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8 Media Mastermind Keynotes; conference reports; screenings; stars in Cannes; deals made at MIPCOM; and more...

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FEATURES 75 The brave new world of pay TV Executives from across the pay-TV spectrum talk acquisition strategy 81 A look into the future 4K UHD is evolving fast

PRODUCT NEWS 50 Multiplatform content for sale in Cannes REED MIDEM’s Paul Zilk and Laurine Garaude joined the mayor of Cannes David Lisnard and dignitaries, including members of the Japanese delegation, for the MIPCOM 2016 ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday.

89 The case for inclusion The MIPCOM Diversity Summit is new but the diversity debate is not

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Jenna Coleman, star of ITVS GE’s historical drama Victoria

Opening Night Party Stars walked the red carpet to the MIPCOM Opening Night Party which had a Japanese theme to mark this year’s Country Of Honour, Japan

Freida Pinto, in Cannes to promote Endemol Shine International’s Guerrilla

Kiefer Sutherland, executive producer and star of Entertainment One’s Designated Survivor

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A+E’s UnREAL co-stars Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer

The Dragon Dentist creator Hideaki Anno (second left) with Moyoko Anno (centre), producer Nobuo Kawakami and characters representing the NHK animated series

Kyle MacLachlan, star of the original Twin Peaks, returns for the series reboot

Stars of GRB Entertainment’s comedy rock/glam reality show Steel Panther

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With can-do and Kando, Sony is changing the audience experience

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ONY CEO Kazuo Hirai used his Media Mastermind Keynote to present MIPCOM delegates with a vision of how the pioneering Japanese company is harnessing science and technology to enhance people’s lives and improve storytelling.

He told delegates: “Through our vast talent network, we are asking how storytelling can be transformed by technological innovation. We see Sony as a standard bearer for the state-of-the-art.”

After a survey of Sony’s content output, he outlined ways in which the company is reinventing the audience experience — such as the shift to 4K production, the launch of PlayStation VR and the rollout of PlayStation Vue, an on-demand platform that “allows consumers to

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With a salute to Japan’s status as MIPCOM Country Of Honour, Hirai also praised the country’s contribution to the global community.

“In art, food, fashion, entertainment, robotics, social media and youth culture, Japan continues to set global trends. The rate of early adoption for new technology is unsurpassed.”

cut the cord from cable providers”.

“My intention is to use our experience to meet the demands of the changing media landscape,” he said.

He added that PlayStation VR promises “an entirely new gaming experience” and pointed to new content such as Ghostbusters Dimension.

Hirai, who has worked across numerous divisions of Sony, has always placed great emphasis on what consumers think. “My 32 years in this business tells me there is no limit to what is possible if you listen to consumers,” he said.

“It is my conviction that emotional involvement — something the Japanese call Kando — is what Sony brings to the mar-

Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai

Creativity from deal to delivery is the key to global success IN A SHARED Media Mastermind Keynote on Monday, Sean Cohan, A+E Networks’ president of international and digital media, and Howard T Owens, founder and co-creator of Propagate, outlined the importance of storytelling and the key role of creativity, from development through to distribution.

“Creativity isn’t just required for what’s onscreen; creativity in deal-making is key,” said Cohan, whose company recently invested in Propagate.

He described Propagate as “a creative set of producers that are really globally-minded. The business today is about finding new IP, interesting ideas and talent from unlikely places.”

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From Propagate’s perspective, Owens cited A+E’s global footprint as a key reason for why his firm wanted to form a strategic alliance.

“From a strategic, financial and business perspective, we love that they have a diverse domestic and in-

ternational portfolio,” he said, adding that the relationship doesn’t restrict who Propagate can work with.

Explaining how A+E is embracing digital, Cohan said: “Digital is a proliferation of platforms ...

There’s tremendous opportunity

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versus what there used to be” — including new formats for creativity, like the six-second vertical snapchat video.

“Gone are the days when you’d make a long-form programme and retrofit. It’s more about a great idea, talent or concept, and being planful and cross-functional in your thinking.”

Owens added: “They like to say in Silicon Valley, the riches are in the niches. From a digital perspective, there are tons of new channels, new outlets for creativity and different places to experience content.”

He cited the example of Lore, a new horror series that Propagate is making for Amazon, based on a popular podcast created by Aaron Mahnke.

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Kiefer Sutherland: the future Country Of Honour invites the world to come to Japan of drama lies in television THE JAPANESE government has played a pivotal role in staging this week’s MIPCOM Country Of Honour celebrations. In part, this is to help stimulate export revenues. But it also sees content licensing as an opportunity to promote Japan’s tourism business.

“Japanese content is a way of introducing our culture to the world,” said Shigeki Suzuki, vice-minister for policy coordination (internal affairs) in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. “The idea is to encourage more sightseeing customers to visit Japan.”

Japan currently attracts around million isi ors ye r e im is o urn is in o million y nd million y “MIPCOM Country Of Honour is the start of an important time for us,” Suzuki told MIPews n we e a cultural expo in Paris called onisme n we re hosting the Rugby World Cup in n nd en in okyo is hosting the Olympics and Paralympics.

“These are all opportunities to showcase our country’s culture and hospitality. We want people to come to our country and visit places beyond Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.”

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ELEVISION is the “most exciting medium” for drama at the moment, Emmy and Golden Globe awardwinning actor Kiefer Sutherland said at a special session at MIPCOM. At a Media Mastermind Keynote session yesterday, Sutherland, who is starring in a major new political drama series, said that television was producing the most engaging dramatic content for viewers, of the kind which used to be considered the domain of cinema.

He said: “That kind of drama and storytelling has been absorbed by TV. There used to be three channels, then there were fi e now ere re c nnels which shows that content is king.

TV is where it’s at right now.”

Sutherland is in Cannes promoting his new political drama, Entertainment One’s Designated Survivor, charting the shock accession of a lowly cabinet minister to the presidency of the US after a terrorist attack kills all the other eligible members of the government. Sutherland plays Tom Kirkland, the inexperienced and untainted

Kiefer Sutherland, star and executive producer of Designated Survivor

minister who sets about rebuilding the government.

Sutherland, whose performance in hit drama series 24 is widely recognised as being formative in the development of the television-movie hybrid genre, said that it had been a “big decision” to return to TV for Designated Survivor, which was created by David Guggenheim.

But, he added, after reading the script he decided “this was potentially going to be something I would do for the next ye rs e is lso one o the executive producers, along with Mark Gordon. The show made its US debut on ABC last month.

YouTube lines-up talent to lift original production YOUTUBE global head of original content Susanne Daniels said that the streaming platform is to accelerate the number of its original productions with a raft of new shows.

Speaking at her keynote session alongside Lionsgate chairman Kevin Beggs and producer Burnie Burns, co-founder of Rooster Teeth, Daniels revealed three new series, several recommissions and romised new rojec s y e end of the year.

“Next year we will have Impulse

eSports players trying to make it to the top. New YouTube star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is also teaming up with Studio71 and Corridor Digital to produce a half-hour action series about an insurance company that sends its agents forward in time to prevent the accidental death of its clients.

Daniels said that shows which had shown ea rly prom ise have already been renewed — including a sequel to YouTube Red original series Foursome, a Lazer Team sequel from Burnie Burns’ Rooster Teeth, and a second season of Scare Pewdiepie.

“The strategy with YouTube

from director Doug Liman (The ourne den i y sci fi riller about a girl who discovers an ability to teleport away from danger,” Daniels said. She added that the show has Jeff Lieber (Lost) attached to write and produce, and would feature top YouTube talent.

Daniels has also given the goahead to a scripted comedy from Starburns Industries, which features YouTube star Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson from YouTube show Game Grumps. It follows

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Shigeki Suzuki, vice-minister for policy coordination (internal affairs) in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

The reason MIPCOM is important is because of the range of delegates it attracts, he said.

“Japanese broadcast exports have been increasing, but more than half of their business is in Asia. We are also keen to promote information about Japanese content and culture to partners in the US and Europe.”

While animation is currently Japan’s strongest export, Suzuki sees potential for success in other areas: “Our social structure and industry is changing, so it is important that Japan puts more emphasis on culture, services and technology. One very important area for us is the advance o nd ro dc s ing

YouTube’s Susanne Daniels

Originals is that fresh new series and movies are made by diverse top creatives based on ideas driven by the YouTube community,” added Daniels.

YouTube Red, an advertising free subscription service in the US and a handful of other territories, was launched by YouTube last year.

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Women ‘must still push Session brings future of for same status as men’ UHD into sharper focus

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IPCOM hosted the fifth annual Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch yesterday. The event, run by A+E Networks and Lifetime along with The Hollywood Reporter, highlights issues facing women in a male-dominated industry.

Guests heard from A+E’s chief m r e ing o ficer m nd ill as well as from Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby, stars of Lifetime’s UnREAL, in which Appleby plays a young reality TV producer pushed by her unscrupulous boss to drum up salacious content.

According to Zimmer the progress women have made in key roles such as TV directing is underlined by the last series of UnREAL where four out of 10 episodes were directed by women.

Betsy Beers, executive producer of ABC Studios hit Grey’s Anatomy and partner at producer Shondaland, added: “Why is it so hard [to make progress]? It’s hard because change is hard and we are still in a business which is done

SPEAKERS at Here Come The UHD Channels, MIPCOM’s series of sessions on high-resoluion yes erd y confirmed the fast-emerging ultra-high defini ion ser ices will e r o tomorrow’s global screen entertainment market.

4K TV, also known as UHD TV, enhances image resolution fourfold compared to today’s HD TV services and 2017 is predicted to be the year when the new format goes mass-market.

The session featured footage from Opening Of The Holy Door, a 4K film about the ceremony which could see 33 million pilgrims visiting St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

UHD is already being factored in to the future of broadcasting, said Claudia Vaccarone, head of market research and customer experience at satellite TV operator Eutelsat.

“Although there are still no 24hour 4K channels, we’re getting there,” she said. “We expect 54 channels by the end of 2016 and 785 by 2025.” The dominant 4K regions today are Europe with 22 channels and the US with 17.

Michel Chabrol, Eutelsat’s senior

Shondaland’s Betsy Beers

largely by men.”

“You just need to keep pushing.

The more you do this the more the doors open up.

“I always say to people ‘I swear that the product will be better and you’ll make more money’.

And money usually speaks.”

Beers spoke on a platform with e w rd winning filmm er Euzhan Palcy, the first black female director produced by a major studio. She admitted she was initially reluctant to work in Hollywood, fearing she would no fi in s c ie m r e ing o ficer Amanda Hill said: “We are living in extraordinary times and its remarkable how much better women’s lives have become. But we still have a long way to go.”

Forum forges links between content owners and carriers THE THIRD edition of the Carriage Deal Forum, the exclusive MIPCOM hub that looks at what’s trending on the carriage scene, takes place today.

Held in partnership with TRT World, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s new 24hour news channel, it comprises discussions and matchmaking opportunities between carriers, platforms and networks owning in-demand content.

International streaming platform operator Roku has more than 10 million subscribers in 10 territories.

“While we are seeing more mil-

lennials choose streaming services over cable subscriptions, we have a lot of users who still have pay-TV subscriptions and use Roku as a complementary platform,” said Ziba Kaboli-Gerbrands, Roku’s director, content acquisition.

Du, the telecoms operator with 7.5 million-plus mobile subscribers and 160,000 triple-play customers in the UAE, delivers more than 615 linear channels as well as a large SVOD library and third-party OTT services.

“The recent entry of OTT services o ers e i ili y nd c oice

that traditional premium pay-TV did not have,” said Samer Geissah, Du’s vice-president, consumer new business and innovation.

TRT launches its new, Englishlanguage global news service TRT World in December. “It’s a competitive area but we believe that we are coming into global news with a unique point of view — and also, given Turkey’s position, we are the only news service that is based in such a strategic location,” Roch Pellerin, TRT’s director of marketing, communication and distribution, said.

“And the fact that we are coming

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vice-president, new TV formats, added: “We’re seeing the launch of related set-top boxes, so we shall have a large number of subscribers for (4K) pay TV.” Joe Nakata, senior producer, visu l en er inmen rojec o fice at Sony Corporation, said 4K’s ultimate goal is to provide viewers an “immersive experience”.

As the number of 4K channels increases, more relevant content will be needed, said Rian Bester, CEO of TERN, the parent company of INsight UHD, the Netherlands-based multiplatform international 4K channel.

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IM PACKER, president of worldwide TV and digital distribution at Lionsgate Entertainment, is to outline the US company’s plans as part of the closed-door OTT & Content Distribution Strategy Summit at the Carlton hotel tomorrow.

Speaking to MIPCOM News, Packer described the OTT market as fast-moving and dynamic and predicted that there would be fewer traditional cable network launches and more OTT launches rge ed s ecific nic e udiences in the next 10 years.

“If you go to Amazon, there are 30 add-on channels to Prime that didn’t exist two years ago.

That’s a great example of the transformation of the market now. A lot of niche or targeted channels are coming.”

Lionsgate is getting ready to launch Pantelion, an OTT service targeting the Hispanic community in the US, over the next three months.

Pantelion will be Lionsgate’s fourth OTT launch — it is also partnering with actor and co-

median Kevin Hart on a subscription comedy offering, LOL (Laugh Out Loud). The company also runs a film SVOD service, Tribeca Shortlist, and has commissioned original shows such as Con Men Series 2, Kings Of Con, and Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest for its Comic-Con HQ subscription channel.

Lionsgate is actively looking at launching new SVOD services to target audiences that are underserved, Packer said.

“Comic-Con is a great example. The Comic-Con convention only happens once a year — what about the other 51 weeks?

Those fans don’t go away. They are out looking for content all the time and they are passionate. I believe they will find us.

“The key trends I continue to see are companies leaning in and spending real money in this space — whether that’s NBCUniversal’s comedy SVOD service Seeso or AMC with [horror streaming service] Shudder.

These are examples of companies that are truly leaning in and

building robust communities and services with a loyal following.”

He added: “Some of them won’t

work, but the companies with the right content, patience and the right brand will succeed.

“The secret of a successful SVOD launch is to hit a particular target audience which is underserved now or that you anticipate will be underserved as time goes on.”

Lionsgate’s Jim Packer: “A lot of niche or targeted channels are coming”

A bigger and better Asia TV Market REED Exhibitions’ Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), which takes place from December 6 to 9, 2016, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, is expected to host more than 5,000 content buyers and sellers. The market floor will be its biggest to date, with participation from key Asian brands and US studios, among others.

The event, which is Asia’s premier content market, also includes a diverse conference programme.

“With its wide-ranging market offering and conference topics, ATF will guide participants into the future of television, to tackle the ever-changing viewing habits of audiences and their consump-

tion habits,” Hui Leng Yeow, senior project director at Reed Exhibitions, said.

