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Mipcom 2018 is again the main content event Also through this print issue, you will see ‘the Argentina: Lavalle 1569, Of. 405 of the year, with about 13,000 participants, newest of the newest’ about trends: strategies, C1048 AAK 4,000 buyers and almost 2000 digital buyers. dates and values of the new big OTT launches, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: (+54-11) 4924-7908 More than 140 countries will be present with the reaction of broadcasters, the new of Fax: (+54-11) 4925-2507 media executives. The industry has a big chal- ‘studios’ that is taking shape: to produce for USA: lenge at the show: to check what is taking place own and third parties, multiscreen and changing 12307 SW 133 Court - Suite #1432 in the market, after the big mergers and OTT an- partners and models by project. Miami, Florida 33186-USA Phone: (305) 890-1813 nouncements, but also the counter gears at last We provide a report about the genre trends in Email: [email protected] LA Screenings, when some studios said that ev- OTTs in from Parrot Analytics, the Website: www.prensario.tv erything will continue as usual, selling ‘every- German markets from inside, last tips of CIS & Representantes: : thing to everyone’. Mena markets, what is new and performing in 300 Bleed: Trim: 290 Mariano Alarcón: Live: 270 So, this year in Cannes we can say that many Pacific. [email protected] industry members will play ‘Truth or Dare’: to You have a very global edition, we expect you understand what is or fake to take right find it useful. At the end, another comment: Chile: Karina Cortés decisions, or just do what other ask and check when you see very young audiences consuming [email protected] what happens. In our main report, we stress a content, you check that mobile and short form Peru: certainty: the upcoming market will be a hybrid, content have a lot to do in the upcoming picture. Miguel Angel Hurtado a sure combination of current and new trends. But, it is one of the veins that receive weaker de- [email protected] So, everybody must find his own best mixture, velopments from the leading content industry. : that will be different from others. Truth or Dare. Paola Zapata Lozano [email protected]

Ecuador: MIPCOM 2019 • AGENDA Juan Carlos Arias Rendon [email protected] EVENT DATE & TIME PLACE Uruguay: Finding Investment: transforming ideas into reality Oct. 14, 9.15am Esterele, Palais 5 Santiago Rodríguez Global Trend: ho is watching what, how and why? Oct. 14, 10.30am Esterele, Palais 5 [email protected] Screening: "An Artist of the Floating World" (NHK) Oct. 14, 11am NHK 8K Theatre Paraguay: Prince Soledad Otto Studios: James Farrell & Georgia Brown Oct. 14, 11.30am Grand Auditorium [email protected] Women in Global Launch Oct. 14, 12.30pm Majestic Hotel Fresh TV Formats Oct. 14, 1.15pm Grand Auditorium Screening: "Mister Mayfair" (SPI International) Oct. 14, 2.30pm Auditorium K, Palais 4 Editor: Nicolás Smirnoff Editorial Director: Alejo Smirnoff Media Mastermind Keynotes: Max Conze, CEO, ProsiebenSat.1 Oct. 14, 4.15pm Grand Audiotorium International Business Director: Fabricio Ferrara International Business Manager: Alberto Buitron Meet Up Latin America Oct. 14, 4.30pm Participant’s Lounge Green Mailed by subscription - One year, air mail: Opening Party – Argentina “Country of Focus" Oct. 14, 8pm Carlton Hotel Americas: USD 150 - Rest of the world: 150 Crazy Formats from : New partnerships (TBS) Oct. 15, 8.45am Verrière Californie, Palais 5 New Ways of Creating Global Content: The Mediapro’s "The Head" Oct. 15, 10.30am Esterel, Palais 5 PRINT & ONLINE Screening: "Aruanas" (Globo TV International) Oct. 15, 10.30am Auditorium K, Palais 4 Screening: "The Return" (Kansai TV) Oct. 15, 11.30am Auditorium K, Palais 4 Apart from this PRENSARIO print issue, you can follow Snack’n Screen – Argentina “Country in Focus” Oct. 15, 12pm Salon Croissette, Palais 4 Mipcom through our online daily reports, day by day Personality of the Year: Robert Greenblatt (WarnerMedia) Oct. 15, 5pm Grand Auditorium at our website www.prensario. or receiving our "Hercai" Networking Session (ATV) Oct. 15, 5.30pm Salon Croissette, Palais 4 daily newsletter service. If you want to receive the Screening "Dry Water" (DCD Rights) Oct. 16, 12pm Auditorium K, Palais 4 latter, please contact [email protected] ©2019 A+E Networks. Claimed marks are the trademarks of A&E Networks, LLC protected in the and other countries in the world. countries and other States in the United protected LLC Networks, Television A&E of the trademarks are Claimed marks A+E Networks. ©2019

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TF1 Thématiques: content differentiation

Ushuaïa TV’s Félins noir sur blanc is co-produced with Bonne Pioche and a Brazilian company for 2020 TF1 Group is the leading broadcast- offer around 400 hours each.TV Breizh has ing group in , operating its flag- a different strategy based on premium con- Histoire’s docu- ship network TF1, four DTT channels and tent; hit series that made up their era: ‘It mentary Léo- three Pay thematic networks: TV takes advantage of the Group’s rights nard, l’homme Breizh, Ushuaïa TV and Histoire, catalog. For example, it was the universel is coproduced which gathered an average share first one to rebroadcast the fiction with Camera of 0.9% establishing as the third event L’Emprise after its premium Lucida Produc- largest thematic group in the launch on TF1. It offers view- tions and NHK (Japan) country. ers the opportunity to rediscover Christophe Sommet, CEO, TF1 major successes such as Profilage, Thématiques, describes to Pren- Section de recherches or Balthazar, sario: ‘Each one has a unique and investing in new seasons while it federative positioning. TV Breizh also benefits from the first broad- offers TV series with a particular cast of the TF1 group’s acquisi- focus on the iconic ones as Colum- tions such us Famille d’accueil. We bo with Peter Falk or Hercule Poirot aim to offer increasingly comple- with David Suchet. Ushuaïa TV mentary and attractive offers for was born 15 years ago from the each of the group’s channels by Iconic series are broadcast on TV Breizh, such us Hercules legacy of Nicolas Hulot’s pro- the end of 2019’, he comments. Poirot with David Suchet grams: it is the only TV channel Sommet: ‘We keep on working l’homme universel coproduced with Camera to put environmental protection on the differentiation with a par- Lucida Productions and NHK (Japan). It at the of its programs. For ticular effort to make the programs will be broadcasted this month as part of more than 20 years, Histoire has been more eventful. We’re increasing the the celebrations around the 500th anniver- the only channel that covers all periods of presence of hosts for major events and the sary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. For Ush- history’. of a large number of original uaïa TV, Félins noir sur blanc is co-produced For the fifth consecutive wave,TV Breizh programs. We are working on a new iden- with Bonne Pioche and a Brazilian com- is the #1 thematic channel in France with tity for Ushuaïa TV and Histoire, ready by pany for 2020’. 0.7% share. History and Ush- the end of the year’. Sommet completes: ‘The two channels uaïa TV each reach a share of 0.1% with ‘Each year we invest around €2 million are also part of the dynamic development a monthly coverage of 2.8 million viewers in pre-purchases and co-productions for of the digital offer on the French TV mar- and record major audi- both channels. We coproduce around 150 ket with a wide range of replay programs ence increases on hours for Ushuaïa TV, while for Histoire we (nearly 3,000 hours of programs available their advertising are boosting the investment policy, partic- in replay for both channels), a rich offer of targets. ‘Each of ularly on ambitious productions. TV Breizh Ushuaïa TV and Histoire VR contents avail- our three chan- editorial promise is clear: to be entertained able of charge in the MYTF1 VR appli- nels has a very by highly popular series and TV . cation. Ushuaïa TV also launched a podcast high reputa- Our grid is a mix of iconic and new series program last season and Histoire should tion and at- such as Cold Case and The Mentalist last sea- follow by the end of the year. tractiveness’, son or Castle and Tandem this year’. says Sommet. The TF1 Group’s thematic channels and, FRANCE: AUDIENCE SHARES ON MAIN Documenta- in particular, Ushuaïa TV and Histoire THEMATIC GROUPS (JAN.-JUN. 2019) ry channels are ‘dynamic players’, comments Som- met. ‘We collaborate with a wide range of French and international distributors and Canal+ 2% program producers. Histoire has also es- tablished long-term partnerships with Mediawan 1.1% history content actors such as INA and Gaumont Pathé Archives, having copro- TF1 0.9% duced several major projects’. Documentary channels have the capac- Discovery 0.5% ity each year to make large investments to coproduce ambitious and prestigious 0.4% projects. The executive continues: ‘On 0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 Histoire, this is the case for Léonard, Christophe Sommet, CEO, TF1 Thématiques Source: Médiamétrie-Médiamat’Thématik

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WarnerMedia: HBO Max, classics + originals

Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, WarnerMe- launch to all 236 episodes of , one of dia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, the biggest hits on TV and in streaming; all is an internationally renowned entertain- episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Pretty ment executive and producer, and is Little Liars; Warner Bros.’ dramas for The being honoured this year MIPCOM CW and new DC Entertainment series Warner Bros.’ series for The CW Batwoman will be available on the global launch of HBO Max at the gala dinner for leading in- Batwoman and Katy Keene, the spi- ternational TV executives at the noff ofRiverdale . Also, new exclu- alongside Greg Berlanti; Love Life, a 10-epi- Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France. sive movie production deals with sode half-hour romantic anthology The executive also takes part in Greg Berlanti, who will produce series starring Anna Kendrick, who will also a keynote interview on Tuesday four adult young movies, and Re- executive produce alongside Paul Feig; Station 15 October bringing his unique ese Witherspoon’ Eleven, a postapocalyptic limited series based perspective to this year’s theme that will produce at least two films. on Emily St. John Mandel’s international “The Streaming Offensive”. Greenblatt: ‘HBO Max will bring bestseller, adapted by Patrick Somerville Greenblatt has earned a repu- together the diverse riches of War- and directed by Hiro Murai; Made for Love, a tation as one of the most suc- nerMedia to create programming 10-episode, half-hour, straight-to-series cessful entertainment executives and user experiences not seen be- adaptation based on the tragicomic novel of of his time, credited with network fore in a streaming platform. HBO’s the same name by Alissa Nutting, also from turnarounds, a string of ground- world-class programming leads the Somerville and directed by S.J. Clarkson; and breaking programs, award-winning way, the quality of which will be the Gremlins, an animated series from Warner producing roles and Tony Award-winning guiding principle for our new array of “Max Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment Broadway hits. Originals”, our acquisitions, and Warner based on the original movie Former NBC Entertainment Chairman, in Bros. libraries like Friends’. From HBO the slate announced for 2020 his current role, which he took up in March Under the leadership of Casey Bloys, pro- and 2021 includes Stephen King’s The Outsid- this year, he oversees WarnerMedia’s new gramming president of HBO, and Kevin Reil- er, a dark mystery starring Ben Mendelsohn, DON’T direct-to-consumer service HBO Max, as well ly, president of the Warner Media Entertain- produced and directed by Jason Bateman; 60’ game show as HBO, TNT, TBS, truTV and Otter Media, ment Networks, as well as two experienced Lovecraft Country, a unique horror series based A new comedy physical game show for ABC Network where families can win money with responsibility for all creative and oper- digital experts, Tony Goncalves, CEO of Otter on a novel by Matt Ruff, written and execu- by following one simple rule: Don’t. ating decision across the portfolio worldwide. Media, and Andy Forssell, Greenblatt does tive produced by Misha Green, and executive HBO Max is the much-anticipated OTT that not doubt that the world’s best storytelling to produced by Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams; The will compete with , Amazon, Disney+, audiences of all ages is going to be on HBO Nevers, ’s new fiction se- Apple TV+ and NBCUniversal’ services since Max. ries starring Laura Donnelly; The Gilded Age, Spring 2020. Along with HBO, it will offer a On the original side, Dune: The Sisterhood the opulent world of 1885 from Ju- robust slate of new originals, and program- is an adaptation of Brian Herbert and Kevin lian Fellowes; , high satire aboard a ming from Warner Bros., New , DC En- Anderson’s book based in the world created space-bound cruise ship from Armando Ian- tertainment, CNN, TNT, TBS, by Frank Herbert’s book Dune, from director nucci, starring and Josh Gad; truTV, The CW, Turner Denis Villeneuve; Tokyo Vice, based on Jake and , , The Classic Movies, Car- Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account Plot Against America, Perry Mason, the classic toon Network, Adult of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat legal for a new generation, and Know Swim, , starring Ansel Elgort; The Flight Atten- This Much Is True, a complex family drama ARTIST , Loo- dant, a one-hour thriller series based on with Mark Ruffalo. ney Tunes. the novel by Chris TO ICON With 10,000 hours Bohjalian, which WARNERMEDIA: SEGMENT OPERATING REVENUES – IN USD BILLIONS of premium content, will Kaley 60’ entertainment 60’ reality 10 x 60’ factual it will have exclusive Cuoco, who is also Two families from different backgrounds in separate houses full of sexy singles, The stories behind some of the most streaming rights at executive producing switch spouses and navigate issues like couples put their love to the test and discover if extraordinary rises to fame the world has politics, gender and race. Second season there is another partner they are more compatible ever seen...from Madonna to Jim Carrey, Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, recently commissioned in . with. Brand new second season for USA Network. Tom Hanks to , Cher to WarnerMedia Entertainment Arnold Schwarzenegger. and Direct-to-Consumer

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NHK: television on the next level

Japanese public broadcaster NHK has been terms: ‘Higher resolution does not just make Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel An Artist of the Floating a pioneer in the adoption of new technologies the pictures more beautiful, it also changes World is a four-part series of art programs throughout TV’s evolution. It has been en- the way we see familiar things. It gives us a co-produced with France’s Louvre gaged in &D for Super Hi-Vision since 1995, way of viewing that enables us to interpret documentaries, since 2014. and did the first major public viewings at the things in many different ways and in a mul- BS8K broadcasts every day from 10am Olympic Games in 2012, following tilayered way. The amount of visual infor- to 10:10pm. It carries special, very care- with 4K in 2016 and 8K in 2018. mation in 8K TV pictures makes details vis- fully chosen programs such as a drama- it is giving a major jump on the 8K ible even in wide shots, so 8K TV is totally tization (starring Oscar-nominated actor field by launching a brand new channel, different from any kind of TV before it’. Ken Watanabe) of Nobel literature laureate NHK BS4K for which is showcasing key con- NHK has aired remastered 8K versions of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel An Artist of the Float- tent and organizing panels on Monday and the movies 2001: A Space Odyssey and My Fair ing World, a four-part series of art programs Tuesday during the MIPCOM event “Live the Lady, which were shot on 65mm film; a vi- co-produced with the Louvre, and a Sting and Story” hosted at NHK 8K Theater (248-inch sual medium rivaling 8K existed more than Shaggy concert. 8K screen and a 22.2 multichannel sound 50 years ago. ‘We’re presently planning a system). It is also presenting an 8K-program program for which we’ll convert large-for- Evolution catalogue for international buyers, which is mat wet-plate collodion photos taken in Ja- Sales of 8K Flat Panel TVs are expected to being distributed by NHK Enterprises-NEP. pan more than 150 years ago to 8K in order to increase from 0.1 million in 2018 to 5.8 mil- Jun Ochiai, Channel Controller of the give an 8K re-creation of the way our ances- lion in 2022, with leading the way channels NHK BS4K and BS8K, explains tors lived’, he explains. representing more than 60% of the to Prensario: ‘We started test broadcasting ‘In years to come, ways to con- total market during this period. The in 4K and 8K in August 2016. We launched sume entertainment and sports 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be a ma- a 4K-satellite channel and the world’s first may not be limited to TV. Technol- jor driver in the development of 8K-satellite channel in 2018. NHK is unusual ogy is always advancing. But right 8K-infrastructure, with Japanese among public broadcasters in that we have now I believe without a shadow of a broadcaster NHK leading efforts to our own R&D facilities, the NHK Science and doubt that 8K TV is the best TV for- produce and broadcast Olympic pro- Technology Research Laboratories. For our mat available. At least in Japan and gramming to homes. researchers, developing the ultimate 2D tele- the rest of Asia, this will remain the According to the Japan Electron- vision has been a goal for many years. The case for a number of years. 8K’s ics and Information Technology key to success was a combination of NHK’s immersive realism makes people Industries Association (JEITA), researchers, technically advanced Japanese feel as though they’ve stepped into the estimated shipment of 8K TV broadcast equipment manufacturers, and the places on the screen and are look- panels in Japan for 2019 is 30,000 TV viewers who were very interested in new vi- ing at the actual things in the picture. sets. The Public Opinion Research Divi- sual expression’. When we hold public 8K viewings outside Ja- sion of the NHK Culture Research Institutes ‘Thanks to that progress, the pubcaster pan, attendees often describe 8K as emotion- conducted a survey on audience ratings (June was able to start the 8K channel in 2018. Ac- ally moving. When content that contains as 3-9) for 3,600 Japanese aged +7 and older: cording to Ochiai much visual information as 8K really reaches the rating of 1% is estimated to correspond the ‘true value’ viewers, it makes a stronger emotional mark to approximately 1.18 million viewers; week- of 8K in the than earlier media. We are devoting greater ly reach of 4K and 8K channels are 0.6% y following efforts not only to the technology but also to 0.3%, respectively. content creation’. BS4K broadcasts for 18 hours a day 8K TV SALES, BY SIZE (2018-2022) (6am-12am). Content encompass- es diverse genres: period drama (48x’43 minutes), 4K remasters of classic movies by great direc- tors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, live coverage of 2019 Rugby World Cup matches, live broadcasts from the Antarctic and WORLDWIDE TELEVISION LICENSING & DISTRIBUTION Machu Picchu, a major series of natu- ral-science documentaries, and daily news shows. NHK Enterprises has been marketing content, mainly dramas and

Jun Ochiai, Channel Controller, NHK BS4K, BS8K Source: Display Supply Chain Consultants and Insight Media

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Paramount Network: premium, popular content

