Canada’s eOne, has been greenlit for production. Produced by Zagtoon, Method Animation and eOne Family, the 39 x 30 mins CGI series is aimed at children aged six to 11-years-old. In the middle of a surfing competition Zak is sucked into the Bermuda Triangle and finds himself the captain of a ship of misfits with a magical talking sword named Calabrass. Global distribution rights are held by eOne, and delivery is due in the third quarter of 2015.

TOEI ANIMATION

LAUNCHED on TV Asahi in Japan, Toei Animation’s newest sci-fi animation series, World Trigger, is available at MIPCOM. Based on the manga created

by Daisuke Ashihara, World Trigger begins with the opening of a mysterious rift that brings our world into collision with a strange and dangerous new universe that’s home to a variety of lethal monsters.

HUB MEDIA GROUP

SINGAPORE-based producer, developer and distributor Hub Media Group is to develop two book properties from Atlantyca Dreamfarm, A School For Pirates and Dinofriends. Based on a 12-book series, A School For Pirates tells the story of the only place in the world where crews of future buccaneers are trained. Their missions vary from searching for sunken treasures to boarding rich galleons, but always result in humorous fails.

BADI BADI

TWO ANIMATION series are brought to the international market at MIPCOM by Polish producer Badi Badi. Their first original series Agi Bagi is complete, and their new project The Flying Bear And The Gang is in development. Badi Badi is in Cannes as part of the Polish pavilion.

ZDF ENTERPRISES (ZDFE)

ZDF Enterprises and German free-to-air children’s channel KiKA are co-producers of the 3D animation series Insectibles (52 x 11 mins/HD), with One Animation.

Aimed for children aged six to nine, the story follows young Zack and his old friend Gramps, who with three bio-mechanically enhanced insects search to find pieces of the crazy invention that shrunk Zack and Gramps when an experiment went wrong.

Insectibles (ZDFE)

World Trigger (Toei Animation)

A School For Pirates (Hub Media Group)

58

L

C

THE WORLD’S LARGEST CONTEMPORARY CHINESE MOVIE LIBRARY OVER 700 MOTION PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXCLUSIVE LICENSING IN ALL FORMATS

COME TO VISIT US AT PALAIS P-1.E20 TEL: +33 4 92 99 82 00 UNIT A, 9/F, MG TOWER, 133 HOI BUN ROAD KWUN TONG, KOWLOON, HONG KONG TEL: +852 3996 3700 FAX: +852 3996 3799 EMAIL: FORTUNESTAR@STARTV.COM.CN WEBSITE: WWW.FORTUNESTARENTERTAINMENT.COM

PRODUCT NEWS THE FREMANTLE CORPORATION

FOOTHILL ENTERTAINMENT

BEHIND The Red Carpet, brought to market by The Fremantle Corporation, takes viewers behind the scenes at the Toronto International Film Festival, letting them into the secrets and untold stories of the event’s key personalities and celebrities.

Available as a 90-minute feature or one-hour special, the documentary follows five characters — a journalist, a publicist, a blogger, a photographer and a venue operator — as they do their best to please, and appease, some of the world’s biggest stars.

FOOTHILL Entertainment is showcasing the awardwinning Spike Team special Brent’s Dream, sponsored by the International Paralympic Committee and billed as an uplifting story about achieving one’s dreams in the face of adversity.

Also on Foothill’s slate is the BBC’s multimedia teen soap The Cut, a mix of platforms reflecting the way young people consume content.

Behind The Red Carpet (The Fremantle Corporation)

Spike Team (Foothill Entertainment)

mipcom

VISOM DIGITAL

GUARDIAN Council (5 x 60 mins) is Rio de Janeirobased Visom Digital’s first drama production at MIPCOM. The 4K procedural drama, which is based on true incidents, follows the stories of the guardians appointed by the Brazilian authorities to protect children from abuse and mistreatment.

Guardian Council (Visom Digital)

DCD RIGHTS

DCD RIGHTS is showcasing Tales Of Irish Castles, produced by Dublin’s Sideline Productions for Irish broadcaster TV3 and presented by award-winning actor Simon Delaney. The six-hour series traces the history of Ireland through its castles, bringing to life the stories contained within these magnificent structures through specially shot re-enactments, stunning aerial photography, archive footage and contributions from Ireland’s leading historians, archaeologists, castle owners and inhabitants. Over six episodes, the series explores the pivotal role that Ireland’s castles — mostly financed by the British crown — have played down the centuries, starting with the invasion of the Normans in 1169. The format rights are also available.

AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S TELEVISION FOUNDATION

THE SECOND series of Bushwhacked sees host Kayne Tremills and new co-host Kamil Eillis track down some of Australia’s most dangerous and elusive animals. Criss-crossing Australia in search of adventure, our hosts receive help in their mission from both wildlife experts and their country’s Aboriginal communities. Australian Children’s Television Foundation is distributing the first and second series of Mint Pictures production for ABC3. A third season of the series is now in production.

RO*CO FILMS

CALIFORNIA-based distributor ro*co films comes to Cannes with a rich slate of documentary programming, including Awake: The Life Of Yogananda, which examines the life of the Hindu mystic who brought yoga and meditation to the West. Moving from contemplation to conflict, In The Shadow Of War looks at the hopes, dreams and fears of young people forced to live with the effects of wars that often started before they were born.

Other priority titles include Misconception, Pelican Dreams, Slingshot, The Great Invisible and Kids For Cash.

Tales Of Irish Castles (DCD Rights)

60

PRODUCT NEWS EBS

SNAKES - Secrets Of Nature’s Deadliest Creatures (1 x 50 mins/HD) is a documentary that attempts to shatter many commonly held beliefs about these creatures. Brought to MIPCOM by Korea’s EBS, the show explores the ingenious ways snakes have adapted to life on earth, following their life cycles and capturing their behavior on land and sea, and even in the air.

mipcom

FRESH ONE PRODUCTIONS/BGM

CANADA’s Bristow Global Media (BGM) and Fresh One Productions bring Pressure Cooker (10 x 60 mins) to the international market in Cannes as part of an agreement between the two companies to co-develop formats tailored for Canada, but with an eye to international distribution. In the culinary competition celebrity chefs are paired with home cooks as they select their ingredients from a conveyor belt that kicks in at timed intervals. Whatever ingredients they take, they must use. The series features integration partners, whose products will be used in the show.

Pressure Cooker (Fresh One Productions/BGM)

KESHET INTERNATIONAL

Snakes – Secrets Of Nature’s Deadliest Creatures (EBS)

HOHO ENTERTAINMENT

RAT & PIGEON is a new 2D animation in development which is set in New York and features a bookish rodent who is itching to explore the world beyond the classroom and is shown around the city by the streetwise Pigeon. There they meet the Central Park ducks, fearsome Chinatown cats and pampered Park Avenue pooches. The London-based company also brings adult animated sketch show Aaagh! It’s The Mr Hell Show!!! (13 x 30 mins/online interstitials), and the anarchic Everybody Loves A Moose (52 x 7 mins).

KESHET International (KI), the distribution and production arm of Keshet Media Group, highlights two primetime shows at MIPCOM. DIG, from creators and executive DIG (Keshet International) producers Gideon Raff (Homeland) and Tim Kring (Heroes), is an action thriller set against the backdrop of modernday Jerusalem, starring Jason Isaacs as FBI agent Peter Connelly. Reality cooking format Help! I Can’t Cook, from Keshet and Gil Productions, pushes celebrities outside their comfort zone. KI also brings: talent show Not A Star Yet, dating show Babe Magnet and primetime game show Boom!.

ESCAPADE MEDIA

AUSTRALIA’s Escapade Media is at MIPCOM with the world rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to feature documentary The Lost Aviator.

In the film, produced in association with Porchlight Films, Andrew Lancaster investigates the story of his uncle, a pioneering aviator, who was tried for murder in Miami in 1932. He reveals a glamorous and scandalous story of a love triangle gone wrong and the discovery of a body in the Sahara desert, along with a love letter found 29 years too late.

WOODCUT MEDIA

UK-BASED Woodcut Media is currently in production on the one-off documentary Kate Middleton: Heir We Go Again! (1 x 60 mins), which profiles the second pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge. The film also takes a look at the implications for the child as a sibling of Prince George. Contributors include expert commentators, journalists and figures close to the Royal Family such as Katie Nichol, Andrew Morton, Dickie Arbiter and Diana’s ex-bodyguard, Ken Wharf.

The Lost Aviator (Escapade Media)

Rat & Pigeon (Hoho Entertainment)

Kate Middleton: Heir We Go Again!

62

WANT TO LEAD YOUR INDUSTRY?

Join the global community :][ge] Y d]Y\]j af qgmj Ú]d\ Transform your company Challenge yourself

C21 M ed S c h o l a ia rship 20.00 0 EUR

EXECUTIVE MBA FOR LEADERS IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES The C21 Media Scholarship is for the content makers of the 21st century, and will provide a media professional with a bursary worth EUR 20.000 towards tuition to the Berlin School’s part-time Executive MBA program.

The Executive MBA program starts March 2015. Open to experienced professionals in relevant industries, Application Deadline Dec. 1, 2014.

For more information visit www.berlin-school.com or contact us via info@berlin-school.com — Our Admissions Team is happy to coach you through the application process.

About the Berlin School of Creative Leadership We offer the world’s only Executive MBA for the Creative Industries, such as TV, production, broadcasting, advertising, design, entertainment, interactive, journalism, media and marketing. Our program consists of 5 modules spread out over global locations like Berlin, New York, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Shanghai. Participants can complete the program at

their own pace, usually within 1–2 years. Our one-of-a-kind global community of creative leaders is constantly growing, and our participants cite this network as a significant aspect of what makes the program so special.

Want to know who has been a participant?

Check out our community: www.berlin-school.com/people

PRODUCT NEWS CENMEDIA

STARZ WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION

KOREAN production company Cenmedia brings a new documentary to MIPCOM. Four Days In Syria (1 x 50 mins/1 x 80 mins), features Abdul Wahab, a Syrian student living in Korea who takes relief goods and medicines to his home country. Director Wangmo Yeon has been recording Abdul’s efforts for three years and follows him to Syria. Cenmedia’s slate also includes documentaries in development and a new format that will be launched soon in Korea.

STARZ debuts its original comedy series Survivor’s Remorse (6 x 30 mins) at MIPCOM. Other returning highlights include: Power, recently renewed for a second season; Black Sails, second season due early next year; and VH1’s Hit The Floor, airing its second season and recently renewed for a third.

New TV movies include: The Holiday Tree, Merry ExMas, Secret Past and Eyewitness.

Four Days In Syria (Cenmedia)

Survivor’s Remorse (Starz Worldwide Distribution)

mipcom

BETA FILM

BETA Film’s mini-series and feature film The Physician (2 x 120 mins/1 x 150 mins) is based on Noah Gordon’s international bestseller. The cast includes Ben Kingsley, Tom Payne and Stellan Skarsgard, and the story follows a penniless orphan in an 11th century English mining town who vows to become a physician and vanquish death, and so travels to Isfahan in Persia to study medicine. The Physician is produced by UFA Cinema in coproduction with ARD Degeto and Beta Cinema.

The Physician (Beta Film)

100% DISTRIBUTION

PARIS-based 100% Distribution brings new sitcom Quebecer Undercover (10 x 26 mins) to MIPCOM, about a young Canadian living in Paris. In America (8 x 52 mins/20 x 26 mins) is a road trip for two brothers-in-law across the US to Las Vegas, and in the second season across Brazil. The company also debuts Tiki Pop (1 x 52 mins), a documentary about the blending of South Seas traditions and American pop culture.

The Heart Of Paris, Les Halles (1 x 52 mins) tells the story of this marketplace, symbolic to the French Capital for nine centuries. In Their Hands (1 x 52/80 mins) features midwives who believe in giving an alternative to hospital deliveries, and Investigation Dogs (6 x 52 mins) is about rescue dogs around the world.

TAK’TOON ENTERPRISE

KOREA’s Tak’Toon is prioritising two titles at MIPCOM. Tilly With Spiky Hands (300 x 2 mins) is in a 2D black-and-white Gothic style, starring Tilly and her odd family who try to understand the people that they live and work with. This series is funded by KOCCA, the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency (GITCT) and SK Broadband. Galaxy Kids - The Space Patrol (26 x 12 mins) is a stop-motion animation that follows the Galaxy Kids who solve problems created by the troublesome Space Monkey. Galaxy Kids is a coproduction with KBS. In addition it has also received grants from KOCCA and the SBA(Seoul Business Agency).

Tiki Pop (100% Distribution)

ABC COMMERCIAL

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (ABC Commercial)

READY, Steady, Wiggle! (series 1, 52 x 11 mins/HD; series 2 (52 x 11 mins/HD) features a new Wiggles line-up, including the first female Wiggle, with new songs as well as old favourites.

The Australian distributor also highlights: Prisoner Zero (26 x 30 mins/ HD) an animation for eight-to-12-yearolds about teen Tag, Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero as they journey across the cosmos battling the evil Imperium; and Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz (1 x 40 mins), a musical series for children and adults.

64

Tilly With Spiky Hands (Tak’Toon)

TODAY’S TRENDS, TOMORROW’S OPPORTUNITIES

“Where the best and brightest people of the tech world come together in Paris to discuss what is hot” - BBC

Be inspired by visionary speakers.

Discover the world’s most promising startups.

Meet active investors, tech leaders and brands.

Build the future

PARIS

December 9-11 2014

more info www.leweb.co

PRODUCT NEWS MY ENTERTAINMENT

NEW YORK-based MY Entertainment presents halfhour reality series Baggage Battles at MIPCOM. The series follows the highly-competitive world of lost property auctions and buyers who travel the world to unearth treasures in unclaimed packages and luggage in airports, the mail, customs and safety deposit boxes. The show has aired on Travel Channel for four seasons.