Other highlights include marketfocused panels from Indochina, South East Asia and Korea; a Chinese commissioners gathering; a venture-capitalist panel for kids; a co-production panel about kids’ content; and insights into trending formats in Asia.

There is also the ATF Formats Pitch, a partnership between the ATF and all3media International. “Asian-based producers looking to take their ideas across and outside of the region with an established format distributor should participate in this brandnew competition,” Yeow said.

“It will connect producers with commissioners, investors and coproduction partners.”

ATF Formats Pitch 2016 participants stand a chance to win a Singapore $20,000 prize from all3media International, comprising cash and a consultancy package. Submissions close on October 31.

Sabrina Duguet, executive vicepresident Asia Pacific at all3media International, said: “Asia is a key region for us. Our involvement in the ATF Formats Pitch and the recent opening of our first regional office in Singapore underlines our strong ambitions and investment plans in Asia.”

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Kids have moved on from toys to apps; investment in apps is huge so it’s a big decision but it is part of making a show now.

Kazutomo Yamashita Speaking to MIPCOM News, Kazutomo Yamashita, chief manager of the international team at Toei Animation’s licensing department, said: “So many things have changed over the years, especially in the expansion of the online video market which is really contributing to our sales. Whenever we launch a new show we work with videogame companies and toy manufacturers to expand the market for each concept.

“Kids have moved on from toys to apps; investment in apps is huge so it’s a big decision but it is part of making a show now.”

Toei is in Cannes with a raft of content, including new series Tiger Mask, which centres around two young pro-wrestlers who take revenge on an evil wrestling organisation which has crushed their small club.

Among its biggest new releases is the latest instalment from the internationally successful Dragon Ball franchise. The most recent incarnation of the show, Dragon Ball Super, is due for a string of international debuts including France, Italy, Spain and South Africa.

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APANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke of his pride in his country’s TV industry when he appeared via video at the official MIPCOM opening ceremony.

“Our TV industry is at the forefront of everybody’s minds this week in Cannes. Japanese animation is a genuinely global industry with a long and colourful history, and whose essence lies in the harmonious mixture of local and exotic elements,” he said. “We are also showcasing our technological innovations at MIPCOM this year in the form of 4K and 8K broadcasts and programming. And this is, of course, the technology that will underpin

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our coverage of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. I wish everyone at MIPCOM great success

this week, and I hope that the event will reinforce understanding between countries.”

Quality is key to Japan’s success JAPAN’s content market is being driven by a strong domestic audience, international popularity and new technologies, said Yosuke Ito, senior consultant at Mitsubishi Research Institute, during the Japan Market Overview session that opened the Japanese focus this MIPCOM. Japan is the world’s second-largest audiovisual market after the US, he said, and has a healthy 2.1% growth. However, with emerging consumers such as China expanding at double-digit rates, it is clear the global market is becoming more competitive.

In Japan, the content market is mostly driven by terrestrial or advertising revenue. However, “our broadcasters have extensive knowledge of monetising content, for example through films and merchandising,” he said.

Animation is a clear strength and, with continuing successes like Pokemon and the newest hit Girls Und Panzer, it is still growing. “We have a long history, with extensive knowledge, technology

Mitsubishi Research Institute’s Yosuke Ito

and works, that cannot be compared to any other country in the world,” he said.

Pokemon is an example of how the best IP transfers into different projects, platforms and markets, with videogames, apps and films enjoying worldwide success.

But Ito was keen to stress that Japan was not just an animation producer. Drama and variety shows were both strong performers, and international TV broadcast revenues of Japanese content rose by a third between 2013 and

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2014. While Asia was the strongest export market, it was not just cultural proximity that made Japanese content popular, he said.

Nor was it the distinctive “Japaneseness” that made it popular in Europe or Japan: it was the intrinsic quality of the programming.

Japan was also pioneering on the hardware side: NHK, alongside manufacturers, was committing to hybridcast TVs; 4K was fully implemented and there would be full broadcast of 8K before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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ZDF Enterprises and over 400 guests celebrate its MIPCOM highlights at the ‘Sundowner’ It was a tight fit for ZDF Enterprises’ guests. The event location was filled to the rafters with industry VIPs and other crème de la crème of the media world, qualifying the Sundowner as a major market event. President and CEO Alexander Coridass and COO Fred Burcksen launched the spring market with an entertaining sales trailer that included the firm’s drama highlights THE FALL 3, HIGHWAY OF LOVE and LOTTA’S LIFE; the factual hits THE DESERT SEA, CHILDREN OF THE WILD and THE CELTS; the game show formats 4 FOR FAMILY, YOU CAN’T FOOL ME! and THE GAME BEGINS as well as the children’s animation series INUI, SCREAM STREET and live action series KING LAURIN.

Mirela Nastase (Manager ZDFE.drama, ZDF Enterprises) with Fabrice Rigalleau (Manager, The Corporation), Florian Streit (Manager ZDFE.drama, ZDF Enterprises), Hugues Peysson (President, L’atelier d’images) and Christian Bartsch (Head of Acquisitions, Turbine Media Group).

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SALES SHINE FOR MIDNIGHT SUN STUDIOCANAL has sold the Swedish-French drama Midnight Sun, a Canal+/SVT/ Filmpool Nord co-production, to a host of broadcasters, including ZDF in Germany, SBS in Australia, Hot in Israel, NRK in Norway, DR in Denmark, RUV in Iceland, MTV3 in Finland, VRT in Belgium and Lumiere in Benelux. Susanne Mueller, executive director feature films and international co-productions at ZDF, said: “Midnight Sun is a wonderfully crafted, nail-biting thriller series and will be an absolute highlight in our 2017 schedule.

It is a perfect fit for our Sunday late-night crime slot.”

Marry Me Now (Armoza Formats)

PROPOSAL FOR MARRY ME NOW CHALKBOARD Television has acquired Armoza Formats’ 60-minute docu-reality format Marry Me Now for the UK. The emotional factual entertainment show, in which women ambush their commitment-shy partners with a surprise proposal and a secretly planned wedding, has now been sold into nine territories, including France, Italy and China. A German version of the format is also set to air next summer. Marry Me Now, developed and produced by Armoza Formats and Zipi Rozenblum, emerged from the Armoza-run format competition Formagination.

Market hot for ITV Studios’ hit UK drama Cold Feet

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TV Studios Global Entertainment has secured a raft of sales for the critically acclaimed drama Cold Feet.

Unveiling the news at MIPCOM on Monday morning, Maria Kyriacou, president, international, ITV Studios, also revealed that ITV in the UK has commissioned a second series of the show. e firs series o e s ow secured an audience of 8.4 million for ITV. In terms of sales, the show has been picked up by NPO Netherlands, ITV Choice Africa, Yes in Israel, MTV Oy Finland, RUV Iceland, TV4 Sweden and NRK Norway.

Kyriacou said ITV’s drama slate is in very good shape, with new titles coming out of the UK, US and Scandinavia. In the US, she said, ITV Studios America has just secured a pilot commitment from TNT for a TV version of Let The Right One In. On the factual front, Kyriacou is expecting to do a lot of busi-

Team ITV in Cannes: Twofour’s Anthony Appell (left); ITV’s Maria Kyriacou; with Maarten Meijs and Pim Schmitz of Talpa

ness on reality show Love Island this week. She also talked up the prospects of 5 Gold Rings, a game show that has been cocreated by ITV and its Dutch subsidiary Talpa.

“ITV is a global company,” she said. “Aside from the content cre ed y we enefi rom having strong companies within

the family such as Talpa and Twofour.”

At this market, she said there will be 10 new formats, including Job Interview and Meet The Parents. “These come in addition to tried and tested formats like The Chase, which is currently the backbone of Network Seven Australia’s schedule.”

FMI sells The Young Pope to Japan

FREMANTLEMEDIA International (FMI) has licensed The Young Pope to Kadokawa Corporation for all platforms in Japan. Directed and co-written by Paolo Sorrentino, the high-end 10-part drama stars Jude Law as fic ion l or meric n ontiff, a complex, charismatic and con ic ed indi idu l in se rc o a God he can give to the world — and to himself.

“We’re delighted to be working with Kadokawa to take this phenomenal drama to broadcasters in Japan,” said Paul Ridley, FremantleMedia senior executive vice-president sales & distribution, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

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ager of home entertainment, Kadokawa Corporation, said: “We are extremely honoured to acquire all rights to this amazing drama series for Japan.”

The series is co-produced by Wildside and Haut et Court TV. FremantleMedia has also licensed the improvised scripted format Suspects to Germany’s RTL. Devised by Paul Marquess, managing director of FremantleMedia UK’s Newman Street label, Suspects is a crime series in which dialogue is improvised by the cast based on detailed plot descriptions. The German version will be produced by Guido Reinhardt, executive producer, UFA Serial Drama.

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drama out there,“ Reinhardt said.

“It combines the realism of documen ry filming wi in ense action sequences and compelling storylines. I can’t wait to introduce a local version to German audiences.“

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+E’s new chief mare ing o ficer m nda Hill is on a mission to make content marketing less corporate, more disruptive and more integrated into the business of programme-making.

“We often start the marketing process two months before on-air, but if we want to really connect we have to start at the point of inception of the show, sitting down with e wri ers nd filmm ers nd looking at the stories they can tell.

“We have to make our programmes part of the dialogue — our focus now is on how we take the brands we have and build more of that cultural engagement, rather than being a TV network promoting shows.”

Hill intends to use the concepts pioneered by marketers such as Douglas Holt around helping establ ishe d br a nd s identify emerging cultural trends to keep them up-todate and relevant.

“Now we need to think about how we don’t homogenise everything,

A+E Networks’ Amanda Hill: making our programmes part of the dialogue

The Catch captures Disney philosophy

“WE’RE delighted to share the world premiere of the second season of The Catch — another irresistible offering from the world of Shonda Rhimes,” said Ben Pyne, president, global distribution, Disney Media Networks, at his presentation in the Disney booth yesterday. The firs e isode o e son o e Shondaland series for ABC is screened in the Grand Auditorium at 18.30 tonight.

“And we’re thrilled that Shonda w s selec ed s e firs erson from the creative side of the business to be honoured as MIPCOM’s Personality Of The Year.” imes s ows e sold in territories in 67 languages. They are seen by 300 million viewers around the globe. “She is a true creative powerhouse,” Pyne said.

“Shonda is a great example of our philosophy at The Walt Disney Company, which is to attract the best storytellers in the business — people like Mark Gordon, Adam Horowitz, Eddie Kitsis and John Ridley — and then let

them do what they do best. The pay-off is unforgettable shows like Criminal Minds, Quantico, Once Upon A Time and the critically acclaimed, award-winning American Crime.”

This commitment includes producing localised versions of many Disney shows: “We have Revenge in Turkey, Desperate Housewives across Latin America, and local productions of The

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start to be storytellers and break some of those conventions — which requires a different skillset,” she said.

According to Hill, the move represents a big change from the traditional focus of marketing, which is all about interrupting your attention for 30 seconds to try and compel you to do something. “There is much more of a focus now on making a contribution rather than an interruption.”

Hill highlighted shows such as Six, the new eight-part military action drama from A+E Studios and The Weinstein Company, as well as A+E factual brands such as 60 Days, Born This Way and Tiny House Nation as being at the fore of A+E’s future marketing strategy.

Hill is responsible for the marketing of A+E Networks’ portfolio of brands and business in the US and internationally across all platforms including TV, OTT and digital.

Amazing Race in more than a dozen territories,” said Pyne.

At the event, Pyne also highlighted “the strength of ABC Studios, the ongoing juggernaut of Disney Channels Worldwide wi escend n s nd e great new thriller Beyond from Freeform”.

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The MIPCOM News photographers caught more action on camera in Cannes as business got under way at MIPCOM 2016 VIACOM International Media Networks (VIMN) is celebrating the 20th season anniversary of Comedy Central animation and global phenomenon South Park.

The company has installed two iconic items from the San Diego Comic-Con: South Park Experience in the Palais for MIPCOM. Delegates can have their photo taken — like senior vice-president of Viacom International, Caroline Beaton (right) — on the famous South Park couch (with Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny)… and on Randy’s balls!

“GEN Z are starting to spend more on experiences than on material goods,” said Catherine Fulton, creative director for marketing strategy and engagement, Viacom Media Networks, at MIPJunior. “This gives them more material to share with friends on social media.”

Viacom promoted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 by recreating the Turtle Lair in a Manhattan loft apartment and renting it out on Airbnb.

SCOTT Hemming (left) and Vince Totino dropped in on the Press Club this week, which their company Revolution Studios is sponsoring this year. US-based Revolution Studios develops, produces, fin nces nd c uires film ele ision nd s ge roduc ions

MOTORVISION TV’s Raimund Kohler (left) and Thomas Vink arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Martinez in style, riding in on a convertible Rolls-Royce Corniche. They were among a number of senior buyers being treated to lifts along the Croisette in classic cars by BBC Worldwide to promote Million Dollar Car Hunters, a Waddell Media production and co-commission with Channel 4, which reveals the inner workings of the world’s largest classic car auctioneer, RM Sotheby’s. The show will appear on BBC Worldwide global channel BBC Brit and Channel 4 in the UK.

SPEAKING to the MIPCOM News fresh from his Making It At MIPCOM curtain-raising session, Pitch Doctor Paul Boross said that success in Cannes was about three things: “Networking, networking, networking.” But don’t just focus on a few, short centrepiece interactions, added Boross, whose clients include FremantleMedia, Google and the BBC. “The person you’re standing next to in the coffee ueue mig e e one es you to somewhere more interesting. Networking is about connecting with everybody, all the time, because you never know where those connections will lead. The trick is to think of your network as your net worth.”

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Monroe puts Mars at centre of NatGeo’s new universe

Second series in the making as Victoria reigns supreme

NATIONAL Geographic’s upcoming Mars series, to air next month, marks a “major turning point” in the company’s long history, according to CEO Courteney Monroe.

Speaking to MIPCOM News, Monroe said that National Geographic Global Networks was undergoing a “transformation” that will see it making shows with “bigger budgets and Alist stars” designed to engage a wider audience over multiple platforms and media.

“Mars is the centrepiece of a new strategy for us,” she said.

“Our goal is to be the world’s leading destination for premium science and exploration content is is e firs ig s owc se of that strategy.”

Making its debut in the US next month, Mars presents a scripted dramatisation of present-day scien ific ende ours o engineer man-made mission to Mars, juxosed wi n im gined firs perilous mission to colonise the ed l ne in With a cast that includes Olivier Martinez, Jihae, Clementine Poidatz and Alberto Ammann, directed by Everardo Gout, the series is inspired by the book How We’ll Live On Mars by Stephen Petranek.

