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Spain economic recession seems to be over, and TV producers are cautiously resuming plans for growth. With international co-productions, bigger involvement from pay TV market in original fiction, the country enters in a new era
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INTERVIEWS 16 · Joel Denton anticipates the World Premiere TV Screening of “Roots”. 18 · Kelly Wright explains the current context of the Latin American market. 20 · Rob Clark talks about the potential of formats nowadays.
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The region was an important creative territory in 2015, with over half of new programs broadcasted on TV being original creations. This trend is particularly true in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
Banijay and Zodiak Media have completed the transaction to unite their complementary catalogues and production units, creating one of the world’s biggest independent production companies.
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22 · Telemundo unveils new location and contents at MIPTV. · Imagina adds new genres. 26 · Mediaset expands new business around the world. · RTVE unveils drama slate.
PHOTOGALLERY 28 · NATPE MIAMI was the 2016 kick off for the content distribution industry.
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18.7%
of share Was REACHED BY THE Polish network TVN, WITH the second season OF “PEQUEÑOS GIGANTES”.
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• TVN LED RATINGS WITH the second season of the talent show AND surpassED Polsat, its main competitor, by over 4 points. • “Mali Giganci”, AS ITS CALLED IN POLAND, returnED to Polish TV backed by its first season’s excellent ratings.
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• Televisa’s talent show recently debuted in Italy on mediaset’s Canal 5, and will arrive in Hungary in July. Portugal and Vietnam will follow Spain and soon premiere a second season.
9 STORY SECURES CONTENT DEAL WITH NEW LATAM SVOD SERVICE, BLIM
TELEMUNDO STRIKES DEAL WITH “DON FRANCISCO” Spanish-language media star Mario Kreutzberger, better known as “Don Francisco”, is returning to television. Six months after Kreutzberger’s long-running variety show, “Sábado Gigante,” ended its popular run on Univision, Kreutzberger has struck a partnership with Univision’s archrival, Telemundo. The company, owned by media giant NBCUniversal, said that it has signed a multiyear deal with Kreutzberger to form a joint production company. The goal will be to produce original programming for Latino audiences in the U.S. and Latin America.
The distributor has licensed a raft kids and family contents to blim; Televisa’s new overthe-top subscription SVOD service. The service launched on February 22nd and will roll out across multiple territories in Latin America. Under the terms of the deal, Televisa has acquired over 800 episodes of animated and live action children’s programming, including “Almost Naked Animals” (Seasons 1-3), “Finding Stuff Out” (Seasons 1-3) and “Monkey See Monkey Do” (Season 1). At the same time, 9 Story has signed licenses with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for second seasons of “Camp Lakebottom” (52 x 11’), “Numb Chucks” (52 x 11’) and “Peg + Cat” (50 x 11’). The combined deal brings over 75 half hours of new programming to the public broadcaster.
NEW STUDIO GAME SHOW FROM ARMOZA AT MIPTV The Israeli developer and distributor will launches a new studio game show called “Wrecking Ball” at MIPTV. This tension-filled game show features a set of giant wrecking balls, suspended from the studio and waiting to knock the contestants out of the game. Produced by Armoza Formats, Shenhar Productions and Volley Formats, in “Wrecking Ball” a team of contestants will face giant wrecking balls and increasingly difficult questions for the chance to win $250,000. At every stage, they must put their knowledge and courage to the test as they each select an answer from the multiple choice responses. 6 · SEÑAL INTERNACIONAL
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VIP 2000 TIES UP WITH 7A MEDIA FOR DISTRIBUTION On February both companies signed a distribution agreement that will see 7A Media managing global sales for VIP 2000 TV outside the Americas. VIP 2000 TV has recently launched different own production projects such as the drama series “Escandalos” and the comedy “Tomame o Dejame”, which features both scripted episodes and a complementary non-scripted talk show. At the same time, the company is set to release a religion-themed scripted series titled “Proof of Faith”, which is being produced entirely in 4K. VIP 2000 TV’s Roxana Rotundo commented: “Cesar is a well known professional in our industry and that was a very important quality for us in having him handle sales. Our industry is growing in complexity and its an advantage to work with business colleagues and friends whom you can trust and rely on. Cesar and I have known each other for many years and we have always shared a mutual respect for the work and achievements in our careers”.
UNIVISION SETS JOINT VENTURE WITH PATRICIO WILLS Univision Communications Inc. announced a joint venture with internationally acclaimed producer Patricio Wills. The new company will develop edgy, action-packed series primarily for primetime broadcast on UniMás and created specifically for U.S. Hispanic audiences. The company will be based in Miami. Its first project is expected to air in October. In addition, Wills is the executive producer of “La Viuda Negra II” (Black Widow II), which began airing on February, 28th with a world premiere simulcast on Univision, UniMás and Galavisión networks, as well as on Univision Digital platforms. Wills, a media industry veteran with more than 30 years of production experience internationally, is one of the creators of the modern scripted action series in Spanish. He was the force behind the hit productions of “La Viuda Negra”, “La Reina del Sur” and “Zorro”, among many others, in both the U.S. and Latin America.
