Rio Mayor Unveils Investment in Local Creative Industries
Speaking at Rio2C, Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere announced a $45 million investment into the city's cultural and audiovisual sectors.
CONECTA Wraps in Mallorca
The tenth edition of CONECTA Magaluf-Mallorca took place this week with 400 execs and creatives from 30 countries discussing trends in Iberia and Spain's growing influence in the global content sector.
FOX Creator Studios Partners with Tom Segura’s YMH Studios
FOX Creator Studios (FCS), a division of FOX Entertainment, is collaborating with Tom Segura on a slate of content that will be released on YMH Studios' D2C platforms.
Virgin TV Expands FAST Lineup with Banijay Rights Channels
Virgin Media O2 is bringing two FAST channels from the Banijay Rights portfolio, 8 out of 10 Cats and Pointless, to the Virgin TV lineup.
You’re Killing Me Renewed at Acorn TV
Acorn TV has renewed You're Killing Me, starring Brooke Shields, for a second season.
FlareFlow Scales Franchise Building with She Means Justice
FlareFlow is scaling up its franchise-building efforts, aligning with GammaTime to produce She Means Justice 2: Breakout.
European Commissioning Trends on Global Streamers / Vivian Yin’s Vision for Premium Microdrama / Japan’s Rising Soft Power / The Hirayasumi Story / BBC Studios is Scaling its EMEA Scripted Footprint, One Breakthrough Idea at a Time / & Lots More. Sign up for ScreenMDM Scripted Digest here.
New Maximum Effort Docuseries Lands on Disney+
Maximum Effort and Eureka Productions are producing a new docuseries for Disney+ chronicling SailGP’s BONDS Flying Roos team from Australia and its celebrity owners, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.
Love Island Vodcast Scores ITV2 Slot
The Love Island: The Debrief vodcast, hosted by former participants Toni Laites, Shakira Khan, and Yasmin Pettet, will air on ITV2 as a companion show to the hit reality format.
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LatAm’s New Content Playbook: Vertical, Local, Exportable
Executives from some of the region’s biggest broadcasters and platforms talk vertical, legacy IP, and backing stories that will travel.
The Banijay Blueprint for Scale, Impact & Engagement
From live experiences and sports to creator economy deals and vertical series rollouts, Banijay Group is scaling its footprint across the entire “economy of creation.”
European Commissioning Trends on Global Streamers
Insights on what’s driving the European content slates at HBO Max, Disney+, and Prime Video.
Japan’s Rising Soft Power
From the booming anime business to non-scripted format rollouts, co-productions, development deals, and manga adaptations, Japan is exerting its influence as a cultural powerhouse.
June Lineup: Market- and Genre-Focused Coverage for NEM, Annecy, APOS & Sunny Side of the Doc
Each strand runs across vodcasts, columns, one-on-one conversations, and trend pieces. Market-pegged and running throughout the year, the intelligence you need, when you need it.
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Format Zone: Redefining Entertainment & Overcoming Risk with André Renaud
André Renaud, general VP of format and finished sales at Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP), joins ScreenMDM Talks’ Format Zone strand to talk entertainment and reality trends, battling risk aversion, and 360-degree brand building
APOS Sets Future-Facing Agenda Amid Shifting AsiaPac Trends
The entertainment economy is operating against a backdrop where “the most valuable companies in entertainment are not entertainment companies,” resulting in APOS’s most future-facing edition to date, Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia, tells ScreenMDM Talks.
The Road to Dubrovnik with NEM’s Sanja Božić-Ljubičić & ACT’s Greg Polad
ScreenMDM Talks welcomes Sanja Božić-Ljubičić to share how NEM Dubrovnik has become the must-attend CEE market this summer, while ACT’s Grégoire Polad weighs in on how important the event is for convening thought leaders to discuss the transformation happening across Europe’s media ecosystem.
Gen A to Z: Sofia the First’s Magical Return with Craig Gerber
ScreenMDM Talks welcomed Craig Gerber, EP and creator of Sofia the First: Royal Magic, to reflect on why now was a good time to bring the young princess back, eight years after the original series ended.
Behind The Season: The Making of a Global Co-Pro with Marialy Rivas
As Fremantle lands at the LA Screenings with The Season, a buzzy new co-production from PCCW Media and SK Global premiering on Viu and Hulu this summer, the show's lead director and EP, Marialy Rivas, talks visual storytelling, global collaboration, and the joys of the Hong Kong backdrop in the new series from the makers of Crazy Rich Asians.
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