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RITING is under way on the second series of ITV’s hit historical drama Victoria, with actor Jenna Coleman, who plays the famous British monarch, revealing how the story will develop.

While the first series of the drama, produced by Mammoth Screen and co-produced by Masterpiece on PBS, explores Victoria’s early life up until the ir o er firs c ild in Coleman said that the second series will be more about the power struggle between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (played by Tom Hughes).

“As husband and wife, in many ways she believed she should be subservient, but she was also queen and if he tried to take her power she would really fight him on it,” Coleman said. “You have a business transaction going on within a domestic marriage and the battle of those two things. Plus they had incredibly different natures and many passionate arguments.”

The second series, which will also cover major events during Victoria’s reign such as the Irish Potato Famine, is currently being penned by screen-

Jenna Coleman: the passionate arguments of Victoria

writer Daisy Goodwin.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment announced yesterday that ic ori s sold o o er countries, with new deals including Sky Germany, UTV Ireland, VRT Belgium and Telefonica’s Spanish pay-TV platorm o is r or c nnel Other outlets include OTE TV, OTE’s pay TV in Greece, TVP Poland, Slovakia’s RTVS, ERR Estonia, TVNZ, ABC Australia, BBC Worldwide ANZ for Australia and Australian and New Zealand Home Entertainment service Roadshow Entertainment.

Season one is to premiere in the US on Masterpiece early next year.

National Geographic’s Courteney Monroe: “major turning point”

president of original programming and production, Tim Pastore, said: “Mars has never been more in the zeitgeist than it is today. It’s the perfect moment to tell this story.”

A collaboration between Radical Media and Imagine Entertainment — the production company owned jointly by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer — it is being distributed by Fox Networks Group.

DRG takes drama to a new Level in ABC Australia deal

DRG H AS a n nounced at MIPCOM that ABC Australia s ecome e firs uyer or e completed series of The Level. e e el is mins thriller in which Karla Crome isfi s l ys young de ec i e who is sent to Brighton, on the south coast of the UK, to solve e murder o drug r fic er with whom she has a secret shared past.

Other cast members include Philip Glenister (Life On Ma rs), Rob Ja mes- Collier

(Downton Abbey), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood) and Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie).

DRG’s senior vice-president sales, Asia Pacific Rim, Joel Atley said: “It’s got an incredibly strong cast and great writing.

ABC is a natural home for quality UK drama like The Level.”

Dallas Krueger, ABC Television’s manager, acquisitions, said: “On the ABC we show a lot of British drama that skews quite old — we’ve got Doc Martin and Midsomer Murders. The Level

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The series was produced by Hillbilly Films for ITV in the UK, where it is currently airing.

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Dori Media Group notches up romcom and quiz format deals

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MADHU Entertainment chief operating officer Hirachand Dand is in Cannes with a slate of Indian content to sell to the international markets.

His company is chiefly looking to find interest in the long-running hit sitcom Looking @ The World Upside Down. The show, which has run for just under 2,000 episodes, is broadcast throughout India and to hundreds of millions of Indianspeaking viewers around the world.

Speaking to MIPCOM News, Dand said that there was “lots of interest” in the sitcom, which has been translated into English and Spanish, and that he is inviting buyers from the international markets to make contact during MIPCOM. Dand said: “Looking @ The World Upside Down is getting lots of enquiries outside India. As a result we’ve translated it into English and Spanish to give new audiences a chance to see it.”

Dand is also the president of the Indian Council of Impex for Films & TV Programmers, which represents a number of Indian TV companies present in Cannes for MIPCOM.

NTERNATIONAL media player Dori Media Group (DMG) has announced a format sale to RTL Croatia of popular quiz show, Power Couple, and a deal with Spain’s Planeta Junior and De Agostini Group for its new romantic comedy, Esperanza Mia (My Lovely Hope).

DMG also presents four new formats at MIPCOM, including crime drama Dumb (50 x 35 mins), game-show formats The Best Of All and Intuition, and comedy Game Over.

Penned by actress Bat Hen Sebag, who also stars as Dumb’s protagonist, the series follows a 30-year-old disillusioned actress, Shi-

ri Azogi, who suffers from low self-esteem.

Shiri joins the police undercover on a mission to save her drug-dealing boyfriend from a prison sentence. Her plan is foiled and she finds ersel e new rge o in es ig ion owe er s e ces i wi confidence she never had before.

“This is a show about a group of screwed-up people, each yearning for love in their own way,” Sebag said. “Only once Shiri comes to peace with that stupid girl inside does she realise that she is actually a genius and that she is very strong.” Dumb is produced by Dori Media Darset for HOT.

NOVEMBER 26 is the 40th anniversary of the release of Anarchy In The UK by the Sex Pistols, and in a move that rekindles the spirit of punk, Joe Corre, the son of Sex Pistols creator Malcolm McLaren, is going to burn his entire £5 million punk collection in a central London location. In the same vein as the KLF burning £1m on Jura island in 1994, Corre is setting ablaze every piece of punk memorabilia he owns including a Sid Vicious doll from 1980, and a pair of Johnny Rotten’s trousers. The event will be filmed or inclusion in e urn un documentary which is being produced by Corre and Andrew Eborn of Octopus TV. The documentary features Corre’s mother Dame Vivienne West-

wood and brother Ben Westwood reminiscing over the various items that once meant something. “What punk symbolised is dead,” said Corre. “Now it’s being pored over, pricked and prodded by the commercial sector and the state.”

Punk memories to go up in smoke

Joe Corre (left) with Octopus TV’s Andrew Eborn

PRIME Entertainment Group has licensed more than 50 hours of entertainment programming to Canis Television Media for its UK channel, ShowBiz. Included in the package are Ultimate Countdown (28 x 36 mins), 26 episodes of Celebrity and a further 26 of Hollywood’s Best Film Directors.

Pictured celebrating the deal are David Freydt, managing director of Prime, and Canis Television Media’s Kevin Petillo. “It was at MIPCOM 2015 that we began our collaboration with ShowBiz channel with Hollywood News Feed,” said Freydt. “It’s great to have them coming back for more this year.

We’re already thinking about more business together in the near future.”

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“INDIA is a land of promise,” said Anil Wanvari (left), founder, CEO and director of Indiantelevision.com as he introduced representatives of four Indian companies at the MIPJunior session entitled Passage To India: Working In This Dynamic Space.

By 2017, India will have 373 million kids under 15, he said, and currently the largest proportion of their TV consumption came from the US, with Japan second and local content growing — accounting for 16% in 2015.

MARIA Kivinen, international sales executive at Yle, presented Albi The Snowman, a 52 x 5 mins slapstick snowman animation at the aptly named The Coolest New Animation From Finland screenings. Also present were icebreakers and penguins, as well as cartoons set in warmer climates, on display from a range of Finnish production houses.

LICENSING legend Al Kahn (left) — pictured with Toon Goggles’ CEO Stephen Hodge — has joined Toon Goggle as chairman of the board. Kahn’s hits include Cabbage Patch Kids and Pokemon, and he plans to bring a “new experience” to the free VOD kids entertainment platform as he aims to push technological boundaries.

THE EPONYMOUS star of live-action/puppet series Bo Bear and his producer Nils Stokke, CEO of Spark Media, were among those presenting shows at the MIPJunior Lab Hot Norwegian TV For Kids.

Also on offer was ZombieLars, from ordenfilm w ic e lores e clusion and depression through a dark comedy drama about zombies. Teen/ tween drama series About Boys And Girls (8 x 30 mins) follows a trans teen on a journey of self-discovery.

The series is in development with Anna Kron Film. On the documentary side were Flimmer Film’s awardwinning film ildren e or ed ou e e erience o migr ion and factual entertainment show Rollo Thomasi’s Message In A Bottle, which follows a family on a round-the-world sea voyage.

CARTOON Network and Steven T Seagle of Man of Action Studios joined forces to celebrate the comeback of Ben 10 at the MIPJunior Snack And Screen session.

The character, with his watch that allows him to change into 10 different aliens, was born 10 years ago, but he has been refreshed.

“This is a show that always speaks to kids. That’s why we keep reinventing it,” Seagle said. The episodes are now 11 minutes long, not 22. “It’s like a Powerade shot of Ben 10. It just moves. We didn’t take out character, we didn’t take out story, it just goes faster.”

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Food enthusiast Gusto signs meal deal with Bell Media

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PARTNERS WANTED TO JAM ON MUSIC TRIBUTE SHOW A CALIFORNIA-based former child actor turned producer was so happy with what he learned on his MIPTV debut that he is already at MIPCOM seeking international broadcasters and co-production partners for his projects.

Michael Todd Wynn, founder of MTW Enterprises, wants partners for his multiplatform format called Tribute To, which he described as a “reality-style music s o In uenced y is own stint in an AC/DC tribute band, the format is currently dedicated to four genres, such as Tribute To Rock, and similar titles for hip-hop, pop and Country music.

“The great thing about the Tribute To format is the wide demographic we know it will appeal to,” he said. “Fans will be able to interact and send their feedback, and we’ve signed up celebrities to contribute in various ways.”

MTW Enterprises has already clinched a deal with Californiabased production company Ardynt Media, which has agreed to take on the project internationally with co-producers. “Once we have enough international intent from interested parties, we can shoot the pilot,” he added.

Wynn is also in Cannes with Los Angeles-based Stellar Image to promote an arts-and-culture show called Visions and a travel format called Destinations: Mediterranean.

ELL MEDIA of Canada, which acquired the Gusto brand to launch a new food-centric cooking and lifestyle network that went on air in September, has signed a multi-year output deal with Gusto TV founder and CEO Chris Knight’s Gusto Worldwide Media for 100 hours of 4K programming a year.

“Bell Media has the rights to our brand and programming for Canada, but Gusto Worldwide Media has retained the rights for the rest of the world and we are here at MIPCOM in order to launch Gusto as a global brand,” Knight said.

“We believe that Gusto is a language, because eating is some-

thing everybody does and it is, in fact, the only true global language.”

Ottawa-based Gusto Worldwide Media currently has seven 4K series in production, including Fish The Dish, a cooking series that celebrates sustainability, while demystifying cooking seafood.

Other shows due for delivery in January 2017 are One World Kitchen, featuring visually stunning international cuisine; Crate To Plate, which features the people whose lives are shaped by the food we grow, sell and eat; and Urban Vegetarian.

“It’s a hip, upbeat series that celebrates vegetarian cuisine because it’s delicious, not just because

it’s good for you. We never say the word vegetarian in the series because it is not what it’s about,” Knight added.

Gusto Worldwide Media’s Chris Knight

SEAN Chu, CEO of SVOD platform WeKids, said it is boomtime for kids’ digital platforms and OTT services in China because they are less restricted on acquisitions than traditional television channels. At the Getting To Know The Chinese Market event, French producer Guillaume Hellouin, CEO of TeamTO nd long ime isi or o in old roducers o find reli le loc l r ners e e i le nd ne er s y no o coc il mee ing r de ssoci ion Pact’s director of international development, Dawn McCarthy-Simpson, advised using WeChat, giving people time to get meetings cleared by the propaganda department, and going direct, rather than via a third-party agent.

Armoza to augment Film.UA’s output Film.UA’s Kateryna Vyshnevska and Armoza Formats’ Avi Armoza

ARMOZA Formats and Ukraine’s Film.UA have entered into a collaboration under which both parties will co-develop content with VR and AR capabilities. Israel’s Armoza Formats will distribute

the resulting product, while Film.

UA will focus on producing for the Russian and Ukrainian markets.

Avi Armoza, CEO of Armoza Formats, said the partnership with

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Film.UA follows a similar model to his company’s co-development and distribution pacts with China’s Sohu and Canada’s QMI Content. He added: “We pride ourselves on bringing fresh, innovative and creative shows to the market and strongly believe that joining forces with Film.UA will bring together our complementary expertise and enable us to take this one step further.”

Kateryna Vyshnevska, Film.UA’s head of development and coproductions, pointed to Armoza Formats’ pioneering use of new technology to create compelling content. “It has built up a strong reputation as one of the top independent creators and developers of ground-breaking entertainment formats,” she said.

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My Little Pony gets extra kick from first animated feature

F GBI’s Stone Newman

SPACEPOP HOPES FOR TV TAKE-OFF STONE Newman, Genius Brands International’s (GBI) president of global consumer products, is seeking global broadcast partners to help take its successful girls’ web series Spacepop (108 x 3 mins) to television. “We’re approaching 10 million views on YouTube and the online feedback from fans is that they want more,” he said.

“We’ve established the franchise and proved the audience by uploading two new short-form episodes a week. Now we’re ready to go to a longer format, on broadcast television.”

SERIES SET UP FOR HERSELF THE ELF AMERICAN Greetings Entertainment (AGE) and Gaumont Animation have made a long-term agreement to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute new 52 x 11 mins animated series based on AGE’s 1980s classic girls’ brand, Herself The Elf. “Herself The Elf is a beautiful, high-concept, character-driven property to which we can both contribute creative magic that will result in something extraordinary,” Nicolas Atlan, president of Gaumont Animation, said. “We are confident erself e lf ill have stunning, own-able attributes unlike anything else in the marketplace.”

OLLOWING an announcement at MIPCOM, Hasbro Studio’s popular entertainment franchise My Little Pony is set to pack a punch in 2017, with two new TV series and the global premiere o i s firs nim ed e ure film y i le ony e o ie starring A-list actors including Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) and Emily Blunt (Into The Woods, Gnomeo & Juliet).

Series renewals include Friendship Is Magic, and Equestria Girls; the former will feature special guest appearances from William Shatner (Star Trek) and Felicia Day (Eureka, The Guild); and Equestria Girls will build on the traction of this year’s Legends Of Everfree television movie, with three new specials slated to air in 2017.

Finn Arnesen, Hasbro Studio’s senior vice-president international distribution and development, predicts the biggest year in the brand’s history.

“2017 will see the roll out of the

Pony franchise in 190 territories, across all platforms,” Arnesen said. ur in es men re ec s our elie in the series’ core characters and our success to date in telling great

stories. Our aim is always to keep relevant and fresh for a modernday audience, but not to reinvent the wheel: we know our formula works.”

Hasbro Studios’ Finn Arnesen: “we know our formula works”

Cockroach Oggy proves hit for Turner TURNER International Asia Pacific has taken seasons six and seven of Oggy And The Cockroaches from France’s Xilam Animation, building on a relationship that started in 2013, when Cartoon Network picked up season four of what has subsequently become its highest-rated show.

The new seasons of the slapstick animated comedy, produced in 4K, will air across Turner’s channels, including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Pogo, from 2017.