SYNERGY MEDIA

KOREA’s Synergy Media heads its MIPCOM roster with: Dooodolls (52 x 3 mins), a comedy featuring mysterious chemistry between different characters; and Alien Monkeys (52 x 3 mins), a musical comedy show performed by Taki, a walking-disaster monkey from the Earth, and Oki, a silly monkey from outer space, who is doing a research on the Earth. The two wander the world, making strange noises that ultimately become a piece of world music.

mipcom

NEWEN DISTRIBUTION

NEWEN brings its new series Witnesses (6 x 52 mins) to MIPCOM. The French distributor also celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Plus Belle La Vie (2,640 x 26 mins), and new seasons of Candice Renoir (18 x 52 mins) and Blood Of The Vine (15 x 90 mins). New on the animation slate is Polo (52 x 6 mins), and format’s include new talent show Celebrity Pole Dancing (5 x 60 mins) co-distributed with Imagina International Sales, and game shows Run & Buzz (1 x 26 mins) and Harry (1 x 26 mins).

Baggage Battles (MY Entertainment)

GALAXY POP

HAPLESS geek Ace McDougal is the star of animated series Get Ace, from Melbourne, Australia’s Galaxy Pop. Ace is accidentally fitted with a pair of hi-tech super-spy braces and finds himself thrown into a world of espionage and adventure. ABC3 has acquired the series, which is represented by 9 Story Entertainment outside of Australia and New Zealand.

Dooodolls (Synergy Media)

MGM

MGM HOLDS over 175 Academy Award-winning films and has recently acquired majority interest One Three Media and LightWorkers Media, under the new joint venture United Artists Media Group (UAMG). Theatrical highlights for MIPCOM include: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, the final film in The Hobbit trilogy; the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine 2; Poltergeist, the reboot of the classic horror film; romantic drama If I Stay, based on the best-selling young adult novel; action film Hercules, starring Dwayne Johnson; 22 Jump Street ctarring Channing Tatum; and RoboCop, starring Joel Kinnaman and Michael Keaton. Television highlights include Fargo (10 x 60 mins), and the new mini-series A.D. (10 x 60 mins).

Polo (NeweN Distribution)

SECUOYA CONTENT DISTRIBUTION (SCD)

Get Ace (Galaxy Pop)

SPAIN’s SCD is at MIPCOM with a new show called Soul Out, a reality show in which 10 people determined to pursue their goals put their soul up for sale. Any person in the audience can buy it if they back their soul-funding campaign through a mobile app that allows them to ask for something in exchange. SCD also brings another reality show, Surviving The Wolfpack, in which 10 contestants in two teams have to use wolves’ abilities to remain in the pack.

MEDINA MEDIA

FLAMENCO In Seville (10 x 50 mins) profiles the latest flamenco artists in 4K, from the most avant garde to classic styles, and is brought to MIPCOM by Medina Media. The Spanish company also highlights another 4K offering, The Sea Chef (13 x 50 mins), featuring Michelin-starred chef Angel Leon, in a series covering travel, gastronomy and ecologically responsible fishing.

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (MGM)

66

52 min. | HD

For more documentaries see contentsales.ORF.at

ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG, Content Sales International Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria E-Mail: contentsales@orf.at, contentsales.ORF.at A Subsidiary of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, ORF

Meet us at MIPCOM CANNES Stand: P-1.L1 | Level: Palais - 1

PRODUCT NEWS FREMANTLEMEDIA INTERNATIONAL (FMI)

LONDON-based FMI brings a huge catalogue of programming to MIPCOM, including in the scripted genre: The Returned (10 x 60 mins), a drama based on the International Emmy-award winning French series; Norwegian drama Acquitted (10 x 60 mins); and secret escort drama Blue (10 x 60 mins).

Factual series include: Jamie’s Comfort Food (6 x 60 mins); I Am Evel Knievel (1 x 120 mins); World’s Toughest Jobs (6 x 60 mins); Dara And Ed’s PanAmerican Highway (working title, 3 x 60 mins); and Real Crime Package — Bloodlands (6 x 60 mins), Your Worst Nightmare (6 x 60 mins) and Fear Thy Neighbour (19 x 60 mins). Entertainment headliners include Party Down South (24 x 60 mins), Jerks With Cameras (10 x 30 mins) and Threads (8 x 60 mins).

TVN

mipcom

TCB MEDIA RIGHTS

A RAFT of documentary programming is brought to MIPCOM by Poland’s TVN. In Domino Effect (8 x 30 mins) host Dominika Kulczyk profiles people dedicated to fighting for a better future. In A Different World (9 x 30 mins) journalist and traveller Tomek Michniewicz confronts stereotypical expectations on a journey full of surprises. Following The Sixth Sense (38 x 30 mins) features Przemek Kossakowski as he looks at Ukraine, Russia and the Balkans, regions filled with spirits, witchcraft and alternative ways of healing body and soul.

HEADING up the MIPCOM slate for London-based TCB is Closing Time (4 x 60 mins/8 x 30 mins), which looks at the crowds of drunk and/or belligerent people who wander cities at night, and the people who have to deal with them, including doormen, cabbies, paramedics and takeaway owners. UK cities featured include Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton and Cardiff.

Domino Effect (TVN)

Closing Time (TCB Media Rights)

VALU ANIMATION STUDIOS

Dara And Ed’s Pan-American Highway (FMI)

BRAZILIAN animation studio brings two new projects to MIPCOM. In Jarau (13 x 12 mins), aimed at six- to13year-olds, five youngsters liberate an old sorceress and thereby receive mighty powers. In The Adventures Of Poti & Walking-Light (13 x 7 mins/HD), aimed at two- to six-year-olds, a five-year-old boy travels through space with his friend Walking-Light.

ZODIAK RIGHTS

TOPPING Zodiak Rights MIPCOM roster is Trash Or Treasure (10 x 60 mins), a primetime game show commissioned by TV4 Sweden and produced by Mastiff Sweden. A team of two contestants guess the differing values of a range of collectibles, from $50 to $50,000. The contestants must discard the cheaper items to keep hold of the grand prize. The company also highlights reality series Dropped (4 x 90 mins, where adventurers are dropped from a helicopter to face survival challenges; and The Pinkertons (10 x 60 mins/HD), a drama drawing from real cases from the Pinkerton Detective Agency founder Allan Pinkerton, his son William and America’s first female detective Kate Warne, as they solve crimes in the 1860s.

Jarau (Valu Animation Studios)

Redemption (HG Distribution)

HG DISTRIBUTION

MONTREAL-based HG Distribution brings Redemption (1 x 114 mins) to MIPCOM, a film about an ex-drug trafficker who tries to rebuild his life after prison. Another HG priority is Bouing (100 x 1 min), a non-dialogue puppet series. Lily Tells (32 x 1 min) features a six-year-old girl who summarises elements of classic movies. Project-M (1 x 98 mins) is a movie about four astronauts who orbit Earth to test the feasibility of a three-year mission. When communications are lost the crew is left to itself.

Trash Or Treasure (Zodiak Rights)

68

PRODUCT NEWS NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT

NERD Corps Entertainment has greenlit a third season (13 episodes) of its boys action series Slugterra. This brings the total offering to 59 x 22 minutes, including options for four TV movies, plus 56 x one-minute shorts for kids aged six to 11. Nerd Corps also brings new comedy series Endangered Species (52 x 11 mins). Launched on Australia’s ABC3 in August 2014, TV3 in Spain is the most recent broadcaster to come on board, joining Teletoon (Canada), Canal+ (France), ABC (Australia) and Discovery Italia (Italy).

THE TELEVISION SYNDICATION COMPANY (TVS)

TVS AND TVS Asia are offering several new HD programmes at MIPCOM. Among the headliners are: Small Town Big Deal (52 x 30 mins), hosted by former Entertainment Tonight correspondent Jann Carl and creator, Rodney Miller, an uplifting series that brings fascinating stories of the people, places and events that make up America. The company also brings Poker Night In America (52 x 30 mins), and the second season of The Toque 12 (16 x 30 mins), a luxury guide to Singapore’s most exotic and exclusive culinary venues.

mipcom

OPTOMEN INTERNATIONAL

MATILDA And The Ramsay Bunch (15 x 15 mins) is a new series that follows chef Gordon Ramsay’s family as they spend summer in LA. Lightly structured around Matilda’s blog, through which she keeps in touch with her friends back in Britain, the series gives viewers a peek into the lives of one of the world’s most famous families. Matilda is also an inventive cook and in each episode she cooks three dishes, focussed around a family event or a party.

Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch (Optomen International)

Z GRUPO CREATIVO Slugterra (Nerd Corps Entertainment)

OCTAPIXX WORLDWIDE

SHARKMAN (10 x 30 mins/HD) follows New Zealand’s Riley Elliott as he works with shark researchers, divers, and fishermen, and the sharks, and strives to disprove the myths. The Torontobased company also brings Trekkit Traveller (13 x 30 mins/HD), a new outdoor adventure series from the coastline of Atlantic Canada to Iceland, West Africa, and beyond in a blend of outdoor lifestyle, science and travel.

Sharkman (Octapixx Worldwide)

Small Town Big Deal (TVS)

RTE

DAMO & Ivor (12 x 25 mins) is a satirical comedy series produced by Parallel Films and brought to MIPCOM by Ireland’s RTE. The story follows identical twin brothers who were separated when their troubled mother, unable to look after both of them, sold one of her children to a couple from the more affluent side of the city. When they meet more than twenty years later their similarities struggle to overcome the culture clash.

Damo & Ivor (RTE)

70

Z GRUPO Creativo, at MIPCOM as part of the Mexican Pavilion and Casa Mexico, is highlighting a historical drama, Malinche (13 x 60 mins), about the native translator and lover of Hernan Cortes, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico in the early 16th century. Their passionate love story is full of intrigue and adventures against the backdrop of the conquest of the Aztec empire.

PRODUCT NEWS BRB INTERNACIONAL

INVIZIMALS is due to make its international debut at the end of this year, and Madrid-based BRB Internacional is showcasing the 26-episode series at MIPCOM. Based on a successful PlayStation videogame, the soundtrack is by latin pop star Abraham Mateo for the Spanish-language version.

The series is due to air in Arabic on Al Jazeera’s children channels, in Russian on Multimania, and in Hungarian, Romanian and Czech through Megamax, one of the key channels of AMC Networks Central Europe.

mipcom

GLOBAL SCREEN

MUNICH-based Global Screen brings a range of programming to MIPCOM. Iron Fist tells the story of Germany’s most famous knight and robber baron Gotz von Berlichingen and comes from the producers of historical drama The Physician. Also on the drama slate comes romance Storm Of Love, celebrating its 2,000th episode. New films in the collection Finest Fairy Tales are also available at MIPCOM, including

adaptations of classic Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen stories. Global Screen also introduces a number of new formats, including the primetime show Celebrity Challenge - Quiz Around The World, involving eight celebrities from eight countries, and The Urban Diary, a weekly reality show in which candidates must survive in a big city for four days on a budget of only €50.

Invizimals (BRB Internacional)

V&S ENTERTAINMENT

THE UK’s V&S Entertainment returns to MIPCOM with Everything’s Rosie after a recent deal sees it extend its broadcast reach to Russia via Karusel channel. V&S has also signed Simbat Toys in Russia to produce a range of Rosie products including dolls, toys and bags, as well as publishing products. The series is now seen in over 170 territories worldwide.

Iron Fist (Global Screen)

UNICORN BLACK

BURKA Avenger (26 x 22 mins) is an action-comedy animation that follows the adventures of Burka Avenger and three young kids in the imaginary city of Halwapur as they fight the evil Baba Bandook and his henchmen. Produced by Pakistan-based Unicorn Black, this award-winning series features Jiya as the inspirational school teacher and her alter ego, the super-heroine Burka Avenger. With her use of books and pens as projectile weapons the Burka Avenger fights for justice, peace and education for all. The first season of the series aired on Pakistan’s Geo Network.

Burka Avenger (Unicorn Black)

TRACE

Everything’s Rosie (V&S Entertainment)

FRANCE-based Trace has partnered with Airtel, a telecommunications service provider in Asia and Africa, and global music star Akon to roll out the largest mobile musical competition in Africa across 13 countries in

francophone and anglophone Africa.The overall grand prize includes a recording deal with Kon Live/Universal Music Group, a trip to the US to be mentored by Akon and the production of his/her own music video.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Advertisement

ON THE MIPCOM slate for Quebec’s Just For Laughs are: Just For Laughs Gags, a prank show with 13 new

half-hour episodes, bringing the total to 276; compilation shows Just For Laughs Gaga 15th Anniversary Specials; Just Kidding, 13 new half hours targeting six- to 12-yearolds; Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, over 15 hours of stand-up comedy; and format Les Pecheurs.

Just For Laughs Gags (Just For Laughs)

72

PRODUCT NEWS ACCENT FILMS INTERNATIONAL

LOOKING GLASS INTERNATIONAL (LGI)

TWO NEW documentaries about climate change top the roster for Accent Films at MIPCOM. ThuleTuvalu (co-produced with Swiss TV and 3Sat) features two remote places affected by climate change, Thule in Greenland which is experiencing record ice melts, and Pacific island Tuvalu which could be one of the first countries that could sink due to rising sea levels. In The Great Water War Of Central Asia (coproduced with ARTE), both scientists, politicians and people living in the Central Asian states discuss how the fast declining regional glaciers could result in war about water and food. The company also brings German/Dutch production In The Dunes, a profile of pilots shot down in WWII over the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog.

AUSTRALIAN factual specialist LGI offers new HD series Lionheart (6 x 60 mins). Produced by Botswanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tauana Films, the series focuses on a unique friendship between Val Gruener and Sirga, a young lioness who was born in captivity and abandoned as a cub. The series follows a season in the Kalahari on the 10,000-hectare game farm that is their home, and profiles the brutal centuries-old conflict between lions and farmers where diminishing wild herds and droughts have locked lions and cattle farmers in a deadly conflict, causing hundreds of lions to be shot or poisoned every year.

