Kelly Day: Prime Video Has Invested £5 Billion in the U.K.
Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios have invested more than £5 billion in the U.K.'s television, film, and live sport economies, Kelly Day, VP for international, revealed at the Royal Television Society London Convention.
Rewind’s HITS NOW Secures CANAL+ Myanmar Carriage
Rewind Networks has expanded its presence on CANAL+ in Myanmar with the launch of HITS NOW, joining its HITS and HITS Movies channels on the platform.
High Drama: Samantha Cameron-Mowat on New Regency’s Scripted Distribution Strategy
Samantha Cameron-Mowat, SVP and co-head of international distribution at New Regency, previews the indie studio’s plans for Cannes and weighs in on the art of global co-pros and shifting windowing strategies.
JK Media Group Enters Microdrama Space
JK Media Group is making a pair of microdrama series for TelevisaUnivision’s ViXMicrO.
Banijay Rights Clinches Deal for Peaky Blinders-Inspired Beer Range
Ahead of BLE, Banijay Rights has inked a deal that will see the launch of a beer range inspired by Peaky Blinders.
Fremantle’s Neighbours Gets Vertical Treatment by RoseBerry
Vertical video specialist RoseBerry has clinched a deal with Fremantle to reimagine the long-running soap Neighbours for a short-form vertical rollout.
Library Deals, Real People, Global Distribution & Microdrama Expansion
ScreenMDM Scripted Digest recaps a busy month in global drama, from library and FAST deals to the ongoing push for known IP, real-life events, mysteries, romance, and the rapid rise of serialized short-form. Sign up for ScreenMDM Scripted Digest here.
Real Talk: Factual Distribution Trends with Germaine Deagan Sweet
Germaine Deagan Sweet, head of content acquisitions and sales at PBS Distribution, reflects on the rising need for co-productions, appealing to buyers’ increasingly selective tastes, and driving gains across FAST and YouTube.
Ten New Japanese Formats Set for MIPCOM Showcase
The Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan (BEAJ) is returning to MIPCOM with its popular Treasure Box Japan event on the market's opening day, presenting ten new IPs.
Radar Studios Preps New History Brand with Sir Tony Robinson
Radar Studios, WTFN's newly unveiled venture combining its digital and distribution arms, has entered into a pact with broadcaster Sir Tony Robinson to launch a new history brand featuring a YouTube channel and a TV show.
V10 Expands International Sales Efforts
V10 Entertainment, the company behind America’s Funniest Videos (AFV) and Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project with Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger, has brought on board Michelle Payne, Matt Vassallo, and Poh Lin Ho to help expand its international reach.
BBC Select Boards BIG Media’s Royal Gardens
BBC Select has acquired BIG Media's six-part series Royal Gardens.
Ample Accelerates Digital Drive with SVP Appointment
Veteran producer and development executive Brian Dale has joined Ample Entertainment as SVP of digital content.
ScreenMDM Factual & Formats Digest: Known IP, Digital Scale, & Asian Ambitions
This month’s digest of the biggest stories in the factual and format spheres explores the known IP trend, digital-first activities, creator collaborations, restructuring for the new landscape, and the challenges and opportunities in exporting Asian IP. Subscribe—it's free!
Gen A to Z: Elena Lyalina on Taking Nick the Mechanic Worldwide with WildBrain
Elena Lyalina, CEO and producer at Polydont Films, shares with ScreenMDM the origin story of Nick the Mechanic, a CG preschool series that WildBrain recently acquired the distribution rights to for launch at MIPCOM and MIPJunior.
DeAPlaneta Entertainment Names Digital Channels & Content Head
Daniel Acero Montoya is joining DeAPlaneta Entertainment to lead its digital strategy, tasked with driving the expansion of the kids' and family entertainment company's footprint across FAST, AVOD and YouTube.
WildBrain Lines Up New Strawberry Shortcake Partners
WildBrain has landed a slate of new licensing agreements for the Strawberry Shortcake franchise, with a new series, Strawberry Shortcake’s Bake Shop, set for a digital-first launch next month.
ScreenMDM Kids/YA Digest: Cannes Plans, Brand Savvy & Teen Dreams
Our latest digest of the developments in kids/YA content includes MIPJunior updates, a raft of L&M deals, and Emily Horgan’s latest deep dive into what young ones are watching on Netflix. Get your free subscription here.
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This week's episode with special guest Adrian Last, CMO at ITV Studios, covers SNL UK, Into the Deep, P-Valley, Rivals, Trigger Point and Black Warrant.
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Real Talk: Breakthrough Factual with BossaNova Media’s Francesca Johnson & Iona Hopper
Ahead of their first Development Days and MIPCOM with BossaNova Media, Francesca Johnson and Iona Hopper, who are leading acquisitions at Paul Heaney’s factual outfit, join ScreenMDM Talks to share what they’re looking for across the history/mystery, access, and true-crime genres.
Gen A to Z: Why The Next Step: Cheer Is Winning Over Audiences Worldwide
On the heels of CBBC commissioning a second season of Boat Rocker Studios’ The Next Step: Cheer, showrunners, writers, and executive producers Matt Huether and Courtney Jane Walker tell ScreenMDM about the origins of the hit series, the opportunities in the tween/YA space, and never talking down to young audiences.
High Drama: Khalil Homeissy and Ralph Matar on MForMedia’s Scripted Ambitions
Dubai-based production outfit MForMedia is repositioning itself as an IP-based studio and is looking to raise the profile of Arabic scripted content, Khalil Homeissy and Ralph Matar, managing partners, tell ScreenMDM.
Real Talk: A Story of Crime and Punishment with Lynn Novick
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Lynn Novick joins ScreenMDM Talks’ Real Talk strand to discuss her upcoming PBS documentary series, Crime and Punishment in America, which condenses more than 200 years of U.S. justice into an eight-hour series that PBS Distribution is bringing to the global market at MIPCOM.
Video Content Investment in Seven Asian Markets to Hit $15 Billion
Across India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, video content investment is projected to reach $15.1 billion this year, Media Partners Asia says in a new report.
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.
Anime Takes Rising Share of Streaming Usage in Asia
Anime accounts for a larger share of streaming viewers in Asia than any other genre, Media Partners Asia (MPA) has found, reaching between 31% and 47% of premium VOD users across eight key markets in the region.
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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