ALL3MEDIA LAUNCHES NEW FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
AMAZON INTRODUCED ITS FIRST DAILY LIVE SHOW
Independent TV Production Company Pernel Media announced a commission from French Pay TV channel 13éme Rue to produce a major new true crime series ‘The Innocence Network’, a 4 x 60’ factual entertainment series of true crime stories. all3media International has struck a distribution agreement to sell the series internationally and will launch the show at MIPTV. Pernel Media will produce both a French and English language version of the series. Both versions will feature closed US cases of The Innocence Project in New York and New Orleans whilst the French version will also feature ongoing French cases that are still in progress. Actor Jean-Hugues Anglade (‘Betty Blue’, Killing Zoe’, ‘Braquo’) will voice the French version.
Amazon’s first daily live show debuted on March, 8th., on a 30-minute fashion and beauty series called “Style Code Live” that streams at 9 p.m. ET on weekdays, on Amazon’s site for free. Amazon has been building original content, including “Mozart in the Jungle”, “The Man in the High Castle” and the Emmywinning “Transparent”, since 2014 to compete with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. MTV’s Lyndsey Rodrigues, “Good Morning America” correspondent Rachel Smith and “Big Brother” star Frankie Grande will host the show. It will include live chat sessions during which viewers can ask the hosts questions in real-time.
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EUROPE PLEADS TO SAVE ROMANIA´S TVR The European Broadcasting Union Genaral Director, Ingrid Deltenre, has written to Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos to request an “urgent intervention” to save the country’s public broadcaster Televiziunea Romana, TVR. In the letter she said: “TVR is facing complete financial collapse, caused by significant debts. In addition, the temporary management cannot embark on strategic reforms”. She added: “We at the EBU have done all we can to assist TVR by rescheduling debts, but we are still owed €15 million. We have sent letters to your predecessors and to the Romanian authorities, but the situation has unfortunately only become worse”. Since March, Romania’s public broadcaster faces the prospect of insolvency. However, TVR cannot be declared bankrupt as it is a public institution.
RED ARROW AND NEVISION SIGN A CO-DEVELOPMENT DEAL Independent producer Nevision and global production and distribution group Red Arrow Entertainment have joined forces for a new co-development deal of high-end drama for the international market. Two initial projects are already in advanced stages of development with renowned producer Sharon Bloom (Silent Witness): “Post One”, a high-concept series written by Gregory Edmont (The Secret Adventure of Jules Verne; Sweet Medicine); and “Geneva”, a spy thriller written by Matt Thorne (8 Minutes Idle). Both series will be produced by Nevision and distributed internationally by Red Arrow International.
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TV3 CATALUNYA LAUNCHES FORENSIC thriller
A NEW SVOD PLAYER CRACKS THE LATIN AMERICAN MARKET
Mexican media giant Televisa launched Blim, an upstart OTT platform that will COMPETE with Netflix AND Mexicanowned streamer ClaroVideo.
The Kitchen celebrates 15 years and expands its capabilities The only Emmy Award Winning language translation, dubbing and subtitling studios, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary, by again expanding its capabilities within its Miamibased headquarters. “We’ve just completed our 18th dubbing suite, as well as our 7th mixing suite in Miami, all equipped with our proprietary language software, giving us the opportunity to offer our clients what we believe is the best, most efficient and less costly language experience anywhere in the business”, Ken Lorber, President/CEO of The Kitchen, explained.
The spanish broadcaster, in coproduction with Mediapro, presents at MIPTV the thriller “Night and Day”, a realistic story centered around medical examiners, police and judges, in contact with the darkest side of reality. With 13 x 80´ HD episodes shooted in Barcelona, the series is also a portrait of the city.
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Miramax sold to Qatar-based
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The studio that brought “Pulp Fiction,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “Scream” to audiences worldwide has a new owner. Qatar-based beIN Media Group confirmed that it has purchased Miramax from an investor group including Qatar Investment Authority and Colony Capital. Miramax was founded in 1979 by Hollywood heavyweights Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and is best known as a distributor of foreign films and quirky independent movies. An investor group led by Colony Capital bought Miramax from Disney (DIS) in 2010 for $660 million. Thomas Barrack, founder of Colony Capital, said his firm had “done its job” and repositioned Miramax as a producer of film and TV. BeIN Media, which traces its roots back to Al Jazeera Sports, is the latest company outside the U.S. to show interest in Hollywood.
participants took part in the three-day market of DISCOP last month in Istanbul. With 102 television content sales organisations, the event didn´t get to the stats that promoted before.
Novovision Spins into Virtual Reality The producer and distributor of funny clips and non-verbal comedy shows recently launched two separate entities which will be dedicated to the emerging virtual reality industry. VR Distrib and Eyes In The Box, two newly created Novovision companies, will respectively distribute and produce VR Content, worldwide.
