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CC VENTURES WINNERS THE WINNERS of the CC Ventures competition were announced last night during the Connected Party in the Carlton. The winners were chosen from 11 shortlisted start-ups from around the world. See page 5

CONTENT 360 WINNERS THE CONTENT 360 winners were selected from 18 finalists who presented future-defining concepts for the next generation of digital devices designed for a world where consumers devour and share media and entertainment content across multiple platforms.

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3D FOCUS 3D TV has been under the spotlight all week during MIPTV. Yesterday professionals debated its evolution, possible future applications and distribution, while companies brought new 3D content to the market.

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LATIN AMERICA LATIN American companies are out in force at MIPTV and delegates from this diverse region — that includes the birthplace of the telenovela — report brisk business in Cannes.

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MIPTV News 4 The Official MIPTV Daily Newspaper

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Director of publications: Paul Zilk Editorial Department: Editor in Chief: Julian Newby • Deputy Editor: Debbie Lincoln • Sub Editors: Sarah Kovandzich, Max Leonard • Reporters: Marlene Edmunds, Andy Fry, Emelia Jones, Juliana Koranteng, Rachel Murrell, Gary Smith, Phil Sommerich, Joanna Stephens • Technical Editor in Chief: Herve Traisnel • Deputy Technical Editor in Chief: Frederic Beauseigneur • Graphic Designers: Veronique Duthille, Carole Peres • Head of Photographers: Yann Coatsaliou – 360 Medias • Photographers: Christian Alminana, Georges Auclaire, Olivier Houeix, Michel Johner • Editorial Management: Boutique Editions Ltd. Production Department: Content Director: Jean-Marc Andre • Publications Production and Development Manager: Martin Screpel • Publishing Product Manager: Chealsy Choquette • Publishing Coordinators: Emilie Lambert, Amrane Lamiri, David Le Chapelain, Bruno Piauger • Production Assistant: Veronica Pirim • Production Assistant, Cannes Office: Eric Laurent • Printer: Riccobono Imprimeurs, Le Muy (France) Management, Marketing & Sales Team: Director of the Television Division: Laurine Garaude • Director of Digital Media: Ted Baracos • Sales Director: Sabine Chemaly • Brand Manager: Dee Perryman • Programme Director: Karine Bouteiller • Managing Director (UK / Australia / New Zealand): Peter Rhodes OBE • Sales Manager: Elizabeth Delaney • Vice President Sales and Business Development, Americas: Robert Marking • Vice President Business Development, North America: JP Bommel • Executive Sales Director, North America: MJ Sorenson • Sales Executive: Panayiota Pagoulatos • Sales Managers: Paul Barbaro, Nathalie Gastone • International Sales Manager: Fabienne Germond • Sales Executives: Liliane Dacruz, Cyril Szczerbakow • Sales Manager: Samira Haddi • Digital Media Sales Manager: Nancy Denole • Australia and New Zealand Representative: Natalie Apostolou • China Representative: Anke Redl • CIS Representative: Alexandra Modestova • English Speaking Africa Representative: Arnaud de Nanteuil • India Representative: Anil Wanvari • Israel Representative: Guy Martinovsky • Japan Representative: Lily Ono • Latin America Representative: Elisa Aquino • Middle-East Representative: Bassil Hajjar • Poland Representative: Monika Bednarek • South Korea Representative: Sunny Kim • Taiwan Representative: Irene Liu • Germany Representative (Digital Media Sector): Renate Radke Adam Published by Reed MIDEM, BP 572 11, rue du Colonel Pierre Avia 75726 Paris Cedex 15 Contents © 2011, Reed MIDEM Market Publications Publication Printed on 100% Registered: 2nd quarter 2011 recycled paper

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Connected Creativity Awards The Connected Creativity party, sponsored by Vivendi, took place at the Carlton hotel last night. The assembled guests honoured the winners of the first ever MIPTV CC Ventures pitching competition, and the sixth annual Content 360 Awards FIRST up were the CC Ventures awards, recognising the crucial role played by venture capital firms in supplying the life-blood of new start-ups — money they can use to let their creative juices flow, opening up new opportunities

EARLY-STAGE START-UPS

Joseph D’Anna (left) and Nik Miskov: CamUp is a social-media take on conferencing facilities: the aim, to turn passive media consumers into active users. D’Anna said: “We need funding to secure top talent. We have in our hands the future of the online space”

for the TV and other creative industries — but also disrupting them.

The prizes singled out two firms — one ‘early stage’, one ‘late stage’, from a shortlist of 10, who pitched their ideas to a Dragon’s Den-style panel of industry investors.

GROWTH-STAGE START-UPS

Jim Solatie (left) and Pia Solatie: Futurecode takes existing animated property, The Dibidogs, and creates a new world for children by bringing it into augmented reality.

They said: “It’s the first big award we’ve won. We have Nokia and Rovio Mobile in Finland, but we’re not so strong in animation. This is big for animation in Finland”

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THE WINNERS of the Content 360 Awards were selected from the 18 finalists — who were selected from 157 submissions from 29 countries. All of whom presented future-defining concepts for the next generation of digital devices.

Judges included Daniel Saunders, head of content services at Samsung Elec-

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PinkPom Digital (Canada): ‘Media Undone’ — category sponsor NFB Canada Christina Adams and Greg Merner “We’re just a start-up, so this was a big app for us to do. We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with the NFB, as we’re Canadian”

ONLINE AND SOCIAL GAMES

3DDUO (France): ‘Reehborn’ Max Devoghelaere “We’re searching for VCs so it’s very important to have this award, it will be a plus to convince them”

tronics Europe; Gerard Grech, global head of content distribution at Nokia; Julie Adair, director of content creation for Disney Online, EMEA; and Vittorio Veltoni, head of digital publishing at Italy’s Mondadori.

The awards came in four categories.

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Telston (South Korea): ‘Bring It Home’ Hyeon Jeong Lee (left) and Harry D Lee Harry D Lee: “Hyeon Jeong Lee is the creative direction behind the project. Today I gave the presentation and I could see nobody. Tonight I can see everybody. Thank you very much!”

INTERACTIVE AND CROSS-MEDIA DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT FORMATS

The Connected Set (UK): ‘Go to the answer’ — category sponsor FMX Jason Mitchell “It’s amazing. It was a big risk to leave my job in television and set up on my own a few months ago. This makes me feel like I’ve definitely made the right decision”

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NEW DYNAMICS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA Robert Tercek

WE HAVE entered the second century of electronic media — “and the dynamics of this second century are going to be dramatically different from the previous 100 years”, Robert Tercek told delegates at yesterday’s Connected Content forum.

"We have quietly crossed a threshold in the past year," said the president of General Creativity in his introductory keynote, who first came to MIPTV in 2001 with one of the first mobile-TV demos.

“Back in 2000, there were only 250 million people using the internet worldwide and there were 500 million mobile phones in existence,” he said. “But they were very ... incapable.”

Now, there are two billion internet users and five billion mobile phones — near enough a ten-fold increase on both counts.

Tercek pointed out that there are now 550 million people with fixed broadband connections and one billion with mobile broadband connections, albeit not spread evenly around the world.

"We still have plenty of room to grow before the entire planet is connected," he said. "In the not-too-distant future, though, everyone on the planet will have access in some way to all of the world's information, and all of the world's media. It's a powerful thought."

Connected documentary to spark global conversation FILM-maker Tiffany Shlain described her new documentary as “an attempt to create a global conversation about the connected world”.

Honoured by Newsweek as one of the women shaping the 21st century, Shlain was speaking at yesterday’s Connected Creativity keynote.

Prior to screening the film — Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology — Shlain described how she and her team packaged the DVD with discussion cards, a book and a powerful website. “The film was an appetiser for the discussion afterwards,” she said.

She also talked about some of the ways in which her film-making practice has been informed by the web and Twitter: “When we needed ideas for archive, or a suggestion for music, I’d tweet about

Tiffany Shlain: “When we needed ideas for archive, I’d tweet about it”

it and 20 suggestions would come in.