The two new seasons (156 x 7 mins) will consist of a mix of new episodes and remakes in 4K of classic stories drawn from the firs wo series r yers c ie con en o ficer o urner si cific c ildren s networks, said: “We all know

cockroaches have serious survival skills and there’s something about Oggy and his mischievous friends that continues to connect with kids.

By extending the relationship with Xilam, Turner has kept hold of a proven hit to further boost its leadership position in the region.”

Marc du Pontavice, founder and CEO of Xilam, said the partnership with Turner and Cartoon Network had helped Oggy to become “a phenomenon throughout Asia”. With this deal, he added: “Oggy’s worldwide success continues to hit new highs.”

Team Oggy: Turner International Asia Pacific’s Edward Barnieh (left); Caroline Mestik of Lagardere Active (Oggy’s French broadcaster); Xilam’s Marc du Pontavice; Turner’s Mark Eyers; and Xilam’s Marie-Laure Marchand

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NEWS GALLONDE’S BACK FOR MORE WITH HIS DREAM TEAM Sydney Gallonde

SYDNEY Gallonde, the producer of American crime novelist Harlan Coben-penned No Second Chance, introduces his new independent production company Make It Happen Studio at MIPCOM. With the financial support of Alliance Entreprendre, a private equity subsidiary of Natixis Group, Paris-based Make It Happen Studio will produce an eclectic raft of premium drama for the French and international marketplaces.

Gallonde has an illustrious track record in producing high-end drama. Thriller No Second Chance sold in more than 65 countries and was a ratings hit for TF1.

Gallonde is now reteaming with Coben and TF1 on Just One Look, starring Virginie Ledoyen.

“Thanks to my financial partners, I am able to start this new adventure with the necessary resources to support my ambitions,” Gallonde said. “I am an avid viewer of TV drama so I want to be able to make content that I know viewers across the globe will want to watch.”

FINAS FINDS NATURAL ALLY AUSTRALIA’s Wildbear Entertainment has completed its landmark 4K series Borneo’s Secret Kingdom, for National Geographic Wild and ZDF/ARTE, with the support of the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) and Malaysian producer Scubazoo. Wildbear is the first producer to access the Film In Malaysia Incentive (FIMI) for documentary filming. A mixed local and international crew filmed the three-hour series, charting the length of the Kinabatangan River.

Kamil Othman, director general of FINAS said: “Wildbear has proved a wonderful first factual partner for our incentive, producing an engaging and stunning series that showcases some of the most beautiful parts of our country, in glorious detail.”

Zodiak Rights’ Public Enemy makes friends across Europe

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ODIAK RIGHTS has signed a slew of new European deals for its hit Frenchlanguage drama Public Enemy. Produced by Belgium’s Entre Chien et Loup and Playtime Films for RTBF Belgium, the drama (10 x 60 mins) has been acquired by Sky for their premium channel Sky Atlantic in both the UK and Germany; free-to-air broadcaster TF1 in France; Movistar Series Xtra and Movistar VOD, Spain; Ale Kino Channel (Canal+ Group), Poland; and will air on Scandinavian broadcaster C More’s linear and premium SVOD services in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Producer Francois Touwaide, of Entre Chien et Loup said: “Public Enemy is the result of a great initiative launched jointly by Wallonia Brussels Federation and RTBF in 2013 to develop Bel-

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gi n len cross series er signific n success in Belgium we are very happy with the international response to the show and the great job done by the Zodiak Rights team. Zodiak Rights believed in the show from the very beginning and has been a great support all the way.”

FRENCH factual producer Gedeon Programmes and ns e greed de l or fi e films ou n called Japan From Above. Entirely shot in 4K, the documentaries will offer viewers a panorama of Japan’s most beautiful sites through the seasons, as well as insight into Japanese daily life using portraits of some of its most colourful characters. ARTE and Voyage are co-production partners for the series which is slated for delivery in 2017.

Pictured celebrating the deal are: NHK’s Yuro Sudo (left); Gedeon’s Nicolas Deschamps; NHK’s Sayumi Horie; and Gedeon’s Stephane Milliere.

VOX grabs Talpa’s star makeovers TALPA hybrid talk show/makeover format The Story Of My Life has been commissioned

by Vox in Germany, where a local version will air next year, produced by Talpa Germany.

A pilot of the show, in which celebrity couples are professionally made over to give them a glimpse of what they will look like in 25 or 50 years’ time, premiered in the Netherlands last month on RTL4 to impressive ratings. A full series is now in production to air on RTL4 later in the year.

Kai Sturm, editor-in-chief and head of entertainment at Vox, said: “The Story Of My Life fi s er ec ly wi o ec use i com ines wo things: it’s authentic and it’s emotional. Celebrity couples go on their own personal time travel — and viewers will be able to accompany them on Vox in 2017.”

Talpa Global’s managing director Maarten Meijs said the makeovers were not merely a gimmick “but a tool to bring out the celebrities’ vulnerable sides, allowing for incredibly touching and honest interviews”.

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li e e fin le of the second series ye rs go the long-awaited third series of Twin Peaks is shrouded in mystery. udios n ern ion l s however, brought its star, Kyle c c l n gen le oo er o nnes o whet global appetites for what must be one of the most hotly n ici ed re urns in is ory What is known is that the new series o e cul s dr m s jus finis ed filming will ir in on ow ime in e nd is directed by David Lynch, who also wrote and exec produced the show with fellow series creator r ros n erms o lo e c ion ic s u ye rs er e citizens of Twin Peaks wake up o find eir omecoming ueen Laura Palmer, brutally murdered.

And the rest, so far, is mystery.

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munity of Fortitude, as Sky Atlantic and Participant Media’s Pivot gear up to air the second Simon Donald-created mini-series of the ratings-hit Arctic thriller. u id w o l ys rou led loc l fis erm n Michael Lennox, said watching Fortitude’s original series sealed his enthusiasm and also reignited a desire to return to the ethereal Nordic island nation. er since filming nemy ine in cel nd in e ig ies d w n ed o go c e s id s li e w ii in e rc ic i s ery e o ic lo e e we er nd e lig it takes away your sense of direction and ime The wild environment provides an apt setting to build tension in the small mining own er no er iolen crime certainly affected the mood of the cast and our gener l syc ology u id s id

se o win e s er u rer o cen ury w s rilling not only to revisit the character of Dale Cooper, but also to have the chance to work with people in m ny c ses dn seen or ye rs e s id l ing e clusi ely o ews went to work every day on the new series with a tremendous amount o e ci emen nd gr i ude no only to be working, but to be working with my friend David Lynch, w ic is lw ys ery s eci l MacLachlan said Cooper is one of the most complex and interesting characters he has ever played: “There are so many facets about him that are unexpected: his o li ue sense o umour is scination with the minutiae of life, is o ser ion s ills s ll r of what makes him such a good in es ig or u in e s cu o e e o er es on no er le el o erce ion As to what he remembers most clearly from the first series of Twin Peaks, MacLachlan said: “The unexpected and explosive public response. The way people instantly embraced the show was com le ely une ec ed w s wonder ul e erience

An actor who has always insisted on performing his own stunts, Quaid said he re elled in e ysic li y o e s ow wen ou wi loc l fis ermen o le rn e ro es w en we fin lly s o scene se the whole crew was seasick apart from me. mig e een ec use w s ilo ing e o or i ude is no u id s firs m jor role in e s rred in y l n ic s eg s s eri m e s id oc of talented actors, writers and producers and directors are now following the bright lights of television: s ening in now is w w s ening in mo ies in e e en ies Quaid said. The inmates have taken over the asylum; different kinds of stories are eing wri en Fortitude is slated to be simulcast across Sky’s European territories and on Pivot in the US later this year.

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NEWS KIDS’ EMMYS NOMINEES ARE NAMED FOR 2016 BRAZIL has made a strong showing among nominations for the International Emmy Kids’ Awards this year, with gongs in four of the seven categories.

The 2016 nominees were announced in Cannes by Bruce L Paisner, president & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards will be presented at a gala event at MIPTV next April.

“Nothing in television is more important than what children watch every day and the Academy is proud to be the pre-eminent platform for remarkable kids programming,” Paisner said.

There are 28 nominees in seven categories, spanning 13 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands and the UK. The International Emmy Kids Awards at MIPTV are presented in association with Ernst & Young, MIPTV, Shaw Rocket Fund, TV Kids and WDR. It s t e first time t at an award for Kids: digital will be presented — these were previously part of the Digital Emmy awards ceremony. And the Academy has also announced a new category for Short-Form Series at the International Emmy Awards Gala in November 2017. Original fiction and non fiction programmes with episodes under a half-hour will be eligible to enter from December 2016.

The Missing returns for second disappearance mystery drama

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HE LATEST instalment of internationally renowned thriller The Missing was unveiled at a special screening to kick off MIPCOM. With a new plot and a new cast save for one of the original actors, the show’s latest incarnation begins with the sudden arrival of a young woman who has been missing for 11 years and who holds the key to the mystery of another missing girl.

The screening was introduced by executive producer Willow Grylls, from New Pictures — a subsidiary of all3media — and Tcheky Karyo, who plays Julien Baptiste, the French detective leading the investigations in both series.

Karyo said: “I’m proud to be the link with this great British series.

It was a real honour to share with this incredible cast from England. We’ve been through many emo ions nd m s ill fig ing or the truth.” e issing firs ired in in an eight-part series on the BBC

Tania Khali of France TV (left); The Missing star Tcheky Karyo; all3media International’s Louise Pedersen; and Willow Grylls of New Pictures

and quickly gained international approval, with subsequent debuts in m r e s including e France, Norway and Germany. It told the harrowing tale of a couple, played by Frances O’Connor and James Nesbitt, whose son gets lost in a crowd and goes missing while the family is on holiday in France.

The second instalment of the show is the result of a major in-

ternational collaboration between New Pictures for BBC One, Two Brothers Pictures, Starz Originals, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Czar TV Productions, and was supported by Screen Flanders.

Distribution is being managed by all3media International, which has already secured pre-sales in over 175 territories.

Surprise party for screenwriter Davies BBC WORLDWIDE and Lookou oin eld sur rise birthday party for veteran screenwriter Andrew Davies in Cannes yesterday.

Speaking at the lunch, Lookout Point joint-CEO Simon Vaughan described the writer of so many hit dramas — including the original House Of Cards, Middlemarch and Mr Selfridge — as “fantastic in every single way”.

Vaughan surprised guests when he revealed that Davies didn’t become a full-time screenwriter un il e w s ye rs old e lso quoted an un-named mentor of the screenwriter at the BBC who described him at the start of his career as “clever, quick and cheap”.

Vaughan added that even today he is still “two of those things”.

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Penhale, said of Davies: “Andrew is one of Britain’s greatest-ever screenwriters. The wide range of work he has produced, both in originating series and adapting literature, illustrates how extraordinarily skilled he is and has ensured that his work over decades has continued to surprise and excite.”

She added: “His writing is so elegant, yet popular, that there cannot be many television viewers in the world who have not, at some point, enjoyed programmes he has cre ed en e s ows no sign of slowing up.” roducer e ecc on w o hosted An Audience With Andrew Davies in the Grand Auditorium following the lunch, spoke of the “extraordinary female parts” he has written over the years, notably Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet in

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his production of Pride & Prejudice for the BBC. “I actually think he’s a woman,” she said.

In a video appearance at the lunch, Harvey Weinstein, executive producer on War & Peace and Davies’ next piece of work for Lookout Point, Les Miserables, said: “I will be working with him on the next one, the next one, the next one and the one after that.”

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NEWS NUTRI VENTURES ON NEW QUEST WITH BRANSCOME NEW YORK-based distributor Branscome International and producer Nutri Ventures USA are at MIPCOM celebrating the airing of the 52 x 30 mins 2D animation series Nutri Ventures: The Quest For The 7 Kingdoms on US channel ION Television.

Four 10-year-old friends, who have grown up with a force-fed synthetic diet created by nefarious Alex Grand, go on a mission to gain super Nutri-Powers from healthy eating and liberate the Seven Kingdoms.

Rui Miranda, Nutri Ventures’ producer and co-founder, said that the clout of ION’s distribution reach — in addition to the Nutri Ventures brand’s distribution on over 35 other channels orld ide ill enefit t e daily lives of US children through the programme’s subtle messaging.

“The terrific extra marketing support we get due to our affiliation with Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), is icing on the… I mean, an extra bite of the same delicious apple!” he said.

The children’s series premiered on ION Television in September to a reach of 97 million US homes and is supported by a Nutri Ventures digital world that gives young audiences the opportunity to deepen their knowledge.

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India’s Green Gold gets animated about Amazon Prime Video deal

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NDIAN studio Green Gold Animation has signed a multiyear content deal with Amazon Prime Video India that will make future episodes of successful shows Chhota Bheem, Super Bheem and Mighty Raju exclusively available on the streaming platform.

Green Gold CEO Rajiv Chilaka said that the deal heralds a new era for the kids’ animation industry in India. “Amazon’s entry into the Indian animation market changes the ecosystem,” said Chilaka, who predicted that it would prompt a boom in animation production in the sub-continent.

Green Gold Animation’s Rajiv Chilaka and Bharath Laxmipati

Amazon Prime subscribers in India will also have access to Green Gold’s library which includes titles such as Krishna Balram, Chorr Police and Luv Kushh, s well s films suc s o Bheem Himalayan Adventure.

According to Chilaka, Chhota Bheem is the biggest kids’ show on the sub-continent and has developed a successful line in merchandising. The series has traditionally been shown on Cartoon Network India.

The company is also looking for co-production partners for its new 52 x 11 mins animation series Little Heroes, which follows the adventures of Rocky, Alisha and Sunny who accidentally fall into an underground world where they have fun and adventure.

LOVE, Divina (60 x 45 mins) the new teen drama from Cottonwood Media was discussed at the unior session n e ise ig rofile een Drama. The team includes: Manuel Marti (left), head of development and international business Pol-ka Productions; producer David Michel, CEO of Cottonwood Media; and Maca Rotter of Televisa Consumer Products. Love, Divina stars Argentinian singing sensation Laura Esquivel (Patito Feo) and debuts in 2017.

Rap meets classical in Max & Maestro MONELLO Productions has announced the series production launch of children’s animation Max & Maestro. The series is co-produced by Monello, MP1, France Televisions, HR and RAI. The 52 x 11 mins series follows Max, an 11-year-old fan of rap who, one day, meets one of the most successful conductors in the world — Daniel Barenboim. The impactful meeting ignites a passion in Max to study classical music and Barenboim’s life lessons: a challenge in the face of his father’s expectations, Max’s peers and the culture of his neighbourhood.