Paramount Network is ’s fastest last July. Also Bergerac, from Artist Stu- Bergerac, from Artist Studios and Westwood Studios, is another Paramount growing international brand. The group’s dios and Westwood Studios, in development original series still in development channels are distributed globally to more and, lastly Paramount Network UK is fully than 250 million households across nearly funding the development of drama projects 120 countries. Paramount Network Interna- this year, including The Lie of the Land, which tional’s share of viewing is up +5% FYTD, as is being created with UK’s Baby Cow for Par- of F’19 Q3. amount channels and SVOD services across Jill Offman, EVP Paramount Network In- international. ternational explains to Prensario: ‘Our dis- ‘We are focused on delivering our premium tribution is also up nearly 10% YoY in FY’19 popular content to every audience, every- Q3. In 2018 we launched three new channels where with a three-tiered distribution strat- in less than a year (, UK and Den- egy. We offer our premium popular content mark), and are preparing to launch Para- on Paramount+, while continuing to focus on mount Network in this month. We our traditional linear channels. We are also To Catch a Thief, from VIS Americas/ Flow was have a growing digital presence as well, with focused on expanding our free library con- shot in and premiered in Italy last July, followed by an Argentine premier later this year Paramount+, our VOD that currently reaches tent as Pluto TV expands internationally’, millions of subscribers. Recently launched in remarks Offman. also continuing to secure content from the Latin America (Mexico and Brazil), it is also ‘We expand Paramount+ by working ac- US pipeline, including South Park, Broad City available in the Nordics and CEE (Poland and tively with affiliate partners to explore ad- and The Daily Show. Aside from oversight of )’. ditional opportunities to bring the service linear programming, by working closely with Paramount Network International re- to new markets. Viacom has a long estab- Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI), cently acquired season one and two of Kevin lished pedigree in the live events business. Offman continues to expand Costner’s Yellowstone and Federation Enter- Paramount Network International recently International’s library of digital short form tainment’ Emily in , and is also focused ventured into the live events business, with content, having launched several global orig- on funding scripted development for the the launch of Mean Girls: The Movie and More inal series including Comedians Solve World international pipeline, with several series in in London last June. This was our first-ever Problems, Bad Snappers and Flaps. development. Paramount event. We welcomed more than As Viacom expands its international pro- In terms of originals, To Catch a Thief was 2,000 fans and generated more than 3M so- duction footprint to the UK, where it man- a series based on the classic movie from Al- cial interactions. We are looking to explore ages , Jill Offmanalso leads Viacom fred Hitchcock. Created by Spanish showrun- more opportunities for Paramount-branded International Studios UK. In this role, is ner Javier Olivares, it is co-produced by VIS live events’, she adds. at the helm of this London-based produc- Americas, shot in Spain and premiered in Last but not least, PlutoTV the group AVOD tion house and new production office, both that continues to be an ‘exciting new venture’ of which are focused on securing English- for Viacom as it moves into the future. language commissions from third party ‘Pluto TV’s monthly active users broadcasters and distributors based in the continue to grow, recently reaching UK, with several series in development such more than 18 million and we expect as the reboot of Bergerac and the adaptation of that number to continue to grow in Amanda Craig’s novel Lie of the Land. the coming months. As the plat- form continues to roll out interna- PLUTO TV MONTHLY ACTIVE tionally, we look forward to deliver- USERS – IN MILLIONS ing our premium popular content (JAN.-JUL. 2019) to audiences across Pluto TV’, concludes Offman. As EVP of Comedy Central In- ternational, Offman is respon- sible for overseeing content and brand strategy for channels in nearly 150 countries outside the US. Since taking on the role in 2013, Offman has refocused the network to commission more of its own con- tent by developing and localizing global ver- sions of the network’s hit series, including Drunk History, Roast Battle, and more, while

Jill Offman, EVP Paramount Network International Source: Viacom

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Televisa: a la vanguardia de los contenidos

Eduardo Clemesha, VP de entreten- Qué sepan que todas las noches a imiento y comedia en , tiene un las 8pm en nuestra señal encon- objetivo para el gigante mexicano, trarán producción original’. el más importante mercado del hispano Entre los programas bien re- de las Américas y un importante refer- cibidos por la audiencia, se de- ente regional a través de sus señales de stacan un nuevo ciclo del pro- TV de paga: seguir ofreciendo a la au- grama de humor improvisado diencia ‘contenidos de humor y Me Caigo de Risa, conducido de altísima calidad para toda la por Fairy. El show, que familia’. arriba a su quinta tem- En reportaje a Prensario, porada, cuenta con 32 Familia de Diez 2, show de comedia situacional que ve la luz Clemesha repasa el éxito del episodios, está producido por en su segunda temporada con gran éxito en México primer semestre del grupo Eduardo Suárez, y tiene un de medios al que el directivo acuerdo con Shine describe como la “Casa de la que garantiza la coproducción a Comedia”. Su llegada al área de lo largo de 2019. ‘Me Caigo de Risa nuevos contenidos en Televisa supuso es un programa que alcanza los 2 mil- un reto desde fines de 2018: ‘Nos enco- lones de espectadores en sus emisiones, mendamos a producir y desarrollar pro- con una propuesta nueva de entreten- ductos originales y nuevos para toda la imiento puro para toda la familia’ agrega. familia. Este año propusimos desar- También adelanta el estreno este rollar una ola de proyectos de entreten- mes de una versión del programa de imiento y comedia, de los cuales estamos competencias, Total Knockout, en copro- muy satisfechos. Nos montamos en la in- ducción con MGM Worldwide, que consta ¿Quién es la máscara?, reality coproducido por Televisa y novación de nuevos formatos en vivo en de 24 episodios. Se trata de una licencia Endemol , en su día de estreno fue el programa la región y alejarnos un poco del drama y para América Latina de la versión es- más visto de la TV abierta en México ofrecer más contenidos para toda la fa- tadounidense producida por MGM Tele- milia’. vision y Hart Beat Productions y distri- buen éxito’. Entre las novedades del buida mundialmente por MGM. La tanda de programas de entreten- grupo de medios, Adicionalmente, el ejecutivo resalta las imiento se completa con Pequeños Gigan- Clemesha destaca la comedias situacionales y los shows de tes, el formato original de Televisa, que reactivación del Ca- entretenimiento como el día a día en la goza gran éxito en mercados como Es- nal 5 de Televisa. parrilla programática del canal emblema paña, Polonia, Ucrania, Portugal, Italia. ‘Este año decidi- de Televisa, , y en especial en Al respecto Clemesha declara: ‘Peque- mos “encenderlo” el prime time del domingo. Entre los que ños Gigantes regresará a México con una y darle a la audi- están la segunda temporada del sitcom quinta temporada. Este formato, pensado encia producción Una Familia de Diez, y los shows La Voz y realizado en Televisa tiene unos grados original todo el año. Kids: México y un nuevo formato coreano de innovación que nos interesa seguir adaptado en México: ¿Quién es La repicando. La cuarta temporada gozó de Máscara? de MBC. la aceptación de México y estamos apos- ‘Con ¿Quién es La Máscara? tando por la misma fórmula en el quinto queremos relanzar los “Do- ciclo’. mingos de sofá” en las El ejecutivo concluye priorizando el rol estrellas. Es un formato actual del grupo mexicano con el surgir de dos horas y media, de otros modelos de TV en su país y la muy diferente a la ver- región. Asevera seguir a la ‘vanguardia de sión que se emite en los contenidos’ más actuales y ofrecién- FOX USA. Un show dole a la audiencia más oferta ‘al alcance con una calidad vi- de todos’. ‘Antes con la TV lineal las per- sual tremenda que sonas no tenían el poder de exigencia que sigue teniendo muy tienen en día con la oferta audiovisu- al de medios digitales. Es ahí donde nues- tra tanda de canales busca hacer la dife- Eduardo Clemesha, VP de entretenimiento y comedia en rencia: ofrecer producciones originales de Televisa altísima calidad para todas las edades’.