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OVERVIEW
Europe: A creative hub, prolific in factual programs The region was an important creative territory in 2015, with over half of new programs broadcasted on TV being original creations. This trend is particularly true in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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estern Europe was an important creative territory in 2015, with over half of new programs broadcasted on TV being original creations*. This trend is particularly true in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, with original creations representing about three quarters of new programs in those countries. In the top 10 best performing new programs of the fall in the Netherlands, all are local: 8 original formats and 2 adaptations, with the adaptation of “Lipstick Jungle” being ranked second and almost doubling the market share vs. the channel’s slot average. On the other hand, other territories like Belgium or Italy rely more on imports: in both countries, more than half of the new programs are finished ones and are mostly American or British. Another key fact about Western Europe is the strong focus on the factual genre, which accounts for more than half of the new programs. This is particularly driven by the UK, where documentaries or magazines represent 5 out of the 10 best performing new programs among the main channels, and overall 64% of new launches in the UK this fall season. Ireland and Spain also have a significant proportion of factual programs among their new launches, respectively 66% and 62%. Those factual hits cover a large scope of topics, whether it is nature and wildlife, for example with “Loch Lomond - A Year in the Wild”, a UK documentary among the 10 best performing shows of the country, or different groups of society, like “Recruits”, an Irish documentary offering behind-the-scenes access to the Irish Defence Forces. Entertainment is not left behind and represents about one out of four new launches of the fall season in Europe. They can be original productions, such as
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TYPES OF PROGRAMS LAUNCHED IN WESTERN EUROPE AUGUST- DECEMBER 2015
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“K3 Zoekt K3”, a coproduction between Belgium and the Netherlands that was a hit in both countries, featuring a successful girl band from the 2000s searching for their successors, or local adaptations of successful formats from other countries, such as “Junior Bake Off” or “Farmer wants a Wife” Italian adaptations that were the 2 best performing new launches of the fall season. ORIGINAL FICTION Fiction-wise, original creations are more limited as they only represent one third of all fiction programs in Western Europe. Nevertheless, original fiction has a specific place in the British media landscape, as more than half of new fiction shows are local and the two best performing shows of the season are the same: “Doctor Foster and The Last Kingdom”. This is also the case of Spain with the series “Merli” and “Mar de Plastico” high in the top shows ranking. When looking at format circulation, successful European TV formats mostly travel inside Europe,
but also further afield: Scandinavia and Oceania, and the United Kingdom being the top exporter within Europe. This season has been a creative one on TV and also on SVOD and online platforms in Europe. Indeed, Netflix, while being an international actor, has announced several co-productions with different countries including European ones, for example in Germany with “Dark”, in Italy with “Suburra”, and in France with the upcoming series “Marseille”. Online content trends are also observed through YouTube channels with high growth over the past few months. Local YouTube stars have emerged, who receive several million video views and address millennials with targeted content. In Germany, YouTuber Florian Mundt, aka Le Floid, has more than 2 million subscribers to his channel and more than 430 million views. He makes short videos about important themes and the news in his own humorous tone. He got the chance to interview Chancellor Angela Merkel directly on YouTube. These diverse success stories show that whether it is in linear TV scheduling or online video platforms, Europe still concentrates on a lot of creative ideas, covering all genres and that are attractive to various audiences including young populations. By Estelle Chandèze echandeze@eurodatatv.com *Based on the NoTa scope in 2015: 44 countries, including 10 Western European territories. Source: Eurodata TV Worldwide - Relevant Partners / One TV Year in the World / NOTA International TV Trends. Want to know more about ratings and programming trends in more than 100 territories worldwide? Please contact: François Lhomme: flhomme@eurodatatv.com
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A new production giant has been born
Banijay and Zodiak Media have completed the transaction to merge their complementary catalogues and production units, creating one of the world’s biggest independent production companies.
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uring past February Banijay Group has confirmed that Banijay and Zodiak Media have completed the transaction to unite their complementary catalogues and production units. With revenues of around US$1 billion, the completed merger has created one of the world’s biggest independent production companies, and the largest not controlled by a media group. The distribution arm will keep the name of Zodiak Rights, but both companies’ international distribution operations are merging and will be led by Tim Mutimer, who has become Head of Distribution of Banijay Group. “We are excited to be part of a brand new, enlarged distribution outfit and to be merging two great catalogues, and we’re really looking forward to launching our united catalogue at MIPTV, which we know will give us an even greater opportunity to offer our clients programming that will work well in their schedules and on their platforms across the world. We will work
BANIJAY ZODIAK NORDIC NEW TEAM • Jacob Houlind, CEO • Johannes Jensen, Vice President/Deputy Group CEO and CEO at Yellowbird • Mikael Royson, CFO • Peter Hansen, CCO • Karoline Spodsberg, COO • Mads Ulrick Holmstrup, CCO and MD Mastiff Denmark
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closely with Banijay Group production and development teams and our third party producers to increase our programming flow across and through the group around the world”, Tim Mutimer said. The new Group, which already boasts leading production companies in many countries, now has operations in 17 territories producing entertainment, drama, factual, reality entertainment, docu-drama, children’s and animation programming. Leading formats and shows include “Versailles”, “The Secret Life of Four Year Olds”, “Temptation Island”, “Popstars”, “Beat Your Host”, “71 Degrees North”, “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, “Fort Boyard”, “Making of the Mob”, “Underbelly”, “Wife Swap”, “Wild Things”, “Being Human”, “Location Location Location” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. “We will continue to sell our shows throughout the world. We have a back catalogue of more than 20,000 hours across all genres”, Mutimer commented. “At MIPTV we´ll be talking to our clients and giving them all the information on the newly merged company. It will be, however, business as usual and we will let our programming speak for itself. We have some strong shows across all genres to launch at the market”, we added.