Giorgio Welter, producer, Monello Productions, said creating an avatar of Argentina-born pianist and conductor Barenboim has

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been key to the project’s success.

“He is one of the most revered conductors in the world,” Welter said. “Barenboim’s character in the series is very persuasive — he not only introduces Max to clas-

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Max & Maestro is scheduled to air concurrently on all partner channels in 2017 and is distributed by 100% Distribution.

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PRODUCT NEWS DRG

DRG IS at MIPCOM with a new drama slate, headed by 6 x 60 mins thriller, The Level, which tells the story of Nancy (Karla Crome), a good cop with a secret loyalty to drugs trafficker Frank (Philip Glenister). When a clandestine meeting turns into murder, Nancy hunts the killer while concealing her own role from her colleagues.

NEW DOCS

COLOGNE-based New Docs brings a range of factual programming to Cannes, including: Ella’s Voice (1 x 52 mins), a tribute to the jazz legend, marking what would have been her 100th birthday in April 2017; and Nero - Plea For A Monster (2 x 52 mins), a documentary about the Roman emperor which features re-enactments that question whether he was really guilty of all the crimes of which he was accused.

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RIGHTS TRACKER

ONLINE rights management company Rights Tracker is launching a new product for distributors and producers at MIPCOM. Assetry Screen is primarily a professional marketing tool that enables content owners to quickly and cost-effectively create their own branded video websites, online screening rooms, players and branded channels. It also generates real-time viewing reports, which can aid the programme sales process, and significantly it can deliver digital files to broadcasters who have acquired a title.

A+E NETWORKS

The Level (DRG)

Ella’s Voice (New Docs)

FOX NETWORKS GROUP CONTENT DISTRIBUTION

TOPPING a slate of high-end science programming from Fox is the series Mars (6 x 60 mins), which combines scripted drama with documentary. Other titles include: Before The Flood (1 x 90 mins), in which Leonardo DiCaprio investigates environmental crises; the second season of Years Of Living Dangerously (8 x 60 mins), following celebrities as they travel the globe to expose climate-change problems; and Continent 7: Antarctica (6 x 60 mins), where exclusive access to New Zealand’s Scott Base shows how people cope with the extremes.

HEADLINING the slate of new programming from A+E is Six (8 x 6 mins), starring Walton Goggins and Barry Sloane, which was inspired by the real missions of SEAL Team Six, best known for killing Osama Bin Laden. Other titles include: drama Knightfall (10 x 60 mins), set in the Middle Ages; UnREAL, a one-hour format about a fictional dating show; Girl In The Box (1 x 120 mins), a psychological drama; new TV movie, The Night Stalker (1 x 120 mins); and Agatha Christie adaptation Witness For The Prosecution (2 x 60 mins). Factual offerings include: Born This Way (16 x 60 mins), about youngsters born with Down Syndrome.

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Continent 7: Antarctica (Fox Networks Group Content Distribution)

TELEFE

BUENOS Aires-based Telefe brings a catalogue covering various genres of programming. Telenovelas include Love After Love (70 x 60 mins/4K), in which two couples become embroiled in secret affairs.

Educating Nina (120 x 60 mins) is a new comedy about twin sisters separated at birth. The Return Of Lucas (60 x 60 mins) is about a rich family whose four-year old son disappeared 20 years previously, before reappearing in their lives, causing them to doubt his claims. Dear Daddies (130 x 60 mins) is a comedy about three fathers who meet at their children’s kindergarten. Lady Travellers (6 x 30 mins) is a documentary series inspired by the diaries of female travellers from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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KICKING & Screaming is a new competition series and format that teams 10 expert survivalists with more pampered partners to face tough challenges in order to win a prize of $500,000. Hosted by Hannah Simone, the series drops teams into a jungle in Fiji, where they overcome dangerous animals, raging rivers, hunger and extreme weather. Among them are a former beauty pageant winner, a model and a professional gamer.

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PRODUCT NEWS DRAMACORP

NEW PRODUCER Dramacorp is developing an international spy-thriller series based on Swedish author Jan Guillou’s Hamilton books.

The series is a co-production between Dramacorp and Sweden’s IRLC. The Hamilton books centre on a Swedish intelligence officer who, having been trained by the US Navy SEALs, becomes part of an illegal black ops cell within the Swedish military.

FOOTHILL ENTERTAINMENT

MOTHER Goose Club Stories (52 x 11 mins) reimagines the characters of Mother Goose Club, a YouTube success with over six billion views. Foothill holds worldwide rights for the series that features six colourful characters who bring classic nursery rhymes and original songs to life, stimulating language skills with melodies to inspire kids to get up and dance.

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RTE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME SALES

BAZ ASHMAWY takes a personal journey into Islam, the faith of his late Egyptian father, in Baz: The Lost Muslim (2 x 60 mins), which is brought to MIPCOM by Ireland’s RTE. Ashmawy explores the religion through meetings, prayers, meals, discussions and interviews with Muslims in all places and of all ages. To them, Baz is more than a journalist or presenter, he’s a lost muslim.

NPO SALES

NPO SALES brings a line-up of programming from the Dutch public broadcaster. Highlights include: documentary Forget Me Not (1 x 55 mins/83 mins), featuring a primary school where pupils are children of rejected asylum seekers. After a series of deportations it becomes increasingly difficult to provide a safe haven; and Jaap van Zweden: A Maestro On World Tour (7 x 35 mins), about the work and personal life of the passionate conductor who was recently appointed as the new music director of the New York Philharmonic.

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Baz: The Lost Muslim (RTE International Programme Sales)

CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL

THE CATALOGUE from CBS Studios International includes: MacGyver (13 x 60 mins), a reimagining of the classic series; legal dramas Bull (13 x 60 mins) and Doubt (13 x 60 mins); Twin Peaks, directed by David Lynch, picking up 25 years after events in the original series; No Tomorrow (13 x 60 mins), a comedy set against the backdrop of a possible apocalypse; futuristic thriller Incorporated (10 x 60 mins); Star Trek: Discovery, 50 years after the first incarnation, the series continues with a new ship, characters and missions; drama I’m Dying Up Here (10 x 60 mins), set in the 1970s comedy scene; comedies Man With A Plan (13 x 30 mins), starring Matt LeBlanc, and The Great Indoors (13 x 30 mins); and reality series America’s Next Top Model (304 x 60 mins).

FREMANTLEMEDIA KIDS & FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT Forget Me Not (NPO Sales)

ALPHA GROUP

TASTY Tales Of The Food Truckers is a new animated comedy series about eating, travel, creativity, friendship and cooking, currently in development with FremantleMedia Kids & Family in the UK and Shellhut Entertainment in Thailand. The series follows the culinary adventures of a creative trio of food-mad animal friends who travel the world in their state-of-the-art food truck on an extreme quest for exotic ingredients and new food concepts.

INFINITY Nado, a boy-oriented action animation series focusing on heroic acts of courage, brought to Cannes by China’s Alpha Group, has already aired in approaching 20 countries and has just made its Italian debut on Discovery Kids.

SOCIOGRAPH

SPAIN’s Sociograph is a consulting firm specialised in determining the effectiveness of media content before it airs. To asses the impact that content has on the target audience Sociograph uses technology and devices to measure the conscious and non-conscious reactions in real time. The service is already used by some of Spain’s biggest media companies including Telefonica and Mediaset.

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SCANDAL Made Me Famous is a new, one-hour series that explores the personalities involved and the series of events that catapulted ordinary people into the public eye. Each episode presents dramatic recreations, archival material and personal accounts from family members, jurors, attorneys and journalists.

The commentator is author and crime reporter for People, Steve Helling.

THREE titles top the MIPCOM priority list for US producer and distributor Alfred Haber: Let It Snow (1 x 120 mins), a holiday season drama; the 2017 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1 x 120 mins); and the 2017 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards (1 x 150 mins), a laid-back awards event that takes place inside a beachfront tent in Santa Monica.

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AMERICAN CINEMA INTERNATIONAL (ACI) Scandal (TCB Media Rights)

TORQ DIVERTISSEMENT

TORQ — based in Montrael, Canada — is at MIPCOM to showcase its latest productions: RPM, RPM+, Aubaines & Cie, Trucs & Cie, Punch, and Ca Va Brasser.

PULSE FILMS

PULSE Films is showcasing Who’s Spending Britain’s Billions? at MIPCOM, a recent commission from the UK’s BBC Two. The documentary explores the billions of pounds spent by government at local and national level each year, and is written and presented by journalist and broadcaster Jacques Peretti.

HIGHLIGHTS from ACI’s MIPCOM film slate include: Saved By Grace, about a retired police officer, recovering from a loss, who meets a mysterious woman; Trust Fund, about a woman who only after losing everything learns the meaning of love; Of Mind And Music, a family drama set against the backdrop of Alzheimer’s disease; The Black Prince, a historical drama about the last King of Punjab; and Strangers In Amish Country, about a military nurse deciding whether to re-enlist or stay home.

PLANETA JUNIOR

Mutant Busters (Planeta Junior)

THE SECOND season of the animation comedy series Mutant Busters (26 x 11 mins), aimed at six- to eight-year-olds, is brought to MIPCOM by Planeta Junior. Set in a post-apocalyptic world created by the horrendous levels of contamination on earth, the last three minutes of each episode can be broadcast independently on TV or digital platforms. The pan-european company also brings Pio Rocks! The Series (52 x 11 mins/3D CGI), about Pulcino Pio at the Highnote Music School. Aimed at five- to eight-year-old digital natives, the series is based on the Pulcino Pio clips that have over 1.500.000 views on YouTube. Delivery of the first 28 episodes is scheduled for April 2018.

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DORCEL TV

PAN-EUROPEAN adult channel Dorcel TV is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The company is at MIPCOM with a range of adult shows and films in HD, with programming available in French, English, Spanish and Polish.

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PRODUCT NEWS HAPPYUP STUDIO

HAPPYUP Studio in Korea brings Happy Babies Songs to MIPCOM, a 2D series that features warmhearted stories of a family living on Rainbow Island. The company also brings Math Detective Cat Zorva, an animation series designed to instruct children in concepts of mathematical education and logic. Zorva and his friends attain magical powers through maths to save the world.

KWANZA

JACK London, An American Adventure (2 x 52 mins/1 x 90 mins/HD) is brought to Cannes by Paris-based Kwanza. The two-parter about the author of The Call Of The Wild and White Fang, covers his experience of a poor San Francisco upbringing, the 1897 Gold Rush, photo journalism during the Russian-Japanese conflict, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, socialism, living a hobo life and sailing the southern seas. The series commemorates the 100th anniversary of his death and aims to be the most ambitious biography ever made about him.

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TRIBE Of Hip-Hop is an annual hip-hop competition series, featuring eight contestants with an average age of 65, who team up with eight hip-hop producers and compete against each other. It is not only a competition, but aims to be an opportunity for the generations to communicate and understand each other. The show is brought to Cannes by Korea’s JTBC Content Hub. SCHOOL ZONE PUBLISHING

SCHOOL Zone Publishing is at MIPCOM with educational pre-school series Charlie & Company, starring a golden retriever named Charlie and his teacher Miss Ellie, played by actress Danielle Augustine. Targeted for children three- to five-years-old, the series inspires curiosity, nurtures a love of learning and empowers pre-schoolers with the skills they need to succeed in school.

Jack London, An American Adventure (Kwanza)

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PASSION DISTRIBUTION

PASSION Distribution is presenting a slate of new entertainment and documentary titles at MIPCOM. The Next Great Magician (6 x 60 mins) is a format that sees five magicians perform their most sensational tricks in front of a studio audience and on location. The Dressing Room (6 x 60 mins) is an entertainment format giving access to the dressing rooms of amateur sports clubs across the country.

Magician Dynamo returns with two specials, Dynamo Live ( 1 x 60 mins) and Dynamo A-Z (1 x 60 mins). New programming from The Weather Channel includes Weather Channel Top 10s (8 x 60 mins), covering various themes. New documentaries include: The World’s Most Identical Stranger (1 x 60 mins), looking at social media; and Out Of Iraq (1 x 90 mins), about two gay Iraqi soldiers who fall in love in the war-torn country where homosexuality is illegal.

MEDIALINK ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

MEDIALINK, in co-operation with Kadokawa Corp, brings Merman to MIPCOM, a live-action adaptation of the successful Japanese comedy manga Orenchi No Furo Jijo. The series tells the tale of the unusual yet amusing friendship between a high-school boy and an eccentric Merman.

Charlie & Company (School Zone Publishing)

TTHUNDER ANIMATION

RAINBOW Chicks is about seven happy little chicks who live in their home on Cloud Island. In their world clouds can be food, shelter, a trampoline or a toy, as the chicks gather together to play, dance and paint.

Each episode features a simple song, sung by the child-actors who voice the characters. The series is brought to MIPCOM by TThunder Animation.

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STOP-motion animation TuTu Town is set in a small town where vehicles with distinct personalities live.

TuTu Town’s stories revolve around the everyday lives of the cars and trucks with themes that focus on friendship. The series also provides an awareness of traffic rules and safety, as well as environmental protection, sustainable energy and other social issues.

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POKEMON The Series: Sun & Moon makes its debut as the brand celebrates its 20th year. What starts as a summer vacation in the tropical Alola region turns into the next exciting chapter in Ash Ketchum’s quest to become a Pokemon Master.

More new faces help guide Ash’s adventure, in the form of a group of skilled trainers and a mysterious research assistant called Lillie.

PALATIN Media, in partnership with Content Television, is showcasing Hip-Hop Evolution, a new four-part documentary about the foundation and evolution of hip-hop music at MIPCOM. In the show, produced for TMN/HBO Canada, MC and journalist Shad Kabango sets out to uncover the foundations of hip-hop music and its evolution from a New York house party experiment to one of the most dominant sounds in music. The series uses interviews, archival film and music, including Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Ice-T, De La Soul and Run-DMC.

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CINEPHIL

TEL-AVIV based Cinephil has acquired worldwide rights to documentary film Down The Deep Dark Web (1 x 52 mins). Yuval Orr is a young journalist and well aware of how Big Brother is encroaching into life. Assigned to write an article about the Darknet he meets tech experts, cybercrime watchmen and a group of self-appointed underground freedom fighters. The documentary questions if there is light at the end of the Darknet’s dark tunnel.

HONGDANGMOO

KOREA’s HongDangMoo brings 3D series Magic Adventures — The Crystal Of Dark (52 x 11 mins) to MIPCOM. The story is about princess Olivia and four magical kids and their adventures to save the magic land from the dark evil. The target audience is sixto nine-years-old.