ThuleTuvalu (Accent Films International)

Lionheart (LGI)

MEDIA IM

LONDON-based distributor Media IM returns to Cannes with Robodz (15 x 11 mins), a new CGI series aimed at children aged six to 12. Produced by Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Atria the premise of the story is that robots sent to Mars on various space missions have now lost connection with the Earth and made Mars their new home and built a civilization.

Robodz (Media IM)

74

mipcom

PRODUCT NEWS MONOPLAN

PILOT PRODUCTIONS

mipcom

XILAM

KOREA’s Monoplan is showcasing two projects aimed at family audiences at MIPCOM, where it is visiting under the KOCCA umbrella. Wimp, which is due for completition by the second half of 2015, and Faddy Robot which is due early next year. Monoplan is also developing webtoons for Wimp.

HEADQUARTERED in London with offices in Los Angeles, Pilot develops produces and distributes travel and adventure programming, and at MIPCOM offers season 17 of Globe Trekker (13 x 52 mins).

Produced in HD, the series is shot on location in some of the world’s most striking surroundings, following travel guides as they sample local delicacies, stay in traditional lodgings, explore historic sites, revel in landscapes and interact with locals.

PARIS-based Xilam visits Cannes with three new seasons of its animation series, including: The Daltons (65 x 30 mins/195 x 7 mins, seasons 1 and 2), featuring the incorrigible foursome on a prison break; Zig & Sharko (52 x 30 mins/156 x 7 mins, seasons 1 and 2), set on a desert island where a starving hyena has one obsession — to eat the mermaid; and Floopaloo, Where Are You? (52 x 30 mins/104 x 13 mins, seasons 1 and 2), about the search for a mysterious creature in a summer camp.

Wimp (Monoplan)

Globe Trekker (Pilot Productions)

The Daltons (Xilam)

THE FUTURE JUST BECAME THE PRESENT

BUILDING A NEXT-GENERATION CONTENT GROUP

DIALSQUARE86.COM 76

PRODUCT NEWS KWANZA

mipcom

TERRANOA

AZTECA

A MIPCOM priority for Paris-based producer and distributor Kwanza is Children Of Shame (1 x 52 mins), produced by Elephant Doc. In China many people sentenced to death leave behind young orphans who can be rejected by the community. A former prison guard, Zhang Shuqin, gave up her career to set up orphanages to raise them. This year she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This documentary follows the lives of Little Bud, her brother Little Dragon and Miao-Miao, just some of the kids who live in these orphanages.

MEXICO’s Azteca brings a new telenovela UEPA: Un Escenario Para Amar to international buyers in Cannes. Produced by Azteca and starring Erick Chapa, Gloria Stalina and Betty Monroe, UEPA: Un Escenario Para Amar (120 x 60 mins) unravels a story of love and deceit when in order to help her younger sister’s education a woman pretends to be something she isn’t, and when she falls in love with the man of her dreams, he is pulled into the deception.

TERRANOA is at MIPCOM with a raft of new projects and completed productions. Among the projects available for pre-sales is Forgotten By History (20 x 26 mins) which looks at the lives of some of the individuals who helped shape the century. The French company is also seeking presales for investigative special Chemical Weapons: Waging The War Of Nerves (1 x 52 mins/90 mins, and is introducing H2O Stories, a trilogy about water management and resources. Kings Of Baja (1 x 52 mins), filmed over four years in 4K, explores the ecosystem in the punishing desert of Baja, Mexico and the fauna of the Sea of Cortez.

Children Of Shame (Kwanza)

Un Escenario Para Amar (Azteca)

Forgotten By History (Terranoa)

78

PRODUCT NEWS PASSION DISTRIBUTION

mipcom

THE ALKEME COMPANY

A RANGE of content from Passion is showcased at MIPCOM, including: Man Finds Food (14 x 30 mins), in which food enthausiast Adam Richman travels to major US cities to discover culinary secrets; Skin Wars (8 x 60 mins), a body-painting competition also available as a format; Quiz Nights (8 x 60 mins), featuring pub quiz teams, also available as a format; Air Pressure (4 x 60 mins/10 x 30 mins, about young Indonesian airline pilots; Divorce Hotel, a reality format that sees a married couple spend a weekend going through the trials of a divorce with a team of attorneys and counsellors; Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea (working title, 6 x 60 mins); and clips series World’s Angriest… (8 x 60 mins).

Magnum Opus (The Alkeme Company)

MAGNUM Opus, (8 x 60 mins) is a noir spy thriller starring Timothy Gibbs (Tasting Menu), James Cosmo (Game of Thrones), Arly Jover (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Jamie Anderson (The Contract).

The Carnaby International series was produced in assotiation with Somnium Films, and is brought to MIPCOM by The Alkeme Company which has worldwide rights.

OHM:TV

COLOGNE, Germany-based ohm:tv is at MIPCOM with rights in German-speaking territories and the Benelux to programming clips from Vocativ a new company based in New York that sources news stories for young people around the world. Its proprietary technology analyses the deep web to uncover new voices and perspectives. Vocativ launched in 2013 and has a staff of more than 60 analysts, data scientists, engineers and journalists in nine countries.

Man Finds Food (Passion Distribution)

;4

;4

+33 (0)890 712 227

KOREA

USA

Launched February 2014

Launched August 2013

RETURN JOURNEY RESERVATIONS Ensure availability and reserve in advance:

;4

Taxi desk (Palais 0, Tuesday 14-Thursday 16 October)

CHINA, UK GERMANY and

JAPAN

Launched June 2014

Coming Soon

Download the App

Come meet us at our booth P3.B4 to learn more about distribution opportunities.

www.taxi-cannes.net

www.dogtv.com

80

REGISTER NOW

PRODUCT NEWS REDROVER

KOREAN studio Redrover brings the new 3D CGI series Bubble Bubble Marin (52 x 11 mins) to MIPCOM. Set in the underwater village of QuaQua, submarines have built an intricate community.

Marin moves into the village with his family and explores the town, finding many unexpected adventures. Delivery is due in 2015 and the series is pre-sold to over 50 countries. Redrover holds worldwide distribution rights.

DISTRIBUTION360

TWO TITLES are prioritised by Canada’s Distribution360. Tackle My Reno (14 x 30 mins) follows pro-football player turned handyman Sebastian Clovis who helps overwhelmed homeowners right their renovation wrongs, with a coach-like motivational attitude. Leave It To Bryan (91 x 30 mins) features construction guru Bryan Baeumler as he assists homeowners wanting to kick-start their dream renovation project.

mipcom

NPO SALES

PROGRAMMING from Netherlands public broadcaster NPO is brought to MIPCOM by NPO Sales. Content offered includes: Backlight: Digital Amnesia (1 x 50 mins), looking at the vulnerability of digital data; Forbidden Flight (1 x 52 mins), about the escape of a family from the GDR in the 1980s; Storming Paradise (1 x 50 mins), about Western men travelling to Syria to become Jihad fighters; We Want Kids Too (1 x 50 mins), about filmmaker Mirella van Markus and her wife’s desire to have children; Cake (8 x 25 mins) about a father-and-son partnership to bring cake to the world; youth drama series Caps Club (2 series of 8 x 25 mins), about a group of five children, two with a physical disability; and Merry Christmas (20 x 10 mins), about a former rich family forced to live in a squat.

Bubble Bubble Marin (Redrover)

AVALON DISTRIBUTION

SCRIPTED comedy series Man Down (14 x 30 mins), produced for Channel 4, returns for a second series. Written by, and starring, stand-up comedian Greg Davies, and brought to MIPCOM by the UK’s Avalon, series one introduces Dan (Greg Davies) as a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life. Crushing character flaws, an unwanted teaching job, dysfunctional friends and a crazy Dad, played

by Rik Mayall in one of his last television roles, conspire to keep him down. Series two is currently in production and set to air later this year.

Man Down (Avalon Distribution)

Tackle My Reno (Distribution360)

SHAFTESBURY/SMOKEBOMB ENTERTAINMENT

NEW KIDS property The Moblees (30 x 11 mins) is a series that encourages pre-schoolers to get up and moving in playful participation. Featuring feisty Bailey Butterfly, her spontaneous brother Carlin Caterpillar, brainy perfectionist Gisbert Grasshopper and tail-wagging optimist Dasha Dog, each episode is a song-filled story designed to inspire healthy change in the way kids and families move. From the company’s factual slate comes Life After Digital, a one-hour documentary that looks at some of the disturbing consequences of the wired world, including cyberbullying and trolling. New from the company’s digital studio, Smokebomb Entertainment, is Carmilla (36 x 4 mins), based on the gothic cult classic novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, about a university student whose roommate disappears and a vampire moves into her dorm room.

The Moblees (Shaftesbury)

82

Cake (NPO Sales)

ZEE BOLLYWORLD

INDIA’s Zee Bollyworld presents Doli Armaanon Ki (175 x 30 mins) at MIPCOM, a drama about a starryeyed, small-town young woman who embarks on the quest for marital bliss, with a vision of what her husband should be like and how married life should be. Scripts are available. The company also brings Good Food America (39 x 30 mins), from health and wellness channel Z Living, a culinary search of the best healthy places to eat in America.

Doli Armaanon Ki (Zee Bollyworld)

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER CONFERENCE PROGRAMME MEXICO MEGASESSION: THE GLOBAL QUEST FOR ORIGINAL CONTENT 9.00-9.40 I Auditorium A, Palais 3 Speakers Ricardo Coeto, Director of Productions, Azteca, Mexico Ricardo Coeto

Epigmenio Ibarra, President and CEO, Argos Comunicacion, Mexico Allan Navarrete, EVP Mexico, Colombia & Central America, Discovery Communications, Mexico

Epigmenio Ibarra

Mauricio Piccone, Senior Vice President, Endemol Latino, USA Allan Navarrete

Pedro Torres, CEO, El Mall, Mexico

Richard Izarra, Founder / Chief Editor, PRODU, USA

Mauricio Piccone

Speakers Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Photographer, Film Director & President, GoodPlanet Foundation, France Jean-Yves Robin, Producer, Robin & Co, France Yann Arthus-Bertrand Armand de Boissière, Secretary General, Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, France Florent Gilard, Artistic Director, Human, France Fabrice Puchault, Director of the Documentary Unit of France 2, France Télévisions, France

DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION: THE QUEST FOR THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDING MILLENNIALS Speaker Christian Kurz, Vice President, Research & Insights, Viacom International Media Networks, USA Moderator Kate Bulkley, Media commentator/Journalist, UK

Pedro Torres

ACCESS IS OWNERSHIP: FIRESIDE CHATS 9.30-10.15 I Esterel, Palais 5

MEXICO COUNTRY OF HONOUR

THE PUBLIC BROADCASTERS SUPERPANEL © Jorge Alcaide Pascual

9.50-10.30 I Auditorium A, Palais 3 Armando Antonio Carrillo Lavat, General Director, Public Broadcasting System of the Mexican State, Mexico

9.15-10.00 I Auditorium K, Palais 4 Followed by a second screening at 10.10-10.45

9.15-9.30 I Esterel, Palais 5

Moderator

Speakers

“HUMAN, THE MOVIE” SPECIAL SHOWCASE

Armando Antonio Carrillo Lavat

Raoul Cremoux, President, Television Metropolitana, Canal 22, Mexico Gustavo Lomelín Cornejo, General Director, Television Educativa, Mexico

Raoul Cremoux

Mayolo Reyes Ballesteros, Director of Strategy and Development, Canal Once, Mexico Ernesto Velazquez, General Director, TV UNAM, Mexico

Gustavo Lomelín Cornejo

Moderator Richard Izarra, Founder / Chief Editor, PRODU, USA

Mayolo Reyes Ballesteros

Ernesto Velazquez

Followed by MEXICO COUNTRY OF HONOUR

MEXICO MATCHMAKING EVENT 10.45-12.45 I Foyer Balcon, Grand Auditorium, Palais 3

Speakers Ben Pyne, President, Global Distribution, Disney Media Networks, USA Erin McPherson, Chief Content Officer, Ben Pyne Maker Studios, USA Andrew Stalbow, Co-founder and CEO, Seriously, USA Moderator Kate Bulkley, Media commentator/Journalist, UK

GIVE CONSUMERS WHAT THEY WANT: THE ELECTRONIC SELL-THROUGH MODEL 10.30-11.00 I Esterel, Palais 5 Speakers Nicola Bamford, Director, Sky Store, British Sky Broadcasting, UK Susanna Hermida Barbato, Executive Board Member, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Portugal Peter Öhman, Head of Content, SF Anytime, Scandinavia Bernard Tani, VP VOD & Acquisitions, Orange, France Presenter Frank Bryant, SVP of Digital, 20 th Century Fox International Home Entertainment, USA

BRINGING COMICS TO THE SCREEN: The power of storytelling 11.00-11.30 I Auditorium K, Palais 4 Presenter Hyunmi KANG, Manager, KOCCA Europe, UK

OFFICIAL CONFERENCES & SCREENINGS INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCREENING “THE MISSING”

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP EVENTS

11.00-12.30 I Auditorium A, Palais 3

12.30-14.30 I Carlton Hotel

MIPCOM LATAM LUNCH

In partnership with

&

By invitation

Presented by Louise Pedersen, Managing Director, all3media international, UK

Opening remarks Francisco N. Gonzalez Diaz, General Director, ProMexico, Mexico Speaker Joe Uva, Chairman Hispanic Enterprises, Telemundo Internacional, USA

INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCREENING “KINGDOM” 12.30-14.00 I Auditorium, Palais 4

MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTES 11.15-11.45 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

TED SARANDOS, Chief Content Officer, NETFLIX Interviewed by Eric Scherer, Director of Future Media, France Télévisions, France

Ted Sarandos

11.50-12.10 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

ANNE SWEENEY, Co-Chair, DISNEY MEDIA NETWORKS, and President, DISNEY/ABC TELEVISION GROUP

MIP MEGASESSION: THE GLOBAL QUEST FOR ORIGINAL REALITY 14.30-16.00 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1 Opening Keynote Morgan Spurlock, Writer, director, producer & President of Warrior Poets

