Spotlight on Paramount docs

just being their own boss. The pandemic has pushed more people to start their own businesses as jobs do not provide the security that people seek,” director, producer and PIM managing director Luis J Kelly said. When developing the show, Kelly established a series of focus groups to gain an understanding of what past entrepreneurial TV programmes have been lacking. “Participants expressed that while most programmes are fun to watch, they don’t tell you what to do,” he said. “Some programmes focus on selling, while others exaggerate how investment is negotiated — but don’t talk about the moment before.”

The result was that Kelly decided to harness “the power of entertainment television to teach viewers how to start a business successfully while removing all of those stereotypes that to be a successful business person you must have a degree from a leading university or wear suits all the time. With the right guidance and mindset, anyone can build a successful business and the best place to start is with Ready Set Start UP.”

The MIPTV Opening Night Party, Red Carpet and Birthday Fireworks

… on Monday, April 17, at the Majestic hotel from 19.00

PARAMOUNT Global Content Distribution (PGCD) is partnering with MIPTV for the Super Sunday MIPDOC Opening Cocktail. During MIPTV the company will highlight its range of factual series and specials available to international buyers.

“Paramount has a wide range of factual content catering for audiences at all ends of the spectrum. From premium documentary features and docuseries through to popular returnable volume series, our catalogue includes content from Showtime, MTV Documentary Films, Smithsonian, See It Now Studios, CBS and Channel 5,” Lauren Marriott, senior vice-president, content partnerships and brand strategy, Paramount Global Content Distribution, said. “We felt MIPDOC was an ideal opportunity to highlight the strength of our slate and we’re pleased to be sponsoring the opening night party as part of this.”

Paramount is launching five new docuseries from Showtime, including Catching Lightning, a true-crime four-part series about a former MMA fighter who carried out the largest cash heist in British history. “Also from Showtime, we’re launching the feature doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only, directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, which is a film about the famed NYC music legend David Johansen of the New York Dolls,” Marriott said.

The MIPDOC Opening Cocktail

… on Sunday, April 16, at the Debussy Theatre Foyer from 18.00 to 19.30

She added: “For higher volume fare, we have FBI True from See It Now Studios which features FBI agents telling the true stories behind some of their most high-profile cases. For some stunning scenery offerings we have Smithsonian’s Aerial Argentina and from Paramount’s international studio Nick Knowles’ Amazing Railway Journeys.”