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stressed, fac- GLOBAL: CONTENT CONSUMPTION, BY NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK (1980-2020) The two faces of big OTTs ing the buyers, Mipcom 2019: that they will 80 +53% continue ‘sell- 70 They lead the market trends… ing everything to +25% 61 60 …but accumulate debt on the move everyone’, and the future is hybrid! 50 Warner Media, 40 40 They on original content… though it was 32 30 not so explicit, Mipcom is again the main parade for content mar- … but big producers prefer to work with traditional studios left the doors 20 ket. How does business come? On fire, looking for its open to ev- 10 new identity among the traditional models and the They want to have as many exclusive content as they can… ery buyer. This new OTT ones. The future? For sure it will be hy- … but they will use aggregators to get market share 1980 2000 2020 doesn’t change brid: a big combination of past, present and upcom- Source: “The Value of Content” (BCG) what is coming, ing tips, with ups and downs in the trends seen. The with every big media group handling own OTTs direct to the consumer. But it is two years they can make a joint venture together. evolution is progressive, but also pendular. And this nonsense to generate cracks with customers of years, or their own sales people, The OTTs are, , forever. HBO, the broadcast- way… without certainty about the new models. ers, all are launching their own OTTs. But not all that The content events that took place this year con- So, they decided a hybrid path: to continue with the plan but not sharp, to man- glitters is gold: Netflix has gained its place in the firmed the picture. The LA Screenings in May were age the evolution considering the pros and cons that appear. This is not new, it is market with a big debt, due to original production, anxiously awaited, because after the Disney-Fox what happened from the beginning: the TV didn’t make and cinema disap- that let’s see if it can be kept for the future. And there merger, Warner with HBO and Turner, etc., it was pear, and now they live together. Also, everything can change per semester: today are lots of big producers that prefer to work with the the moment to announce the changes of the industry, European Media Alliance meeting in Athens, Gree- The broadcasters’ meeting focused on common Disney sees Netflix as a competitor, not any more as a customer, but perhaps in studios than with the online titans, because with the while modifying the traditional screening formats. ce with Theodore Kyriakou, Chairman, Antenna challenges faced due to the absence of a unified Group (Greece), Max Conze, CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 framework that slows down the distribution of total first they keep the IP and can manage different busi- For instance, that Disney would focused its branded Media SE (), Christoph Mainusch, co-CEO, video across EMA’s markets and hinders advertisers ness models, while with the second they are just fac- content on Disney+, without selling it to anyone else. Central European Enterprises, and Alex Mahon, from fully utilizing the potential of premium Euro- tories, with very low business margins. But nothing happened. Some Disney executives CEO, (UK) pean inventory There are some trends that are devastating, as the GLOBAL AVOD VS. SVOD REVENUES ­– IN USD MILLIONS (2016-2022E) down of traditional home video business (DVDs, etc.) due to online traffic. In fact, most of people couldn’t The Hybrid future consume DVDs if they suddenly want, because their DVD sets don’t work anymore, and the new models of 10 Big OTTs leading the market… notebooks don’t include CD readers. …but most of the players doing traditional business But also, there are progressive trends and pendular ones: when there is much of something, it is good to do the opposite to make a difference, though it is Big major product is focused for own OTTs… not new age. That’s why among the successful series, … but it is nonsense to crack own customers and we have both innovative and classical stories, one af- own sales people ter the other. Or from situational series —one story Japanese broadcasters: Kayo Washio, head of office, Asuza Nakamu- Japan and big Asian titans ra, producer, movie and entertainment, Haruka Ohhara and Yutaka Endo, acqui- are getting strong positions through the entire series— to episodic ones, with Big studios now compete with online titans… sitions, Wowow; Masumi Kawaguchi, senior producer, NHK, Chie Muto, executive in the international market, stories starting and ending per chapter. In Prensario, manager of acquisitions and content development, NHK/NEP, Eiichiro Okamoto, more with the technology …but can be partners at next corner we have now full online development, but we contin- Source: Digital TV Research film programming department, TV TOKYO, with Hiromichi Sato, director, client new era relations, CBSSI ue making a big difference with print, because now is

Sin embargo, ejecutivos de Disney dijeron que se seguiría ven- Mipcom 2019: el futuro es híbrido! diendo ‘de todo a todos’, y si bien Warner no fue tan explícito, también dejó las puertas abiertas a los distintos buyers. Esto no Mipcom vuelve a ser la gran parada del mercado de conte- cambia lo que se viene, que cada gran grupo de medios tendrá sus nidos. ¿Cómo llega el negocio? En ebullición, buscando definir propios OTTs para llegar directo al público. Sin embargo, crearse su nueva identidad entre los modelos tradicionales que amagan problemas de antemano, cerrar clientes de años y dejar vacantes flaquear y lo nuevo que impone la era OTT. ¿Cómo será el futuro? a los equipos de venta, no es algo que se tienten a hacer sin tener Lo seguro es que será híbrido: una gran mezcla de lo pasado, lo certeza de cómo irán los nuevos modelos. actual y lo emergente, con marchas y contramarchas en las ten- Entonces se decidió un híbrido: seguir con el plan pero no ser dencias que se perciben. El avance es progresivo, pero también concluyentes e ir manejando las cosas según los pro y contras pendular. Y así… que aparezcan. Esto no es casual, es la lógica del mercado desde Los eventos de contenidos que han tenido lugar este año con- siempre: la TV no eliminó el cine y la radio, sino que ahora todos firman el panorama. Se esperaban con ansias los LA Screenings conviven. Aparte, todo evoluciona cada trimestre. Hoy Disney ve de mayo, porque tras la fusión de Disney con Fox, de Warner con a Netflix como un competidor en lugar de cliente, pero no quiere Sandra Smester, head of Azteca Uno, Guillermo Los broadcasters mexicanos buscan Los buyers de Disney-Fox, ahora reunidos: Fernanda Ra- Disney y Fox forman ahora un decir que no hagan un proyecto juntos en dos años. HBO y Turner, y así, por primera vez cambiaba el formato tradi- mondo, directora de desarrollo, Gabriela Gil, programación gran polo de contenidos. Pero Bouchot Carmona, director de programación de hacer más foco en el mercado inter- cional de las presentaciones de los estudios de Hollywood. Era el y adquisiciones, Cristiano Lima, director de programación, para competir con Netflix debe Los OTTs vinieron para quedarse y regir el mercado. De he- enlatados, Alejandro Chávez, director de progra- nacional, generar coproducciones mación Azteca 7, Pedro Lascurain, director de y exportar servicios. El formato de momento de anunciar los cambios que se anticipaban, como que Gonzalo Fiure, SVP y COO, Zico Goes, VP and Content lograrse que 1 + 1 sea mucho cho, HBO, los broadcasters, todos van lanzando sus propios OTTs. Development, junto a Paulo Franco, head of programming más que 2. adquisiciones, todos de TV Azteca, con Ana Bond, estudios se extiende: producción para Disney dejaría de vender a terceros el producto brandeado para and content, Record TV, Brasil; y Richard Rohrbach, SVP de Pero no todo lo que brilla es oro: Netflix ganó su lugar a fuerza de directora general de producción internacional de propios y para terceros, multipantalla concentrarlo en Disney+, y lo mismo Warner Media. adquisiciones una gran deuda, destinada a la producción original, que hay que Pictures Television

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Mipcom 2019: the future is Hybrid! not so frequent and it is good to make a stop vs. the ephemeral online fever. The hour of Truth In a separated report at this same issue, we de- scribe the strategy, launch dates and prices of each big OTT entering the market. Apart from Disney+, the attention is focused on AppleTV+, as the one that can kick the table. Its OTT would cost USD 9,99, the same level of Netflix and Amazon Prime, but above Disney+, which launches at USD 6,99 this Novem- ber. Apple expects to invest 6 billions of dollars in original content, including mainly premium series, films and documentaries. The future that has been announced, with from France’s Canal+/Studiocanal buyers: Laure de Boissard, director, TV/ It is not any more a question of free VOD, Nathalie Folloroux, programming director, Juyonnet Francoi- TV, pay TV or digital. It is a question 8 to 10 big OTT groups direct to the consumer and se, executive director TV, Canal+, Julia Tenret, sales director, Disney, of good content and clever business competing each other beyond other traditional me- Laurent Sicouri, acquisitions director, Canal+, Barbara Crawford, models to build around dia, will have a full picture from this last quarter VP current series, FX, and Judith Sakarovitch, deputy head of acquisitions, Canal+

Progressive vs. Pendular trends GLOBAL: INCREASE IN THE DOMESTIC CONTENT PRODUCTION, BY LANGUAGES (2011-2015)

Production 25.8% The increase in Non-English Online traffic drops physical formats in USA production represents a big Vs. some physical format ventures strengthen opportunity to capture investments English-spoken in the Spanish market their markets production 56.4%

Production in Millennial series gain the market 94.8% Vs. classical genres and stories are always strong Non-English spoken territories 269.2% The big OTTs will lead the new age market Vs. traditional broadcasters will hold most of the 50 100 150 200 250 300 local content Source: “The future of Television”

ver si a largo plazo puede sostener. Y son muchos los productores trante. Aparte de Disney+, sobre todo se espera a AppleTV+, como high-end que prefieren trabajar con los estudios en lugar de con quien puede ‘patear el tablero’. Su OTT estaría en USD 9,99, al nivel los titanes online, porque con los primeros pueden conservar el de Netflix y Amazon Prime, pero por arriba de Disney+, que estaría IP, bucear en modelos de negocio; con los segundos son meras en USD 6,99 cuando lance en noviembre. Espera invertir más de 6 mil fábricas con muy escaso margen. millones de dólares en contenidos, sobre todo series premium, films Hay tendencias que son arrasadoras, como que con el tráfico y documentales. online, está cada vez más acotado el home video tradicional, de El futuro que se venía hablando, de unos 8 a 10 grandes OTTs llegan- los DVDs a comprar en tiendas. Queda para coleccionistas, obse- do directo al consumidor y compitiendo entre sí más allá de cualquier sivos, etc. De hecho a la mayoría de la gente no les funcionan las medio tradicional, se verá a pleno entre este último Q y el primero de máquinas de no usarlas, y los nuevos modelos de notebooks no traen lectores de CDs. Pero están las corrientes progresivas y también las pendulares: cuando hay mucho de algo, uno puede destacarse con lo opuesto, por más que no sea new age. Por eso seguido, en las cadenas de éxito de las series de TV, se contraponen las historias novedo- sas con las tradicionales, o que tras mucha serie con una historia única que se extiende, se vuelve a las episódicas, que comienzan y acaban por capítulo. En el caso de Prensario, más allá de tener pleno desarrollo online, seguimos destacándonos con la edición impresa, porque pocos más la dan y permite frenar lo efímero de lo online. La fiesta de 50 años de Caracol, en LA Screenings: Gonzalo Colombia se mantiene firme La hora de la verdad Córdoba, presidente, y Juana Uribe, VP (centro) rodeados por como uno de los principales Adriana Martínez y Augusto Rovegno, adquisiciones de Netflix, polos de producción para el En informe aparte en esta misma edición, describimos la es- Lisette Osorio, VP de ventas internacionales de Caracol, Rodrigo mercado internacional, con trategia, fechas y valores de lanzamiento de cada player OTT en- Mazón, adquisiciones y programación de Netflix, y Claudia series que acceden natural a Helena Vázquez, mujer de Carlos Vives los mercados europeos