And we did an experiment in crowdsourcing to design the poster for the

film. We supplied the assets, and they came up with the idea. It was a fun way to engage our community.”

Social music gaming yet to be a big hit AT THE Content & Technology Collaboration Case Study today, part of the Connected Creativity Forum, Albin Serviant, CEO of MXP4, is presenting new research from social

music gaming company MXP4, showing that music gaming is not yet a leading category on Facebook.

“People clearly want more from their gaming experience. They want to win

MXP4’s Albin Serviant: “huge potential for revenue”

prizes, but most importantly want to have the opportunity to interact and beat their friends,” he said. “The finding that is interesting is that there is a demand to personalise their gaming experience.

“The survey only gives us a small snapshot of the trends and views of Facebook game players, but it demonstrates that there is huge potential for revenue.”

In a related development, MXP4 is moving into the business-to-customer area with a music gaming app that will be launched on April 24.

“Having had significant success with bespoke music gaming applications for a number of top artists including David Guetta and Enrique Iglesias working in a B2B capacity, we felt that it was time to move into a more direct relationship with consumers,” Serviant said.

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AHEAD OF THE GAMIFICATION Scoreloop’s Volker Hirsch

GAMIFICATION is a buzzword right now in tech circles — although not one in Kevin Slavin’s vocabulary.

“I don’t like it,” the Starling.tv co-founder told the audience at yesterday’s Entertainment Gamification session. “I don’t advise anyone to use it.”

Slavin cited a 2008 game called Parking Wars, designed to promote a TV show, but which ended up having 50% more players than the show had viewers. “With conventional media, whatever you’re watching today is going to be arguably less valuable tomorrow.

But when you play chess, the 10th time you play is way more interesting than the first time.”

Slavin said he had learned three important things from working with games designers: games provide a model for the role of luck in life; they fulfil our dream of meritocracy; and they demonstrate the value of constraints.

Scoreloop’s Volker Hirsch said gamification is about making experiences more fun with “ubiquitous mechanics” — peerto-peer challenges, high scores, virtual gifts, achievements, rewards and virtual cash.

But he warned: “If you have a shit game, it will remain a shit game, no matter how much social you do to it.”

Social viewing experiences key to monetising across platforms THE MAIN danger for television isn’t piracy — it’s apathy, said FremantleMedia’s Claire Tavernier at yesterday’s Connected Content session, Entertainment Everywhere: Cash In, Cash Out, which focused on new ways to make money from content.

“It’s people not caring enough to watch TV,” Tavernier added. “And what we get with social media — with YouTube and so on — is a way to combat that apathy.” Consequently, the social viewing experience will be crucial, whether it takes place on a TV, a smartphone, a tablet app or online.

For YouTube/Google’s Patrick Walker, a key concern is how to create consistent experiences across devices: “This is an opportunity and a challenge for YouTube” — an opportunity because consumers want content across all their devices, but a challenge because of the difficulty of building a unified experience across those plat-

FremantleMedia’s Claire Tavernier: “combating apathy”

YouTube/Google’s Patrick Walker: creating consistent experiences

forms, many of which are closed.

TF1’s Sylvain Audigier predicted that, within five years, connected TV and second-screen viewing would be the norm. He also highlighted the debate on how business models should be constructed between

broadcasters and internet firms.

“We have two main areas of concern,” Audigier added. “First, there are big differences in regulation between broadcasters and internet players. Second, with connected TVs it will be easier for people to access pirated content.”

‘If viewers have to search, we failed’ MORE than 80% of people who click on to the TV electronic programme guide (EPG) do not know what they want to watch, according to Sean Besser, senior vice-president, business development, Rovi, whose technology drives most of the world’s EPGs However, “if you make someone search, you have failed”, said Sidebar’s CEO Patrick Kennedy, who’s company provides the metrics to analyse what people watch and when. “When people click on search, they are waiting to be told. They want be marketed to.”

The two put forward the case for the increased personalisation of the EPG at the Connected Creativity VIP Lunch, sponsored by both companies.

They also made a plea for cabsat operators to provide better programme

information — only to be picked up

by Lebanese cable TV operator Nabil Kazan of K&P Partners, who blamed the TV stations.

“Of the 500 channels on the Middle East satellite we use, only 10% provide information,” Kazan said.

Besser’s aim is to broaden the content that can be accessed through the EPG to the internet and even to personal media, using the metrics derived from the individual viewer’s watch-and-search habits to personalise the offer.

Sidebar’s Patrick Kennedy (left) and Rovi’s Sean Besser: aiming to personalise the EPG

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PlayStation 3 and flat-screen TVs help drive 3D adoption 3D IS the next logical step for reality, said Sony’s Akira Shimazu at the presentation 3D Overview: Update On The Latest 3D Technologies And Applications.

Joined on the panel by KCC’s YoungSu Oh, IMAX Corporation’s Julian Stanford and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Vincent Teulade, Shimazu mapped out how the 3D TV market is growing in both Europe and the US. There has been a sharp upturn in the number of people owning flat screens in the last year, he said, claiming that 3D programming is also taking a majority share in movie-theatre box-office revenues.

The Spotlight presentation also revealed that PlayStation 3 is driving the adoption of 3D home entertainment with its support of stereoscopic 3D content. Over 48 million PlayStation 3s are now 3D-capable and the demand for online 3D content is also increasing. The availability of 3D handicams with MVC recording capacity has also made high-quality, personal 3D imaging possible. Sony announced that it is to launch its own 3D all-in-one camcorder next week.

The panel discussed the top three areas of consumer interest in 3D content — theatrical movies on Blu-ray, nature

programmes and sports programming — and how European channels in particular are taking note.

Shimazu reported that Sony was delivering on these new trends by making strategic deals with channels such as ESPN, with whom it recently partnered to film major sporting events in 3D. Shimazu also discussed the development of Tokyo Control, the first 3D drama series created in conjunction with Fuji Television and SKYPerfecTV!, as well as a new channel launch with Discovery and IMAX called 3Net, dedicated entirely to 3D programming.

Sony’s Akira Shimazu

3D content pipeline filling up fast

Skylife’s Phil Yoon: deal with Korean hardware manufacturer LG

CONTENT is still a major issue for the world’s pioneer 3D channels, but they are all moving quickly to fill the gap, delegates to the 3D Spotlight, Distribution And Channels Overview, learned.

Phil Yoon from Skylife in Korea said his company had just inked a content deal with Korean hardware manufacturer LG. “We produced about 50 hours last year and we are producing about 50-60 hours this year, which LG

Orange’s Ghislaine le Rhun-Gautier: “2D scripts simply don’t work on 3D”

will tie to sales of its TVs,” Yoon said.

Business models varied. Sky 3D’s John Cassy said his channel has no plans to charge for its 3D content. It is part of a premium service for its most valued customers.

But 3net, the joint venture between Discovery, Sony and IMAX, is advertiser-based. 3net’s Mark Ringwald said: “We are finding that advertisers are very interested in 3D because it’s

appointment viewing. People want to see everything in 3D, including the commercials.”

Ringwald added that 20% of 3net content would be acquired and the rest commissioned. “There is a lot of quality content brought to us, but there is also some that is questionable,” he said. “Any [acquired] programming has to meet the gold standard. 3D should mean great stories, great char-

acters and great plots.”

Orange’s Ghislaine le Rhun-Gautier said that there is a lot more content available this year than last. “But there needs to be a standard for the quality of programming,” she added. “We are running into three problems — quality not being high enough, content being not international enough and scripts not being written for 3D. 2D scripts simply don’t work on 3D.”

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ROADMAP TO DEALMAKING MIPTV’s Branded Content Roadmap session, featuring Cliff Fluet of Lewis Silkin LLP and Adam Hillyer of Bacardi Global Brands, provided tips to sealing a branded-content deal.

Identifying where deals often go awry, Hillyer pointed to blurred roles and responsibilities. “Your average CEO might not be involved at the start, but he’ll be very hands-on by the end of it,” he said. Other areas of tension included budgeting, fees, negotiation and procurement.