Anne Sweeney

Interviewed by Anna Carugati, Group Editorial Director, World Screen, USA

12.15-12.45 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

JILL WILFERT, Vice President, Global Licensing and Entertainment, LEGO GROUP Interviewed by Ali May, Presenter, Mayhart, UK

FUTURE OF FACTUAL

Jill Wilfert

Keynote interview Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter Speakers Michael Klein, EVP, Programming & Content Strategy, Digital Channels, Condé Nast Entertainment, USA Hamish Mykura, Head of International Content, National Geographic Channel International (Fox International Channels), UK

Morgan Spurlock

Aamir Khan

Chair Jeremy Chilnick, Managing Partner, Warrior Poets, USA

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER FILM & TV CROSSROADS

Californie, Palais 5

OPENING REMARKS: RAISING FUNDING THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIPS

THE SHOWRUNNERS MASTERCLASS: “THE BOOK OF NEGROES” AND “MURDOCH MYSTERIES”

9.00-9.15

14.30-15.15 I Auditorium A, Palais 3 &

EUROPE WITHOUT FRONTIERS 9.15-9.35

WHAT’S HOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST? 9.40-10.00

CASE STUDY: PARIS TO VERSAILLES – HOW ICONIC LOCATIONS LEND POWER TO STORYTELLING 10.05-10.35 I Californie Palais 1 Presented by Olivier-René Veillon, CEO, Ile de France Film Commission, France

Olivier-René Veillon

SHOOTING IN LITHUANIA 10.40-10.55

Speakers Yannick Bisson, Actor, Director & Executive Yannick Bisson Producer, Murdoch Mysteries, Canada Sally Catto, GM, Programming, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada Damon D’Oliveira, Producer, Conquering Lion Pictures, Canada Christina Jennings, Chairman & CEO, Shaftesbury/ Smokebomb, Canada Clement Virgo, Filmmaker, Conquering Lion Pictures, Canada Moderator Michael Idato, Entertainment Editor-at-Large, The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCREENINGS

LATEST NEWS FROM BILBAO-BIZKAIA

“RESCUING SANTA” THE INNOVATIVE NEW DRAMA FOR ADAPTATION, PRODUCTION OR ACQUISITION

11.00-11.15

15.30-17.00 I Auditorium K, Palais 4

A LOOK AT THE ITALIAN PANORAMA

Maria Kivinen, Sales Executive, Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland

11.20-11.35

OVERVIEW OF INCENTIVES IN LONDON 11.40-12.00

LOOK AT THE GERMAN CAPITAL REGION: BERLIN-BRANDENBURG 12.05-12.25

GWANGJU, THE HUB CITY OF ASIAN CULTURE (HCAC) 12.30-12.45 Followed by the FILM COMMISSIONS SNACK LUNCH Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea

FOCUS ON POLAND 14.00-14.30

THE FILM COMMISSIONS WRAP-UP 14.40-15.00

“WITNESSES” [“LES TEMOINS”] 18.00-19.30 I Auditorium K, Palais 4 The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Hervé Hadmar, Director and Cinétévé CEO Fabienne Servan-Schreiber.

© Tom Tkach

FILM COMMISSIONS DAY

OFFICIAL CONFERENCES & SCREENINGS SCREENING THE VERY BEST OF 4K

MEDIA MASTERMIND KEYNOTES 16.20-17.00 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS 9.45-10.15 I Sony 4K Theatre, Auditorium I, Palais 4 Speaker Ruth Sessions, Director of Operations, Atlantic Productions, UK Ruth Sessions

BBC NATURAL HISTORY UNIT 10.30-11.10 I Sony 4K Theatre, Auditorium I, Palais 4

DAVID STAPF, President, CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS ARMANDO NUÑEZ, President and CEO, CBS GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION GROUP

David Stapf

Interviewed by Anna Carugati, Group Editorial Director, World Screen, USA Armando Nuñez

Speaker Vanessa Berlowitz, Senior Executive Producer, BBC Natural History Unit, UK

A FOCUS ON DIGITAL CHINA Vanessa Berlowitz

FRANCE TELEVISION/4EVER CONSORTIUM 11.30-12.15 I Sony 4K Theatre, Auditorium I, Palais 4

17.10-17.40 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1

CHARLES ZHANG, Chairman of the Board and CEO, SOHU.COM Interviewed by Marcel Fenez, Global leader, entertainment and media, PwC

Speaker Matthieu Parmentier, Project Manager R&D, France Televisions, France

Charles Zhang

Matthieu Parmentier

MIP MEGASESSION

NHK 14.00-14.45 I Sony 4K Theatre, Auditorium I, Palais 4 Speakers

17.45-18.30 I Grand Auditorium, Palais 1 Speakers

Shinichi Nagano, Deputy Head of Programming Center, Programming Department, NHK, Japan

Shinichi Nagano

Amit Agrawal, Online Video Expert ex Head of YouTube Content South/South East Asia Rajjat Barjatya, Managing Director & CEO, Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited, India

Hideki Tazuke, Head of Science Programs, NHK, Japan Hideki Tazuke

Sameer Nair, Group CEO, Balaji Telefilms, India

Amit Agrawal

Rajjat Barjatya

Raj Nayak, CEO, Colors - Viacom 18 Media, India

CUGATE/4KMEDIA4U

© Iris Mazur

15.15-16.00 I Sony 4K Theatre, Auditorium I, Palais 4 Speaker H. Memo Rhein, CEO & Producer, Cugate, Germany

NEW BUSINESS STRATEGIES FROM INDIA

H. Memo Rhein

Moderator Marcel Fenez, Global leader, entertainment and media, PwC

Sameer Nair

Raj Nayak

FEATURE

mipcom

South Of Hell, a thriller from Sonar Entertainment for WE tv

FILM AND TV AT THE CROSSROADS

7HOOLQJ ELJJHU VWRULHV 7KH OLQHV DUH EOXUULQJ EHWZHHQ Ã&#x20AC;OP DQG 79 DOO EXW UXEEHG RXW E\ WKH VWHDG\ VWUHDP RI FULWLFDOO\ DFFODLPHG VFULSWHG VHULHV WKDW KDYH UHGHÃ&#x20AC;QHG 79·V FUHDWLYH FDSDELOLWLHV $QG\ )U\ UHSRUWV

F

OR DECADES, 79 KDV EHHQ UHJDUGHG DV DQ LQ-

IHULRU VWRU\WHOOLQJ PHGLXP WR Ã&#x20AC;OP %XW WKH ODVW \HDUV KDYH VHHQ WKH EDUULHUV EHWZHHQ Ã&#x20AC;OP DQG WHOHYLVLRQ FRPH FUDVKLQJ GRZQ WKDQNV WR JDPH FKDQJLQJ 79 GUDPDV LQFOXGLQJ 0DG 0HQ +RXVH 2I &DUGV %UHDNLQJ %DG +RPHODQG *DPH 2I 7KURQHV DQG 7UXH 'HWHFWLYH

89

&RPSDQLHV WKDW XVHG WR VSHFLDOLVH LQ Ã&#x20AC;OP KDYH RSHQHG XS 79 GLYLVLRQV DFWRUV ZKR ZHUH RQO\ HYHU VHHQ RQ WKH ELJ VFUHHQ KDYH EHFRPH OLYLQJ URRP IDYRXULWHV ZULWHUV DQG GLUHFWRUV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK FLQHPD QRZ OHDG GRXEOH OLYHV DV 79 VKRZUXQQHUV DQG VWRULHV WKDW VWDUWHG OLIH DV EORFNEXVWHU PRYLHV KDYH IRXQG D QHZ OHDVH RI OLIH DV UHWXUQDEOH 79 VHULHV

FEATURE

mipcom

([SODLQLQJ KRZ WKLV FDPH WR SDVV 7DQGHP &RPPXQLFDWLRQV· SUHVLGHQW DQG SDUWQHU 5ROD %DXHU VD\V ´:LWK WKH LQFUHDVH RI VXEVFULSWLRQV LQ SUHPLXP SD\ 79 DQG 692' DQG WKHLU QHHG WR GLIIHUHQWLDWH WKHPVHOYHV IURP DOO RWKHU IRUPV RI WHOHYLVLRQ +%2 &DQDO 6KRZWLPH DQG QRZ 1HWIOL[ DQG $PD]RQ 3ULPH ZHUH PRWLYDWHG WR UHDFK IRU D PRUH FLQHPDWLF DXGLHQFH ZLWK WKHLU RULJLQDO SURJUDPPHV WKDQ IUHH 79 DQG EDVLF FDEOH :KHQ WKH\ VXFFHHGHG LQ JHWWLQJ PRUH YLHZHUV DQG FULWLFDO DFFODLP WKHLU DSSURDFK WR VWRU\WHOOLQJ VWDUWHG WR LQÁXHQFH EDVLF FDEOH DQG IUHH 79 0DQ\ IUHH 79 DQG EDVLF FDEOH QHWZRUNV QRZ ZDQW WR SXVK WKH QDUUDWLYH HQYHORSH DQG 1DGLQH 1RKU PDNH OHVV IRUPXODLF WHOHYLVLRQ µ 7KLV QHZ GLUHFWLRQ KDV SURYHG DS-

SHDOLQJ WR DFWRUV DQG E\ DVVRFLDWLRQ ZULWHUV DQG GLUHFWRUV %DXHU DGGV ´2ZLQJ WR WKH KLJK FLQHPDWLF TXDOLW\ QRZ EHLQJ DFKLHYHG LQ WHOHYLVLRQ DFWRUV DUH SUHVHQWHG ZLWK DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR ZRUN LQ SURGXFWLRQV ZLWK ULFK FKDUDFWHUV DQG PXOWL OD\HUHG VWRU\OLQHV 7KH\ FDQ DOVR SRUWUD\ D UROH PRUH IXOO\ WDNLQJ WLPH WR GHYHORS D FKDUDFWHU ZKHQ LW LV VSUHDG RXW RYHU D VHDVRQ $GGLWLRQDOO\ WKH WDOHQW UHDOLVHV WKDW D ZKROH JHQHUDWLRQ LV JURZLQJ XS RQ PXOWLSOH GHYLFHV ZKR SHUFHLYH OLWWOH GLIIHUHQFH EHWZHHQ HQWHUWDLQPHQW LQ WKH FLQHPD RU RQ 79 FRPSXWHU WDEOHWV RU VPDUWSKRQHV µ %DXHU ZKRVH FRPSDQ\ EHORQJV WR OHDGLQJ (XURSHDQ ÀOP VWXGLR 6WXGLR&DQDO EHOLHYHV 7DQGHP·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

6FULSWHG VKRZV KDYH EHFRPH WKH FXUUHQF\ RI WKH ZDWHU FRROHU $Q\ VWLJPD DURXQG 79 KDV ORQJ JRQH

Spotless Spotless (10 x 60 mins) is a dark, sexy drama, peppered with black humour. Production began this summer in London on the Tandem series for Canal+ Creation Originale.

Spotless is being scripted

by BAFTA-winning writer Ed McCardie and Academy Award-winner Corinne Marrinan.

6KLQH ,QWHUQDWLRQDO &(2 1DGLQH 1RKU KDV DOVR ZLWQHVVHG D JUHDWHU ZLOOLQJQHVV DPRQJ ÀOP WDOHQW WR ZRUN LQ 79 ´5LJKW QRZ WKHUH·V DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR WDNH FUHDWLYH ULVNV WR EH FXWWLQJ HGJH DQG RULJLQDO µ VKH VD\V ´$W WKH VDPH WLPH WKHUH LV WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR VWDQG RXW :LWK VRFLDO PHGLD WUHQGLQJ PRUH DQG PRUH WRZDUGV 79 VFULSWHG VKRZV KDYH EHFRPH WKH FXUUHQF\ RI WKH ZDWHU FRROHU $Q\ VWLJPD DURXQG 79 KDV ORQJ JRQH µ $FFRUGLQJ WR 1RKU RQH SURSHUW\ WKDW UHDOO\ FDSWXUHV WKLV WUHQG LV 8WRSLD ´,W·V D 8. GUDPD IURP 6KLQH RZQHG .XGRV WKDW LV EHLQJ DGDSWHG E\ 'DYLG )LQFKHU IRU +%2 LQ WKH 86 µ VKH VD\V ´)LQFKHU ZKR PDGH 7KH 6RFLDO 1HWZRUN DQG +RXVH 2I &DUGV LV WKH NLQG RI H[HFXWLYH ZKR LV HTXDOO\ FRPIRUWDEOH LQ ÀOP RU 79 SURGXFWLRQ µ 1RKU ZKRVH FRPSDQ\ LV EULQJLQJ *UDFHSRLQW WR 0,3&20 EHOLHYHV WKH FXUUHQW WUHQG WRZDUGV VKRUWHU UXQ VHULHV LV DOVR HQFRXUDJLQJ ILOP WDOHQW LQWR 79 ´EHFDXVH WKH\ DUH DEOH WR ILW LW DURXQG WKHLU RWKHU FRPPLWPHQWV ZKLFK LVQ·W WKH FDVH ZKHQ WKH\ DUH FRPPLWWHG WR ORQJ UXQQLQJ SURFHGXUDOVµ

Gracepoint Gracepoint (10 x 60 mins) is the US version of Shine International’s global hit crime drama Broadchurch. Starring David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), the show is set to debut on Fox during the 2014-2015 TV season. Like Broadchurch, it has also generated widespread interest internationally.

90

FEATURE Taboo Taboo (8 x 60 mins) sees actor Tom Hardy (Dark Knight Rises; Inception) play a rogue adventurer who pits his wits against the East India Company.

The Scott Free Productionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; series will air on BBC1 in the UK and is being distributed

by Sonar Entertainment.