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2019 to the first quarter 2020, semester where the 3-4 new big systems are launched. Next MIPTV will be a good time to get concrete conclusions. We might suppose that a mega Disney could gain against a Netflix with fewer product, but it can be a big mistake. Netflix has caught the younger audienc- es: they don’t check what is new at the whole mar- ket, they check what is new in Netflix, to decide. And there are some local OTTs that instead of competing Netflix, they make link alliances, to bring traffic to themselves. About Warner Media, a HBO executive said short time ago: ‘At Disney they know the strategy. We don’t OSN, key player from MENA: Emad Morcos, CCO, Kathrine Solberg, program- MENA is one of the regions ming director, and Rolla Karam, VP acquisitions and interim head of , with more potential growth. The real GOT? with Reena Singh, director of development, , and Mo Moghrabi, But traditional (political, senior manager, Disney ethnic, etc.) stops must be surpassed to go forward Disney+ turns to a mega studio with the most massive product know, but we know NETFLIX’S ORIGINAL TITLES, BY REGION OF ORIGIN it will be fast. AT&T Netflix builds a ‘Netflix world’ around its is a telco, and as consumers they consider con- tent business goes Warner Media adds to HBO and Turner the to telco business, AT&T telco push they are setting up telco heads in the different divisions. Amazon Prime gives its logistics touch to video This can be dan- business gerous, but we are going to the next AppleTV+ brings to content its CE level’. Also, we’ll have Pay attention to aggregators, they may be the to check the role ‘Hand of the King’ of the aggregators, which will provide Pay attention to local and regional players, bundles of differ- mainly broadcasters ent OTTs parts per USD 11,99, or so. Source: Ampere Analysis (4Q 2018)

2020, semestre donde se lanzan buena parte de los sistemas gran- Netflix ha logrado que los jóvenes lo tengan como gran referente: des que faltan. Allí podremos reflexionar más sobre concreto. no miran qué hay de nuevo en todo el mercado, sino qué ofrece Se podría suponer que un Disney mega-estudio prevalecería Netflix y dentro de él deciden. Hay OTTs locales en el mundo que frente a un Netflix con menos producto, pero todo está por verse. en lugar de ver como competirle, se sinergizan con links, para en- riquecer su oferta. Sobre Warner Media, un directivo de HBO decía hace poco: ‘En Disney se sabe la estrategia. Nosotros no sabemos. Pero sabemos que será rápido. AT&T es una telco, y como consideran que el ne- gocio de contenidos va hacia lo telco, a las distintas divisiones les Fast-growing smash hit! colocan cabezas telcos. Esto puede ser un riesgo, pero vamos al si- ® guiente nivel’. CHALLENGING LEGO FANS IN THE UK, GERMANY AND . También, todavía está por verse el rol de los agregadores, que van a ofrecer bundles con partes de varios OTT por una tarifa tipo USD COMING SOON TO FOX USA. 11,99, y así. Los players grandes van a participar en ellos, porque sobre todo al principio necesitarán de cualquier herramienta dentro de la guerra de posicionamiento feroz que toma lugar. Varios OTT, reunidos: Fernando Magalhães, director de En el nuevo mapa de me- Y no hay que descartar para nada en cada región, el protagonismo programación de NET Brasil; Alberto Islas, director de dios, donde los estudios de- de los players locales y regionales, como los broadcasters y sus pro- contenidos, Jennifer Barany, directora de adquisiciones, jan de licenciar producto, los y Roberto Rosales, gerente general, todos de Clarovideo; OTT ‘puros’ vierten máximo pios OTTs. Seguirán acaparando la mayor parte del producto local Pablo Iacoviello, head of Latin America, Amazon Prime foco en contenido original más cotizado, como el prime time de entretenimiento, series loca- Video; y Guto Clark, head of mobile business development, y en ser como TV lineales en les. Además, muchos hoy asumen la nueva tendencia de ‘estudios’: Amazon cada territorio © 2019 The LEGO Group 22 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV //// MAIN REPORT

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Hybrid Future tips

Mixed, competitive, and even dirty

Today, no winners and losers

Some of the top benefit holders can be medium players

The key: Own reality, own combinationa Three Asian broadcasters: Phan Hong Ling, director, Thaole (Vietnam), Traditional competitors can collabo- Cory Vidanes, COO, and Wincess Lee, program acquisitions officer, both rate more frequently in the new era. The big players will want to participate, as they need from ABS-CBN (The Philippines), Joy Olby-Tan, VP acquisitions from The regions, not the countries, are any tool to get posted in the positioning war that will (), Maria Cecilia Ferreros, VP, integrated program the fields to make focus acquisitions at ABS-CBN, and Andrew Tran, head of technical ops, Thaole take place. And we must consider the leadership of the local and regional players, as the broadcasters with their own OTTs. They will continue holding most of the big GLOBAL ONLINE AD MARKET, BY COMPANY – IN USD MILLIONS (2019) local product, as the primetime entertainment shows and local series. Also, many are getting into ‘stu- 104 dios’: productiion for own and third parties, multi- ple-screen, varying partners and models per project. 67 This is for the world, with Latin America and Spain as strong pioneers. 29 The future, so, it is what we see, but more mixed, competitive, and even dirty, than what the gurus de- 14 scribe. Today there are no winners and losers, there are new rules with a big race still to run. Some of the 13 top benefit holders can be medium players that take the best of each part, as we said about aggregators. 11 In a hybrid environment —as it happens in tech- 6 nology business with cloud migration, where almost nothing is pure cloud, you always have a mix with 5 traditional structures— the player that wins is the one that gets the best combination for its own reality, 3 different from others. Who just goes faster or drops to the waterfall, does not reach the goal. Here you 2 have a very concrete tip to be successful in the new media future, and the good thing is that it depends on 20 40 60 80 100 120 you, not on the others. Source: eMarketer/AFP

producción para propios y terceros, multipantalla, variando de par- trners y modelos según el proyecto. Esto tiene auge mundial, con América Latina y España como pioneras. El futuro es el que se ve, entonces, pero mucho más entremezcla- do, peleado, sucio a veces, que lo que dibujan los gurúes y analistas. No hay ganadores y perdedores per sé, sino nuevas reglas con una gran carrera aún por hacerse. Algunos de los mayores beneficiarios pueden terminar siendo players intermedios que saquen lo mejor de cada parte, como decíamos con los agregadores. En lo híbrido, como suele ocurrir en el mundo de tecnología con el avance del cloud, que nunca es puro sino siempre combinado con lo tradicional, gana el que logra la mejor combinación dentro de su Viacom Telefe: Guillermo Pendino, Brand head, Telefe, Los grupos de TV pagan compran Federico Cuervo, VP-Head, VIS, Paula Kirchner, senior broadcasters para generar mejo- propia realidad, siendo cada una diferente. No quien avance más programming and acquisitions director, Mercedes res sinergias entre medios y en rápido o quién se tire al vacío. Ahí tienen una clave concreta para Reincke, VP de desarrollo, Mercedes Feu, gerente de contenido local. A partir de ahí, se salir airoso en lo que viene. Y lo bueno es que depende de uno, no adquisiciones, Darío Turovelzky, SVP de contenidos vuelven ‘estudios’ para cualquier globales, y Diego Rojas, jefe de contenidos de ficción pantalla. de los demás.