Fluet and Hillyer said the optimal roadmap for brandedcontent negotiation starts with Cliff Fluet

Adam Hillyer

defining relevance and objectives. Once you have got under the brand’s skin and set goals, you can map out your execution path. Next is a full appraisal of rights and structures, then negotiation, procurement and, finally, execution. But no two deals are the same, so while it pays to be rigorous about the negotiation process, “don’t leave anything to chance or ‘understanding’”.

Branded content in search for respect and results

Kristen van Cott, Skechers Entertainment (left) and Chantal Rickards of MEC

“I DO NOT think that the channels are treating branded entertainment with respect,” Kristen van Cott from Skechers Entertainment, the branded content arm of the footwear company, announced at the Ogilvy Branded Entertainment Lab on The Art Of The Deal. “We want spend and sales. Brands cannot continue just writing cheques.”

She referred to a sponsored, highprofile series which actually saw a sales drop, because the money to fund the programme had been taken

from the budget for spot ads, which had been cancelled.

Robert Friedman of @radical.media said TV executives had yet to accept the need for the revenue stream from branded content: “Only two groups now have cash: advertisers and consumers. TV executives will have to recognise that with 24-houra-day broadcasting on 110 channels, they just don’t have the resources inhouse to fill it.”

But Chantal Rickards at media buyer

MEC was more optimistic and said that the key was to create “liquid content” that can flow between platforms and media. She gave the example of optician Specsavers, which sponsors The TV Book Club on Channel 4 in the UK: “The series runs twice a year, but is backed up by websites, e-mail newsletters, reading groups, Twitter feeds, posters in bookshops and stickers on books. There are so many places that you can touch the brand — not just television.”

BCMA data finds perfect match A MIX of branded content and traditional spot advertising is more effective in increasing brand awareness than either is separately.

That is according to a new measurement system of the Branded Content Marketing Association (BCMA) that CEO Andrew Canter described at the Branded Content: Data Is Fuel conference. Two years of work had gone into developing the system, which it now hoped to roll out worldwide.

Adam Sheridan from Ipsos, one of the companies that developed the BCMA

system, reported on the first case studies. One looked at a six-part series sponsored by HSBC bank on BBC World, Ideas That Changed The World. In each episode, an expert looked at four groundbreaking ideas.

Research showed the combination of programme “bumpers” for such a high-profile programme, combined with some traditional spots, was more than twice as effective in promoting the brand than spot ads alone, he said.

Ipsos’ Adam Sheridan: data can change world

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PACT measures success of UK indies in hard business PACT, the UK trade association for the independent TV sector, reports roaring trade at this year’s MIPTV. As a result, PACT’s management is confident it can convince the UK government that it would be ill-conceived to include TV export among the businesses earmarked for austerity cuts.

“We did a lot of research and found the TV export market is very competitive and has been the only area in the creative industries that has grown during the recession,” said Dawn McCarthy-Simpson, PACT’s senior policy executive.

The 35-plus companies exhibiting on PACT’s UK Indies Pavilion have held more than 800 meetings during MIPTV, McCarthy-Simpson added.

The first deal was sealed on the first day of MIPTV, when Yellow House sold Baby Beetles to Indonesia’s Video Unggul. “British content has a really

PACT’S Dawn McCarthy-Simpson: “British content has a really good reputation abroad”

good reputation abroad,” McCarthySimpson said. “According to the 2010 PACT Export Report, the UK ranks second in programme-content sales worldwide after the US.” Once back in the UK, PACT plans to

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NEW CHAPTER FOR HOTEL STORIES FREMANTLEMEDIA has acquired the Hotel Stories format from the Spanish distribution company Imagina International Sales (IIS).

FremantleMedia has taken a worldwide option on the franchise, extending a previous deal under which it had acquired the format for territories in northern and southern Europe.

IIS said the format is “set in a hotel and chronicles guests’ experiences during their stay”.

In Spain, Hotel Stories was produced as a series of 50minute episodes by Globomedia.

report its success — and the revenues generated — to the UK government.

“We hope the government will recognise the value of having a stand at MIPTV,” McCarthy-Simpson said. “We have the proof. We know it works.”

Big Brother returns to UK screens BIG BROTHER, the reality-TV series that bowed out of the UK network Channel 4 last year after 11 series, is to be resurrected on rival network Channel 5 this year.

The UK version of Endemol’s pioneering reality-TV format aired on Channel 4 from 2000 until last summer.

The new version on Channel 5, which has the exclusive UK rights for two years, will kick off with a four-week celebrity edition later this summer.

A non-celebrity version of the format will go on air shortly after.

The new Big Brother will be produced

by Initial and filmed at the legendary

Channel 5’s Jeff Ford

Big Brother in its Channel 4 incarnation

Elstree Film Studios. Big Brother was broadcast internationally in 81 territories in 2010. Jeff Ford, Channel 5’s director of programmes, will oversee Big Brother’s development on the network, which says it is still too early to disclose how different the new show will be from the original Channel 4 version.

FremantleMedia’s Vasha Wallace and Imagina’s Geraldine Gonard

PIRATES AHOY! VALHALLA Entertainment’s Gale Anne Hurd is following up the success of The Waking Dead with Port Royal, a drama series set among the pirates of 17th century Jamaica. The one-hour drama, featuring cutthroat pirates, corrupt politicians and ruthless merchants, will be developed with GK-tv, whose series Camelot premiered on Starz last week.

“The real story of privateers and the politics of the era has never been explored on screen,” Hurd said.

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Government support helps fuel rapid growth in Latin America LEADING executives from Latin America gathered in the Grand Palais on Tuesday to discuss the rapid growth in co-production activity that

From Left Fernando and Mauricio Dias

is occurring across the region, in the Working With Latin America sesson at MIPTV. Brazil inspired a lot of interest from delegates. In part, this is

because of the booming Brazilian economy and the imminent arrival of the FIFA World Cup and Olympics.

But no less important has been increased government support for independent production, a subject tackled by Marco Altberg, president of the Brazilian TV Producers Association.

Fernando Dias of Brazilian independent producer grifa was on the panel with Altberg. He said, “the government is investing heavily to grow independent production in Brazil.

This means there are many more opportunities to do co-productions, though it is important for partners to realise that such productions need to take advantage of Brazilian talent if they are to access the available production funds.”

Also on the panel were representatives

Brazilian TV Producers Association’s Marco Altberg: increased support

from leading Latin American markets such as Mexico and Argentina. These included Ricardo Ehrsam, general director Europe, Asia and Africa of Televisa Internacional, one of the world’s leading telenovela exporters and Gaston Cami, head of sales and coproductions at Illusion Studios, a respected Buenos Aires company.

Brazil co-pro looks at endangered species BRAZILIAN producers Fernando and Mauricio Dias, who run Sao Paolobased independent production company grifa, revealed details of their involvement in a new international coproduction to the MIPTV News in Cannes this week.

“We are working on the second series of Extinctions, a co-production with France and Canada,” said Fernando Dias. “We will produce two episodes out of a total of six.”

The first series of Extinctions was also six episodes, each of which focused on an animal in danger. Now distributed to around 50 countries worldwide by Zodiak Entertainment, it was a France, Brazil, Canada, Singapore co-pro-

duction, says Mauricio Dias, who directed a film about the threat to jaguars: “This series is a bit different.

It’s about the work being done to protect endangered animals. We are maybe going to look at tamarin monkeys and ocean turtles.”

The Dias brothers have been active in the co-production space for around a decade and are leading lights in the fast-growing Brazilian independent production sector. They are also working on a prestigious co-production with called The Green Planet with leading French producer Gedeon.

Just a month ago, they were involved in the launch of the Rio Content Market, which attracted 1,200 visitors. “We were only expecting 500,” said Fernando Dias, “which shows how much interest there is in working with Brazilian producers.”

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Format deals point to upturn among Colombian producers COLOMBIA brings to market not only a diverse collection of telenovelas but also some hit formats.

