YouTube Creators as Producers: How the Sidemen are Rewriting the Rules of Entertainment
Victor Bengtsson, CEO of Sidemen Entertainment, and Adam Cohen, head of Sidemen Productions, took to the main MIP London stage to reveal how the YouTube-originated content company is scaling its reach.
Banijay Rights’ Simon Cox Talks Scripted Trends
Ahead of Banijay Rights' London TV Screenings showcase, ScreenMDM caught up with Simon Cox, EVP for content acquisitions, to discuss the trends he's keeping an eye on in the scripted sector today.
BBC Studios & Rogan Productions Renew First-Look
BBC Studios is continuing its alliance with Rogan Productions, taking on distribution rights to the indie's slate and providing development funding for another three years.
Gennie: Where Generative AI Meets the Art of Storytelling
Max Einhorn and Tejas Shah, who formed Gennie together with Chelsea Durgin to pioneer the use of AI in factual content—with the microdrama gold rush next on their horizon—talk to ScreenMDM about using technology and data to expand the frontiers of storytelling.
Fremantle to Rep Special Delivery Game-Show Format
Fremantle has secured the global (excluding Japan) production, development, and distribution rights to Special Delivery, a format co-developed by Blue Circle and TBS.
Gen A to Z: Cookbook Media’s Rob Bencal & Claudia Scott-Hansen
Splitting their time between London and San Diego this week, Cookbook Media's Claudia Scott-Hansen and Rob Bencal were guests on ScreenMDM Talks’ Gen A to Z strand to weigh in on navigating the fast-moving shifts in the kids’ media ecosystem.
Banijay Rights Boards New Stacey Dooley Series
Banijay Rights has taken on the global distribution rights to The Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley (w.t.), an upcoming series for the BBC.
Warner Bros. International Television Production Unveils LTVS Slate
Warner Bros. International Television Production will be presenting a diverse slate of factual and entertainment formats to clients at its London TV Screenings showcase on Thursday, including Wall to Wall's See You in Court for Channel 4.
Deepdub Pacts with Love TV Channels
Love TV Channels is working with Deepdub to localize its streaming channels in Europe, leveraging the company's AI-powered tech to expand its reach across Spanish, Italian, and French markets.
ICYMI: More Road to London Highlights...
TGC GE's Phil Gurin
Ahead of TGC Global Entertainment hosting its first-ever London TV Screenings showcase this week, Phil Gurin weighs in on entertainment format trends, risk aversion, and more.
Banijay Rights’ Matt Creasey
Our London TV Screenings and MIP London strand continues with Matt Creasey, EVP of sales, co-productions, and acquisitions at Banijay Rights, on trends in scripted, opportunities in AVOD, and more.
BossaNova’s Paul Heaney
History, mystery, access, and talent anchor BossaNova Media’s London TV Screenings lineup, CEO and founder Paul Heaney says in this podcast, which explores how the well-regarded U.K.-based distributor is using data from its popular Development Days and its network of relationships to meet the needs of buyers and deliver returns to producers.
At its first London TV Screenings in its new setup as a privately owned independent, Boat Rocker Studios will be showcasing its expertise in funding models, openness to collaboration, and its curated, multi-genre lineup, Jon Rutherford, president of global content and rights, tells ScreenMDM.
Seven.One Studios International's Tobias Schulze
Tobias Schulze, senior VP of global sales at Seven.One Studios International, tells ScreenMDM about his hopes for making The Hunt: Prey vs Predator “the talk of the town” by the end of the big week in London.
Viaplay Content Distribution's Vanda Rapti
Viaplay Content Distribution will present its buyers a lineup that includes the Nordic crime dramas Golden Boys and Veronika, as well as Sport vs Money with Simon Jordan, and a lineup of scripted formats, Vanda Rapti, EVP for Viaplay Select & Content Distribution at Viaplay Group, tells ScreenMDM.
ITV Studios’ Mike Beale
Ahead of the unveiling of a lineup that includes the supersized reality concept The Neighbourhood and the social experiment Apocalypse, Mike Beale, managing director of ITV Studios’ Creative Network, offers his thoughts on the trends reshaping entertainment formats.