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ming to meet quotas (such bine it with the WarnerMedia inventory as the European content and future product. Back in July, when Global OTT: a new Era takes shape quotas of 30% local content it announced HBO Max, it confirmed the for OTT services) and will exclusive streaming rights at launch to also enter into discussions all 236 episodes of Friends, all episodes of Prensario brings one more time the most updated information of the existing and new services, on an international basis The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Pretty Little starting with Disney+ and Apple TV+ that are being launch next month in many territories, followed Bob Bakish, President and David Zaslav, President market-by-market with lo- Liars; new Warner Bros.’ dramas for The CEO, ViacomCBS and CEO of Discovery Inc. by HBO Max in the Spring of 2020 plus NBCUniversal’s OTT. cal distributors as well’, said CW such us DC Entertainment series Bat- Iger. woman, and Katy Keene (spinoff of River- ‘We become one of only a few ‘Our OTT will be the definitive The industry has always given jumps companies with the breadth and global streaming product for Consumers will subscribe dale); HBO series such us Stephen King’s every 10 years. But now we are seeing depth of content and reach to shape curious and passionate viewers of directly or via in-app pur- dark mystery serie The Outsider, the hor- those jumps closer each other. Following the future of our industry’. all generations who want the most chase and start streaming ror series Lovecraft Country produced by the acquisitions and merges announced in trusted, family-friendly storytelling from Apple, , Micro- J.J. Abrams, and The Gilded Age; in the world’. 2009 by -NBCUniversal, in 2018 soft, Sony/Sony Interactive and programming from New Line, CNN, by Disney-Fox and AT&T-Time War- Entertainment and . TNT, TBS, truTV, The CW, Turner Classic ner, this year ViacomCBS has become the They will have access to un- Movies, , , fourth largest media group combining its limited downloads of ad-free shows and Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth and Looney business units. movies in 4K Dolby Vision on the app to Tunes. , CEO, The Walt Robert Greenblatt, Steve Burke, CEO, The Company will be watch offline later on up to 10 mobile or On the original side, it will add Dune: Disney Company Chairman, WarnerMedia NBCUniversal launching its global OTT service Disney+ Entertainment & tablet devices. The Sisterhood and Tokyo Vice, a one- on November 12 for USD 6.99 and prom- Direct-To-Consumer At Disney+’ showcase presentation hour thriller series The Flight Attendant, ise to change the digital video business Expo, Kevin Mayer, chairman, Direct-to- a 10-episode half-hour romantic com- ‘Since next month Disney+ will ‘With HBO Max we will bring ‘We are coming up with a very forever. It is not alone, on November 1 Consumer & International, announced six edy anthology series Love Life, a posta- be launched in the US, Canada, together the diverse riches innovative way of bringing a Apple TV+ will see the light in 100 terri- , Australia and New of WarnerMedia to create streaming service into a market series in development: Ewan McGregor pocalyptic limited series Station Eleven, a tories but for USD 4.99 a month, and will Zealand, and Latin America will programming and user experiences crowded with incumbents and new returns as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new un- 10-episode half-hour straight-to-series be followed on April 2020 by WarnerMe- come by 2020’ not seen before in a streaming entrants’ titled series from ; platform’ dia’s HBO Max, which will be the most three titles from Marvel expensive service (USD 16 per month) and mize our business for today, while posi- family-friendly storytelling in the world’. Studios: Ms. Marvel, Moon NBCUniversal’ Peacock with over 15,000 tioning us to lead for years to come’. These companies are joining an already Knight and She-Hulk, all de- hours of contents. Last April, Discovery Inc. also finalized developed and expanded OTT market, rived from Marvel comics; ViacomCBS’ CBS All Access operates in its direct-to-consumer plans. As part of headed by Netflix’s +150 million subscrib- Hillary Duff’s Lizzie McGuire USA and Canada and plans to expand as huge new 10-year content partnership ers, with 100 mil- series from Terri Minsky; its closer brother with BBC Studios, it lion subscribers and Disney’s with and the first-ever unscript- Paramount+, announced +25 millions (USA and Japan). Other lo- ed short-form series, The available in a the creation cal/regional options are Joyn, ProSieben- Muppet’s Muppets Now. Tim Cook, CEO , dozen coun- of a global Discovery’s largest freemium platform The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and , Moreover, Lucasfilm’s Apple founder, and tries, in- stream- in Germany offering live streams origi- two of the biggest TV releases from and The Mandalorian, High School , CEO for Disney+ cluding CEE ing service, nal series, which is adding a premium Musical: The Musical: The Se- and Latin which it said subscription this winter; NENT Group’s egy of funneling its blockbuster movies ries (10 episodes), National America. Pluto will launch by Viaplay (Scandinavia), CME’s Voyo and through theatres, marketing the rest of Geographic’s The Wold Ac- ‘Our mission is to offer the most ‘Until day one, every decision TV is the group 2020, featur- Oyo (CEE), Nine’ (Australia), ’ what appears to be a vast amount of con- cording to Jeff Goldblum (12 offer the most captivating stories, around content will be driven by created by the best minds in film and instinct. Minutes after we launch, AVOD offering already operating in the US ing its own programming library, original iQiyi, Alibaba’ and ’ Ten- tent through streaming. Its CEO Bob Iger episodes), series television’ everything will be driven by data’ and with Latin American plans by March content and what Discovery calls “expe- cent Video (China), PCCW’s (Hong revealed during the company’s earnings Encore!, and the new col- next year. Bob Bakish, President and CEO: riences and offerings that go well beyond Kong); (Malaysia), (Indonesia), call last August that since November 12 the lection of animated ‘Our unique ability to produce premium video. David Zaslav, president and CEO: ‘It Star ’s , Indiacast’s and service will cost USD 6.99 per month and shorts Asks A Question (10 GLOBAL DEMAND SHARE BY ORIGINAL PLATFORM FOR ALL and popular content for global audiences is the definitive global streaming product ZEEL’s Zee5 (India), ’s USD 69.99 a year, while the bundle offer- shorts) plus the classic Disney DIGITAL ORIGINALS (1Q 2019). at scale for own platforms and partners for curious and passionate viewers of all Play (MENA), Telefonica’s Movistar+ ing of Disney+, ESPN+ and ad-support- film Lady and the Tramp (live ac- around the world will enable us to maxi- generations who want the most trusted, Lite (Spain), America Movil’s Claro Video ed Hulu will cost USD 12.99 per month. tion) and the holiday comedy No- (Latin America), among many oth- The bundle price is competitive with the elle. THE NEW GLOBAL OTT SCENARIO (2019) ers. monthly fees for Netflix, whose standard Other originals to be premier two-screen plan costs USD 13, and Ama- after release are the films Togo Disney+ / ESPN+ /Hulu HBO Max Peacock Apple TV+ Netflix Amazon D2C: a world of three zon Prime Video, which sets users back US (Willem Dafoe), Stargirl, Marvel Price USD 12.99 USD 16 N/A USD 4.99 USD 12.99 USD 5.99 The launching of Disney+ and 12.99 a month. Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Titles +5,500 10,000 15,000 N/A +5,000 +3,000 HBO Max, to start competing The executive also confirmed the release Soldier, and Timmy Failure: Mistake Definition 4K 4K 4K 4K-HDR 4K-HD 4K against Netflix for video streaming at the same time of Disney+ in more glob- Were Made; the series Diary of a Fe- Presence USA, Canada, Netherlands (Nov. 12) USA USA 100 Territories Global Global supremacy around the world might al markets apart from the USA: Canada, male President, : The Clone Australia, New Zealand (Nov. 19) be an interesting ground to start Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, Wars to be launched in February Latin America (2020) evaluating the future of the global followed by major markets within the first 2020 with 12 new animated epi- Original Content Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes entertainment industry, without two years. ‘A number of those markets are sodes, Disney Television Anima- Live Streaming Yes No No No No No leaving aside the rest of competi- different than the USA. But they share in- tion’s , Marvel’s Plans Monthly/Annual Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly tors to appear and several other in- terest in Marvel, Pixar, Disney, National WandaVision, Loki and What if…? Offline Yes Yes N/A Yes N/A Yes cumbents: Amazon and the telcos. Geographic and Star Wars. Disney+ will AT&T appears to be planning to Source: Prensario with data from Business Bureau, the companies and private sources - N/A: Not Available Source: Parrot Analytics Disney has announced a strat- offer in certain markets local program- widen the HBO appeal and com-