Colombian channel and distributor RCN Television has sold the format rights to their popular show Yo Soy Betty, La Fea, the original concept behind Touchstone’s US

version and global hit, Ugly Betty.

“We have made three format deals this MIPTV which is much more than we expected,” said RCN Television’s Maria Lucia Hernandez Frieri.

“We sold the rights to make a local version of the show to Sony in the Middle East, Thailand-based TV

DIGITAL SPIRIT ANIMATION Brazilian company Digital Spirit Animation brings a programming slate to the market along with transmedia extensions, merchandising and licensing opportunities.

The company has worked with brands such as HSBC, Volvo and Honda, and won the Globo/RPC TV network Innovation Award for a short film in 2009. Original CGIanimation series include Rudah and Mighty Soldiers; although they have no deals to announce, Digital Spirit Animation’s Juliano De Paula and Desiree Portela were excited about the possibilities: “This market has made me want to split in two,” said De Paula.

“One half of me wants to sit in every conference and the other half wants to conduct all our meetings. We have been really pleased to open up conversations with European and Australian companies who have quite a similar market to Brazil in many ways — we feel as though we are talking the same language.”

Portela was equally impressed by the sheer scope of MIPTV: “The support for newcomers has been great in terms of the connected networks and information here.”

RCN Televison’s Maria Lucia Hernandez Frieri: “buyer’s want to make deals this year”

Thunder and Malaysian company TV Astro.”

According to Frieri there has been a positive change this market: “International buyers want to make deals this year. We have a good deal with Televisa in Mexico which buys all our formats to make local adaptations but still leaves us with the rights to sell worldwide. Our telenovelas continue to be popular because they have universal themes that all people, in all cultures, can respond to.”

Colombia-based Caracol Television’s Camilo Arango Lopez said that Caracol sold over 16,000 hours of programming last MIPTV and they had comparative sales this year: “All our productions are homegrown drama series, telenovelas and also formats,” said Lopez. “This year we have been focused on creating content to a high, international standard and on increasing our penetration worldwide.”

BTVP doubles Cannes attendance BRAZILIAN participants attended a MIPTV cocktail party to celebrate the news that the Brazilian TV Producers (BTVP) group has doubled the official number of producers attending under its banner. The cocktail also marked the sixth anniversary of BTVP attending MIPTV. This year, a total of 24 producers have benefited from the organisation’s work in promoting Brazilian independent audiovisual production to the world. BTVP also works to facilitate partnerships between Brazilian and foreign companies, through coproductions, sales and pre-sales to TV channels, internet, mobile telephony and new media.

BTVP participants took part in two of the MIPTV panel discussions, while Marco Altberg, president of

the organisation, participated in the Working With Latin America workshop.

Altberg said: “It has been a very successful MIPTV for the Brazilian

producers, who have had some very useful meetings and established invaluable relations with other producers and companies from around the world.”

Brazilian producers celebrate a successful MIPTV: Trotamundos’ Santiago Ramos; Kiko Mistrorigo (TV PinGuim); Almir Correia (Zoom Elefante); Marco Altberg (president of BTVP); Bruno Vidigal (UPX Studio); Silvio Da-Rin (TV Brasil); Roberto Studart (Primitivo TV); and Fernando Dias (Gullane)

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9.00 > 15.00 Experience Hub is open for visits all day to all MIPTV and connected creativity Forum participants.

Please come and experience the connected livingroom installations, by Orange, Intel, and all the other innovative companies including human gesture interfaces, digital graffiti, augmented TV, and social TV. (Open Presentation Theatre located in Hub Structure, Near the Palais des Festivals)

10.00 > 11.00 cONTENT 360 WINNERS PRESENT THEIR PROJEcTS

11.00 > 12.30 SElEcTED INNOVaTIVE STaRT-UPS FROM cONNEcTED cREaTIVITy FORUM PRESENT

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Host Ben Smith, Tribal labs, UK

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Workshop gives inside story on Asia’s co-pro potential ASIA has a new generation of youth and their tastes are discerning. That’s what Bang Productions’ Keiko Hagihara Bang told a packed Working With Asia workshop at MIPTV. She added that broadcasters and producers are now very eager to do co-productions with other Asian territories, whereas before the territories were too insular.

Endemol Entertainment Malaysia’s Richard Langridge said that one of the key issues for co-production is to “know your market.” He added: “There are channels in Malaysia that do not allow kissing on their programming.”

Nobuo Isobe of Asia Content Centre in Japan said that his company’s ambitions when it launched four years ago were

Discussing cross-border collaborations in Asia: Bang Productions’ Keiko Hagihara Bang, Asian Content Centre’s Nobuo Isobe and MediaCorp’s Chang Long Jong

somewhat hampered by the recession but its first two productions recently released have already brought major kudos.

Chang Long Jong of Singapore’s MediaCorp added that his company had co-produced 480 hours since 2006,

including 14 dramas with Malaysia, 14 documentaries with Japan, five dramas with China and two with Taiwan. He added that China was becoming an increasingly important market for the company.

Ed-Online and Scrawl on new Mission

Ed-Online’s Lee Chuen Loong (left) and Scrawl Studios’ Seng Choon Meng

AN E-LEARNING worldwide distribution agreement between Ed-Online Technologies from Malaysia and Singapore’s Scrawl

CELEBRATING the international launch of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! series from Nihon Ad Systems (NAS), were: NAS’s Kayo Kurita (left) and Shu Hosaka, Konami’s Ken’ichi Akama, NAS’ Yoshihiko Shinoda, Konami’s Shinichi Hanamoto, NAS’ Masanori Miyake and ADK’s Haru Sugimoto.

Studios has been signed at MIPTV. Ed-Online will distribute Scrawl Studios’ Mission Health, 30 three-minute animated vignettes and interactive

modules targeted at children aged six to eight. Mission Health is a spin-off of Scrawl Studios’ animated TV series Nanoboy, which has sold in over 20 territories worldwide.

“We’re excited to partner with Ed-Online in Malaysia, a key market in our regional strategy,” said Scrawl Studios CEO, Seng Choon Meng. “Mission Health is Scrawl’s first successful foray into transmedia development and we’re confident we have a winning combination in this collaboration with the country’s leading e-learning provider.” Ed-Online is at MIPTV under the Malaysian Pavilion.

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MALAYSIA PACKS PAVILION THE MALAYSIAN Pavilion at MIPTV has a record 40 companies this year, as part of an effort to boost the growth of the country’s media and entertainment industry. Sponsored by Malaysia’s audiovisual and export agencies, the participants include: broadcasters LiTV Asia and Radio Television Malaysia; production companies Animasia Studio, Iskandar Malaysia Studios and Total Sports Asia; buyers and distributors Electronic Media Airtime Services and Vision Plus Entertainment.

The Malaysian industry currently has a catalogue of over 100 products distributed across 100 countries. A big development this year is a move towards stories of famous Malay warriors, including The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines, produced by KRU Studios, released in 18 territories in South East Asia and the Middle East, and sold to 60 countries worldwide through US distributor Epic Pictures. “The Malaysian film and multimedia content industry is getting more exciting, we are witnessing more creation of world-class intellectual property, more international coproduction and distribution deals,” Mahyidin Mustakim, director general of the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), said.

The pavilion sees FINAS join with the Malaysian Communications And Multimedia Commission (SKMM), in association with the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and Global Creative and Media Agency (GCMA).

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ABOVE SUSPICION IN CRIME DRAMA BBC Worldwide Channels has picked up two new crime dramas for BBC Entertainment in Africa and the Nordic region.

The first two series of Garrow’s Law, from Twenty Twenty, part of the Shed Media Group, has been picked up from Warner Bros.

International Television. It is set to premiere on BBC Entertainment in Africa and the Nordic region in late 2011.

In the four-part drama, the 18tthcentury legal world comes to life through the role of pioneering barrister William Garrow, played

by Andrew Buchan (Cranford, The Fixer). Each case begins with the investigation of a case sourced from court archives.

