ITV Studios Flexes Multi-Genre Muscle with Raft of MIPCOM Announcements
ITV Studios kept reporters busy this morning with a slew of deals announced at its press breakfast, including a new vodcast with River Monsters' Jeremy Wade, the expansion of The Voice, a new drama label in Australia, and scripted sales.
Rakuten TV Expands Enterprise Business
Rakuten TV is expanding its enterprise business, helping partners expand their FAST services, into the U.S., the Middle East, and Japan, marking the first time the Barcelona-based platform has extended its footprint beyond Europe.
Samsung TV Plus Inks Multichannel Deal with BBC Studios
Samsung TV Plus is bringing four BBC Studios channels to its FAST footprint across 11 European markets.
DAZN Expands Basketball Portfolio with Basket.TV Acquisition
DAZN has acquired the LatAm streaming platform Basket.tv as it builds out its basketball rights portfolio and expands its position in the region.
OKAST Unveils European Content Streaming Platform
OKAST is launching a new platform intended to help drive the discovery of European content, arriving with more than 2,000 hours and 50 FAST channels.
Rai 2 Takes Baywatch Second Window in Italy
Ahead of its January 2027 launch on FOX, Fremantle has licensed Baywatch to Rai 2 in a second-window deal.
ZDF Studios Logs German Drama Deals
ZDF Studios has licensed more than 500 hours of German drama across 20 countries.
Dhar Mann Studios Sets New Original for Samsung TV Plus
Samsung TV Plus has greenlit Unlikely Families, the second installment of the anthology series created and produced by Dhar Mann Studios.
CANAL+ Slates Asian Co-Pro kiDnap GAME, STUDIOCANAL to Distribute
CANAL+ has landed the rights to kiDnap GAME, a Fuji TV-led thriller co-production, with STUDIOCANAL taking on international distribution rights.
Hildur Sales for Cineflix Rights
The English- and Scandinavian-language crime drama Hildur has secured new deals at Cineflix Rights.
Blue Ant Acquires Two BossaNova Projects
Two projects out of BossaNova Media's recent Development Day—The Land That Made Us and Ruins: Rise and Fall—have been acquired by Blue Ant Media.
A Haunting Revived at Radial
Radial Entertainment has resurrected A Haunting, which joined its library through the acquisition of the New Dominion Pictures catalog, ordering 16 new episodes.
Artemis Fowl Gets TV Adaptation at Disney Channel
Disney Channel and Disney+ are moving forward with an adaptation of the Artemis Fowl book franchise.
One Life Studios Unveils New Indian Animation IP
One Life Studios (OLS), marking its tenth anniversary this year, is at MIPCOM with a new Indian animated IP for kids, Raaya: The Great Indian Tales.
Franchises, Fandom & Knowing Your Audience: The Kids & Family Playbook at Disney
A powerhouse session at MIPJunior with Disney Kids & Family’s senior team, led by Ayo Davis, highlighted the company’s “holistic” approach to serving these audiences, strategy adjustments to meet the moment, and the importance of franchises, fandom, and listening to audiences.
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October 2026 MIPCOM & MIPJunior Edition
Vertical Video Trends / Scripted Co-Pros & Financing / Factual Distribution Shifts / Format Evolution / True Crime / Vuulr’s Relaunch with Ben Flint / A Conversation with Lynn Novick / Brand Architecting with Banijay Kids & Family’s Benoît di Sabatino / Building an IP Powerhouse with Studio 100 International’s Martin Krieger / NHK’s Doc Strategy / Hit List
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25 Years of Reality TV Innovation with Arthur Smith
As Hell’s Kitchen marks its landmark 25th season on FOX, reality TV icon Arthur Smith, CEO of A. Smith & Co. Productions, joins ScreenMDM Talks to weigh in on building brands that last and spotting compelling ideas in the global market.
A Constellation in Rome: Gaia Tridente on MIA’s New Format & Expanded Lineup
Gaia Tridente, director of MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo), which will bring executives and creatives from the global film, drama, documentary, animation, and entertainment industries to Rome from October 19 to 23, joins ScreenMDM Talks to showcase the event’s expanded lineup and new format.
Gen A to Z: Introducing KIMS Canada with France Martin & Maria Kennedy
Set for February 23 to 25, 2027, the Kids International Media Summit (KIMS) Canada aims to attract delegates from around the world for three days of deal-making, networking, and showcasing the local children’s ecosystem and its co-production opportunities, the Youth Media Alliance’s France Martin and Maria Kennedy tell ScreenMDM Talks in our latest Gen A to Z episode.
The Asian Format IP Blueprint: Local Authenticity Wins
If you’re an Asian producer with great IP you want remade internationally, focus on local authenticity, simplicity, and collaboration, a panel of leading executives said at BCWW last week.
The Case for Gaming, YouTube’s TV Courtship, AI Evolution, and Vertical Video’s “Arrival”
Our monthly recap of the latest developments in vertical video, AI technology, the creator economy, and audience shifts, and what they mean for the content production and distribution business. Subscribe to ScreenMDM Digital-First Digest here.
The Road to Cannes with RX’s Lucy Smith
The theme of convergence runs across MIPCOM Cannes this year as the event embraces the creator economy, vertical video, branded entertainment, and AI, Lucy Smith says on the latest episode of ScreenMDM Talks.
The SwitchScreen: Philipp Rotermund on Building wedotv into an AVOD Powerhouse
As we continue our The SwitchScreen strand ahead of IBC, ScreenMDM Talks welcomes Philipp Rotermund, co-founder and CEO of wedotv, to discuss the AVOD platform’s expanding global reach, ad-tech innovations, content rights negotiations, and priorities for the months ahead.
The SwitchScreen: Decoding Streaming Economics with Bedrock’s Jonas Engwall
On the heels of the large-scale migration of RTL+ to the Bedrock tech stack, the streaming solutions provider’s CEO, Jonas Engwall, joins ScreenMDM Talks’ The SwitchScreen strand to discuss streaming profitability, European scale, and AI.
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