NEW NAMES The newly-created company is 73.8% controlled by a company composed of Stéphane Courbit’s LOV Group (50.1%) and DeA Communications, a company belonging to De Agostini Group (49.9%), with Vivendi owning 26.2% of the total Group. “Our scale means the newly merged Banijay Group is extremely well positioned to thrive in the global market across all disciplines: development, production and distribution. The really important thing is that creativity is encouraged and blossoms within the group, and we are set up as individual, entrepreneurial businesses who work as teams to create new ideas and come together to refine them and take them around the world”, Mutimer stated. “Our united Group has the ability and resources to deliver a wide and diverse range of winning content across multiple platforms; maximizing our global footprint and optimizing our business opportunities”. The process includes the new position of Stéphane Courbit as Chairman, while Marco Bassetti was appointed CEO of Banijay Group. Sophie Kurinckx was promoted to CFO of the entire Group, and Frédérique Sauvage was appointed General Counsel of Banijay Group. “Our aim is to offer must have returning series in both factual and scripted and being part of one of the world’s biggest and most creative production groups means that we have an incredible catalogue of proven and new formats to offer”, Mutimer concluded. By Maria Wanda Marzullo /senalint
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INTERVIEW ENTREVISTA
“Scripted is increasingly defining our channels” Joel Denton, A+E Networks’ Managing Director, International Content Sales & Partnerships, anticipates the upcoming World Premiere TV Screening of “Roots” and analizes the global potential of scripted contents.
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+E Studios’ “Roots”, a historical portrait of American slavery, will make its first international appearance at MIPTV, with a World Premiere Screening. Developed by History, the new series boasts a stellar cast of award-winning actors, and is due to simulcast in the US on History, A&E and Lifetime beginning on May, 30th. In order to understand in depth the potential of this title, Señal Internacional interviewed Joel Denton, Managing Director, International Content Sales & Partnerships of A+E Networks. Why have you chosen “Roots” for a World Premiere TV Screening? “Because it’s a huge scale series and tells a very important story. I think the cast is really crucial for its worldwide potential and the directors as well. With the timing of the MIPTV market and US Memorial Day on May 30th, it seems good to launch it at this market for the TV world professionals”. What does a worldwide presentation add to its distribution potential? “It gives us the chance to bring a lot of talent from the show to the market. With the support of Reed Midem, we have the opportunity to expose ‘Roots’ to an enormous amount of buyers all in one place;
and that’s also a chance for them to get a feeling of the scale and size of the show and the quality of what we’re doing”. Which are the main advantages of having your own in-house production team? “For us A+E Studios is about taking a little bit of control in terms of production in the scripted area. In lots of ways scripted is increasingly defining our big channels: History is ‘Vikings’ and Lifetime is ‘UnReal’. So we need to go forward on that and control the ownership of those shows for our own networks based in US as we’re moving to more complicated markets and digital media. For us, that’s a way to get closer to our shows and our partners”. What does A+E Studios add to A+E Networks positioning worldwide? “For us is a crucial creative factory, and it allows us to feed what’s happening in different markets back into our own studio, or even work with other people in coproductions. Having our own in-house creative resource and studio enables us to cope with all that in a very different way: a one to one way”. What kind of titles are audiences and clients looking for? “It’s very difficult to say, but there’s a very broad appetite for high quality. Scripted is very hot these days, in different markets, different ways and different sorts of shows which are working. OTT people like to binge watch shows with a long story across many episodes, and that broadens scripted in general. Audiences are looking for specific things in different places, but
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the one thing to define what is working is high quality in any source”. What’s the company’s strategy regarding scripted? “Our strategy is to do more in the scripted series area. That’s vital. Scripted is extremely important, as well as the production and ownership of those shows. The title needs to be big and high quality in order to pass through, because it’s a really competitive market. In order to stand out, you need really good shows”.
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The WORLD PREMIERE TV
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“Roots”
is based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel. The eight-hour event miniseries recounts the journey of one family and their will to survive and carry on their legacy.
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“Nos adaptamos a las necesidades con una gran
capacidad de respuesta” Frente a las tensiones políticas y económicas que atraviesa América Latina, Kelly Wright, Head of Latin America para Keshet International, describe el presente de la compañía en la región.
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n los últimos meses Keshet International cerró una serie de acuerdos que consolidan su posicionamiento en diferentes regiones del mundo. Pero, en América Latina, las tensiones políticas y económicas obligan a la distribuidora a actuar con cautela y esperar para definir su próxima jugada en este particular mercado. En diálogo con Señal Internacional, Kelly Wright, Head of Latin America, describe este panorama.
¿Cómo analizas el mercado en América Latina en lo que va de 2016? “Creo que está en un estado de espera debido a las situaciones políticas y económicas, llegando a un nivel de crisis que afecta a México, Brasil y Argentina. Es
una situación inusual, y todos parecen estar esperando para entender cómo van a programar para este año y el próximo. Obviamente hay acuerdos a largo plazo o renovaciones de temporadas, pero en términos de nueva programación hay un sentimiento de ser conciente del presupuesto y de cuánto se invierte en las producciones. Estamos abriendo nuestros catálogos para adquirir formatos más pequeños, que ahora los compradores están reconsiderando”. ¿La flexibilidad es un factor clave para trabajar en la región? “Sí, en muchos de estos mercados no puedes forzar un estándar diferente. Keshet se adapta a las necesidades y tenemos un poder de respuesta muy rápido. El negocio de producción en América Latina genera ingresos porque hay mucho volumen y órdenes de episodios de shows que han tenido éxito y duraron cientos de capítulos. Nos encanta ofrecer a nuestros clientes la oportunidad de producir porque nos permite vender más en estos territorios, y a ellos producir
ACUERDOS RECIENTES • SundanceTV emitirá “The A-Word”. • Channel 4 adquiere la adaptación británica del drama “Loaded”. • Azteca adquirió la licencia de “Boom!” para México. • Acuerdo de distribución con la productora Woodcut Media. • Caracol TV adquirió la licencia de “Boom!” para Colombia.