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beloved series Ghost- production deals with regional partners GLOBAL OTT TV & VIDEO REVENUES, BY SOURCE (2018-2024). writer, the doc The –-such as broadcast networks in Latin Elephant Queen, Oprah America— to feed their channels with Winfrey’s author con- original content. The point is that, for this versations, physco- food chain, broadcasters must occupy a thriller Servant (M. pole position in order to provide the re- Night Shyamalan), quired promotion for the content. And, the gripping series the Pay TV systems involved are increas- Truth Be Told, Little ingly requiring that the entire season be America, and the fea- available at their site for binge-watching. ture films The Banker Therefore, while co-production is good and Hala. ‘Our mission for financial reasons, it’s less of a help is to offer the most of- to the cable network at the local market; fer the most captivat- true, the content may be applied at mar- ing stories, created by kets outside the broadcaster’s reach, but the best minds in film the content must ‘travel well’ for. and television’, un- Last but not least, there is a “choice” Source: Digital TV Research derlined Cook. issue. The current approach seems to be- lieve that customers will somehow find Made for Love, and the animated series Room for all? access to all the product, and eventually from Warner Bros. Animation and Am- Several questions emerge in this sce- subscribe to those services that appeal the blin Entertainment based on the original nario. First, research shows that in the US best to the end user’s profile. The rub is movie of Gremlins. households are currently subscribed to an that there is no ‘analytical’ way to com- Robert Greenblatt, chairman, Warner- average of 2.6 services per household, and pare different streaming services; this Media Entertainment and Direct-To- usually results in a high churn rate, when Consumer, commented: ‘With HBO the final user, with a fixed budget, Max we will bring together the di- gives up a certain service in order verse riches of WarnerMedia to cre- to allocate money to subscribe to ate programming and user experi- another one that, at that moment, ences not seen before in a streaming will look more appealing. The TV platform. HBO’s world-class pro- Everywhere experience has shown gramming leads the way, the quality of that end users are bad at switching which will be the guiding principle for our providers, even if the service is free. new array of Max Originals, acquisitions, mention that the are willing to about no Integrators are an usual proposal when and the very best of the Warner Bros. li- more than USD 30 per month. This, in ad- it comes to discussing these issues. The braries’. dition to their connection. Netflix is fighting its financial condi- Cord-cutters mention price as the tion: negative cash flow resulting from main reason for leaving linear cable excessive production expenses, in a con- TV, may find that subscribing to text where its stock exchange vale ap- several streaming services will cost pears to depend mostly on the number of them more or less the same. new subscribers acquired during the past Second, the cable operators, as quarter, a volatile benchmark. soon as they watch appear sub- Amazon and Apple are different ani- stantial streaming offers, will try mals. The company headed by Jeff Bezos to move downwards the per-sub- is entrenched in solid sales and web ser- scriber fee they are currently pay- vices, does not depend on Primer Video ing. This may represent loses of subscriber preferences, although it pay many millions of dollars in close attention to these whimsical cus- revenue for the program- tomers. mers, at a time they are The Tim Cook-directed enterprise spending strongly on their launched on its traditional event last Sep- D2C operations. The current tember the new iPhone 11 and Apple TV+ deals with Netflix run under highlighting 14 new shows, including different parameters because, the brand new epic drama See with Ja- to the linear pay TV operators, son Momoa, The Morning Show with Reese they represent additional in- Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve come and ‘a way to keep the Carell, the darkly comedic Dickinson, For subscribers connected’ to their All Mankind, the children series network. HBO Max’ Friends and NBCUniversal’s The Office: classic titles and Snoopy in Spain, the reinvention of the Third, several majors are relying on co- reborn on the OTT world since the next year

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and other Hollywood’s stu- for 5-10 minute videos); and second the dios. ad-free option that will cost USD 7.99. On the original slate, Pea- Whitman remarked that she expects to cock will have dramas as have approximately 7,000 pieces of con- Dr. Death with Alec Baldwin tent available within the first year. and Christian Slater, a re- In terms of programming strategy, the boot of Battlestar Galactica executives said they are pursuing a range (Sam Esmail), Angelyne and of projects such us Fuqua’s #Freerayshawn the young adult series One (‘150) with a USD 15 million budget: ‘Un- Tony Hall, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, of us Is Lying; unscripted til day one, every decision around content director general, Chief Executive BBC France Télévisions such us will be driven by instinct. Minutes after docuseries, Who Wrote That, we launch, everything will be driven by an original talk show se- data’, said Katzenberg. ‘Any money the corporation makes ‘We are part of “The Alliance”, an ries from Jimmy Fallon, a will be put back in to program- informal agreement with Germany’s making. This is wins all round for ZDF and Italy’s Rai to fund high- weekly late night show with Broadcasters the license fee payers’ end drama productions’ Amber Ruffin, and a spin off television groups are announc- ’s The Real Housewives; ing several partnerships inside and out- exclusive films and ani- side its frontiers to battle Netflix and the mated series from Universal following OTT giants. In the UK, ITV and Pictures, as well as movies BBC set out plans for new streaming ser- question is: What’s the sense of installing like Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How to train vice BritBox that will cost USD 7.21 per a middle entity when you are on your way your Dragon; and 3,000 hours of Spanish month, launching between this month and to reach directly the client? Integrators programming from : original the end of December. It will be the home would become that cable operators dramedy Armas de Mujer and 100 Dias of thousands of hours of classic British are now: a way for the end user to Para Volver, adaptation from Via- , dramas and documentaries, but reach the desired content. And, com Telefe’s 100 Dias para Enam- also new original programs, with the first integrators would probably se- orarse (Underground), Betty in arriving next year. Other existing series lect part of the inventory made New York, El Baron and Preso #1. to be made available will include Victoria, available by the producers, Launching on the same month Happy Valley, Les Miserables and Benidorm. avoiding the “too much choice” next year is Quibi, the new short- Many shows from the networks will confusion en users are prone to form video service from former move on to BritBox after they have been suffer. Streaming services are on DreamWork’s Jeffrey Katzenberg led broadcast on TV and fallen off the broad- their way to become the leading content by CEO, Meg Whitman. The com- casters’ own catch-up services (BBC providers, yes. But the trip to that desired pany has raised USD 1 billion iPlayer and ITV Hub). The BBC is universe where you can access anything from investors and currently soon expected to get permission that comes to your mind is far from being has projects in the works from regulator to keep bump-free. from Guillermo del Toro, An- shows on iPlayer for a year as toine Fuqua, and Sam Raimi. standard. ITV owns 90% of Brit- There is life outside SVODs Each series is expected to be Box and BBC the remaining 10%. The leading cable company in the US two to four hours in length, with Even BBC and Netflix will carry on has lost close to a quarter million sub- each one divided into segments that co-producing programs together as a scribers in 2Q 2019. Comcast/NBCUniver- will be no longer than 10 minutes each. way of sharing costs, especially for big- sal recently announced important details According to Katzenberg, the service budget dramas, BBC director general Tony about the service. will have two pricing tiers: first, at USD Hall said BritBox was ‘the prime place in Steve Burke, CEO, confirmed before that 4.99 with one pre-roll ad before each vid- which we want our material to end up’. 500 people are working on Peacock, which eo segment (a 10-second ad if the video Interestingly, he compared BritBox with will be based off ’s existing Now TV is less than 5 minutes and a 15-second ad releasing a program on DVD when he was platform: ‘We are coming up with a very requested of why view- innovative way of bringing its streaming ers should pay an service into a market crowded with in- charge to watch shows cumbents and new entrants’. originally funded by While confirming classics like The Of- the license fee: ‘Any fice and Parks and Recreations, as well as money the corpora- 30 Rocks, Bates Motel, Nine-Nine, tion makes will be put Cheers, House, Monk and Will And Grace, , Chairman of Direct-to- Apple TV+: The Morning Show, Consumer and Digital Enterprises, also a cutthroat drama starring and highlights feature blockbusters, films executive produced by Reese from , , Witherspoon and Jennifer Anis- ton, and starring Steve Carell Dreamworks Animation,

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//// SPECIAL REPORT / DIGITAL GVOD, the new streaming model Global OTT: a new Era takes shape By Adrian Garelik, CEO, Flixxo

member such us RTVE (Spain), RTBF and Subscription seems VRT (), RTS (Switzerland) and to be winning the VOD BBC (UK). video business model Franck Feriling, VP of international battle, with advertis- relations at ZDF touted a possible ‘Eu- ing-based and ropean content platform’ and confirmed transactional three projects: an eight-part series about lagging be- the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, hind. But produced by LuxVide and Beta Film, for these old- a budget that France TV estimates at be- time models tween €2.5 to €3.5 million per hour; and don’t take two joint ventures between France TV and into account RAI for budgets around €2 million per our new world episode: Mirage, a spy story produced by of decentralized technologies such as French production company Lincoln TV, blockchain, mobile consumption, social to be shot in Dubai early 2019, and Eter- networking and interactive content. My nal City, which takes place in in the gosh, what to do? Mirage is a six-part USD 3 million-per-episode spy thriller series starring Marie-Josee Croze and Clive Standen: it is pro- 1960s. Here’s one possible solution: VOD plus duced by France’s Lincoln TV and Connect3 Media/Cineflix Last but not least, is LOVEtv, launched crypto. Two interesting projects trying Media for , Germany’s ZDF and Canada’s Bell Media by Spanish broadcasters España, to make this happen are Tatatu and VIT. and Superchannel and RTVE announced in No- Their take on this mixture is to embed an back in to program-making. This is wins vember 2018. It is a joint HbbTV-based airline miles-like loyalty program into their C all round for the license fee payers’. platform aimed to target +2 million TV sets systems, in which you watch videos and get Salto is the name of French SVOD from by providing access to 7-day catch-up from tokens you can use as cash into affiliated M