The first two series of Above Suspicion have been acquired from Zodiak Rights for BBC Entertainment in Africa. The thriller is based on Lynda La Plante’s best-selling novel of the same name and stars Kelly Reilly as DC Anna Travis, a young officer fast-tracking herself through the ranks, eager to prove a worthy successor to her late father.

Bun Scrase-Dickins, vicepresident acquisitions, BBC Worldwide Channels, said: “Our priority remains to keep growing the number of premieres on our channels. Crime drama has always found an eager fan-base on BBC Entertainment and I’m sure our viewers will be thrilled at the arrival of these two hugely successful and popular titles.”

The deals were brokered Richard Acton, acquisitions manager, BBC Worldwide Channels.

Title Entertainment helps to to break the ice for Chops CHINESE animation producer Studio Chops has linked up with Canada’s Title Entertainment on a 52 x 11 mins pre-school series, Nola’s Iceberg. For Chops, it is the first time the studio has gone to the international market as an IP-owning content creator, rather than a service provider.

Chops president Sean Chu, whose company originated the idea, said: “I’ve been talking to Title for some time about whether we could find a project that would work for the Chinese and the international market and this is the one.”

More than 50% of the budget has come out of China, including a major contribution from co-production partner Ciwen Pictures. Another tranche of funding is expected to come from a Canadian pre-sale, with the balance generated from the international market.

Title’s president and CEO, Frank Taylor, said: “We’re planning Chinese and English-language versions and both are getting a lot of interest from buyers.”

Chop’s Sean Chu (left) and Title Entertainment’s Frank Taylor

Dori takes In Treatment into China ISRAEL’s Dori Media has struck a deal with Beijing Zhongbei TV Art Center, one of the leading drama producers in China. The deal will see Beijing Zhongbei re-version one of Dori’s top-selling titles, In Treatment — a psychotherapy drama which was previously picked up

by HBO in the US. Dori Media CEO & president Nadav Palti was delighted with the deal: “In Treatment is based on an Israeli show called Be Tipul, created by Hagai Levy. It’s one of our best-selling titles, but this is a very important development for us.”

Michael Mu, deputy general manager of Beijing Zhongbei, said: “In Treatment is a new direction for us, because it is about guiding people through

personal problems. We’ve been making drama for 30 years for all

broadcasters, but this will be a new kind of story for the new China.”

Celebrating new drama for China: Dori Media’s Andres Santos (left) and Nadav Palti, with Beijing Zhongbei’s Yang Qun and Michael Mu

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Two Way and Fox make The Deal on Facebook INTERACTIVE entertainment and digital gaming company Two Way Media has produced The Deal with

Fox International Channels (FIC), the company’s first social game created exclusively for Facebook.

The Deal: doing tasks for The Man

The narrative-led game is inspired by FIC’s psychological TV drama, The Booth At The End, which is produced

by Michael Eisner’s independent studio, Vuguru, and distributed by Content Digital.

In keeping with the premise of the TV series, the player completes tasks set by ‘The Man’. Players can interact with each other through messaging and chat to complete tasks and discuss dilemmas they face. Players engaging with each other is instrumental in developing the overall narrative of the game, creating a unique playing experience.

“We’re very excited to be involved with The Booth At The End,” James Turner, chief executive, Two Way Media said.

“The Deal is a truly social game that has a strong narrative at its core.

It allows players to immerse themselves within the story and help others along the way.”

Film Factory reports 3D advances LATIN America’s 3D-TV sector will be ready for business in six months’ time, if Film Factory Entertainment’s positive negotiations at MIPTV are anything to go by.

According to Vicente Canales, managing director of the Barcelona-based independent sales agency making its MIPTV debut, he has had a great deal of interest in the 3D concert starring Alejandro Sanz, the Grammy awardwinning Spanish singer.

“I’ve met several prospective buyers from Latin America who are looking for 3D content,” Canales said. “And although the technology isn’t fully developed in the region, they told me it will definitely be so in six months.”

The Alejandro Sanz concert is also targeted at the US market, where the artist has a large following.

Additionally, Film Factory has brought Crematorium (8 x 52 mins), the first drama produced by pay-TV channel Canal+ Spain. Canales said that Crematorium is an example of the type of content that the company wants to specialise in.

“Our objective is to sell the best of Spanish cinema’s productions and high-end HD TV series with cinematographic standards to premium pay-TV services,” he added. “And so far, the reception at MIPTV has been very positive. I’m confident of closing deals soon.”

Film Factory’s Vicente Canales: “the best of Spanish cinema’s productions”

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FLIRT APP HITS HALF A MILLION ZODIAC Active, the digital and branded content arm of the Zodiac Media Group, has revealed that FlirtMaps, its location-based multi-platform dating application, has reached half a million downloads, and has more than 400,000 active users in 91 countries. Andrea Campana, senior vice-president of the audience-funded division of Zodiac Active, said: “We’re really excited about the future of FlirtMaps. It’s quickly becoming a runaway success story in the location-based apps space, so it is only natural that we are starting to pitch it to broadcasters worldwide as the perfect companion to our TV dating formats.”

ORF SHIFTS DOCS TO AL JAZEERA ORF-ENTERPRISE, Austria’s public broadcaster ORF’s commercial arm, reports strong sales this week, including 50 hours of docs to Al Jazeera and 40 hours of music and docs to Mexico. The three-part mini-series Hitler’s Idols is headed to UKTV, while long-running crime series Soko Kitzbeuhel (K-Files) has been acquired by Czech Television, which has also taken a package of TV movies and doc titles. AB France and ARD Germany have bought crime series Fast Forward, the third season of which has sold into Denmark. Universum, the company’s specialist doc brand, is also reporting a positive MIPTV, where it presented 15 new titles.

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The Quick Interview

Panel examines the secrets of co-production success stories

Nerd Corps’ Ken Faier

KEN FAIER is president of Canadian kids’ content company Nerd Corps Entertainment What brings you to MIPTV? “I come to meet broadcasters and creatives, but crucially to get feedback on our projects. We use that feedback to make them stronger.”

What are you up to at Nerd Corps right now?

“Lots of stuff. We’re launching our new kids’ show, Rated A For Awesome, on Disney XD and YTV shortly, so that’s taking a lot of our time.”

What do you think is the source of your success?

“We spend a lot of money on development, as well as being able to raise finance, work across platforms, and distribute. There aren’t a lot of companies out there that do all of that.”

What’s your top tip for a successful MIPTV? “I take full advantage of the social life — and I’m not being flippant.

Trust is very important in this business. If you’re thinking about co-producing with someone, you need to know you can work with them. For years.”

Windmill Entertainment’s Michael Murphy: in demand

AT THE Co-Production For Success: Case Studies conference, Michael Murphy, chief executive of Ireland’s Windmill Lane Entertainment, presented a case study of EuropaCorp’s latest film Lock-Out to show how Ireland’s tax incentive Section 481 can be applied to post-production. He also detailed the steps for tapping 481 if you are doing a TV production of any kind.

After the event he said: “The need for what I’m offering, co-production with a post-production company, is increasingly in demand in the digital age.

I had so many people come up to me afterwards that I had trouble getting

Atlantique Productions’ Klaus Zimmerman: speed up process

out of the auditorium. That conference has resulted in at least three or four meetings that I am certain will mean additional business for Windmill.”

Klaus Zimmerman, CEO of Atlantique Productions, gave a case study of Death In Paradise, a UK/French coproduction that begins filming on April 18. His company has several other co-productions on the front burner, including Borgia and EuropaCorp’s Transporter. He reminded delegates that co-productions take a long time. “It would be useful to find a way to speed up the process,” he said.

Another case study was Babylon, Zen-

tropa Entertainment’s 12-episode TV drama series on the internal workings of the European Union and the European Commission. Producer Peter Engel noted that the diplomatic status of many of the people and the diplomatic missions in Brussels give the city an atmosphere of intrigue that is almost surreal.

Both BBC Worldwide’s Ben Donald, whose case study was Zen, and Muse Entertainment’s Michael Prupas, who did a case study on Ben Hur, stressed the importance of making sure that all the details are worked out ahead of time, before the co-production begins.

