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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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The Art of Reinvention
From our inaugural MIPCOM Cannes edition, musings on starting over, finding your own path, and being unafraid to pivot when you need to.
Vuulr Unveils White-Label VuulrOS Rights Trading Solution
Vuulr, which recently relaunched its B2B rights-trading platform, will be in Cannes next week showcasing VuulrOS, a new white-label solution enabling IP owners to create their own branded sales website and infrastructure.
Maigret Reboot Lands on UKTV Via Banijay Rights Deal
Banijay Rights has licensed both seasons of the Maigret reboot, produced by Playground, to UKTV as part of a 100-hour-plus package.
Eccho Rights Expands Lineup with New TOD Deal
Three Turkish dramas produced for beIN Media Group's TOD streaming platform have been added to the slate at Eccho Rights.
ScreenMDM Scripted Digest: Asian IP, Microdrama Mania, Remakes & Revivals
Content from Asia, new vertical video shifts, and a wealth of revivals and remakes defined the last month in the scripted business. Sign up for ScreenMDM Scripted Digest here.
Fremantle Lands U.S. & Australian Commissions for Stacks of Cash
Eureka's new prime-time game-show format Stacks of Cash, a key highlight for Fremantle this MIPCOM, has notched up deals with CBS in the U.S. and Seven Network in Australia.
We Will Dance Again Lands on Rete 4
The award-winning documentary We Will Dance Again has been acquired in Italy by Mediaset's Rete 4.
Fawkes Digital Expands Slate, Rebrands as Studio Fawkes
Entertainment IP studio Fawkes Digital is relaunching as Studio Fawkes as it expands its lineup of branded, creator and broadcaster content and lands its first linear commission with a dating show at MTV in the U.K.
Marquee TV Sets Rai Deal for Italian Stage Performances
Streaming platform Marquee TV has reached a deal with Rai in Italy that brings its subscribers worldwide access to ballet and opera performances.
Fremantle Partners with Buzz 16 for Creator-Led Digital Series
Fremantle is working with Miroma Group's Buzz 16 on resurrecting the digital football and sports talk show The Inside Scoop, hosted by U.K. content creators and presenters Harry Pinero and Culture Cams.
TBS’s Shunsuke Fukaya Joins FRAPA Advisory Board
Shunsuke Fukaya, the head of new format sales for Europe at Japan's TBS, has joined the advisory board of FRAPA.
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!
Milkshake!, RTÉ & NRK Partner for The Huggingtons
In their first-ever co-production, Milkshake!, RTÉ, and NRK have joined forces for the 2D animated series The Huggingtons.
Banijay Kids & Family Drives Digital Expansion with New Content Partnerships
Banijay Kids & Family has inked a range of new digital distribution deals as it expands its reach across YouTube, FAST, Prime Video and more.
Kaito Entertainment Expands Slate, Inks New Deals
Kaito Entertainment, co-founded by Hannah Dubcoff and Jonathan Abraham, has expanded its slate with two new acquisitions and announced a raft of deals in the run-up to MIPCOM.
Karrot Entertainment Boards Guru’s Where’s Spot? Adaptation
Guru Studio has inked a co-production deal with U.K.-based Karrot Entertainment for a preschool animated series based on Eric Hill’s Spot book series.
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.
ICYMI: ScreenMDM Selects: Strawberry Shortcake’s Bake Shop
The new series is on offer from WildBrain at MIPCOM.
ScreenMDM Selects+
America’s Wars: For 250 years, wars and conflicts have shaped the United States of America. But the rise to the most powerful military nation has come at a cost. Distributed by ZDF Studios. Click through for a Q&A with Nikolas Hülbusch, Director Unscripted at ZDF Studios, on what makes America’s Wars unique in the history docs landscape.
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ScreenMDM Selects
Crime or Rescue: A high-stakes true crime story where activism, justice, and love collide. Animal activists Rose Patterson and Wayne Hsiung risk prison to rescue vulnerable animals and challenge the law. With exclusive frontline access, their shared mission transforms their lives forever. Distributed by Off the Fence.
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Show Time with ScreenMDM
On our watch list this week: Apple TV's Slow Horses, Paramount+'s MobLand, Channel 4's Apocalypse, Prime Video's The Traitors India, CBC Gem's Ghosting, & CNN's Have I Got News for You.
ICYMI
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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