Set in 1813, Taboo is written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders; Amazing Grace).

mipcom

6RQDU (QWHUWDLQPHQW &(2 *HQH 6WHLQ HFKRHV KLV SHHUV ZKHQ KH VD\V WKH GUDPD DUPV UDFH LV EHLQJ GULYHQ E\ QHWZRUNV VHHNLQJ WR GLIIHUHQWLDWH WKHPVHOYHV IURP WKHLU ULYDOV %XW KH DOVR EHOLHYHV WKDW FKDQJHV LQ WKH Ã&#x20AC;OP LQGXVWU\ DUH IDYRXULQJ 79 ´7KH PRYLH PDUNHW KDV SRODULVHG LQWR ODUJH HSLF DFWLRQ PRYLHV DQG VPDOO LQGHSHQGHQW ILOPV ZLWK WKH JUHDW PLGGOH ODUJHO\ HOLPLQDWHG 6R IRU DFWRUV DQG GLUHFWRUV ZDQWLQJ WR SOD\ FRPSOH[ FKDUDFWHUV RU WHOO LQWHUHVWLQJ LQWLPDWH VWRULHV 79 LV SURYLGLQJ WKHP ZLWK QHZ RSSRUWXQLWLHV WR GR WKDW µ /LNH 1RKU 6WHLQ DUJXHV WKDW FKDQJHV LQ FRPPLVVLRQLQJ SDWWHUQV DUH HQFRXUDJLQJ Ã&#x20AC;OP WDOHQW LQWR 79 ³ EXW KH FLWHV D GLIIHUHQW UHDVRQ ´7KH JURZLQJ WUHQG WRZDUGV FRPPLVVLRQLQJ IXOO VHULHV LV KHOSLQJ WR DWWUDFW WDOHQW EHFDXVH LW PHDQV DFWRUV DQG VKRZUXQQHUV KDYH D JXDUDQWHH WKDW WKH\ DUH JRLQJ WR EH DEOH WR WHOO WKHLU VWRU\ LQVWHDG RI VHHLQJ LW IDLO WR JR SDVW D SLORW µ

6WHLQ VD\V 6RQDU·V 0,3&20 VODWH LV IXUWKHU HYLGHQFH RI WKH ZLOOLQJQHVV RI WDOHQW WR PRYH EHWZHHQ Ã&#x20AC;OP DQG 79 ´:H KDYH D VWUDLJKW WR VHULHV RUGHU IURP 079 IRU 6KDQQDUD %DVHG RQ WKH EHVW VHOOLQJ IDQWDV\ QRYHOV IURP 7HUU\ %URRNV WKH Ã&#x20AC;UVW WZR HSLVRGHV ZLOO EH GLUHFWHG E\ -RQDWKDQ /LHEHVPDQ >:UDWK 2I 7KH 7LWDQV 7HHQDJH 0XWDQW 1LQMD 7XUWOHV@ 7KHQ ZH KDYH 6RXWK 2I +HOO D WKULOOHU IRU :( WY ZKLFK ZLOO VHH (OL 5RWK >+RVWHO +HPORFN *URYH@ GLUHFW WKH ILUVW HSLVRGH $QG LQ DGGLWLRQ ZH KDYH 7RP +DUG\ VWDUULQJ LQ 7DERR µ 5RPD .KDQQD SUHVLGHQW RI 0*0·V 7HOHYLVLRQ *URXS DQG 'LJLWDO DOVR LGHQWLÃ&#x20AC;HV D VKLIW LQ WKH Ã&#x20AC;OP EXVLQHVV +HU FRPSDQ\ LV GRLQJ ZHOO DW WKH KLJK HQG RI WKH WKHDWULFDO PDUNHW ZLWK DPRQJ RWKHUV WKH -DPHV %RQG IUDQFKLVH DQG 7KH +REELW VHULHV ´%XW WKH P PRYLH PDUNHW LV GLVDSSHDULQJ µ VKH VD\V ´)URP D 79 SRLQW RI YLHZ WKH JRRG QHZV LV WKDW LW VHHPV WR KDYH EHHQ UHSODFHG E\ KLJK HQG FDEOH GUDPD VHULHV µ .KDQQD FLWHV WKH H[DPSOH RI )DUJR DQ DZDUG ZLQQLQJ 0*0 SURGXFHG VHULHV IRU FDEOH QHWZRUN ); WKDW VWDUV 0DUWLQ )UHHPDQ DQG %LOO\ %RE 7KRUQWRQ ´7R KDYH WDOHQW OLNH WKDW ZRUNLQJ LQ 79 LV ZRQGHUIXO µ VKH DGGV ´,W·V FRQWULEXWLQJ WR WKH SKHQRPHQDO VWDQGDUG RI VWRU\WHOOLQJ ZH·UH VHHLQJ ULJKW QRZ µ )DUJR ZKLFK KDV EHHQ VROG LQWHUQDWLRQDOO\ WR EURDGFDVWHUV LQFOXGLQJ &KDQQHO 8. DQG &DQDO 6SDLQ LV QRW MXVW LQWHUHVWLQJ EHFDXVH RI LWV WDOHQWHG FDVW $V D VSLQ RII IURP WKH &RHQ %URWKHUV PRYLH RI WKH VDPH QDPH LW LV DOVR SDUW RI WKH PRYLH 79 FURVV RYHU WUHQG 2WKHU WLWOHV WR KDYH WDNHQ D VLPLODU SDWK LQFOXGH 0*0·V

7KH P PRYLH PDUNHW LV GLVDSSHDULQJ 7KH JRRG QHZV LV WKDW LW VHHPV WR KDYH EHHQ UHSODFHG E\ KLJK HQG FDEOH GUDPD VHULHV 5RPD .KDQQD 7HHQ :ROI 6RQ\ 3LFWXUHV 7HOHYLVLRQ·V 637 +DQQLEDO DQG 7KH )LUP $WODQWLTXH 3URGXFWLRQV· 7UDQVSRUWHU DQG 1%&8QLYHUVDO·V $ERXW $ %R\ ([SODLQLQJ WKH UDWLRQDOH IRU WKLV DSSURDFK .KDQQD VD\V ´7KH PRVW LPSRUWDQW IDFW LV WKDW LFRQLF ILOP WLWOHV OLNH )DUJR FDQ DFW DV D VRXUFH RI LQVSLUDWLRQ IRU VWRU\WHOOLQJ :H·G QHYHU JR DKHDG ZLWK VRPHWKLQJ WKDW ZDV VLPSO\ D UHKDVK RI WKH Ã&#x20AC;OP EXW WKHUH·V D FUHDWLYH DGYDQWDJH LQ ZRUNLQJ ZLWK D XQLYHUVH WKDW KDV VXFK D SRZHUIXO HQYLURQPHQW DQG DWWLWXGH LQ SODFH µ 7KHQ RI FRXUVH WKHUH LV WKH PDUNHWLQJ DGYDQWDJH RI ZRUNLQJ ZLWK D NQRZQ EUDQG ´$ KLJK SURÃ&#x20AC;OH RU LFRQLF Ã&#x20AC;OP KDV WKH LQKHUHQW EHQHÃ&#x20AC;W RI DOUHDG\ EHLQJ IDPLOLDU DQG KDYLQJ D SUH H[LVWLQJ DXGLHQFH µ 7DQGHP·V %DXHU VD\V ´7KLV FDQ EH D XVHIXO WRRO LQ EHLQJ DEOH WR VSHFLÃ&#x20AC;-

Billy Bob Thornton in MGMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fargo

92

FEATURE

mipcom

SPTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Masters Of Sex, greenlit for a second series on Showtime

FDOO\ PDUNHW WKH VHULHV WR WKH GHPRJUDSKLF IDQV DQG VRFLDO PHGLD VLWHV ZKHUH LW KDV DOUHDG\ SURYHQ DSSHDOLQJ Âľ 2OLYLHU %LEDV KHDG RI /DJDUGHUH RZQHG $WODQWLTXH 3URGXFWLRQV KDV SOD\HG D NH\ UROH LQ WKH UHLQYHQWLRQ RI WKH 79 GUDPD EXVLQHVV ZLWK VHULHV VXFK DV %RUJLD 'HDWK ,Q 3DUDGLVH DQG 7UDQVSRUWHU 7KH 6HULHV ´7KHUH LV D KXJH H[FLWHPHQW DURXQG 79 DW WKH PRPHQW EHFDXVH DOO WKHVH QHZ QHWZRUNV DQG SODWIRUPV DUH FUHDWLQJ D SODFH IRU KLJK TXDOLW\ DGXOW VKRZV Âľ KH VD\V ´7KH IHDWXUH Ă&#x20AC;OP PDUNHW LV JRLQJ DIWHU D \RXQJ DXGLHQFH EXW VHULHV OLNH 0DVWHUV 2I 6H[ DQG %UHDNLQJ %DG DUH IRU JURZQ XSV Âľ

The Missing The Missing (8 x 60 mins), pictured, is the latest collaboration between BBC Worldwide and Starz, which previously worked together on The White Queen. Distributed by All3Media International and shot in Belgium, the show tells the story of a British couple who lose their child in France.

All3Media International is also soft launching Indian Summers, starring Julie Walters.

94

7KLV LV D NH\ GHPRJUDSKLF SRLQW 2QH RI WKH UHDO JDPH FKDQJHUV LQ WKH 79 EXVLQHVV LV WKH IDFW WKDW WKHUH LV D KXJH RSHQ PLQGHG DXGLHQFH RI \HDU ROG SOXV SHRSOH FUDYLQJ TXDOLW\ VWRU\WHOOLQJ 7KH IDFW WKDW PDQ\ KDYH UH FHQWUHG WKHLU VRFLDO OLYHV DURXQG WKHLU KRPHV KDV EHHQ D ELJ RSSRUWXQLW\ IRU SD\ 79 DQG 692' ´:H¡UH VHHLQJ EROGHU HGJLHU PRUH FRPSOH[ VKRZV EHFDXVH WKH OLNHV RI 1HWĂ L[ GRQ¡W MXVW KDYH WR FDWHU IRU WKH PDLQVWUHDP Âľ %LEDV DGGV ([SODLQLQJ ZK\ $WODQWLTXH GHFLGHG WR EDFN 7UDQVSRUWHU DV D 79 VHULHV %LEDV VD\V ´,W ZDV D VWURQJ EUDQG EXW LW DOVR KDG D FODULW\ RI FRQFHSW WKDW ZH OLNHG +DYLQJ D VLPSOH FOHDU SURSRVLWLRQ LV LPSRUWDQW ZKHQ EXLOGLQJ D JOREDO EUDQG Âľ 6R LV KH ORRNLQJ IRU PRUH Ă&#x20AC;OP WR 79 RSSRUWXQLWLHV" ´:H DUH JRLQJ WR GR LW DJDLQ Âł WKHUH DUH D FRXSOH RI WKLQJV ZH DUH ORRNLQJ DW %XW WKHUH DUHQ¡W PDQ\ EUDQGV OLNH 7UDQVSRUWHU <RX FDQ¡W MXVW WDNH DQ\ Ă&#x20AC;OP IUDQFKLVH DQG WXUQ LW LQWR D 79 VHULHV Âľ 2QH FRPSDQ\ WKDW KDV EHQHILWHG KXJHO\ IURP UHFHQW GHYHORSPHQWV LQ 79 GUDPD LV 637 $IWHU UDLVLQJ WKH FUHDWLYH EDU WR H[WUDRUGLQDU\ KHLJKWV ZLWK %UHDNLQJ %DG LW LV QRZ LQ WKH PDUNHW ZLWK D QXPEHU RI KRW SURSHUWLHV DFFRUGLQJ WR &KULV 3DUQHOO 637¡V VHQLRU YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI GUDPD GHYHORSPHQW ´2XWODQGHU KDV EHHQ D YHU\ ELJ VKRZ IRU XV %XW ZH DOVR KDYH SURGXFWLRQV OLNH %DWWOH

Intruders Intruders (8 Ă&#x2014; 45 mins) is a paranormal drama that follows a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. Co-produced with BBC America and starring John Simm (Doctor Who; Life on Mars), Intruders is set in the American PaciďŹ c Northwest and distributed by BBC. Worldwide.

mipblog.com Conference liveblog reports and more

Official tweets via @mip Including real-time keynote clips Follow the action via #MIPCOM & #MIPJunior

YouTube.com/mipmarkets: Full conference videos, plus star interviews & more in our news feed

Download the official MIPCOM app: http://bit.ly/mipcomapp

Â&#x2039; 6RQ\ 3LFWXUHV 7HOHYLVLRQ ,QF $OO 5LJKWV 5HVHUYHG

FEATURE Outlander Outlander is a Starz Original series produced

by SPT. After a successful debut episode of ďŹ ve million views in the ďŹ rst week, it has been given a second series. Based on Diana Gabaldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestselling time-travel romance, Outlander is starting to attract attention internationally, with Foxtel Australia already signed up. SPT is also doing well with The Blacklist, an NBC drama about a criminal mastermind who turns FBI informant. SPT recently sold the rights for season one to NetďŹ&#x201A;ix for a reported $2m an episode.

Matador Matador, executive produced by Robert Rodriguez and Roberto Orci, is an action-adventure series about a DEA agent who has been recruited by the CIA to investigate the LA Riot soccer team by going undercover as one of their players. The seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; international cast includes Gabriel Luna (Prison Break), Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code; Spider-Man 2); Nicky Whelan (Left Behind; Chosen); Neil Hopkins (Bones; True Blood) and Tanc Sade (The Gilmore Girls; 90210).

Texas Rising Texas Rising, distributed

by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, boasts an all-star cast including Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser and Ray Liotta. The series, co-produced by A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, and produced by Thinkfactory Media, details the Texas Revolution and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. Thinkfactory Mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leslie Greif, responsible for HatďŹ elds & McCoys, is executive producing the series, which will be directed by two-time Oscar nominee Roland Joffe.