HD titles on show from GRB Entertainment GRB Entertainment has had a particularly successful MIPTV with 138 hours of HD programming launched during the week. The package included three CNBC factual series American Greed, Titans and How I Made My Millions.

Marielle Zuccarelli, senior vice pres-

ident of international distribution at GRB, said: “Our offerings proved that these top-quality factual series provided a fantastic platform for GRB Entertainment’s established distribution team to reach additional markets and audiences around the world.”

GRB is celebrating its 22nd year as a

producer and distributor. The company’s programmes are now aired in primetime in more than 190 countries. “We are a trendsetter of unscripted alternative programming with a proven track record of highly rated programming around the world,” Zuccarelli said.

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Natalie Lisinska, star of spy series InSecurity

Adult film star Rocco Siffredi

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Stars of the UK reality show The Hunks meet the media

Actor Jack O’Connell star of teen drama Skins

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SPT EMPLOYS TOWNE ON VOLCANO DRAMA ACADEMY Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown, The Firm, Mission: Impossible) is to adapt the Robert Harris thriller, Pompeii, as a four-hour mini-series to be executive produced by Ridley Scott. The action follows the newly assigned aqueduct engineer Marcus Attilius as he tries to find out why the mighty aqueduct that serves the cities in the Bay of Naples has dried up. In the 72 hours before the eruption, Attilius and his new young love Corelia have no idea that their whole world is on the brink of destruction. Pompeii will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and has already been sold to ProSiebenSat.1 TV Germany and Sky in the UK.

DAN VS THE WORLD MEETS THE WORLD ANIMATED comedy Dan Vs., one of the hits on The Hub television network in the US, has been launched internationally at MIPTV by Starz Media. The show is about Dan, a man who believes the whole world is out to get him, and has a voice cast that includes Curtis Armstrong, Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross (in their first pairing since they co-starred in Family Ties) and Henry Winkler.

“International buyers have already enthusiastically greeted Dan Vs. and we are anticipating even more interest at MIPTV,” said Gene George, Starz Worldwide Distribution EVP. Dan Vs. is co-produced by Starz’ animation studio, Film Roman, and The Hatchery.

JCC’s Seefood opens eyes to threat to marine world SEEFOOD, an animated feature film co-produced by Silver Ant and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), launched this week at MIPTV. The project, which took two years and 25 animators to produce, marks a major leap forward in JCC’s content production.

The story follows the adventures of a bamboo shark named Pup. When human poachers steal egg sacs from his reef, Pup makes it his mission to save his brothers and sisters — and ends up leaving the sea and entering the beautiful but dangerous world of humans.

The film’s director, Goh Aun Hoe, said: “We hope this movie will touch the heart of audiences around the world as it did mine, my partner’s and all our team members’.”

JCC’s executive general manager, Mahmoud Bouneb, added: “Seefood raises a red flag about the damage that is occurring in the marine world, where mankind’s ill treatment of this

JCC’s Mahmoud Bouneb: raising awareness of the ocean’s plight

precious environment and its inhabitants has already resulted in some extinctions. We wanted the world to ‘see’ this, so we came up with the title Seefood.”

Supported by Malaysia’s Ministry of

Science, Technology and Innovation and Multimedia Development Corporation, Seefood is expected to be released theatrically later this summer.

It will then be released on DVD in English, Arabic and other languages.

Injecting interest in Pretty Hurts RAND Rusher, who is billed as “injector to the stars”, is at MIPTV to promote new reality series Pretty Hurts (10 x 30 mins), which takes a behind-the-needles look at the LA cosmetic-surgery scene. The action centres on Rusher’s exclusive clinic, where beauty-obsessed customers go for anti-aging treatments.

Produced by Go Go Luckey Entertainment and distributed by Passion, the series has already been pre-sold to Foxtel Australia, TV4 Sweden and Channel Four Finland.

Its MIPTV launch was accompanied by ‘Botox breakfasts’, during which 10

delegates won a free consultation with Rusher followed by a treatment.

Rusher said the 10 winners would

receive the same treatment as any Alist celebrity visiting his Beverly Hills clinic — including anonymity.

Forever young: Go Go Luckey Entertainment’s Tina Gazzero (left) and Julie Auerbach, Rand Rusher and Passion’s Sally Miles

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Factual focus leads strong set of sales at ZDF Enterprises ZDF ENTERPRISES (ZDFE) is reporting strong sales, according to ZDFE president and CEO Alexander Coridass: “We are particularly pleased that our factual series are in such great demand.”

Strong sellers have included Arcticdriller series License To Drill, repo-man saga Repossessed and maximum-security prison series Hard Times. Buyers include: Australia’s ABC, Canada’s Canwest, Discovery Channel EMEA, Denmark’s DR-TV, Norway’s TV2 & Austria’s Servus.

Other programmes from the documentary catalogue have also been in demand, said Coridass. Examples in-

clude: Hitler’s Lost Battleship (National Geographic Channel US and NGCI); 1755 - The Lisbon Earthquake (France’s Arte and Canal+); America Before Columbus (TF1 Histoire); Adventure Ocean Quest (Rai); and Secrets In The Dust (History UK, France 5, NHK, Russia’s TV Kultura).

ZDFE scripted dramas — especially crime and romance — have also been selling strongly. Two seasons of Danish thriller The Killing will now air in the UK (BBC), France (KLB, Canal+), French Canada (Telequebec) and Benelux (Lumiere). TV movies have been sold to TF1, TF6 and France TV, NHK, RTBF, Astral (French

Canada), Antena 3, Italy’s RTI Mediaset and RSI, and Hungary’s Story TV. Buyers of ZDFE kids’ shows include Argentina’s Canal Encuentro, Spain’s TV3 (The Jungle Book and Marsupilami), Sweden’s SVT (Ludovic) and Singapore’s MediaCorp/Peppermint (Fun With Claude). Australian youth series Dance Academy has been acquired by Disney for Portugal and Spain, Norway’s NRK, Finland’s YLE, South Korea’s Kenny’n Co, Canal+ and Astral.

In related news, A&E Television Networks and ZDFE this week renewed their programming and co-production deal for three years.

The Line goes to Finland with 100% success

Tetra Media Studio’s Jean-Francois Boyer (left) and Emmanuel Dauce, 100% Distribution’s Matthieu Viala, YLE’s Mari Koivuhovi and 100% Distribution’s Diana Bartha

100% DISTRIBUTION has pre-sold Season 3 of the WWII drama The Line to Finnish broadcaster YLE. The show has airs on France 3 as Un Village Francais. Season 3 is currently in production for delivery in September 2011.

Set in Villeneuve, on the border between Free and Occupied France, the primetime series follows a small group of people as they learn to live in a

world of fear, hunger and danger.

“This period is still a sensitive one in France,” said producer Emmanuel Dauce of Tetra Media Studio. “Season 4, which starts shooting in two weeks’ time, is set in 1942, a period when the French government was helping the Germans to send Jews out of France to the camps.”

“This is a universal story both edito-

rially and in terms of production,” said distributor Diana Bartha of 100% Distribution. “The characters are universal, and it’s about universal emotions. And it’s written using writing teams and an international perspective.”

Dauce added: “I always say it’s like a primetime soap opera. In France, that’s a bad word, but not for me.”

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The Cradock Four

DIRECTOR DAVID FORBES, owner of South African independent producer and distributor Shadow Films.

“I represent over 100 hours of content such as the 18 x 60 mins series Africa and MarryAnn, a one-hour documentary that tells the story of a local woman that was filmed over a 17-year period which saw her get married, have kids and get divorced. There’s also Glenmore and The Cradock Four. Alongside that I have projects such as Destiny’s Groove for which I’m looking for co-production partners. Destiny’s Groove features local rap artists and spinners — car drivers who do elaborate spinning tricks — acting as the background to a young 16-year-old female’s right of passage.”