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108 MEDIA

TORONTO-based distributor 108 Media is showcasing Passionate TV (5 x 30 mins) at MIPCOM. The docuseries tells the inspirational stories of five successful people who are following their dreams, while trying to make the world a better place. Subjects include Scott Harrison, former New York night club promoter turned founder and CEO of Charity: Water and Shiza Shahid, co-founder of the Malala Fund and a passionate women’s rights activist.

TAIKONGWORKS MEDIA GROUP

DINOSAUR Pico, currently in production and brought to Cannes by Taikongworks Media Group, is a film set in a world where dinosaurs are just as fun-loving as humans — dancing and singing and playing all day long.

This life of leisure is put in jeopardy when a human scientist finds out that history could have taken a different route and he builds a time machine to change the course of history. The Chinese company also brings Draco Monster (84 x 13 mins), which follows a group of rambunctious friends as they embark on a hero’s journey through a fantastical world filled with magical monsters.

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PRODUCT NEWS RAI COM

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RAI COM, the sales arm of Italian pubcaster RAI is in Cannes with a range of content from crime and drama to animation and opera. Highlights include: a second series of Close Murder (24 x 52 mins) — due early next year — about a female crime fighter and her battle against domestic violence; and the two latest episodes of Detective Montalbano, bringing the series to 32 x 100 mins.

REPORTERS from ARD spent months investigating the ISIL criminals in Europe for The IS Network Terror In Europe (1 x 45 mins), a bleak documentary brought to Cannes by Germany’s Autentic. Another highlight is King Of Cocaland - UN Losing War On Drugs (1 x 52 mins), in which Wilfried Huismann investigates whether the UN programme has failed.

Other titles include: Heights Of Delights (15 x 30 mins), a culinary tour of mountainous Europe; and 75 Years Of SUV (2 x 52 mins), which traces the inexorable rise of this style of car.

The IS Network - Terror In Europe (Autentic Distribution)

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KOREA’s TV Chosun, is launching a K-Pop entertainment show, I Am K-Pop Idol. K-Pop stars including Exo, Big Bang, BTS, SHINee, Twice, GFriend, Red Velvet and AOA take part and the hosts are Super Junior’s Lee-Teuk, Laboum’s Solbi and comedian Kim Joon-Ho. The format is a mixture of studio action and reality.

Categories include Promote Brand New Song, Lip-Sync Battle and Vote for New Leader.

FLORIDA-based Fly Content is prioritising two titles at MIPCOM. Ramona (12 x 45 mins) is a series set in the Sixties about two sisters who emigrate from the countryside to Santiago, Chile, where they become involved in a political movement. The company also brings Reporter (10 x 52 mins), which follows a journalist around the world to recent conflicts and crises.

FRANCETV Distribution’s animation series The Science Of Botheration (39 x 5 mins) features strange little creatures who are responsible for daily annoyances such as lost socks. Another kids priority is the second series of Dimitri (26 x 5 mins), featuring the little bird in the African savanna. From the drama genre comes an international collection of detective stories Murder in... (5 x 90 mins); and science titles include Giant Viruses (1 x 52 mins).

DISTRIBUTION360

TORONTO-based kids and factual specialist Distribution360 is at MIPCOM launching titles including: The School Run (6 x 10 mins), in which teens get the surprise of their lives when a celebrity turns up to drive them home; Driving Me Crazy (20 x 30 mins), which puts teens and parents behind the wheel; kids photography series Snapshots (6 x 30 mins); kids live-action adventure The Mystery Files (13 x 30 mins); and mathXplosion (50 x 3 mins). Among new factual titles are: Bryan Inc.; and Summer Home (23 x 30 mins).

The Science Of Botheration (francetv distribution)

INCENDO

CANADIAN company Incendo’s priorities for MIPCOM include: reality series Divorce Court (480 x 30 mins); limited drama series Los Juniors (in development); the first and second season of drama Versailles; and TV movies Brace For Impact, Run To Me, Serialized, FANatic and Girls’ Night Out.

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SLOVENIA’s Outfit7 is showcasing its brand Talking Tom And Friends at MIPCOM. The app suite has led to more than five billion downloads in at least 230 territories since 2010.

KOREAN IPTV platform provider SK Broadband is currently co-producing 40 animations. The MIPCOM focus includes: The Little Farmer Rabby (52 x 11mins/3D CGI), which will debut on SK Broadband next year; and Bellboy Luke (52 x 11 mins/3D CGI), about a boy who travels back in time searching for his grandfather using a mysterious elevator.

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ACADEMIA DE FILMES

BRAZILIAN producer Academia de Filmes is at MIPCOM with: The Dinosaurs Of Brazil, about 12 species of dinosaurs discovered in Brazil; Birdwatching Terra Papagallis, which searches for unique species; River Of Mud: The Worst Environmental Disaster In Brazil, about the destruction of the Samarco dam, the biggest environmental tragedy in Brazil; Stories Of The Black River, a 1,100 km boat journey with doctor and writer Drauzio Varella; and Niemeyer Amazon: Belem-Amazon, about people living along the Belem-Brasilia Highway, that connects the Capital to the north of the country.

SMALL WORLD IFT

LONDON-based formats company Small World IFT debuts entertainment format Can I Follow You Home? at MIPCOM. In Can I Follow You Home? commuters who are still in the city late at night are offered a free cab ride in exchange for a peek into their home and their lives. With over 40 episodes produced, this sometimes hilarious, sometimes emotional, format airs on TV Tokyo.

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TOPPING the slate for Colombia’s Caracol International is series The White Slave (62 x 60 mins), set in the early 19th century, which tells the story of a white woman raised by slaves, who years after being separated from her family, comes back to America to avenge the death of her biological parents, free her adoptive family and reunite with the love of her life.

TAK TOON ENTERPRISE

GALAXY Kids (52 x 12 mins) is a stop-motion animation series targeted at five- to seven-yearolds, that follows a group of friendly space satellites. When they’re not on Earth helping their human friend Cosmo train to become an astronaut, they are venturing through outer space, helping other extra-terrestrials. The series is brought to Cannes by Korea’s Tak Toon Enterprise.

SCORPION TV

LONDON-based Scorpion TV brings documentary film The Dark Side Of Sports to MIPCOM. Investigative journalist Benjamin Best takes a global look behind the scenes at sports, including NBA basketball, boxing and the Olympic Games. Best exposes some of the corruption in the multi-billion-dollar sports businesses and gives those who are trying to protest an opportunity to speak out.

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FASHION Startup is the 8 x 60 mins series set in New York that follows aspiring fashion and beauty entrepreneurs as they fight for the chance to secure funds from a panel of expert investors to help grow their budding ventures. Experts include Birchbox’s Katia Beauchamp, Gwynnie Bee’s Christine Hunsicker, fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff and business mentor Gary Wassner, who are ready to invest money and time. FremantleMedia also brings new format Get The F*ck Out Of My House in which 100 strangers cram into an average-sized suburban home in the bid to become the last one standing and win a huge jackpot prize.

ELO COMPANY

NEW PROGRAMMING from Brazil’s ELO Company includes: Marina Abramovic In Brazil: The Space In Between (1 x 52/97 mins), about the artist as she seeks personal healing and inspiration; kids’ animation My Big Big Friend (104 x 11 mins), about an imaginary friend; The Expedition Of The Century (1x 90 mins/2 x 43 mins), following a scientific expedition to an unexplored area of the Amazon forest; and Forgotten Boys Of Brazil (1 x 80 mins/52 mins), about exploited orphans.

Marina Abramovic In Brazil: The Space In Between (ELO Company)

MK2 FILMS

FRANCE’s MK2 Films brings a new 4K restored version of cult series Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me to MIPCOM, in advance of the third season of David Lynch’s influential TV series. The company also brings a series of late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s films, including Taste Of Cherry (4K upcoming), Like Someone In Love (2K), Certified Copy (2K), The Wind Will Carry Us (4K upcoming), Through The Olive Trees (2K upcoming), Shirin (HD), Ten (4K upcoming), ABC Africa (HD upcoming) and 10 On Ten. Fashion Startup (FremantleMedia International)

KVARTAL 95

UKRAINE’s Kvartal 95 showcases political comedy Servant Of The People at MIPCOM. The story is about a school teacher who becomes the President of Ukraine. He tries to live an ordinary life and fights with the army of corrupt and deceitful bureaucrats.

In August 2016 Kvartal 95 started production of the feature movie and second season of the series.

Servant Of The People (Kvartal 95)

CAKE ENTERTAINMENT

NEW PRE-SCHOOL show Tolibob (52 x 5 mins) follows a group of creatures who live in a big forest and have fun playing, exploring and solving everyday problems. They work together combining shapes, colours and patterns to create a new character each episode to join the fun.

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CALIFORNIAN distributor GRB Entertainment returns to Cannes with a line-up including: Cleveland Hustles (8 x 60 mins), in which NBA superstar LeBron James gives four aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to realise their dreams while also helping to revitalise a neighbourhood in Cleveland; supernatural drama Occult Crimes (10 x 60 mins), about demons committing murders; Walt: The Man Behind The Myth (1 x 90 mins), a biography of Walt Disney; and Follow The Rules (12 x 30 mins), a reality show featuring rapper Ja Rule’s household.

TERRANOA

NEW ORIGINAL programming from France’s Terranoa includes: travel series Show Me Where You Live (20 x 26 mins); and high-budget docu-drama Mme Tussaud’s Revolution (1 x 90 mins/52 mins), which debuts on ARTE. Also, the landmark urban History programme Amsterdam, London, NYC : The Magnificent Three (4 x 52 mins), under production for delivery next year. The series uses CGI and animation to explore the tumultuous historical liaison between these three cities over four centuries. Produced for ARTE, the series was pre-bought by DRTV, RTP and ERT, and Terranoa is seeking more pre-buys at MIPCOM.

Show Me Where You Live (Terranoa)

COMAREX

MEXICO-based international distributor Comarex is showcasing a new drama from Canal 13 Chile this year at MIPCOM, Preciosas (aka Runaways/100 x 60 mins). The story features four women who meet while serving time in jail and what happens when they make a successful escape on New Year’s Eve.

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TVA2

A PORTFOLIO of award-winning documentaries is brought to MIPCOM by Brazil’s TVa2. Among the titles are: Olympia 2016, about corruption behind the 2016 Olympic Games; The Trigger, about the torture and killing of a black man by the police in a Brazilian slum; and Here Is So Far, in which alone, away from home, and about to reach 30 years-old, a Brazilian woman goes on a journey to Africa.

JUST FOR LAUGHS (JFL)

JFL SHOWCASES new programmes and its library of stand-up comedy — over 150 hours — at MIPCOM. A new format launch in Cannes is House Of Pranks, a family prank show that airs in primetime in Quebec, in which a family of comedians invite innocent workers to their home and expose them to a range of pranks.

Another priority is the 17th season of nonverbal hidden-camera clips show Just For Laughs Gags (20 x 30 mins).

Preciosas (Comarex)

PBS INTERNATIONAL

PBS INTERNATIONAL’s slate of new releases for MIPCOM includes: Defying The Nazis: The Sharps’ War (1 x 90 mins), about a couple who saved countless lives from the Nazis; Terror In Europe (1 x 60 mins), the fight against extremism in Europe; a new Secrets Of The Dead; Mega Croc Vs. Super Snake (1 x 60 mins), investigating two 65 millionyear-old species discovered in Colombia; and The Talk (1 x 120 mins), a film about the conversations parents of black and Latino children must have with their kids about racial bias in America.

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ESPRESSO MEDIA INTERNATIONAL

NEW PROGRAMMING from Korea’s AK Entertainment includes UHD web-drama series Bong Soon – A Cyborg In Love (12 x 12 mins), starring K-pop star Cho Kyu-hyun, about a genius computer programmer and a cyborg girl programmed to shut down when she feels emotion. Other shows on the roster are: 4K documentary Love; The Train (1 x 60 mins/UHD), about Korean train travel; and HD documentary series Pansori – Stories Of Charm And Flavor (5 x 60 mins), which introduces Korean food culture through a traditional genre of musical storytelling.

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ESPRESSO Media International brings an expanded slate to MIPCOM of more than 900 hours of HD and 4K factual entertainment. The UK-based distributor’s line-up is led by My Dad’s On Death Row (1 x 60 mins, HD), a frank account of two horrific crimes which with unparalleled access and interviews with the criminal and their families explores the consequences of the crimes. Other top titles include Life In Outer Space (2 x 52 mins, HD), Fanarchy (1 x 90 mins, 4K/HD), Tesla’s Children (1 x 44 mins, 4K/HD) and GrassRoots: The Cannabis Revolution (1 x 52 mins/90 mins, HD).

A SECOND season of Earth To Luna (52 x 11 mins) is brought to Cannes by Brazil’s TV PinGuim. The pre-school series stars six-year-old Luna who is passionately into science. With her little brother Jupiter and pet ferret Clyde, Luna sees the world as one giant laboratory. The company also brings Ping & Pong (52 x 7 mins), about two inseparable friends who find musical inspiration and produce fantastical songs.

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DANCE Untold Story (1 x 60 mins) is a 4K documentary that aims to demonstrate the harmony and correlation of contemporary and hip-hop dance. The documentary is brought to MIPCOM by Korea’s King Content.

The film follows the work of LA dancer Casper Smart and some of the fierce international dance competitions he is involved in.

MEDIASET DISTRIBUTION

ITALY’s Mediaset launches two series at MIPCOM. Code Name Solo (4 x 100 mins) is a police thriller focused on a dangerous Calabrian clan linked to international drug trafficking. Marco Bocci plays a special cop whose nickname is Solo, as he likes to work alone.The second title is The Boss Is Back (10 x 100 mins), a new version of mafia series Antimafia Squad. The story begins when a powerful Sicilian mob boss returns after 30 years, preceded by a series of bomb attacks. Mediaset also brings Call Me Francesco - The People’s Pope (2 x 100 mins), a biographical drama about Pope Francis, played

by Argentinian actor Rodrigo de La Serna.

Code Name Solo (Mediaset Distribution)

SONAR ENTERTAINMENT

TWO DRAMA series head the roster for Sonar Entertainment. The Son (10 x 60 mins) is a multigenerational saga about the rise of an ambitious family and the bloody price of power that follows.

The family patriarch, Eli McCullough (Pierce Brosnan) is struggling to maintain the ranch and oil dynasty he built in the turbulent days of early 20thcentury America. The story follows how his ruthless past informs his present and future generations.

Taboo (8 x 60 mins) is set in 1814 and follows James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who, believed to be long dead, returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire — but finds it is a poisoned chalice.

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DESIGNED for young adults, Barangay 143 (13 x 44 mins/26 x 22 mins) is an animated drama, crime thriller and love story. Bren Park rejects his destiny to become a great basketball player when tragedy strikes his family. He swears never to play again but when he journeys to the Philippines he meets the legendary Coach B and he finds his way back to himself and the game. The series is distributed internationally by TV Asahi and August Rights.