&UHHN >WKH QHZ 9LQFH *LOOLJDQ VKRZ@ DQG %HWWHU &DOO 6DXO >D %UHDNLQJ %DG VSLQ RII@ 7KHUH¡V DOVR 0DVWHUV 2I 6H[ ZKLFK KDV EHHQ JUHHQOLW IRU D VHFRQG VHULHV RQ 6KRZWLPH Âľ ,Q WHUPV RI ELJ QDPH PRYLH VWDUV PLJUDWLQJ WR 79 637 SURGXFHG 'DPDJHV ZLWK *OHQQ &ORVH ´$QG QRZ WKH VDPH FUHDWLYH WHDP LV ZRUNLQJ ZLWK XV RQ DQ XQQDPHG SDUW VHULHV IRU 1HWĂ L[ Âľ 3DUQHOO DGGV ´7KLV RQH ZLOO KDYH 6LVV\ 6SDFHN DWWDFKHG Âľ )RU 3DUQHOO SDUW RI WKH UHDVRQ IRU 637¡V VXFFHVV LQ WKH QHZ HQYLURQPHQW LV WKDW LW KDV D ORW RI FUHDWLYH DXWRQRP\ ´6RQ\ GRHVQ¡W KDYH D 86 QHWZRUN VR ZH GRQ¡W KDYH WR WLFN FHUWDLQ ER[HV OLNH VRPH RI RXU SHHUV DW WKH VWXGLRV %HFDXVH ZH DUHQ¡W DOLJQHG WR FKDQQHOV ZH FDQ EH YHU\ RSHQ WR QHZ LGHDV , WKLQN WKDW¡V ZK\ ZH ZHUH DEOH WR FRPH WKURXJK ZLWK VRPHWKLQJ OLNH 2XWODQGHU ZKLFK LV YHU\ KDUG WR FDWHJRULVH Âľ )RU 3DUQHOO RQH LQWHUHVWLQJ RXWFRPH RI WKH FXUUHQW PDUNHW LV WKH ZD\ VKRZV PRYH DURXQG GLIIHUHQW GHYHORSPHQW SRROV XQWLO WKH\ Ă&#x20AC;QG WKHLU PRVW DSSURSULDWH KRPH +H FLWHV =RPELHODQG SDVVHG RYHU DV D 79 SLORW EHIRUH EHFRPLQJ D VXFFHVVIXO PRYLH ,W ZDV VXEVHTXHQWO\ SLORWHG E\

$PD]RQ LQ 7KHQ WKHUH LV 3RZHUV ZKLFK KDV EHHQ ZLWK 637 VLQFH ´2ULJLQDOO\ LW ZDV GHYHORSHG DQG SLORWHG IRU ); Âľ 3DUQHOO VD\V ´EXW LW GLGQ¡W PDWFK XS 6R QRZ ZH KDYH GRQH D GHDO WKDW ZLOO VHH LW EHFRPH WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW RULJLQDO 79 VHULHV IRU 3OD\6WDWLRQ Âľ :KLOH PXFK RI WKH DERYH LV DERXW WKH ZD\ LQ ZKLFK FKDQQHOV DUH SXUVXLQJ FLQHPDWLF TXDOLW\ GUDPD LW LV QRWLFHDEOH WKDW SD\ 79 SODWIRUP RSHUDWRUV VXFK DV 'LUHF79 6N\ DQG &DQDO DUH DOVR LQYHVWLQJ KHDYLO\ LQ RULJLQDO KLJK HQG FRQWHQW HLWKHU E\ FRPPLVVLRQLQJ VKRZV HQWHULQJ LQWR FR SURGXFWLRQ SUHVDOHV RU DFTXLULQJ FRPSDQLHV $OVR DFWLYH LV 7HOHIRQLFD 6WXGLRV WKH FRQWHQW GLYLVLRQ RI WHOHFRPV JLDQW 7HOHIRQLFD ´%HLQJ D GLJLWDO WHOFR ZLWK D VWURQJ YLGHR VWUDWHJ\ VHWWLQJ XS D SURGXFWLRQ GLYLVLRQ >7HOHIRQLFD 6WXGLRV@ ZDV WKH QH[W ORJLFDO VWHS Âľ VD\V 7HOHIRQLFD 6WXGLRV¡ &(2 $[HO .XVFKHYDW]N\ ´,Q VRPH FRXQWULHV OLNH 6SDLQ DQG $UJHQWLQD ZH KDYH WR SURGXFH LQ RUGHU WR IXOĂ&#x20AC;O OHJDO REOLJDWLRQ ,Q VRPH RWKHU FRXQWULHV WKHUH DUH WD[ EUHDNV 7HOHIRQLFD 6WXGLRV LQWHJUDWHV ERWK VFHQDULRV >REOLJDWLRQ DQG LQFHQWLYHV@ WR

:H¡UH VHHLQJ EROGHU HGJLHU PRUH FRPSOH[ VKRZV EHFDXVH WKH OLNHV RI 1HWà L[ GRQ¡W MXVW KDYH WR FDWHU IRU WKH PDLQVWUHDP 2OLYLHU %LEDV 96

mipcom

FUHDWH D ZKROH QHZ IHDWXUH DQG 79 VHULHV VODWH µ (FKRLQJ KLV SHHUV .XVFKHYDW]N\ VD\V WKDW 79 KDV IRXQG D QHZ OHYHO +RZHYHU KH DUJXHV WKDW WKHUH LV VWLOO D VWURQJ PDUNHW IRU WKH ULJKW WKHDWULFDO SURGXFW ´6HULDOLVHG VWRU\WHOOLQJ LV EHFRPLQJ WR WKLV GHFDGH ZKDW LQGHSHQGHQW Ã&#x20AC;OPPDNLQJ ZDV WR WKH 1LQHWLHV ³ D ODQG ZLWK IUHVKHU UXOHV %XW WKHDWULFDO IHDWXUHV DUH QRW GHDG E\ DQ\ PHDQV :H DUH SURGXFLQJ DURXQG Ã&#x20AC;OPV D \HDU ,Q ZH ZLOO UHOHDVH D QHZ WKHDWULFDO IHDWXUH GLUHFWHG E\ $OHMDQGUR $PHQDEDU >7KH 2WKHUV 7KH 6HD ,QVLGH@ &DOOHG 5HJUHVVLRQ LW VWDUV (PPD :DWVRQ (WKDQ +DZNH DQG 'DYLG 7KHZOLV 2WKHU XSFRPLQJ WLWOHV LQFOXGH WKH DSRFDO\SWLF DGYHQWXUH :HOFRPH 7R +DUPRQ\ WKH DQLPDWHG IHDWXUH &DSWXUH 7KH )ODJ DQG WKH GUDPD /D 3DWRWD FR SURGXFHG E\ :DOWHU 6DOOHV µ

Fortitude Fortitude (12 x 60 mins) is an original commission by BSkyB that is being distributed by Sky Vision. The series is set in the Arctic, where a murder rocks a tight-knit community.

Due to air on Sky in the UK and Pivot in the US, it has also been sold to Canal+ France, SVT Sweden and Super Channel Canada, among others.

6RQ\ GRHVQ·W KDYH D 86 QHWZRUN VR ZH GRQ·W KDYH WR WLFN FHUWDLQ ER[HV %HFDXVH ZH DUHQ·W DOLJQHG WR FKDQQHOV ZH FDQ EH YHU\ RSHQ WR QHZ LGHDV &KULV 3DUQHOO

The whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who of the global industry Pick up your copy at the registration area

A year-round networking tool

97

FEATURE

mipcom

TV4/eOneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Welcome To Sweden (WTS)

PRODUCTION FINANCE

(QRXJK IRU HYHU\RQH" 3URGXFWLRQ Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ LQ WKH VW FHQWXU\ LV D FUHDWLYH EXVLQHVV LQ LWV RZQ ULJKW :LWK OLFHQVLQJ DQG SUH VDOHV QR ORQJHU DOZD\V HQRXJK WR FRYHU WKH FRVW RI KLJK HQG FRQWHQW 0DUOHQH (GPXQGV GLVFRYHUV WKDW SURGXFHUV DUH Ã&#x20AC;QGLQJ LQFUHDVLQJO\ LPDJLQDWLYH ZD\V WR SD\ IRU SURGXFWLRQ

P

52'8&7,21 Ã&#x20AC;QDQFH KDV E\ QHFHVVLW\ EH FRPH DQ DUW DQG VRPH RI WKH ELJJHVW SOD\HUV LQ WKH EXVLQHVV DUH HQJDJHG LQ FRPLQJ XS ZLWK LQQRYDWLYH IXQGLQJ VWUXFWXUHV WR Ã&#x20AC;OO LQ WKH JDSV 6RIW PRQH\ LV QRW VR VRIW DQ\ PRUH DQG QDWLRQDO UH JLRQDO DQG ORFDO SURGXFWLRQ LQFHQWLYHV DQG UHEDWHV DUH LQFUHDVLQJO\ WLSSLQJ WKH EDODQFH ZKHQ LW FRPHV WR SUR GXFHUV GHFLGLQJ ZKHUH WR VKRRW $PRQJ WKRVH SLRQHHULQJ QHZ DSSURDFKHV WR SURGXFWLRQ Ã&#x20AC;QDQFH LV WKH 8.·V /RRNRXW 3RLQW /DXQFKHG LQ ZLWK WKH DLP RI GHYHORSLQJ SURGXFLQJ DQG Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ KLJK HQG GUDPD /RRNRXW 3RLQW KDV RYHU P LQ QHZ GUDPD RQ LWV VODWH IRU ,W KDV MXVW VLJQHG D QHZ GLV WULEXWLRQ DQG FR SURGXFWLRQ GHDO ZLWK H[LVWLQJ SDUWQHU %%& :RUOGZLGH IRU D PLQLPXP RI Ã&#x20AC;YH \HDUV ZKLFK JLYHV %%& :RUOGZLGH D VKDUH RI /RRNRXW 3RLQW

99

7KH WZR FRPSDQLHV KDYH EHHQ ZRUNLQJ WRJHWKHU VLQFH DQG KDYH SURGXFHG DQG Ã&#x20AC;QDQFHG D UDIW RI WLWOHV DPRQJ WKHP 3DUDGH·V (QG D %%& +%2 0DPPRWK 6FUHHQ FR SURGXFWLRQ 5LSSHU 6WUHHW QRZ DQ $PD]RQ %%& :RUOGZLGH %%& $PHULFD FR SURGXFWLRQ 7LWDQLF DQ ,79 6WXGLRV 'HHS ,QGLJR FR SURGXFWLRQ DQG :DU $QG 3HDFH D %%& 7KH :HLQVWHLQ &RPSDQ\ FR SUR GXFWLRQ ZKLFK LV QRZ LQ SUH SURGXFWLRQ ´7KH GHDO ZLWK %%& :RUOGZLGH DOORZV XV WR DWWUDFW WKH EHVW PDQDJHPHQW WHDP DQG HQVXUH TXDOLW\ FRQWURO DV WKH FRPSDQ\ JURZV µ VD\V 6LPRQ 9DXJKDQ /RRNRXW 3RLQW·V FKLHI H[HFXWLYH :LWK RYHU \HDUV RI H[SHULHQFH DQG WKH DERYH OLVW RI KLJK HQG GUDPD WLWOHV WR KLV QDPH 9DXJKDQ NQRZV MXVW KRZ WR EULQJ D SURMHFW WR OLIW RII ZKHQ LW FRPHV WR Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ ´,Q WHUPV RI ZKHUH ZH VKRRW DQG >KRZ ZH

FEATURE Lookout Point’s Simon Vaughan

Red Planet Pictures’ Alex Jones

mipcom

DVVHVV@ WKH ÀQDQFLDO EHQHÀWV WKHUH DUH JHQHUDOO\ WZR OD\HUV µ KH VD\V ´7KH ÀUVW LV WR ORRN DW WD[ FUHGLWV DQG WKH VHFRQG LV WR FRQVLGHU RWKHU JUDQWV RU VRXUFHV RI VXE VLG\ VXFK DV WKH ,ULVK )LOP %RDUG µ +H FLWHV :DU $QG 3HDFH DV DQ H[DPSOH H[SODLQLQJ WKDW WKH SDUWQHUV ORRNHG DW WKH 8. +XQJDU\ 3RODQG WKH &]HFK 5HSXEOLF DQG /LWKXDQLD EHIRUH VHWWOLQJ RQ D VWUXFWXUH EHWZHHQ /LWKXDQLD WKH 8. DQG 6W 3HWHUVEXUJ LQ 5XVVLD IRU ORFDWLRQDO DQG ÀQDQFLDO UHDVRQV ´7KH WD[ FUHGLW LQ /LWKXDQLD DQG LQ WKH 8. DQG WKH LQFRPSDUDEOH ORFDWLRQV LQ 6W 3HWHUVEXUJ DOO FRPELQHG WR WLS WKH EDO DQFH IRU :DU $QG 3HDFH µ 9DXJKDQ DGGV :LWK $PD]RQ DV WKH ELJJHVW ÀQDQFLHU RI WKH WKLUG VHD VRQ RI 5LSSHU 6WUHHW WKH GLJLWDO DJH LV FOHDUO\ HPHUJLQJ DV D YLWDO QHZ VRXUFH RI IXQGLQJ ´,W·V D YHU\ VSHFLDO VWUXFWXUH WKDW ZH·YH FRPH XS ZLWK ZKHUH $PD]RQ WDNHV WKH OHDG ZLWK WKH 8. SUHPLHUH HIIHFWLYHO\ DV WKH FRP PLVVLRQLQJ EURDGFDVWHU ZLWK 692' ULJKWV LQ D QXPEHU RI RWKHU PDUNHWV µ VD\V 9DXJKDQ &UXFLDOO\ WKH %%& LV VWLOO DV LQYROYHG DV HYHU LQ 5LSSHU 6WUHHW ZLWK WKH QHZ VHDVRQ EHLQJ FUHDWLYHO\ RYHUVHHQ E\ H[HFXWLYH SURGXFHU 3ROO\ +LOO 7KH WKLUG VHDVRQ RI 5LSSHU 6WUHHW WDSSHG WKH 8. WD[ FUHGLW DV ZHOO DV ,ULVK WD[ FUHGLWV DQG WKH ,ULVK )LOP %RDUG·V ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 3UR GXFWLRQ )XQG $OH[ -RQHV KHDG RI SURGXFWLRQ DQG EXVLQHVV DW 5HG 3ODQHW 3LFWXUHV KDV MXVW ÀQLVKHG VKRRWLQJ WKH IRXUWK VHULHV RI 'HDWK ,Q 3DUDGLVH DQG LV JHDULQJ XS IRU 'LFN HQVLDQ WKH EUDLQFKLOG RI 5HG 3ODQHW·V PDQDJLQJ GLUHF WRU VKRZUXQQHU DQG IRUPHU PDUNHW WUDGHU 7RQ\ -RUGDQ 'LFNHQVLDQ ZDV ERUQ RXW RI -RUGDQ·V ORYH RI &KDUOHV 'LFNHQV DQG KLV FKDUDFWHUV ´+H LPDJLQHG ZKDW LW ZRXOG EH OLNH LI \RX SXW DOO RI 'LFNHQV· FKDUDFWHUV WRJHWKHU LQ WKH VDPH ZRUOG ³ DQG QRZ ZH KDYH [ PLQV WR ÀQG RXW µ -RQHV VD\V $FFRUGLQJ WR -RQHV WKH ÀUVW VWHS IRU 5HG 3ODQHW LQ SXW WLQJ WKH ÀQDQFLQJ WRJHWKHU RQ DQ\ SURMHFW LV WR HVWDE OLVK D SULPDU\ FRPPLVVLRQHU ³ ZKLFK LQ WKH FDVH RI

'LFNVHQVLDQ LV WKH %%& ´:H KDG DOZD\V LPDJLQHG WKH VHULHV DV PRUH RI D VRDS IRUPDW EXW XOWLPDWHO\ WKH\ DUH WKH RQHV ZKR PXVW DJUHH WR WKH VWUXFWXUH DQG VKDSH RI WKH VHULHV µ KH DGGV 'LFNHQVLDQ LV FXUUHQWO\ EHLQJ ÀQDQFHG E\ WKH %%& 8.