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en un nivel excelente por poco presupuesto. Es una ventaja para todos”. ¿Cuáles son las principales oportunidades de crecimiento en este contexto? “Entendemos que la región tiene un sabor muy local: telenovelas, daily shows, programas de baile y de talentos donde el presentador es esencial para el éxito del programa. Nosotros queremos crear un programa híbrido, innovador, tecnológico y digital, lo que es muy popular en América Latina. Hacemos co-desarrollos que nos permiten tener un sabor local con innovación y eso crea algo muy interesante, porque es único para la audiencia de América Latina. Pronto estaremos anunciando importantes acuerdos de co-desarrollo con tres territorios claves en la región”. ¿Crees que hoy la parte interactiva y digital es casi una obligación para los shows? “No, me parece que forzar un componente digital en shows que no son para nada digitales hasta puede ser perjudicial para la marca, porque genera demasiado ruido. A veces solamente hay que concentrarse en la historia o en la experiencia de visualización, sin tener ninguna distracción”. ¿El contenido guionado es un buen modelo de negocio en América Latina? “Este género es muy grande ahora gracias a la conexión con Estados Unidos y la influencia de Netflix y otras plataformas OTT que están trayendo series de mucha calidad. Todo esto influencia el gusto y los hábitos de consumo locales de las audiencias, y esa es una oportunidad que vemos. Vamos a hacer co-desarrollos de formatos guionados y también los venderemos”. Por Diego Alfagemez /senalint
INTERVIEW
“Sport is a prevalent genre that transcends all cultures” Rob Clark, FremantleMedia’s Director of Global Entertainment, explains the potential of “Football Nightmares” and the importance of the sports genre within the company’s international catalogue.
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remantleMedia will kick off this year’s MIPTV with the reality format “Football Nightmares”. Produced by FremantleMedia Italia in conjunction with iconic football legend Gianluca Vialli, the 8 x 60’ series features two ex-professional players who aim to restore the confidence of failing amateur football teams. Rob Clark, company´s Director of Global Entertainment, explained the potential of this format and the importance of the sports genre within the company’s international catalogue.
Why have you decided to bet on “Football Nightmares”? “The format’s appeal lies in the fact it celebrates love and adoration for the beautiful game of football, the only truly global sport. It’s a male skewing transformation show that uses football icons to motivate a
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FORMAT HIGHLIGHTS •“Bang on the Money”: a fast paced, funny prime time family game show for ITV UK. • “My First Holiday”: the stand-alone reality format that premiered on Nelonen (Finland) and has been the highest rated launch in Finland this year. Real people experience a foreign vacation for the first time.
struggling team and in doing so harnesses the community spirit of small local towns. For any broadcaster this format has the perfect combination of star power, authentic characters and genuine emotion, sprinkled with laugh out loud moments”.
and Lorenzo’s unexpected arrival at the club was completely sincere to deliver maximum impact. The camera’s role is merely to observe the team’s transformation rather than interfering in any way”.
What percentage of fiction and of reality does “Football Nightmares” really have?
“Sport is a prevalent genre that transcends all cultures and we’re seeing a global trend towards ‘the power of the fans’, which is an overarching theme within this year’s MIP calendar. ‘Football Nightmares’ is genuine and authentic and features real people. Watching the individual stories of each team unfold fuses entertainment with the sport, and it’s very compelling”.
“Gianluca Vialli and Lorenzo Amoruso, the football professionals from the original Italian version, carefully researched the clubs involved in order to produce a bespoke plan of action and game strategy that would improve player performance. It was important that the local teams remained completely unaware of impending intervention so the reaction triggered by Gianluca
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How strong are sports as a programming genre?
Are you planning to develop more sports shows? “We’re always on the lookout for new ideas, but we have been exploring this particular genre for a while. Our high octane entertainment reality format ‘Master Athletes’, a Henrik Niel-
son devised format, continues to gain interest worldwide. It sees teams of amateur athletes compete in a series of intense physical fitness challenges, and only the strongest team can survive and claim victory”.
