WildBear Entertainment, one of Australian’s leading producers of factual programming, has launched a new distribution division, WildBear International – timed to coincide with the busy MIPCOM/autumn sales period. WildBear Entertainment CEO Michael Tear will head the new business from Canberra, with a start-up sales team based in Europe comprising Edwina Thring and Margaret Yoshida of […]
In the first of a regular series of surveys to test the health of the international TV industry, the TellyCast/ WorkShare Consulting Content Industry Monitor found that less than one in ten (9 per cent) of executives wish to return to full time, permanent office working following the pandemic. The results showed that the vast […]
Laurine Garaude, the director of television at Reed Midem, is stepping down. Garaude has worked at Reed Midem since 1993 and was put in charge of television in 2009, helping develop and grow the Mipcom and MipTV events. Entertainment chief Jerome Delhaye and deputy TV director Lucy Smith will take on her duties in the […]
A+E Networks International has announced several more deals with global media companies that it says “underpins the company’s reputation as the leading distributor of TV movies in the world, and highlight the strength of its growing international co-production unit”. “During a time when so many broadcasters and streamers are in need of ratings proven content […]
During MIPCOM, TV markets expert Glance (Global Audience & Content Evolution), part of Médiamétrie, unveiled the trends that are and will be marking this atypical year. Frédéric Vaulpré, Vice-President of Glance, commented: “All over the world, viewers have
Crunchyroll, a WarnerMedia company and anime brand, will attend and exhibit at MIPCOM for the first time this year. Crunchyroll will showcase its extensive content catalogue to global customers at the virtual event from October 12th-16th. John Easum, Head of Crunchyroll EMEA, commented: “Following our acquisition of VIZ Media Europe and its rebranding to Crunchyroll […]
MIPCOM has announced that the 36th annual international television content market will now take place entirely online as MIPCOM ONLINE+. The physical gathering, previously scheduled to take place as MIPCOM RENDEZVOUS CANNES, is cancelled due to the continued impact of Covid-19. MIPCOM ONLINE+ will be centred around the digital MIPCOM Week that occurs October 12th […]
Reed MIDEM has announced that Korea is the MIPCOM 2020 Country of Honour. Korea will become the first Country of Honour to be showcased on the new MIPCOM ONLINE+ platform, making its flagship content accessible to television professionals around the globe. The Korea Country of Honour showcase is sponsored by Korea Communications Commission (KCC), responsible […]
Entertainment content market MIPCOM 2020, initially scheduled for October 12th-15th, will now take place as MIPCOM Rendezvous Cannes, a streamlined, three-day gathering of the international television community in Cannes (October 12th-14th), together with MIPCOM Online+, a premium digital service (October 5th-mid-November). MIPJunior, traditionally held as a hotel-based programme screening and networking event, will move into […]
ITV Studios has announced it will not exhibit at MIPCOM this October and will instead launch an extension to its Spring Drama and Formats Festivals. The inaugural ITV Studios Fall Festival, will be a series of virtual content and production sessions for buyers held over three weeks from September 14th. In addition to providing a […]