WD[ FUHGLWV DQG D %%& :RUOGZLGH %%&:: GLVWULEX WLRQ DGYDQFH ´:H DUH VWLOO KRSLQJ WR ÀQG DQ LQWHUQD WLRQDO SDUWQHU WR MRLQ WKH VHULHV µ -RQHV DGGV 7R WKDW HQG WKH VFULSW KDV EXLOW LQWR LW DQ LQWHUQDWLRQDO YHUVLRQ RI [ PLQV -RQHV SRLQWV RXW WKDW WD[ FUHGLWV QRZ PDNH D PDVVLYH GLIIHUHQFH LQ WHUPV RI JHWWLQJ SURMHFWV RII WKH JURXQG ´:H VKRXOG VKRRW 'LFNHQVLDQ LQ /RQGRQ LI SRVVLEOH DQG LQ WKH 8. FHUWDLQO\ µ KH DGGV ´%XW EDVLFDOO\ LI WKH 8.

WD[ FUHGLW ZDV QRW LQ SODFH ZH ZRXOG SUREDEO\ KDYH WR JR IXUWKHU DÀHOG µ 7KH VKRRW LV H[SHFWHG WR WDNH SODFH LQ 5HG 3ODQHW LV DOUHDG\ WDONLQJ WR )LOP /RQGRQ WKH ÀOP RIÀFH VHW XS E\ WKH 0D\RU RI /RQGRQ WR PDNH VKRRWLQJ LQ WKH 8.·V FDSLWDO FLW\ DV HDV\ DV SRVVLEOH ´:H DUH WU\LQJ WR ÀQG VSDFH IRU D ODUJH DPELWLRXV VWXGLR EXLOG LQ /RQ GRQ ZKLFK LV QR HDV\ WKLQJ DW WKH PRPHQW µ -RQHV VD\V ´(YHQ EDVLF ZDUHKRXVH VSDFH LV DW D SUHPLXP LQ /RQGRQ DQG RXU SODQV UHTXLUH D ODUJH HQFORVHG VSDFH WR KRXVH D VXEVWDQWLDO ¶H[WHULRU VHW· µ $W SUHVV WLPH -RQHV KDG MXVW ILQLVKHG VKRRWLQJ WKH IRXUWK VHDVRQ RI 'HDWK ,Q 3DUDGLVH D 5HG 3ODQHW %%& :: FR SURGXFWLRQ WKDW KDV EHHQ VXFFHVVIXO LQ WDSSLQJ )UDQFH·V WD[ UHEDWH 75,3 'HDWK ,Q 3DUDGLVH LV VKRW LQ *XDGHORXSH D )UHQFK WHUULWRU\ LQ WKH &DULEEHDQ ´:H GR DOO RXU SRVW LQ WKH 8. EXW XQIRUWXQDWHO\ ZH GRQ·W TXDOLI\ IRU WKH 8. WD[ FUHGLW DV ZH GRQ·W PHHW WKH PLQLPXP 8. VSHQG FULWHULD :H DOVR KDYH D VLJQLÀFDQW JUDQW IURP *XDGHORXSH LWVHOI VR WKDW UHDOO\ KHOSV DV ZHOO µ VD\V -RQHV 6RPH ½ P RI WKH 'HDWK ,Q 3DUDGLVH EXGJHW LV VSHQW HDFK \HDU LQ *XDGHORXSH ´7KDW·V DERXW RI WKH VXP JUDQWHG WR XV E\ WKH 5HJLRQDO &RXQFLO RI *XDGHORXSH µ -RQHV DGGV ´:H DOVR HPSOR\ LQ H[FHVV RI WHFKQLFLDQV LQ *XDGHORXSH DORQJ ZLWK DERXW H[WUDV µ ,QFUHDVLQJO\ WKH WD[ FUHGLW LV WKH GHFLGLQJ IDFWRU ZKHQ LW FRPHV WR WKH ÀQDO JUHHQOLJKW RQ ZKHUH D SURGXFWLRQ ZLOO EH VKRW 7KDW·V WKH ZRUG IURP 'DYLG 6KHSKHDUG LQZDUG LQYHVWPHQW PDQDJHU IRU )LOP /RQGRQ +H UHIHUHQFHV )R[·V ZKLFK KH VD\V ´FRXOG UHDOO\ KDYH EHHQ GRQH LQ DQ\ RQH RI WKH PDMRU FDSLWDO FLWLHV %XW WKH PL[WXUH RI FRVW HIIHFWLYHQHVV ³ EHLQJ DEOH WR DFFHVV WKH QHZ 8.

WD[ LQFHQWLYH IRU KLJK HQG WHOHYLVLRQ ³ DQG FUHDWLYLW\ WLSSHG WKH EDODQFH µ 7KH WD[ UHOLHI DOORZV SURGXFWLRQV WR UHFODLP XS WR RI WKH TXDOLI\LQJ VSHQG LQ WKH 8. )LOP /RQGRQ KDV EURXJKW LQ D QXPEHU RI ELJ LQWHUQD WLRQDO SURMHFWV EXW 6KHSKHDUG SRLQWV RXW WKDW WKH VKRRW DORQH EURXJKW LQ P LQ DGGLWLRQDO VSHQG LQWR /RQGRQ 7KH VWRU\OLQH FDOOHG IRU ELJ DFWLRQ VHTXHQFHV DQG FDU FKDVHV ZKLFK QHFHVVLWDWHG FRPSOH[ SODQQLQJ ´,DLQ 6PLWK RI $SSOHFURVV 3URGXFWLRQV ·V 8. SURGXFHU SXW WRJHWKHU D 8. FUHZ IRU WKH VKRZ DQG ZH ZRUNHG FORVHO\ ZLWK ,DLQ DQG WKH ORFDWLRQV WHDP WR KHOS IDFLOL WDWH VKRRWV µ 6KHSKHDUG DGGV 2QH RI WKH PDMRU ORFDWLRQ VKRRWV ZDV DW :HPEOH\ 6WD GLXP 7KH VWRU\OLQH FDOOHG IRU D KHOLFRSWHU WR Á\ RYHU WKH VWDGLXP DQG ODQG LQ D SXEOLF FDU SDUN ´7KDW VSH FLÀF ORFDWLRQ VKRRW UHTXLUHG FDUHIXO QHJRWLDWLRQV DQG

Lookout Point/BBCWW’s Ripper Street ©Tiger Aspect

101

C11

Fremantlemedia Group Sea

Sony Pictures Television

C12

Riviera 8

Disney Media Distribution

(Lérins Hall) nce

Riviera 7

En tra

C14

Croisette 15

Beach

(Riviera Beach Hall)

(Riviera Hall)

Riviera 9 C17

Warner Bros.

(Riviera Seaview)

C15

C16

Access to Riviera 7, 8 & 9

Palais -1 to Palais 6 Palais 6 Palais 5

Organiser’s Office & Protocol

Registration & Participants’ Club

Palais 4

Press & News Hub

Palais 3 Palais 1

C20

Palais 0

Croisette 16

Palais –1

En

tra

(Croisette Village)

Harbour

nc

e

La C

ce

Entran

Banijay

roise

tte

3 NEW ZONES AT MIPCOM 2014 PALAIS

RIVIERA

CROISETTE

Formerly Level 01 to 6 Now: Palais -1 to Palais 6

Formerly Riviera, Lérins, Riviera Seaview Now: Riviera 7 to Riviera 9

Formerly all outside locations Now: Croisette 15 & 16

FORMER NAME

FORMER NAME

NEW NAME

NEW NAME

Level 01

Palais –1

Riviera Hall

Riviera 7

Level 0

Palais 0

Lérins Hall

Riviera 8

Level 1

Palais 1

Riviera Seaview

Riviera 9

Level 3

Palais 3

Level 4

Palais 4

Riviera Beach Hall

Croisette 15

Level 5

Palais 5

Croisette Village

Croisette 16

Level 6

Palais 6

RICHARD â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HAMMOND WILDEST WEATHER E YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE WEATHER LIK BEFORE IT NEVER SEEN

V

ur Booth, isit us at o

.G1

Palais -1/F2

ater.com

www.terram

FEATURE SHUPLVVLRQV IURP ORWV RI DJHQFLHV ODQG RZQHUV DQG WKH HPHUJHQF\ VHUYLFHV )LOP /RQGRQ DVVLVWHG LQ VRPH RI WKH PRUH VHQVLWLYH QHJRWLDWLRQV µ VD\V 6KHSKHDUG 6KHSKHDUG ZKR MRLQHG )LOP /RQGRQ LQ ODWH KDV RYHU \HDUV RI H[SHULHQFH LQ PDQDJLQJ SURGXFWLRQV +H LV DPRQJ WKH VSHDNHUV ZKR ZLOO EH WDONLQJ XS WKH ODW HVW LQ UHEDWHV DQG IXQGLQJ VXSSRUW DW 0,3&20·V )LOP &RPPLVVLRQV 'D\ ´1RZDGD\V SURGXFWLRQ Ã&#x20AC;QDQFH UHTXLUHV UHDO H[SHUWLVH LQ XQGHUVWDQGLQJ WKH WD[ LQFHQWLYHV DQG JUDQWV WKDW DUH DYDLODEOH µ 6KHSKHDUG DGGV ´7KHUH DUH VR PDQ\ Ã&#x20AC;OP FRPPLVVLRQV DQG Ã&#x20AC;OP RIÃ&#x20AC;FHV RXW WKHUH <RX KDYH WR EH DEOH WR WDON EXVLQHVV WR WKH WRS H[HFXWLYHV DQG WR FRQ YLQFH WKHP WKDW \RX KDYH WKH ULJKW Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLDO LQFHQWLYHV DQG \RX KDYH WR EH FUHDWLYH DQG SURDFWLYH DERXW ZKDW \RX FDQ RIIHU :H RSHUDWH WKH /RQGRQ )LOPLQJ 3DUWQHU VKLS ZLWK RYHU PHPEHUV RIIHULQJ VSHFLDO GLVFRXQWV RU VSHFLDOLVW VHUYLFHV WR WKH SURGXFWLRQ VHFWRU µ

1RZDGD\V SURGXFWLRQ Ã&#x20AC;QDQFH UHTXLUHV UHDO H[SHUWLVH LQ XQGHUVWDQGLQJ WKH WD[ LQFHQWLYHV DQG JUDQWV WKDW DUH DYDLODEOH 'DYLG 6KHSKHDUG 103