Forbes, who also represents the South African Screen Federation (SASF), the Independent Production Organisation and the Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA), is hoping to bring around 15 companies to MIPTV 2012 on an African Independents Pavilion. “There are incredible opportunities in Africa and lots of fantastic people at MIPTV. I’ve had some extraordinary meetings.”

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LOOKS EXTENDS AUTENTIC DEALS FACTUAL entertainment label Autentic has closed a two-year first-look deal with Looks Film & TV. The deal extends an already existing working relationship between the two German companies. Autentic’s managing director, Patrick Hoerl, remarked: “Looks consistently delivers high quality products, and has a unique way of turning history into captivating stories.”

Autentic is the worldwide partner for Looks productions Damals In Der DDR and 1961 – Die Mauer for ARD.

Paravision acquires wildlife and survival from KM Plus

KM Plus Media’s Martin Kase (left) and Paravision’s Tina Tian and Zhuang Li

ITV AND LA PLANTE ABOVE SUSPICION

Above Suspicion (ITV Studios)

ITV HAS commissioned a fourth mini-series in the Above Suspicion franchise. Above Suspicion: Silent Scream stars Kelly Reilly as young detective Anna Travis, and will be adapted

by Lynda La Plante from her successful novel.

In the 3 x 60 mins drama, a young British film star is murdered, leading to a tense battle to bring her killer to justice. Above Suspicion: Silent Scream is produced by La Plante Productions and will be distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

IN A FIRST-time deal with the Czech Republic, China-based Paravision has acquired the first series of KM Plus Media’s wildlife show, My Animal Family. Narrated by children and using archive footage from the BBC Motion Gallery, My Animal Family

depicts a day in the life of a baby animal’s family.

Paravision’s president, Tina Tian, also announced a co-production deal with KM Plus Media on Terry Schappert’s Natural Mission. The series follows the titular US Green Beret and pro-

fessional actor, host of History Channel’s 10-part series Warriors, as he charts the similarities between animals and human beings — and the habits and instincts critical to human survival in the wild.

Paravision’s interest is a boost to the series, which is already in production, and the parties said they will explore the possibility of featuring China in future episodes.

“I’m very happy to have this new relationship with the Czech Republic,” said Tian, who has bought over 80 hours of programming this market.

“After many years of successful international co-productions with companies such as National Geographic and BBC, we are hoping to co-produce future series of My Animal Family. I believe it is a unique show and fits our intention to offer viewers educative, family entertainment with a global focus.”

Apparent Gravity Media lands deals APPARENT Gravity Media (AGM) has just signed deals covering new and extended licensing of both AMA Motocross and its latest freestyle motocross (FMX) series Crusty Demons: No Borders.

ESPN Brazil has renewed its current exclusive licence for both the live AMA Motocross Championships broadcasts and International Highlights Series round-ups during the 2013 season.

“We strive to offer our viewers the most popular and the highest-calibre sports possible,” said Carlos Maluf, head of acquisitions, ESPN Brazil.

“The AMA Motocross property is a great addition to ESPN and our HD line-up.”

French network, AB Groupe, has li-

censed the AMA Motocross Highlight Series and series Crusty Demons: No Borders (13 x 26 mins) for France and Turkey on its AB Moteurs network.

AB Groupe’s acquisitions executive

Crusty Demons: flying high

Raynald Canonge said: “These shows supply AB Moteurs with the world’s best outdoor motocross racing and the awe-inspiring athleticism of freestyle motocross.”

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Fox International Channels takes Nat Geo HD to Poland HD AND 3D content from National Geographic is heading to Poland on the Polish satellite platform ‘n’. ‘n’ has formed a partnership with Fox International Channels that adds the National Geographic Channel HD to its offering of 26 HD channels. And more than 20 hours of National Geographic Channel 3D content, will

premiere on both ‘n’s 3D channel, nShow3D, and VOD. “This partnership is of strategic importance, since it strengthens our position as the premium HD and 3D content provider in the Polish marketplace,” said Christian Anting, chief operating officer of ‘n’.

“We are pleased to be working with

our partners at Fox International Channels Poland making the National Geographic Channel brand and its award-winning documentary content as a linear channel in HD. With the best HD picture quality and the most HD channels available, Platform ‘n’ will transform viewer’s television entertainment experience.”

CANADIAN TV personality and magazine-show host Jonathan Torrens was at MIPTV to spotlight his series TV’s Jonathan Torrens.

The 65 x 30 mins HD series is produced by Arcadia Entertainment in Canada and is available from US distributor CABLEready.

Each episode sees Torrens take on current TV programmes and trends, armed with an arsenal of cutting quips about everything from addiction shows to teen dramas and chat shows.

From left: Arcadia Entertainment’s John Wesley Chisholm, Jonathan Torrens and CABLEready’s Lou Occhicane.

Cake finds hot deals for Oscar CAKE DISTRIBUTION has announced a flurry of licensing deals for the 3D-animated series Oscar’s Oasis (78 x 7 mins). Cartoon Network Latin America, PT CIPTA TPI (Indonesia), Societe Radio-Canada (Canada), 2x2 Channel (Russia), YLE (Finland), ATV (Turkey), S4C Wales (Wales), SVT (Sweden), QTV (Ukraine), MBC (Middle East) and SFDRS (Switzerland) will all take the show from the UK distributor. Oscar’s Oasis is a dialogue-free comedy for six- to 11-year-olds about a lizard beset on all sides by deadly drought, parching

sun, annoying animals and, most of all, boredom. The series is made by French animation studio TeamTO,

Oscar’s Oasis (Cake Distribution)

Tuba Entertainment, TF1 and Cake.

Oscar’s Oasis airs on Canal+ Family and will do so soon on TF1.

IZZET Pinto (right) of Global Agency, worldwide distributor for Magnificent Century, the historical drama currently airing in Turkey on Show TV, with Timor Savci, CEO of its production company, Tims Productions.

The most recent episode took a 60% share of the Turkish TV audience and Global Agency reports “phenomenal interest” in the series in Cannes

FINLAND IS NEXT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF...

TALENT show format The Voice Of... is on its way to Finland.

Banijay Group’s Solar Television will co-produce the local version with Talpa, the format’s creators, for Finnish broadcaster Nelonen. The format was a smash hit for RTL4 in the Netherlands and is set to air on NBC in the US. Solar has recently restructured internally; newly-appointed CEO Petteri Ahomaa said: “We are delighted to bring this entertainment programme, tipped as ‘the next big thing’ to Finland. It’s great that Nelonen has recognised the potential of this format.” Maarten Meijs, managing director of Talpa Distribution added: "The pick up in Finland means the first production of The Voice of… in Northern Europe. This is promising news for Talpa."

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BEYOND TAPS INTO THAI MARKET BEYOND Distribution has secured its first ever deal with Thai Public Broadcasting Service at MIPTV this week. The deal is for a slate of shows including Riverdance Live From Beijing, Wild Animal Baby Explorers, Backyard Science – Series 3 and Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids.

Riverdance Live From Beijing was filmed to celebrate the international show’s 15th anniversary. Wild Animal Baby Explorers, which joins intrepid wildlife explorers as they encounter the natural world in close-up, is an early introduction to the natural sciences for pre-schoolers. Backyard Science, one of Beyond’s best-selling shows, takes science out of the lab and into the real world, showing “easy, practical and cool activities anyone can do”. Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids explores the future consequences of well-meaning parents who are overprotecting and overscheduling their children.

Commenting on the deal, Joanne Azzopardi, vice-president Australasia for Beyond, said: “I’m thrilled that our children’s series and documentaries have such excellent placement in Thailand via Thai PBS. It’s been a pleasure to work with Thai PBS and I anticipate their audience will enjoy these shows.”

Riverdance Live From Beijing

Content provides 50 hours of entertainment for Aussie kids CONTENT Television (formerly Fireworks International) has signed a deal with Australia’s national broadcaster ABC TV to provide 50 hours of children’s drama and comedy.

The deal, concluded by Content TV’s executive vice-president worldwide distribution Saralo MacGregor and ABC TV’s children’s head of programming and acquisitions Barbara Uecker, features live-action dramas Even Stevens and Black Hole High, and comedy The Assistants.