Recently, Fremantle made some partnerships with SLAM, Telefe and Abot Hameiri. Those deals will reinforce your strategy? “These major deals are extremely important as they enrich our international network and strategy for growth. Each one gives us access to top industry talent, incredible creative perspective and distinctive content. We have wanted to build scale and grow FremantleMedia, both organically and via targeted acquisitions. We’ll do so where it makes commercial sense; where a company complements FremantleMedia’s existing portfolio”. By Federico Marzullo /senalint
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Telemundo unveils new Location and Content at MIPTV
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elemundo Internacional will have much to share with clients at this edition of MIPTV, including brand new titles and space. The distributor, now located at the NBCUniversal International Stand P4.C14, brings content from leading worldwide producers including Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television, HBO Latin America Originals, TVN Chile, Mega Chile and Reset TV, among others. Leading the offer is the fourth season of “The Lord of the Skies”, the most successful Telemundo Super Series in the network’s history. After breaking audience records in the United States with its third season, the story of Aurelio Casillas continues, this time defying a force he had never feared or ever been so close to death. Telemundo will also highlight its Super Series offer “Centauro’s Woman”, produced by Sony Pictures Television for Telemundo. This action drama starring Ludwika Paleta, Humberto Zurita and Michel Brown, tells the struggles of Yolanda, a woman who despite suffering the
consequences of having made bad decisions in life, does not surrender to pain and difficulties. At the same time, Telemundo features two classic love stories: “Who is Who?” and “Eva’s Destiny”. The first one is a story full of comedy, tells wich the adventures of Perico and Leonardo, twins separated at birth, who find each other one fateful day and swap roles, changing the lives of everyone around them. And “Eva’s Destiny”, which marks the return to Telemundo of Edith González, in her role alongside Arap Bethke and Jorge Luis Pila, tells the story of Eva Soler, a woman betrayed by her own family, who finds the strength to forge a new path, giving herself a new chance at love.
Renewed team and two big highlights
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y the end of February, the experienced executive Beatriz Setuain has rejoined Imagina International Sales as head of sales for the Western Europe and the U.S. markets. Setuain will report Laura Miñarro, Sales Director of the company, and this new appointment forms part of a strategy aimed to boost the activities of the company in its 30 offices around four continents. At MIPTV, Imagina International Sales will also highlight two new shows around two different genres. First, “La Báscula” is a weight loss challenge that´s being aired throughout two regional broadcasters with two different versions: Canal Sur (Andalucía) y Aragón Televisión (Aragón). This is a weekly reality show, where four teams of four members will face the greatest
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challenge of their lives: to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. They will be supported by a team of advisers who will decide the guidelines of the training regime and ensure a healthy diet. At the same time, “The Conqueror of the End of the World” is a show that mixes adventure contest and reality show. The program is on air at ETB2 regional broadcaster since 2005 and it has reached its 12 season this year. There, a variable quantity of participants (from 6 to 8 people per team, and 2 to 5 teams) will have to test their physical and mental strength to live together and survive
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The new boom of Spanish Fiction ATRESMEDIA
MEDIASET Silvia Cotino, Audiovisual Manager
Nacho Manubens, Director Adjunto de Ficción
“Uno de los principales cambios en el modelo de producción de nuestras series en los últimos años es una creciente presencia de los exteriores. Todos los géneros cuentan cada vez con menos plató y más localizaciones naturales. Esto aporta un diferencial visual que el espectador agradece, pero tiene un impacto en el desarrollo y forma de producir”. Jose Antonio Salso, Head of Sales and Acquisitions
“‘Vis a Vis’ es un gran destacado, ha obtenido un gran reconocimiento dentro y fuera de España, como ocurrió con ‘Sin identidad’ y ‘Refugiados’ y ‘El secreto de Puente Viejo’”.
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“The way of producing in Spain has changed. In the past we used to have fiction on air for several seasons as is the case of “The Serrano”, “Central Hospital” or “The Police Inspector”. Now we produce and broadcast series much shorter. Is the case of “El Principe”, due to the success it can be easy to make the series longer, however the producers and the channel thought the best way to end the series will be the number of seasons thought at the beginning”. “The success for Mediaset España lies on “El Principe”, the most successful series of 2015, with an average of 4.602.000 viewers and a rating share of 24%. It has been broadcasted in Canale 5 Italy; RTP Portugal; Nova Tv Croatia; Canal 13 Chile; and Telefé Argentina”.
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TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA Rodolfo Dominguez, Director Comercial
“Hubo una evolución continua en la calidad de las producciones sin un incremento claro de los presupuestos. Lo que significa que las productoras han tenido que optimizar sus recursos. Se han atrevido además a abordar proyectos difíciles como ´El Ministerio Del Tiempo´ o ´Carlos, Rey Emperador´”. “´El Ministerio Del Tiempo´ está
cosechando diversos premios internacionales y sus ventas tanto de formato como de lata van por muy buen camino. Su segunda temporada es una de nuestras principales apuestas para MIPTV, junto a ´Seis Hermanas´, ´Acacias 38´, y el largometraje ´La Corona Partida´, que junto a ´Isabel´ y ´Carlos, Rey Emperador´ configuran la trilogía de esta parte fundamental de la historia”.