7KH 8.·V GHFLVLRQ WR LQFOXGH 79 LQ LWV WD[ LQFHQWLYH VFKHPH LV EHLQJ UHSOLFDWHG DFURVV (XURSH )LOP FRP PLVVLRQV RQFH H[FOXVLYHO\ GHYRWHG WR IXQGLQJ Ã&#x20AC;OP DUH QRZ RIIHULQJ WD[ UHEDWHV LQFHQWLYHV DQG VXSSRUW WR 79 DQLPDWLRQ DQG VRPHWLPHV HYHQ JDPHV ³ DQG LW LV PDN LQJ D KXJH GLIIHUHQFH WR SURGXFHUV DFURVV (XURSH ZKR QR ORQJHU KDYH WR FKRRVH EHWZHHQ ZKHWKHU WKH\ ZDQW WKHLU SURMHFW WR EH ORQJ IRUP RU 79 MXVW WR UDLVH Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ ´:H KDYH D QHZ YLVLRQ RI RXU LQGXVWU\ µ VD\V 6WHIDQLD ,SSROLWL GLUHFWRU RI 7RVFDQD )LOP &RPPLVVLRQ DQG SUHVLGHQW RI WKH ,WDOLDQ )LOP &RPPLVVLRQ ZKR LV DOVR VSHDNLQJ DW )LOP &RPPLVVLRQ·V 'D\ ´3DUW RI WKDW YL VLRQ LV WKH EHOLHI WKDW WKH GLYLVLRQ EHWZHHQ WKHDWULFDO DQG 79 EHORQJV WR DQRWKHU FHQWXU\ :KDW ZH DUH LQWHUHVWHG LQ LV WKH LGHD DQG WKH VWRU\ DQG ZH ZDQW WR KHOS SURGXF HUV WR JHW WKDW DFURVV 2QFH WKH\ FRPH WR XV ZLWK WKHLU VWRU\ ZKHWKHU LW LV Ã&#x20AC;OP 79 RU GRFXPHQWDU\ ZH ZLOO GR DOO LQ RXU SRZHU WR KHOS WKHP Ã&#x20AC;QDQFLDOO\ DQG ZLWK ORFDWLRQ VXSSRUW µ ,WDO\·V UHEDWH RQ HOLJLEOH FRVWV UHTXLUHV WKDW IRUHLJQ SURGXFWLRQV KDYH DQ ,WDOLDQ OLQH SURGXFHU ´7KDW DOORZV WKH WD[ FUHGLW WR EH XVHG WR RIIVHW WD[ GHEW RU WD[DEOH LQFRPH µ ,SSROLWL VD\V DGGLQJ WKDW WKH UHEDWH IRUPHUO\ DSSOLHG RQO\ WR Ã&#x20AC;OP EXW KDV QRZ EHHQ H[WHQGHG WR FRYHU DOO DXGLRYLVXDO SURGXFWLRQ LQFOXGLQJ JDPHV DQG DQLPD WLRQ ´,W·V D VLJQLÃ&#x20AC;FDQW FKDQJH DQG ZH EHOLHYH LW ZLOO KHOS XV JUHDWO\ LQ RXU HIIRUWV WR EULQJ PRUH LQWHUQDWLRQDO SURGXFHUV WR WKH WHUULWRU\ µ VKH VD\V $PRQJ UHFHQW VKRRWV LQ 7XVFDQ\ DUH 7KH 7ULS 7R ,WDO\ E\ 0LFKDHO :LQWHUERWWRP %UD]LOLDQ WHOHQRYHOD 3DV VLRQH 7KH &KLQD 6WRU\ D HSLVRGH &KLQHVH VRDS

PLANET PARROT

CREATURES COLOURFUL URBAN JUNGLES G CONQUERIN

Vis

1

alais -1/F2.G

Booth, P it us at our

ater.com

www.terram

FEATURE ILOPHG ODUJHO\ LQ /XFFD DQG HSLVRGHV RI LQWHUQDWLRQDO VKRZV LQFOXGLQJ 7KH %DFKHORU 0DV WHU&KHI -HUVH\ 6KRUH DQG +RXVH +XQWHUV ,QWHUQDWLRQDO ,WDO\ ZLOO SURYLGH KHOS LQ WDS SLQJ WKH FR SURGXFWLRQ IXQGV WKDW DUH DYDLODEOH DFURVV (X URSH EXW LW DOVR RIIHUV DQ DEXQ GDQFH RI JUDQWV DQG UHJLRQDO IXQGV LWVHOI ´:H WKLQN UHJLRQDO 6WHIDQLD ,SSROLWL IXQGV FDQ UHDOO\ PDNH D GLIIHU HQFH Âľ ,SSROLWL VD\V SRLQWLQJ WR D 7XVFDQ UHJLRQDO IXQG WKDW FDQ FRQWULEXWH DV PXFK DV ½ WRZDUGV D FR SURGXFWLRQ (VVHQWLDOO\ WKH 7XVFDQ\ UHJLRQ LQYHVWV D SHUFHQWDJH RI WKH EXGJHW LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP RU 79 SURMHFW ´,I LW PDNHV PRQH\ ZH KDYH WKH

FKDQFH WR QRW RQO\ UHFRYHU WKDW PRQH\ EXW DOVR WR SHUKDSV PDNH D SURĂ&#x20AC;W DV ZHOO DQG WKDW SURĂ&#x20AC;W JRHV EDFN LQWR WKH IXQG Âľ ,SSROL WL VD\V :LQWHUERWWRP DQG 3DOP G¡2U ZLQQHU $OLFH 5RKUZDFKHU KDYH ERWK REWDLQHG Ă&#x20AC;OP IXQGV IURP WKH 7XVFDQ\ UHJLRQ 6RPHWLPHV WKH DELOLW\ WR DFW TXLFNO\ FDQ PDNH D GLIIHUHQFH DFFRUGLQJ WR 0LJXHO *RPH] 7HMHGRU LQWHUQDWLRQDO DUHD H[HFXWLYH IRU (,.(1 %DVTXH $XGLRYLVXDO $OVR VSHDNLQJ DW 0,3&20¡V )LOP &RP PLVVLRQV 'D\ *RPH] 7HMHGRU UHSRUWV WKDW WKH -XSLWHU $VFHQGLQJ VKRRW RSWHG WR FRPH WR %LOEDR MXVW D FRXSOH ZHHNV EHIRUH Ă&#x20AC;OPLQJ ZDV VFKHGXOHG WR VWDUW ´7KH\ FRQWDFWHG WKH FRXQFLO RI %LOEDR DQG DSDUW IURP FRQVLGHUDEOH DVVLVWDQFH ZLWK WKH VKRRW WKH\ ZHUH DOVR SURYLGHG ZLWK D ELJ VHW E\ . 6WXGLRV ZKHUH WKH\ RUJDQLVHG WKHLU EDFN VWDJH DQG VKRW VRPH FKURPD VH TXHQFHV Âľ *RPH] 7HMHGRU VD\V ´,Q RQO\ GD\V WKH WRZQ DQG WKH SURYLQFH RI %LOEDR %L]NDLD >%LOEDR %LV FD\ 3URYLQFH@ DQG WKH ORFDO LQGXVWU\ UHDFWHG LQ D FR RUGLQDWHG ZD\ WR SURYLGH WKH SURGXFWLRQ ZLWK RI DOO WKH VHWV DQG SURIHVVLRQDO VXSSRUW LW QHHGHG Âľ

7KH GLYLVLRQ EHWZHHQ WKHDWULFDO DQG 79 EHORQJV WR DQRWKHU FHQWXU\

WHAT THE BANKERS SAY FILM ďŹ nancing whereby a bank provides money backed by a governmentsponsored incentive scheme and completion risk is mitigated with a completion bond is now â&#x20AC;&#x153;the bread and butter of ďŹ lm ďŹ nancingâ&#x20AC;?, says David Grover, head of media ďŹ nance and managing director of ING Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structured ďŹ nance banking department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And banks are increasingly doing this kind of thing, especially the French and Canadian banks,â&#x20AC;? he adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This kind of ďŹ nancing is usually shorter term â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two years or less â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and is not dependent on the success of the ďŹ lm. [The ďŹ lm] just needs to be ďŹ nished and tick all the boxes that the government requires.â&#x20AC;?

Grover points out that many producers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a ďŹ nancing problem per se: â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a cash-ďŹ&#x201A;ow problem and the government incentives ING Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Grover help relieve the bottleneck.â&#x20AC;?

105

0XOWLSOH DZDUG ZLQQLQJ ZULWHU DQG SURGXFHU )UDQN 6SRWQLW] FKLHI H[HFXWLYH RI %LJ /LJKW 3URGXFWLRQV DQG VKRZUXQQHU RQ $WODQWLTXH 3URGXFWLRQV¡ 7UDQVSRUWHU 7KH 6HULHV EHOLHYHV WKH PRVW LPSRUWDQW WKLQJ LQ SXOO

FEATURE

mipcom

Big Light Entertainmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Frank Spotnitz

TCB Media Rights Paul Heaney

THE POLISH MODEL THE PASSING Bells (5 x 30 mins) was part of the BBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slate of programming to mark the centenary of the First World War. The drama, co-produced by Red Planet Pictures/Apple Film Production and Polish broadcaster TVP in association with BBC Worldwide and LipSync, was shot entirely in Poland.

BBC Worldwide, TVP and Apple previously worked together on the 2013 production Spies Of Warsaw. Dariusz Jablonski, president of Apple Film Production and an award-winning ďŹ lm producer and director, says no real soft money was involved in the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we worked closely with the Lodz Film Commission and did some of our shooting in that region and they were fantastic,â&#x20AC;? he adds.

Lodz Film Commission specialist Tomasz Stangierski, who is also speaking at MIPCOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Commissions Day, says that one of his organisationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s briefs is to help producers to ďŹ nd potential sources of ďŹ nancing.

Red Planet Pictures/BBCWWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Death In Paradise

LQJ WRJHWKHU Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ IRU D SURMHFW LV WR PDNH VXUH WKDW WKH ULJKW EURDGFDVW SDUWQHU KDV EHHQ LGHQWLĂ&#x20AC;HG ´:H WKLQN FDUHIXOO\ DERXW ZKLFK EURDGFDVWHUV ZLOO EH D JRRG Ă&#x20AC;W IRU D VHULHV EHIRUH DSSURDFKLQJ DQ\RQH Âľ KH VD\V ´,W¡V EHWWHU QRW WR SUR FHHG ZLWK D SURMHFW WKDQ WR SURFHHG ZLWK D EURDGFDVWHU ZKR GRHVQ¡W VKDUH D FRP )UDQN 6SRWQLW] PRQ YLVLRQ Âľ 6RPHWLPHV D ODWH ERDUGLQJ SDUWQHU FDQ PDNH DOO WKH GLI IHUHQFH KH DGGV ´6HDVRQ WZR RI 7UDQVSRUWHU DOUHDG\ KDG Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ LQ SODFH IURP 0 DQG +%2 &DQDGD EXW JHWWLQJ 717 RQ ERDUG ZDV DQ LPSRUWDQW SLHFH RI WKH SX]]OH Âľ 7UDGLWLRQDO EURDGFDVW IXQGV PDGH DOO WKH GLIIHUHQFH LQ WKH IXQGLQJ RI WKH GUDPHG\ :HOFRPH 7R 6ZHGHQ ´79 FRPPLVVLRQHG LW DQG Ă&#x20AC;QDQFHG LW DQG (QWHUWDLQ PHQW 2QH ZDV WKH FR SURGXFWLRQ SDUWQHU JXDUDQWHH LQJ GLVWULEXWLRQ DQG DGYDQFHV RQ ZRUOG VDOHV Âľ VD\V $VD 6MREHUJ GLUHFWRU RI SURJUDPPHV IRU 79 *URXS 6RIW PRQH\ ZDV QRW SDUW RI WKH IXQGLQJ VKH VD\V H[ SODLQLQJ WKDW IRU FRPHG\ WKHUH LV QR ORFDO IXQGLQJ RU WD[ UHEDWHV WR EH KDG LQ 6ZHGHQ )RU GUDPD KRZHYHU WKH 6ZHGLVK )LOP ,QVWLWXWH DQG 1RUGLF )LOP 79 )XQG ZLOO SXW XS Ă&#x20AC;QDQFH DV ZLOO WKH (8¡V 0(',$ SURJUDPPH

FRYHU\ 4XHVW LQ WKH 8. 6%6 $XVWUDOLD 1 *HUPDQ\ DQG 50& 'HFRXYHUWH )UDQFH 7KH EOXH FKLS GRFXPHQWDU\ SURGXFHG E\ /RQGRQ EDVHG $UURZ 0HGLD LV ELOOHG DV ÂśWKH GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWLYH VWRU\ RI WKUHH RI WKH PRVW LQĂ XHQWLDO SODQHV RI WKH ODVW FHQWXU\¡ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WZLQ HQ JLQH GHVWLQDWLRQ SODQH '&

WKH IDVWHVW DLUFUDIW 65 DQG WKH ODUJHVW FRPPHUFLDO SODQH RI DOO WLPH $

3DXO +HDQH\ IRXQGHU DQG PDQDJLQJ GLUHFWRU RI 7&% 0HGLD 5LJKWV VD\V WKDW WKH WULFN ZLWK JDS Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLQJ LV WR HVWDEOLVK ZKDW GHĂ&#x20AC;FLW DFWXDOO\ H[LVWV DJUHH D SODQ JHW WKH WUHDWPHQW DQG RWKHU PDUNHWLQJ PDWHULDOV LQ SODFH Âł DQG WKHQ VWDUW WDONLQJ WR \RXU QHWZRUN SUH VDOHV SDUWQHUV ZRUOG ZLGH $JUHHLQJ D SODQ ZLWK WKH SURGXFHU DQG HVWDEOLVKLQJ D ERQG RI WUXVW LV LQFUHGLEO\ LPSRUWDQW +HDQH\ DGGV ´,W¡V HVVHQWLDO WKDW \RX DUH ERWK LQ LW WRJHWKHU DQG ZRUNLQJ DFURVV WKH UDQJH RI SRWHQWLDO SODWIRUPV WKDW FRXOG Ă&#x20AC;QDQFH WKH SURMHFW ZKLFK \RX ZLOO VKDUH DQG VSOLW EHWZHHQ \RX Âľ :KLOH +HDQH\ UHJXODUO\ DSSURDFKHV NH\ SDUWQHUV LQ WKH 8. WKH 86 &DQDGD )UDQFH *HUPDQ\ WKH 1RU GLF UHJLRQ DQG $XVWUDOLD DQG 1HZ =HDODQG KH DQWLFL SDWHV WKDW WKLV OLVW FRXOG FKDQJH RYHU WLPH ´, IRUHVHH VRPH WHUULWRULHV FRPLQJ RII WKH OLVW DQG RWKHUV EHLQJ DGGHG Âľ KH VD\V ´2SHUDWRUV ZLWKLQ &HQWUDO DQG (DVW HUQ (XURSH DQG $VLD IRU H[DPSOH DUH LQFUHDVLQJO\ EHFRPLQJ SOD\HUV Âľ

,W¡V EHWWHU QRW WR SURFHHG ZLWK D SURMHFW WKDQ WR SURFHHG ZLWK D EURDGFDVWHU ZKR GRHVQ¡W VKDUH D FRPPRQ YLVLRQ

5LJKWV RZQHUVKLS DQG GLVWULEXWLRQ EXVLQHVV 7&% 0HGLD 5LJKWV KDV VHFXUHG RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDQFH IRU 3ODQHV 7KDW &KDQJHG 7KH :RUOG [ PLQV YLD GHDOV ZLWK 'LV

106

6 X 52’