THE ROSTER from France’s Upside Distribution includes: Merkiavelli (working title/1 x 90 mins), a portrait of the German leader, including interviews with childhood friends, business and political leaders; Ocean’s Cartels (1 x 52 mins), an investigation into maritime mafias on the high seas; non-scripted science format The Amazing Baby Experience (1 x 90 mins/2 x 52 mins), about the first year of life; and Hitler And The Apostles Of Evil (1 x 90 mins), about Hitler’s ministers, close advisers and courtiers.

MUNICH-based TM International brings the latest instalment of its Ruby Red Trilogy of feature films, Emerald Green, to MIPCOM. Gideon and Gwendolyn face a final showdown with the wicked Count of St Germain in the time-travel adventure romance.

Series on the slate include Bellevue (8 x 60 mins), starring Anna Paquin as a detective in a blue-collar town; and Neanderthals, about a group of neanderthals who have escaped from an undercover laboratory. A new format from TM is Date The Chef, about five bar owners looking for love.

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PRODUCT NEWS RO*CO FILMS INTERNATIONAL

ON THE documentary film slate from California-based ro*co Films International is: Check It, about a fightback by gay and transgender youths; Disturbing The Peace, about a group of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who challenge the status quo; Hooligan Sparrow, about a sexually abused group of girls in an elementary school; The Happy Film, following New York-based Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister; King Bibi, a portrait of Benjamin Netanyahu; You’re Soaking In It, about digital advertising; and Tickling Giants, about an Egyptian heart surgeon who becomes a comedian. The company also brings narrative feature film Sold, about a young girl trapped in a brothel in India.

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FACTORY MEDIA

THE DISTRIBUTION division of Factory Media has expanded its factual slate with new entertainment series Log Cabin Fever (6 x 60 mins). The series follows boss Charlie Norman and his family as they scour the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas, discovering log cabins that time forgot and giving them a new lease of life. Log Cabin Fever is currently in production and due for delivery later in 2016.

Log Cabin Fever (Factory Media)

BETA FILM

AT MIPCOM Germany’s Beta Film is highlighting its interactive TV event The Verdict. The 90-minute format poses the question, ’is it justified to shoot down a civilian plane converted into a deadly suicide missile?’. Viewers judge by voting live online, via telephone and text message. The show is followed by political talk shows to discuss the results. Other highlights include Wasteland (8 x 60 mins), a psychological mystery set on the Czech/Polish border, about the mayor’s daughter who goes missing.

GROUPE PVP

THE MIPCOM roster for Quebec’s Groupe PVP includes two animation series: Four Days Before Christmas, in which Father Christmas loses his memory and an elf and young girl go searching for him; Cosmo The Dodo Bird, about space travelers; and Akinna And Niko, about two children in a secret universe full of butterflies that help make children’s dreams come true. A documentary highlight is Living History.

The Verdict (Beta Film)

TINKER GROUP

INTERSTELLAR Ella (52 x 11 mins) is about a group of friends who play together in their playground — which happens to be the galaxy.

The series aims to familiarise kids and parents with basic astronomy. Other animation series from Tinker Group at MIPCOM include: Ziggy & The Zoo Tram (52 x 11 mins), about an Australian crocodile and his animal friends; Little Luke And Lucy (52 x 7 mins), who go on imaginative adventures; and Deep Sea Doctor Derek (52 x 11 mins), in which Derek and his daughter use a little submarine to solve undersea problems.

MUSE DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL

HELEN’s Little School (52 x 11 mins) is a preschool animation series launched at MIPCOM. Six-year-old Helen’s biggest dream is to become a schoolteacher, so she runs an imaginary school for toys. Helen’s Little School is a co-production between Superprod in Paris and Muse Entertainment in Montreal.

Superights is distributing the series internationally and Muse Distribution International handles Canadian distribution.

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MONTREAL-based Media Ranch brings a roster of original TV formats and finished series to MIPCOM, including: blind-dating show Thunderstruck; Double Occupancy, a reality show in which girls and guys live in neighbouring luxury homes. Each week, the girls eliminate the guys and the guys eliminate the girls until one couple is elected the winners; Tipsy Recipes (20 x 30 mins), a mix of cooking show and drinking game for celebrity guests; True Sex Confessions (13 x 30 mins); and scripted comedy series featuring 1980s’ glam rockers Steel Panther.

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Tonjé Bakang

Paul Cabana

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Keith Le Goy

John McVay

Guillaume Morel

Euzhan Palcy

Nick Smith

David Ellender

Mo Abudu, CEO, EbonyLife TV, Nigeria Michael Armstrong, EVP and General Manager, International Brand Development, Viacom International Media Networks, USA Tonjé Bakang, CEO, Afrostream, France Paul Cabana, SVP Programming HISTORY channel, A+E Networks, USA Sean Cohan, President, International and Digital Media, A+E Networks, USA David Ellender, President Global Distribution and Co-production, Sonar, USA Keith Le Goy, President, International Distribution, Sony Pictures Television, USA John McVay, Chief Executive, Pact, UK Guillaume Morel, Head of Consulting, Nielsen Entertainment, France Euzhan Palcy, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, France Nick Smith, SVP Format Production, all3media International, UK

4K ULTRA HD

CARRIAGE DEAL FORUM In partnership with

THE CARRIAGE LANDSCAPE: STREAMLINING VIEWER OPTIONS

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HERE COME THE UHD CHANNELS

9.15-9.45 | Esterel

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SHOW & TELL: CHANNELS & STREAMING PLATFORMS

Farid Ben Amor

Jon Cody

Scott Ehrlich

Emma Masoni

Tom Mohler

Berk Uziyel

SPEAKERS:

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Vanessa Case, EVP, Content, Blue Ant Media, Canada Andrew Jackson, EVP, International Production, Plimsoll Productions, UK Bertrand Loyer, President, Saint Thomas Productions, France Greg Moyer, CEO, Blue Chalk Media, USA David Royle, EVP, Programming and Production, Smithsonian Channel, USA

MODERATOR:

Andrew Jackson

Bertrand Loyer

Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-television.com, UK

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12.00-12.45 | Sony 4K Ultra HD Theatre

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Makiko Okano, Producer, Drama Programs Department, Production Division, WOWOW, Japan Kosuke Yamada, Director of Photography, TOHO PICTURES, Japan

David Royle

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MODERATOR:

CARRIAGE DEAL FORUM MATCHMAKING

Nela Pavlouskova

Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-television.com, UK

SPEAKERS:

Paula Souloumiac, CEO, Paula Souloumiac Consulting, France

Kelly Holland

MODERATOR:

10.00-11.15 | Esterel Farid Ben Amor, Strategic Development, FUSION, USA Jon Cody, CEO, TV4 ENTERTAINMENT, USA Scott Ehrlich, CEO and Co-Founder, THE QYOU, USA Rie Hayashi, Head of Global Strategy Division, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan Emma Masoni, Head of Channel Distribution Europe, INSIGHT TV, The Netherlands Tom Mohler, CEO, Olympusat Holdings (Ultra Clásico), USA Daniel Reich, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Product Strategy and Development, Viacom International Media Networks, USA Jonathan Shrank, Head of Channel Distribution, UK & North America, INSIGHT TV, The Netherlands Tony Wawryk, VP Affiliate Sales, GINX eSPORTS TV, UK

Rian Bester, CEO, Insight TV, Netherlands Kelly Holland, CEO Owner, Penthouse Global Media, USA Nela Pavlouskova, Managing Director, COFITES, France Berk Uziyel, Executive Director, SPI International/ Filmbox, Turkey

Rian Bester

Chris Forrester, Contributing Editor, Advanced-television.com, UK

Makiko Okano

Kosuke Yamada

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NEW VOICES - THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIGITAL STORYTELLERS

NEW WAYS OF FINANCING NON-SCRIPTED FORMATS

9.15-10.00 | Auditorium A SPEAKERS:

9.45-10.15 | Verrière Californie

Sebastian Burkhardt, SVP Digital & Acquisitions, Keshet International, USA Marianne Furevold-Boland, Executive Producer, NRK, Norway Arunabh Kumar, Founder, CEO, The Viral Fever, India Joanna Wells, Vice President, Digital Content, Comedy Central and MTV, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), UK

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Space Limited

MODERATOR:

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Julie Bristow, President & CEO, Bristow Global Media, Canada Andrew Marcus, President and COO, Critical Content, USA

MODERATOR:

Andrew Marcus

Ed Waller, Editorial Director, C21Media, UK

Jesse Cleverly, Creative Director, Wildseed Studios, UK

Ed Waller Sebastian Burkhardt

Marianne Furevold-Boland

Arunabh Kumar

Joanna Wells

Jesse Cleverly

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10.15-11.00 | Auditorium A SPEAKERS: Fiona Copland, Producer, Field Theory, New Zealand Mara Lobão, Partner / Executive Producer, Panorâmica, Brazil Tiago Mello, Executive Producer, Boutique Filmes, Brazil Nebojsa Taraba, Partner and Content Producer, Drugi Plan, Croatia

MODERATOR: Keren Shahar, COO and President of Distribution, Keshet International, Israel

Fiona Copland

Mara Lobão

Tiago Mello

Nebojsa Taraba

Keren Shahar

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BEN SHERWOOD CO-CHAIR, DISNEY MEDIA NETWORKS, PRESIDENT, DISNEY-ABC TELEVISION GROUP

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11.15-12.00 | Auditorium A

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“CARDINAL”: Billy Campbell, Actor, USA Jennifer Kawaja, Producer, Sienna Films, Canada Julia Sereny, Producer, Sienna Films, Canada Karine Vanasse, Actress, Canada

‘PLANET EARTH II’ 13.30-14.45 | Auditorium K

“FATALE-STATION”: Stéphane Bourguignon, Scriptwriter, Canada Louise Lantagne, VP Fiction, Feature Film and Documentary, Attraction Images, Canada Macha Limonchik, Actress, Canada

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“VERSAILLES”: Tygh Runyan, Actor, Canada Ian Whitehead, Head of Production and Development, Incendo, Canada

MODERATOR: Bill Brioux, TV columnist, Journalist, The Canadian Press, Canada

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Louise Lantagne

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Julia Sereny

Tygh Runyan

Karine Vanasse

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Ken-ichi Imamura, Executive Producer, NHK Enterprises, Japan Nicolas Deschamps, Producer, Head of International Coproductions, GEDEON Programmes, France

Nicolas Deschamps

Taito Okiura

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Hervé Fontaine, Vice President Virtual Reality B2B and Business Development, HTC, UK Emilie Joly, CEO, apelab, Switzerland Wilfried Van Baelen, CEO, Auro Technologies, Belgium

MODERATOR:

JAPANESE DRAMA BEYOND BORDERS

Morgan Bouchet, VP Digital Content & Head of VR, ORANGE, VP Think Tank, Uni-VR, France

15.30-16.10 | Auditorium A SPEAKERS:

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BEYOND 360°: FROM PASSIVE VIEWING TO VIRTUAL INTERACTION

JAPANIMATION OUT OF THE BOX 14.45-15.25 | Auditorium A

Zain Memon

Mathieu Bejot

Mathieu Bejot, Executive Director, TV France International, France Noriko Toishi, Producer, HJ Holdings, Japan

VR & IMMERSIVE JOURNALISM: THE FUTURE OF NEWS

Emilie Joly

Wilfried Van Baelen

Eduard Chizhikov

17.30-18.30 | Verrière Californie SPEAKERS: Noriko Toishi

Eduard Chizhikov, Producer, RT, Russia Louis Jebb, Chief Executive, Immersiv.ly, UK Thomas Seymat, Digital Journalist, Euronews, France

Louis Jebb

MODERATOR: Alina Mikhaleva, VR Advisor & Digital Media Consultant

TRENDS & VISION CROSSING FROM FILM TO TV: CREATIVITY & FINANCING

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Hakan Kousetta

Pancho Mansfield

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Jesse Whittock, Deputy Editor, Television Business International, UK

SPEAKERS:

Chris Rice

SATISFYING THE TV AUDIENCES OF TOMORROW: THE CONSUMERLAB FINDINGS 2016

Thomas Seymat

Jesse Whittock

Olivier Chiabodo, Producer, The Explorers, France Prashant Chothani, CEO, Travelxp 4K | HD, India Martin Dohrn, Managing Director, Ammonite, UK Dr Mike Gunton, Creative Director, BBC Worldwide, UK Ed Kellie, Producer/ Director, Escapade Media, Australia Andy King, Head of Technology, Television Productions, BBC Engeneering, UK

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The brave new world of pay TV CARRIAGE DEALS

Some 350 buyers are set to attend MIPCOM’s third Carriage Deal Forum today, an event which aims to foster carriage agreements between networks and operators, channels and OTT platforms.

Juliana Koranteng asks executives from around the globe and across the pay-TV spectrum about their acquisition strategies

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ALKS at this year’s Carriage Deal Forum at MIPCOM will reveal how buying and selling content for pay TV has evolved considerably in the past decade. The emergence of OTT streaming platforms, with their skinny-package tiers and no onerous longterm commitments for customers, has forced tra-

ANGIE MEE Head of content partnerships, Freesat (UK) Reach: Freesat offers free-to-air networks on satellitedelivered Freesat, plus paid-for and free on-demand OTT services to two million UK homes.

ditional cable and satellite operators to rethink their buying strategies. Meanwhile, the digital infrastructure and high-speed 4G signals that underpin OTT means today’s multiplatform pay-TV operators can also deliver new types of content, including live and pre-programmed online video shorts, video games and e-sports.

easily between connected and linear channels. We’ve introduced more on-demand services, giving Freesat customers a variety of content without being locked into long-term contracts. We offer a huge range of subscription-free channels, or the option to add paid content rom e li es o ser ices e i or u i

KARINA ROMPA Content manager, Play Now (Poland)

What type of channels/content are you looking for? uilding on our s rong con en o ering s ecific lly wi film c ildren s s or nd in ern ion l c nnels continues to be a key focus for Freesat. We also want to connect with content-providers with HTML5 apps formatted for TV [required by platform operators in order to launch third-parties’ multiplatform shows and networks] with fully managed services.”

Reach: Launched in August, the OTT platform is targeted only at the contract subscribers of triple-play telecoms operator Play. Contract subscribers account for 52%-plus of Play’s 14.6 million customers in Poland.

Has your acquisition strategy changed since the emergence of OTT/streaming platforms?

“The introduction of OTT streaming platforms has contributed to the rapid growth of Freesat’s connected base over the past two years and we’ve designed an integrated user experience that allows customers to navigate

What content are you looking for?