FILMAX, selected at MIPDRAMA “I Know Who You Are” has been chosen as one of the 12 series to be presented to selected buyers at this year’s edition of MIPDRAMA. Currently in post-production, delivery of the series is expected in May 2016, with a story of intrigue, love and second chances, is one of the most hotly awaited European series of the year. “Filmax has had a great year so far, thanks to excellent films such as ´Truman´, which not only boasts the outstanding talents of Ricardo Darin and Javier Cámara, but also swept the board at this year’s Spanish Goyas, taking home all the main awards. The movie has been a great success too at Spanish cinemas”, Ivan Diaz, Head of International Sales commented. “Our company is currently shooting the film ´100 Meters´, the incredible true story of one man’s fight in the face of terrible adversity. Expected to premiere in the last quarter of 2016, this moving tale is sure to touch the hearts of audiences the world over. /senalint
Spain economic recession seems to be over, and TV producers are cautiously resuming plans for growth. With international co-productions and bigger involvement from pay TV market in original fiction, the country enters in a new era for fiction content. TV3 CATALUNYA
IMAGINA INT. SALES Javier Méndez Zori, Head of Content MEDIAPRO
Teresa Guitart, Head of International Relations and Sales
““Desde hace algunos años es evidente que la ficción española se está convirtiendo en una referencia a nivel internacional, y va ganando, de forma muy significativa, cuota de mercado. Para nosotros ningún género puede desvincularse de una voluntad de servicio público en su factura. Este hecho, a veces, exige un mayor esfuerzo por parte de la audiencia”. ““Un hito paradigmático en este sentido fue “Polseres Vermelles” (Pulseras Rojas / The Red Band Society), que en 2013 planteó como tema central algo tan delicado como el cáncer en niños. La trayectoria de nuestro equipo de guión como de casting nos permite optimizar los procesos de producción, haciéndolos muy competitivos”.
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“Siguiendo la tendencia global, la ficción en España tuvo un gran crecimiento tanto en calidad como en cantidad de géneros. Ha dejado atrás el perfil familiar y las historias generalistas dirigidas a todos los públicos para abarcar también una ficción de género enfocada a un público adulto. La creatividad y calidad de producción ha conseguido situar a nuestro país como protagonista del panorama audiovisual internacional”.
GRUPO SECUOYA Jose Miguel Barrera, Responsable División Internacional
Laura Miñarro, General Manager
““Hoy se trabajan un mayor número de géneros y de historias. Hay una tendencia en los productores españoles a pensar productos más internacionales, que puedan explotarse también fuera de nuestras fronteras, consiguiendo mayores ingresos por ventas internacionales e incluso como medio de financiación a través de coproducciones con otros territorios, lo que contribuye, junto a una buena factura de producción, a incrementar el prestigio de la ficción española”.
“‘“En MIPTV llevaremos ficciones como ´Vis a Vis´, (Antena 3) o ´Nit i Dia´ (TV3) dos thrillers que han sido toda una revelación en sus cadenas y que crearan tendencia,
““Estamos muy orgullosos de nuestra miniserie ´Víctor Ros´, producida por New Atlantis, que se alzó con el premio a mejor miniserie en el Festival Internacional de Televisión y Cine de Nueva York 2015”.
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ONZA DISTRIBUTION Jessica Ortiz Sales Director
“En los últimos años se produjo un cambio de mentalidad en España. Ahora se produce pensando en el mercado internacional y se buscan ideas que puedan viajar fácilmente fuera de nuestras fronteras”. “Es un buen momento para la producción en España, la aparición de nuevos players y nuevas formas de ver contenidos en Internet genera ideas diferentes y más alejados de públicos generalistas”. “Otro cambio es que ahora se piensa en producir de manera transmedia. Un claro ejemplo es “El Ministerio del Tiempo”, que cuenta con una potente actividad en redes sociales, un programa web, una ficción sonora, e incluso será la primera serie del mundo en tener un capítulo compatible con realidad virtual”.
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Mediaset expands borders for Italian content
RTVE’s main drama series hit MIPTV
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his year at Cannes, RTVE will introduce the series “The Department of Time” and “Six sisters”. Furthermore, its new productions will also include “Crime Times” and the movie “Broken Kingdom”, which has just premiered in cinemas in Spain. “The Department of Time” is opening its doors to its second season on TVE in Spain, and it is doing so with new and exciting adventures right across Spanish history. The most well-traveled squad in television consisting of Rodolfo Sancho, Aura Garrido and Nacho Fresneda returns with 13 new episodes in which we will go back in time to avoid changing our history. This new season is preceded by a whole movement led by its fans on social media. It has become a cult series and a real phenomenon whose reach extends even beyond the TV screen. Its followers have even created products from the series itself and put them on sale in the first official merchandising shop with products designed by the fans. Another highlight of the catalogue will be the daily series “Six Sisters”, which is a story about overcoming hardship, struggles, false appearances and, in particular, about love and heart. It is set in the Spain of the 1920s, in a period of great contrasts, with many social inequalities in which life is not easy, particularly for women. Then, RTVE also presents “Crime Times”, an investigation series lasting 13 episodes. In each of them a newspaper editorial office investigates a crime that will be published in El Caso, a daily newspaper with one of the largest circulations in Spain in the 1960s. 26 · SEÑAL INTERNACIONAL
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ediaset Distribution is the international distribution arm of Italian group Mediaset. With a catalogue of more than 500 titles, the company is the leading distribution brand for Italian TV Programs and scripted formats. It also distributes two international channels around the world: Mediaset Italia and TGCOM24. To describe a 2016 of growth in both business divisions, Señal Internacional interviewed Giorgio Giovetti, Head of Sales of the company.
