2027 Event Calendar
We've started updating our 2027 event calendar for the global screen media business. Have an event you want us to list? Get in touch.
9:16, FAST, Discovery, and the YouTube Effect
Vertical video deals, FAST expansion, and creator partnerships defined the month in digital strategies. Subscribe to ScreenMDM Digital-First Digest here.
Previewing MIP Cancun with María Pérez-Bellière
As MIP Cancun gears up for its 13th edition, María Pérez-Bellière, director of the annual RX event, tells ScreenMDM how it has become a key hub for IP development, funding, and monetization across Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.
ElectricNOW Expands FAST Channel Slate, Including Microdrama Service
Through a partnership with FAST Channels TV, ElectricNOW, Electric Entertainment's free streaming service, has expanded its lineup with 20 new channels, including VueWho, focused on microdramas.
NHK EVP to Lead Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
Hiroo Yamana, EVP of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, has been elected president of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).
Disney Alum Hans Ku Joins Utopai Studios
Formerly VP of AI and engineering at Disney's Office of Technology Enablement, Hans Ku has joined Utopai Studios as chief product officer, leading product, engineering, research, and business development.
DAZN to Deliver Coverage of the Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC)
DAZN will deliver live and on-demand access to the Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC) and the Rock League to its audiences outside of North America for free throughout the 2026/27 season.
Mediapro Renews CONMEBOL Pact
Mediapro Group (rebranding as Imagina in 2027) has renewed its alliance with CONMEBOL, covering the production and distribution of the international feed for about 700 matches a year from the South American football organization.
Filmin Boards Beta Film’s Blindspot Berlin
Beta Film has licensed the German true-crime drama Blindspot Berlin to Filmin for Spain.
New MENA Sales for Inter Medya
Across series and films, Inter Medya has notched up a batch of deals in the Middle East and North Africa ahead of heading to DICM this month.
Scripted Roundup: Leadership Changes, Licensing Plays, & Known IP
Co-production insights; Netflix reshuffles its content leadership and leans on licensing; K-drama deals keep coming; and crime, reboots, and known IP drive the month’s distribution activity. Sign up to receive ScreenMDM Scripted Digest here.
ITV News’ Reporting History Digital Series Renewed for Season Three
The ITV News digital series Reporting History, hosted by Tom Bradby, is returning for a third season after the first two logged more than 3 million views.
BBC & Stan Board Hat Trick’s The Real Wolf of Wall Street
The Real Wolf of Wall Street, a three-part docuseries from Maxine Productions, Bloomberg and See It Now Studios, has been licensed to the BBC in the U.K. and Stan in Australia by Hat Trick International (HTI).
Funding Factual, Seeking Breakthrough Ideas & Making Sense of YouTube
Factual buyers and format commissioners are hunting for breakthrough ideas; true crime and megaformats are still hot; and everyone is trying to make sense of YouTube. Subscribe to ScreenMDM Factual & Formats Digest here for a monthly recap of the trends reshaping these sectors of the business.
ScreenMDM Selects: Find out more about BossaNova's Ruins: Rise & Fall.
The Kids’ Business Reinvents Itself
From Greg Dray’s rousing MIPJunior address to the new summit looking to fill a market need for the kids’ sector; recapping the month in coverage on ScreenMDM Kids/YA. Sign up to receive ScreenMDM Kids/YA Digest here.
ScreenMDM Selects
From BossaNova Media and Like A Shot Entertainment, Ruins: Rise and Fall (8x60 min.) reveals the two stories every ruin has to tell—how it rises and how it falls. Using breathtaking digital reconstruction, we rebuild the world's greatest lost places to their moment of glory, then witness the dramatic events that reduced them to ruins.
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More Than Half of Viewers 18 to 24 Use Short-Form Vertical Video for Discovering New Content
The SwitchScreen: FAST Times with Rakuten TV’s Cédric Dufour
Viewpoint: The Four Horsemen of the Streaming Apocalypse
Netflix Chiefs Talk Engagement, Peter Rice, Content Licensing & TF1 Pact
Lucy Smith on Disruption, Evolution & Reshaping the Content Business’s Biggest Annual Event
Broadcast Plus YouTube: The RTL Deutschland Example
Jeff Zucker & Marco Bassetti on Scale & Leaning into Live & Sports
A MIA Moment with Jane Tranter
Doc Buyers at MIA: The Funds are Available; The Ideas Need Work
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