“We launched Play Now with 45 channels, but we’re still in talks with broadcasters. In October, we’ll launch TVOD [transactional VOD], which has a library that will grow in time as well.”

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“Our OTT streaming platform offers skinny-tier packages, quality content and no long-term commitments.

We operate in Poland, where the rate of cord-cutting is still not high. Nielsen Audience Measurement statistics show the average amount of time people in Poland spend watching TV is still increasing.”

ROMAN SAHAIDAK Deputy head of marketing/head of TV projects, Megogo (Ukraine) Reach: Megogo operates worldwide, but with a focus on the CIS and the Baltic states. It offers more than 300 national and international linear channels, including film nd on demand channels.

What type of channels/content are you looking for?

“We are looking for new formats of linear TV channels and new VOD content, such as slow TV, 360-degree videos, 4K content and e-sports.”

Has your acquisition strategy changed since the emergence of OTT/streaming platforms?

“Via our OTT platform, we also offer no-contract, no long-term commitment services to our customers. Millennials are part of our audience, but not core. Everybody loves movies — and millennials do as well. We mix movies and TV in one single bundle for a monthly fee.”

EDWIN SNELDERWAARD CEO, M2M TV (Mobile2Morrow Television (Netherlands) Reach: The OTT streaming platform, which launched in late August, is available worldwide, so anyone in any country can sign up, depending on the rights acquired.

What type of channels/content are you looking for? “ I n it i a l ly, we’r e

looking to expand our line-up of TV channels and, unlike most cable-TV providers, we don’t have any limit on the number of channels we carry. One thing we’re really after is 4K/Ultra-HD channels and content, as we believe there’s a big gap here. We also want to talk to companies that want to offer their subscription-based content directly to customers.

Pay-per-view will be part of that, so live streaming of sports matches from anywhere in the world would also be something we’ll look for in late 2016 and 2017.”

Has your acquisition strategy changed since the emergence of OTT/streaming platforms?

“Our monthly service can be terminated any time, and ‘a la carte’ TV channels can be cancelled on a monthly basis. This is something TV channels that sign up to be sold on our platform know in advance. We also see a bright future for thematic channels — simply because one of the downsides of the Netflixs is that it can be hard to find something you want to watch from the tens of thousands of titles staring at you, all screaming for your attention.”

UNAL YUKSEL CEO/co-founder, digi-TIMS (Turkey) Reach: digi-TIMS reaches 1.5 millionplus subscr ibers, 68% of whom come from outside Turkey, plus 50 million-plus unique views a year.

What type of channels/content are you looking for?

“In fact, we’re content creators. We wi l l cont i nue to p r o duc e Tu rk ish premium content, especially drama. Soon, we will produce a variety of genres like comedy, kids and original formats. For next year, we also want web-only premium content in different languages, targeting the major regions where our platform runs.”

Has your acquisition strategy changed since the emergence of OTT/streaming platforms?

“Of course — because we’re working in an agile, data-driven video business. Young people are among our customers. Each one has more than 200 [social-media] friends and every influencer with 200 friends can reach more than 150,000 people.

The question is how we can do business with this kind of data. We use different web analytic tools to understand all our customers.”

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Rising to the challenge CARRIAGE DEALS

Keshet International’s Keren Shahar

FremantleMedia International’s Lisa Honig

Naked Entertainment’s Simon Andreae

Today’s distributors are negotiating sales to a wider variety of platforms for increasingly complex release tactics. Juliana Koranteng reports on the strategies

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HESE are interesting times for content sellers targeting pay-TV owners. Digital TV Research predicts that pay-TV subscriptions for the leading 400 operators in 100 territories will jump to 912 million in 2021 from 778 million in 2015. Boston Consulting Group, meanwhile, estimates revenues from OTT video services — from e in ern ion lly il le e i nd m on o iFlix in South-East Asia, Germany’s maxdome and Spain-headquartered Wuaki.tv — is growing more than 20% yearly.

The rapid growth of the OTT platforms in particular is giving food for thought to sales executives at MIPCOM. eren r c ie o er ing o ficer nd residen o distribution at Israel-based Keshet International, says: “The emergence of these new [OTT] services is good news, because many of them are global or partially global. But it also makes our work complex and more thought has to go into a sales strategy.”

However, as long as the rights-owner focuses on its goals, good business can be done. “As a content-owner and seller, our goal is to maximise the long-tail value of our intellectual properties,” Shahar adds. “With the emergence of OTT, the issue of exclusivity is becoming bigger and bigger, because that’s the way for the platforms to brand themselves and justify their costs.

They will soon buy their own original content, but will also make acquisition as important as investing in original content.”

Simon Andreae, CEO and founder of production/distriu ion firm ed n er inmen comes wi in ern tional experience that includes senior positions at Fox Broadcasting and Discovery Channel US. He observes that much has changed yet stayed the same: “Some years ago, we would have been dealing with only the new-media, digital executives who went to work at Hulu nd e i u now ose s re ming com nies re staffed by commissioning executives from the traditional channels.”

This has ensured a certain continuity, Andreae adds: “From the [content] suppliers’ point of view, it’s kind

of reassuring, because these platforms are now peopled with those we’d been dealing with in traditional media.”

Andreae also has an interesting take on how to target content to the brave new world of pay TV: “When supplying content, I think of meals. Traditional TV platforms need the main course, which comes in half-hour or one-hour shows. For OTT suppliers, the opportunities are much more in snacks and binges. Viewers can go to an OTT platform to watch a vertical featuring something that interests them. The shows are usually shorter than half an hour and the viewer doesn’t need to invest in time to sit down and watch them.”

As an example, he cites his own company’s Threesome ing com rises fi e o si s ories old o er n our u e c s ory is se r e i e si ed iece On the other hand, streaming OTT services can also cater for binge viewing — a phenomenon that has become established only in the past couple of years. “OTT [operators] like the big binge-able blowout meals with shows that have continuing narratives and fans can watch two to four episodes in one go,” Andreae says.

“They are the opposite of the main course of traditional TV.” As more subscription-funded platforms come on to the market, exclusivity will become the watchword, argues Lisa Honig, FremantleMedia International’s senior executive vice-president, international distribution, North meric n e or e m le fili e c le o er tors still want exclusive shows, because they are paying money to carry the channels’ networks,” she says. “If those channels are seen everywhere, they feel it devalues the content.”

According to Honig, FremantleMedia International looks at where the release windowing makes the best sense for the content in question: “You look for the best home for your franchises. You need to ask if it will be one of many similar shows on the network. You need to know the demand for the platform, and what the appetite is for volume. This whole world is changing so you need to know how to balance long-term gains and constant needs.”

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Salt, on Sky in Germany and Austria in 4K UHD

A look into the future

In response to the sharp rise in the number of 4K UHD channels offering cinemastandard images and sound, MIPCOM is dedicating a series of sessions to this next frontier in televisual technology. Juliana Koranteng reports

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MAGINE the range of colours and the quality of each pixel

in today’s HDTV shows multiplied four-fold and you’ll get an idea of what 4K, or UHD, moving pictures can deliver. It is the high-dynamic-range (HDR) aspect of the technology that enables viewers to see more details. It is, in short, the closest on-screen imagery gets to what the human eye can actually see.

David Royle That is why MIPCOM is focusing on the 4K phenomenon with a series of sessions called Here Come The UHD Channels.

Compared to conventional SD and HD channels, the number of 4K services is still small. But David Royle, executive vice-president of programming and production at US-based Smithsonian Channel, sees another massmarket transformation in the making. “It’s a more encouraging production landscape than we encountered at

MIPCOM in the early days of HD,” he says. “Back then, the uplift cost from SD resolution to HD was so great that few broadcasters would pay for it and a lot of producers were understandably hesitant. But 4K UHD is evolving much more quickly, with costs rapidly coming down. So the transition to 4K UHD is a natural evolution for us.”

Only the industry itself can prevent premium 4K entertainment from going mainstream, Royle adds: “We need more co-production partners willing to share production costs. I think holding back from the inevitable is a mistake.”

Holding back from the inevitable is a mistake

n ern ion l consul ncy firm or ern y ese rc predicts about 785 satellite-delivered UHD channels will be launched by 2025. Technology conglomerate isco recen ly orec s y lus

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screen TVs with LCD, OLED and quantum dot (QD) e wor s mi soni n nnel s ren com ny screen technologies will be 4K sets. In addition to the o de elo roduce nd dis ri u e u li y wildSmithsonian Channel and its streaming platform Smith- li e nd n ur l is ory i les under e o e ure sonian Earth, 4K services are offered by DirecTV in brand. Its shows are currently available on SVOD platthe US, UK-based BT Sport and Sky, Germany’s Sky forms in 33 markets. eu sc l nd lue n edi s o e ure in n d “There is also a substantial demand for 4K programming and Indian network travelxp. Moreover, the new gen- in Asia, especially Japan and Korea, where consumers eration of TV services, OTT streaming platforms such have become early adopters,” says Raja Khanna, Blue s e i nd m on r nsmi Ant Media’s CEO of television and original 4K shows. digital. The company’s library of The European Broadcasting Union 4K content includes Camp Zambia, (EBU) estimates there are only 57 50 hours-plus of high-end naturaltrue 4K or UHD channels globally. history content created with PlimBut several networks and producsoll Productions, the UK independtion companies are getting ready ent production house. In addition, by commissioning future-proof 4K distribution arm Blue Ant Internacontent to build up their libraries tional sells 4K content from thirdas the number of channels grows r y firms including e ence to the proportions predicted by and Arcadia Entertainment. or ern y ese rc o e In Germany and Austria, Sky is Recent shows from the Smithsonioffering subscribers its new UHD an include the factual series Sacred Sky+ Pro set-top box, which enaSites, Mysteries Of The Rainforest bles them to watch movies includnd e e l esus re o ing Hotel Transylvania 2, The commemorate the 40th anniverWalk, Salt and Evil Dead in UHD. s ry o esus re r nco It is also introducing Sky Sport e firelli s semin l d ion Bundesliga UHD and Sky Sport of the life of Christ). s id o e firs dedic ed inLast year, Blue Ant Media formed ternational live-sports services in a joint venture with Smithsonian Raja Khanna

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investments by broadcasters would not be worthwhile, especially if the audience experiences no improvement in what they see.”

In the UK, for example, the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) founded by UK broadcasters the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 has produced an interim technical document for UHD programme delivery to broadcasters. e or meric n ro dc s ers Association has also joined the DPP in this mission.

However, BBC Worldwide’s Reynolds warns the industry to avoid complacency when setting standards: “I worry that, with the lack of standardisation seen to date, many consumers will view sub-standard UHD and not appreciate the difference it can m e o con en or now Worldwide, our strategy is to focus on making a small number of titles available at a very high s ecific ion o one owe er c n oid e high costs that will be incurred to set the 4K wheels in motion.

“The biggest challenges we are facing with the start of our UHD Any new technology that impacts on channels for live sports are the TV distribution brings challenges. A bandwidth and the huge amount key issue is the need to standardise of data that needs to be transportthe quality of content and hardware Mark Reynolds ed from the camera in the stadiproduction internationally. The EBU um via the playout centre to the is a member of the UHD Alliance set up by consumer-tech conglomerates, broadcasters and TVs at home,” says Sky Deutschland’s Mascia. “We’re roducers o su ly e cer ific ion or e m s er er- talking about 10 times the data amount compared with full HD.” sions of UHD content and TV display screens. ere is lso e l r orum w ic is de elo - Companies seeking to create and distribute 4K entering guidelines for the production and distribution of tainment should also bear the following in mind, adquality UHD content, says Adi Kouadio, senior project vises Blue Ant Media’s Khanna: “As 4K is four times new wor ows nd sys ems e d o manager in the EBU’s technology and innovation de- l rger n e uil me ning signific n c i l in es men s partment. “On the technical side, we’re involved in the standardisation of the format to ensure there is a very also means delivery times are much slower and the proclear added value to the quality compared to HDTV,” cessing time is exponential.” he says. “We want public-service broadcasters to pro- He adds: “Storage continues to be one of the biggest vide value-added experiences to the viewer, otherwise issues in 4K production. Processing and housing this both countries.

“We will show games in stunningly sharp video resolution that is four times higher than HD,” says Alice Mascia, Sky Deutschland’s executive vice-president of product strategy and management. “This brings customers much closer to the action. We are focusing on Sky Sport at the start, because we can produce in UHD ourselves and determine the production format in terms of quality and camera positions.”

Content sales juggernaut BBC Worldwide and its parent company, the UK public broadcaster, want to license “blue-chip factual series”, such as their own Planet Earth II, Ocean and Serengeti, in 4K. As Mark Reynolds, BBC Worldwide’s genre director for factual, notes: “This type of content tends to have a long sales cycle. It therefore makes sense to acquire those titles at the highest standard we can to future proof that premium content for years o come nd no le s ec use e natural-history images look particularly impressive in UHD and HDR.”

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Chris Stewart, vice-president of sales at Zodiak Rights, says: “In the next two years, 4K will become the norm.

And the initial drivers will come from factual content producers.”

Thomas Viner, creative director at Pioneer Productions, admires the way the technology takes the company’s wildlife and science shows to a higher level for the viewer. “The scenes can be stunning,” he says. “We can put viewers on the edge of a tornado or take them to the edges of the solar system. And we can do it in an unprecedented level of detail. Everything will be 4K within a few years and the adoption will be faster than HD, both for broadcasters and in the home.”

Another UK producer, Arrow Media, is also bracing itself for the 4K upheaval. “Broadcasters in the US are starting to embrace 4K and that means Europe and the international market won’t be far behind,” says the company’s creative director, Tom Brisley. “Arrow is already in production on two 4K series for the US market and this early experience places us in a very competitive position.”

While factual content and sports entertainment currently dominate the genres produced in 4K, the format is eing lied o o er con en y es or e m le e firs i le odi ig s is ringing o COM is Wolf Creek, a taut psychological thriller.

Sky Deutschland’s Mascia adds: “With Sony Pictures, we’ve agreed on a multi-year, pan-European movie agreement, which includes UHD productions. We will ro ide ur er fic ion con en nd o er genres soon And the EBU’s Akouadio believes the foundations for an international 4K entertainment market are already here: “In the past few months, we’ve seen an increase in the amount of related UHD packaged content with the release of UHD Blu-ray on to the market. More and more broadcasters are also asking for master copies of shows to be supplied in 4K UHD, because of the higher quality. This is because they can be repurposed for HDTV, but can still be ready for when 4K channels become available.”

Smithsonian Channel’s Royle is ready to do business in 4K. “I suppose I’m an eternal optimist, but I do believe that consumer demand and commercial opportunity will drive our industry forward, and that ingenuity and technological genius will triumph.”

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