Italians living around the world and to the people who love Italy, its culture and its beauty”. What regions are more important for the channel international growing strategy? “We have deals with the biggest operators in US, Europe and Australia and the trend is constantly growing. Since the launch the result has been very positive, with an immediate response from the Italian-speaking subscribers, and
How would you describe the international potential of Mediaset Italia channels? “Since Mediaset group’s free to air channels Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4 have been encrypted on Hotbird, Mediaset Italia represents the only way to watch Mediaset’s programs outside Italy and, for this reason, Mediaset Italia is strongly consolidating its distribution”.
today the channel is available in more than 10 million homes. We’d like to strengthen our presence in Europe and especially in those territories where the channel has just been launched like Hungary and Albania”.
Which is the focus of its programming strategy? “Mediaset is the leading private television group in Italy, and its commercial nature urges to meet the viewer’s taste through a constantly varied programming. We offer the best of Italian entertainment: news, drama, talk shows, talent and reality shows, cooking shows and much more. The channel is targeted to the 60+M
How do you manage operator’s needs around digital and VOD programming? “We can guarantee operators all the mobile, VOD, OTT , TV Everywhere and Catch-up rights. We recently launched our own OTT platform which is having great success especially in those countries where our channel is not available through a traditional operator”. /senalint
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natpe 2016 The market has tripled the size of the floor at the Fontainebleau welcoming more than 65 new exhibitors from 30+ countries joining 250 loyal exhibitors. There were 71 countries represented.
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11 Henrik Pabst (RED ARROW), Daniel Álvarez, Fabiola Flores y Zasha Robles (SPIRAL) 12 Olimpia Ciribe (SONY), Charlote Van Bochoue, Gepke Nederlof (TALPA) y Eduardo Arias (SONY) 13 Ricardo Costianovsky, Tomás Darcyl, Alejandro Carballo, Nicolás Zumaglini y Humberto Delmás (TELEFILMS) 14 Ersagun Servi, Meltem Tumturk y Mustafa Aydogan (TRT) 15 Raul Mendoza y Marcel Vinay (COMAREX) 16 Leyla Apa, Ahmet Ziyalar, Beatriz Cea y Can Okan (ITV INTER MEDYA) 17 Emir Duzel y Müge Hanilci (ATV) 18 Miguel Garcia y Laura Miñarro (IMAGINA) 19 Gema López (UNIVERSAL CINERGIA), Barbora Susterova (ECCHO RIGHTS) y Lliam Hernández (UNIVERSAL CINERGIA)
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Telefe launches a new prime time comedy
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he show “Educating Nina” is the new highlight of the Argentinean Company for the global market. With local premiere at Telefe´s prime time during April, it will start its distribution on MIPTV. This new comedy of 80 episodes of 1 TV hour is produced by Telefe and Underground in HD. The show tells the story of two identical twin sisters who were separated at birth and lead totally different lives, ignoring each other’s existence. Their story will radically change when they are forced to live each other’s lives. Mara was born with a silver spoon and she lives surrounded by luxury. She is superficial, whimsical and irresponsible. She never had to work, she never obeys any order and she only wants to have a good time. Then, Nina is a dancer and chorus girl in the world of the “cuarteto”, a popular dance. She is always on tour, doing several shows a night and always
waiting for that moment in which life will give her a chance. “Educating Nina” is also the story of the integration of two social classes, two different cultures and of how love conquers all kinds of distances. It is starred by Griselda Siciliani, Esteban Lamothe, Rafa Ferro, Veronica Llinás, Juan Leyrado, Nico Furtado, Diego Ramos, Jorgelina Aruzzi, Carola Reyna, Enrique Liporace, Martin Slipak, Benjamin Alfonso, Mercedes Scapola, Vivian El Jaber, Laura Cymer, Victoria Almeida, Turco Naim, Chachi Telesco, Lucas Velasco and a great cast.
Cisneros reinforce its global contens
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isneros Media Distribution began 2016 with big businees around entertainment industry, such as the sale of the rights of Telefe’s novela “Somos Familia” to AMC Networks International for Eva channel in Africa, or the deal with Creative Artists Agency, to develop new English-language series and content for U.S. television audiences, in addition to maximizing Cisneros Media’s vast catalogue of content. For MIPTV, the international distributor has focused its goals around big titles of its renewed catalogue. The first one is the drama series “Just Looking”, from Cisneros Media Distribution/Venevision, which is an innovative,
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dynamic and groundbreaking format that has the flexibility of being a telenovela or a drama series. There, five couples who fall in love in different ways: at first sight, at the first laughter, at the first compliment after years of indifference, after the first divorce, and even during the first hip fracture. Another highlight of the company is a Mobius.Lab production called “Talk the Walk”, which shows the evolution of different celebrities that achieved International
recognition, analyzing their fashion style, career and their personal choices from the inception of their careers to the current days. Finally, the first season of “Shäk” will captivate MIPTV with spectacular HD scenes, high-speed pursuits, police shootouts, cliffhanging rescues, devastating fires, and so much more - news coverage captured live. The series is available with English and Spanish narration; however, the script can be adapted to any language. /senalint
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TV en NÚMEROS
Cifras para entender tendencias y comprender el futuro
GLOBAL VIDEO INDEX Q3 2015
SHARE OF TIME WATCHED BY DEVICE AND VIDEO LENGTH 75 %
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25 % 0-1 Minutos 1-3 Minutos 3-6 Minutos 10 Minutos o más
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LONGFORM VIDEO: SHARE OF TIME WATCHED BY DEVICE AND VIDEO LENGTH 50 %
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