Also heading to Australia are two CBBC Productions: Young Dracula, a comedy series about 12-year-old Vlad’s attempt to hide the fact his family are all vampires; and Despera-

Young Dracula: set loose in Australia

dos, a drama about a group of teenagers who belong to a wheelchair basketball team.

ABC’s Uecker said: “Content TV is a

great place to find strong comedy and high-quality children’s programmes.

We’re looking forward to having these great shows air on ABC TV.”

SESAME Street is launching the Elmo Loves ABCs app during MIPTV. The app, created exclusively for iPad, allows users to explore the letters of the alphabet in an immersive environment with Sesame Street’s red furry monster Elmo. Features of the Elmo app include classic and new Sesame Street videos, Sesame Street colouring pages and a game mode where children can practice finding the letters they’ve learned.

Bolts & Blip land Nelvana and Nick deals TOONBOX Entertainment and CJ Entertainment have inked deals for Redrover and ToonBox’s animated comedy series Bolts & Blip. The sales include a home entertainment deal with Nelvana and a broadcast deal with Nickelodeon on Israel’s Ananey Network.

The 26-episode production features two oddball best-friend Civi-bots living on the moon who get drafted into the Lunar League of Robotic Sports.

Bolts & Blip is directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also directed Toy Story 2.

ToonBox Entertainment’s Thom Chapman (left), Nelvana Enterprises’ Bonnie MacVicar and Colin Bohm, and Redrover’s Eun-San Kim and Nayoung Lee.

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Sideline’s Irish models take centre stage for IMG Media

Beautiful future: Ireland’s Model Scouts goes international

DUBLIN-based Sideline Productions has sold its model-search reality series, The Model Scouts (8 x 50 mins), to IMG Media.

The series, nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award, was shot in Ireland, London, Paris, Sydney and New York. The cameras followed IMG

models Jeni Rose and David Cunningham — vice-presidents of the biggest model-management company in the world — as they sought the next Irish fashion star via castings, catwalk shows, and film and photo shoots.

Each episode resulted in one girl being eliminated.

In Cannes, IMG Media is rolling out the format internationally, the idea being that all the winners of the national model searches will come together for a major international TV event.

Mark Young, IMG Media’s senior vicepresident of entertainment, said: "This is a unique programme format that successfully brings the world of the model search out of the reality arena and into the ob-doc genre.”

Sideline’s creative director, Billy McGrath, who exec-produced the series, added: “On RTE, The Model Scouts was a huge success. We have always had faith that this million-dollar series has what it takes to make it on the global stage.”

Power boosted by series deals

Ethan Hawke in Moby Dick

POWER, the resurrected UK-based production company, holds some territory rights to two high-profile mini-series that received official MIPTV screenings this week.

Moby Dick, starring Hollywood names William Hurt and Ethan Hawke, is available from Power for the UK and Africa. Also on offer are the Asian free-TV rights to GK-tv’s new series Camelot.

Moreover, it has renewed its multiyear deal with US-based RHI Entertainment covering Central and Eastern Europe, plus Latin America.

With that agreement comes two new adventure mini-series, Treasure Island, and Neverland.

On the production front, Power is producing three adaptations of thriller novels by Alistair Maclean, two of which are co-productions with RHI. Thanks to its new owners, South Africabased Sabido Investments, Power is also presenting a slate of factual programmes, including a multi-part documentary on Nelson Mandela’s life.

“This marks the beginning of a new phase for Power,” said CEO Danny Goldman. “We have a new ownership structure, and a renewed energy we’re bringing to the market.”

The restructured company, which had been in administration in September, was acquired by South Africa-based Sabido Investments in December.

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LOONLAND’S SLATE ACQUIRED BY M4E M4E HAS bought TV Loonland’s back catalogue, after the German brand-management company went into administration. The extensive package of rights was purchased directly from the insolvency administrator, and contains more than 1,400 episodes of animation and live-action programming and 22 feature and short films.

Among the titles are well-known series such as The Cramp Twins, Babar (2D), Letters From Felix, Mowgli - The New Adventures Of The Jungle Book, Little Ghosts, The Beginner’s Bible, Connie The Cow, Lion Of Oz, Rainbow Fish and Yvon Of The Yukon. National and international distribution will be handled by m4e and its subsidiary Telescreen. “This acquisition is very important, particularly for the digital and the online strategy of the m4e group,” said Hans Ulrich Stoef, CEO of the brand management and media company. “Along with our new original productions and latest acquisitions, the TV Loonland library will give us a very balanced portfolio of rights for the national and international markets.”

In December, m4e bought international distribution rights to Franco & Formula Fun, which won the 2009 MIPJunior Licensing Challenge Award.

Connie The Cow: now with m4e

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ESPRESSO BOOST FOR H&C TV SKY CHANNEL Horse & Country TV (H&C TV) has appointed Espresso TV, a leading distributor of factual, documentary and lifestyle entertainment programming, to represent its catalogue around the worLd. H&C TV represents one of the largest collections of quality content in the equestrian sports and country lifestyle genre, while Espresso TV specialises in the distribution of specialist archives in the documentary and factual genres. Heather Killen, H&C TV chairman, said: “This deal is a key part of our strategy to broaden the reach of programming about horse and country lifestyles.”

SCARIACS PAIRING IS BIG THRILL HORROR for kids in the form of cautionary tales is the latest addition to the development slate of Stewart & Wall Entertainment. The company has joined forces with Scariacs creators Simon Adams and Shane Elsmore of Roboto. “We aim to raise the bar on children’s drama,” said Stewart & Wall Entertainment executive producer Richard Stewart.

Roboto’s Adams added: “Roboto is pleased to be teaming up with Stewart & Wall Entertainment. Their successful track record in producing quality children’s drama will be a huge bonus for the development of the Scariacs brand.”

China get taste for western chef ’s travelling food show RESTAURANTEUR and chef Chakall has been in Cannes for the first time to promote two food/lifestyle series that have proved to be major hits in Portugal and China.

In Chakall & Pulga, the turban-wearing chef travels on his motor-kitchen with his dog around Portugal, relishing the local gastronomy and providing amusing insights into the culture.

Walking Chopsticks is a similar concept according to Chakall, “except I have a Chinese dog called Tiger who has to watch me try extraordinary Chinese delicacies like cat, rat and (sorry Tiger) – dog!”.

He added:“I still have 17 more episodes to shoot around different provinces in China, but the show already has a huge following.”

Chakall is the first western chef to become a celebrity in China. He attributes his success, in part, to his

Chef Chakall: huge following

no-fear attitude in front of the camera: “My mother was a cook and my father an actor so I guess it’s natural for me to be half-cook, half-clown,” he said. “I love to cook and I love to travel

so it’s wonderful I’ve found a way to combine the two.”

Walking Chopsticks is produced by Edouard Cointreau for China Food Television, owned by CCTV.

GREENZYS — the eco-friendly children’s brand that encompasses animated content, books, plush toys and an interactive website — is hosting the First Annual Family Earth Day Celebration on April 21. The event, which takes place at Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, will be attended by a host of environmentally conscious stars and civic dignitaries. A joint-venture between Rethink Entertainment and Media and MoonReef Designs, Greenzys’ mission is to entertain and engage young children “in the daily activities of green living”.

The company also reports that it has expanded its US distribution network to over 650 retailers.

Eagle Rock and Pulse sign music deal EAGLE Rock Entertainment and Pulse have announced a joint production of a new HD music series, Studio In Session (6 x 60 mins), which has been acquired

by MTVNHD, Viacom’s International Media Networks HD service dedicated to music, and Sundance Channel.

Studio In Session, which showcases leading artists from both sides of the Atlantic, will work with celebrated music producers and be shot in HD by contemporary music video directors with experience of making high-end contemporary documentaries.

Each episode of the series sees three bands playing the best from their back catalogue and most recent singles. The stripped-back style of the live performances — shot in studio spaces around the UK — will put the focus on the artists and their music.

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