France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, ap- its partners, as well as the possibility to stores. The platform monetization model Y proved by the French antitrust authority, start watching a currently on air program is still uncertain, and crypto-miles can be CM CSA, last July. The joint project will launch from the start, an improved electronic pro- used on top of SVOD, TVOD and AVOD. in 1Q 2020, and will represent a major gram guide and a recommendation ser- Now, let’s imagine another possible so- MY vice. From the 38 millions of in lution to the VOD business model question: milestone for the industry, challenged CY by head-on competition for international Spain, 3.9 millions are Hbbtv and can be adding crypto... as well as gamification (the CMY SVODs. With Salto the three of them will connected to LOVEStv. From this number, application of game-design elements and pool their resources in an ambitious local 1.7 millions are connected to the Internet game principles in non-game context) cre- K response to evolving consumer’s expecta- and 1.2 millions to LOVEStv. Almost 80,000 ating a full economic circle in which your tions, while they strengthen their active plays are being recorded daily and about 2.4 earnings are spent on content, instead of participation in the French and European millions per month. your credit card. We call this model GVOD, creative industries. or Gamified Video . What would Salto will be similar to BritBox offering that look like? ViacomCBS: CBS All Access premiered Why Women Kill , a real-time streams and catch-up content dark comedy-drama original series created by Marc Cherry; It would look a lot like Flixxo (full con- from the broadcasters, along with origi- and Paramount + offers in exclusive Yellowstone starred by fession: I’m the CEO). This full-circle ap- Kevin Costner nal content and some productions from proach is a transactional model based on a external companies. The three partners blockchain based token, Flixx, which can will continue to run their existing free- be earned in exchange for watching ads to-access digital sites France.tv, MyTF1 (combining AVOD with TVOD) mixed to- and 6Play. gether with rewards for various social in- France Télévisions chief executive and teractions. So engagement such as buying EBU’s president Delphine Ernotte Cunci a certain amount of videos, binge watching said the French regulatory authorities’ a series or inviting friends to join the app, decision would pave the way for ‘Team could be rewarded with tokens. The tokens France in broadcasting’. The pubcaster is switch hands between consumers and cre- also part of “The Alliance”, an informal ators, who earn for every play, and creators agreement with Germany’s ZDF can cash out their tokens selling them to and Italy’s Rai to fund high-end advertisers -- thus rounding out the full drama productions. ‘The launch economic circle. of the platform will very soon Flixxo has also built a home for short give us what we need to compete form and interactive series, which are against international players on ideal for mobile consumption and fit per- our own territory’, she underlined. fectly into the gaming atmosphere. One of It was born in May 2018 aimed to these VOD business models will win, and share funding of large-scale se- now is the time to place your bets as to ries, and is also welcoming other which one.

36 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV EUROPE BY PROF. DR. CONRAD HEBERLING, PROFESSOR FOR MARKETING AND MARKET RESEARCH FILM UNIVERSITY BABELSBERG KONRAD WOLF, POTSDAM/BERLIN GERMANY industry is more confident about the future chart shows according to each age group. than ever before. There is a new air of cre- Other than the young and very young GAS: TV industry is upbeat ativity such as for example with Deutschland audiences, viewership in minutes is re- 83, an eight-part event series broadcast by maining stable: RTL. The exciting agent drama takes place 40 % of GAS households have a in the hottest phase of the Cold War. Highly SmartTV set and represent the Adress- more than ever before praised and internationally acclaimed by able TV market of the future, an indis- the press, Deutschland 83 is the first German pensable target group. Advertising for The overall message of Screenforce Days in : The With a total population of close to 100 million which represents about 50 million television TV series to make it to the US before it was Smart TV is literally booming because GAS television industry is more confident about the future broadcast in Germany. it represents the targeting in the digital than ever before households the German speaking European region including Germany, and parts of Another example is the USD 40 million world. Audiences and advertising customers Switzerland, the so-called GAS territory, is the second largest worldwide in terms of turnover, next production Babylon Berlin (Sky/ARD/Beta are both highly appreciative of the offerings to the US TV market, and the number one in production volumes, diversity, quality and robustness. Film, various directors including Tom-Tyk- of addressable TV. seems to be profiting from this trend as de- wer, Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloeg- Brands that have not advertised on tele- scribed in the most recent Nielsen research. ten) sold in over 90 markets.The series takes vision are discovering the strength of this The study concludes that uncertainty, too The GAS TV market is characterized by GERMANY: AVERAGE DAILY TIME SPENT WATCHING TV, BY AGE GROUP – IN MINUTES (2017-2018) audiences back to the “Golden 20s”, a time medium. And, major digital companies and much choice and too many channels end up the so-called dual television system in of upheaval where the young commissioner digital start-ups are beginning to advertise turning many viewers off: Almost 60 per- all three countries which divides publicly Gereon Rath is transferred from Cologne to massively in television. Online needs tele- cent reported being more likely to go back funded and commercial private television. Berlin and his investigations in the imperial vision more than ever before for advertis- to favored traditional TV channels if they Both compete for viewers and because of lead him into a swamp of drugs, cor- ing and promoting products and services do not know what they wish to watch via a the dominance of private German television ruption, art and extremism. in the increasingly fragmented GAS tradi- streaming service. groups, e.g. the RTL Group and ProSieben- tional and social media markets. The fact Additionally, on average only one-third of Sat.1 TV stations. The German television industry is, as the is, only TV has the relevant audience reach the audiences find that the content menus Even though there is an unceasingly high illustrations show, increasing its invest- and boost to finally provide the conversion - where content is sorted by categories and acceptance of US series among GAS view- ment levels never seen to date. And, the re- needed by online advertisers and marketers. algorithms are used to make suggestions to ers, about a quarter of all TV series origi- sults are compelling: The giant digital so-called “FANGs”: viewers - helpful when it comes to figuring nate from the Hollywood Studios, there is German speaking audiences consume , Amazon, Netflix and Google (Al- out what to watch. a steady and continuous lessening attrac- media on average 7 hours with linear Tele- phabet) together have become the largest And, finally, what counts most, even if tiveness of US series over German, Austrian vision clearly dominating (2018: 217 min- free TV advertisers following. Each follow audiences are inclined to pay for content, and Swiss productions or co-productions utes per day). 92.2% (2018: 91.8%) of Ger- on the heals of Procter and Gamble tradi- they are carefully monitoring their wallets between the countries. GAS daily viewers of mans aged 3 and more watch TV regularly; tionally being #1, however, for how long? when it comes to paying for watching TV US series have declined dramatically by 30% Source: AGF (Germany: 2017 & 2018; +3 years old; TV Scope, TV Panel D+EU; Monday to Sunday, 3:00-3:00) The contribution on the awareness (8.6 (Google #2, Apple #3, Facebook #4 and when there is such an overabundance of top from about 4 million in 2012 to 2.8 million Furthermore, there are simply not enough more program innovations than ever before. %) and sales effects (7.6 %) of Television Amazon #5). Obviously free TV is the cheer- quality free TV content available otherwise. in 2018 (Source GFK). quality US titles available, such as comedies, There are numerous reasons for the success are at an all time high, far outpacing those leader for the Internet industry and there is They will stick to one or two Pay TV offer- Viewers are increasingly migrating to adapted to the GAS tastes. Surveys show that of linear TV in the German speaking terri- of online with less than a quarter on brand no – neither is there on the horizon - a me- ings as a complimentary service to their free the greater number of high quality German GAS audiences rank news and information tories. Because of the sheer size of the mar- perception (only 2 %) and less than half dium which can build relevant and sizeable TV programs. and European “Big Dramas” produced by programs as their number one favorites. ket, public and commercial TV stations are on sales effects (3.4 %). Print, traditionally reach like television does. Additionally, there is confirmed evidence GAS production units of e.g. the RTL Group Additionally, there is a solid trend of a willing to make major investment commit- lower, comes in 3rd place with only 1 % in And, audiences in the German speak- that the GAS viewers increasingly tend to (UFA, Fremantle) and ProSiebenSat.1 (Red whole new programs of and more localized ments into this market resulting in produc- perception and 1.7 % in sales; ing territories traditionally prefer to watch rather “lean back” to enjoy free TV viewing Arrows Studios) and the public TV broad- GAS superior quality content and “Real Life” tions that clearly compare with those of the Although Netflix has a strong overall im- their content in German language, rather and expect the initiative of what to watch to casters ARD, ZDF (Germany), ORF (Austria) formats RTL, PRO7, RTL2 and VOX are pro- big Hollywood studios. pact on young audiences, video consump- than audiences in smaller and fragmented emerge from the TV set. (Source: OTT-Di- and SRF (Switzerland), independent pro- ducing and which reflect the entertainment The newly published ARD/ZDF Research tion is dominated by the 14 to 29 year olds markets, such as the Scandinavian coun- enste. Vielfalt online, Karlsruhe 2017). And, duction houses such as Beta Film, Constan- needs of modern young audiences seeking on mass communication trends 2019 as part according to IP study “Fourscreen Touch- tries, the Benelux or CEE countries where according to research, viewers inspiration tin, filmpool and many more, and in coop- orientation and wishing to have their peer of their “Media and their Audience” (MiP) points 2019” with an impressive 52%. This original productions are and choice stems from the remote control – eration with the major European production groups mirrored which neither Amazon study series once again confirms that linear age group watches on average television for broadcast or simply subtitled because oth- and ultimately from the TV program planer. houses such as StudioCanal (France) or Sky Prime nor Netflix can satisfy in their pro- television dominates among the total Ger- about 84 minutes per day as the following erwise not affordable. No German speaking All the above reasons are why over the years Vision (UK). This all increasingly represents gram offerings. man population with a share of 76% and audiences will accept sub- average television viewing times have re- a substantial competition for US Studios. thus with a high daily reach despite slight GERMANY: DAILY VIEWING, PER MEDIA – IN MINUTES (2019) titled programming as many mained fairly stable. Screenforce Days losses. new entrants to the market, Commercial and public free TV are clearly The Screenforce Days is a two days event A significantly different usage can be who thought otherwise, have thriving and attracting large audiences in in Cologne showcasing more than 50 TV observed among the age group 14 to 29. At learnt that audiences simply the GAS market. Both will continue to be stations and platforms highlighting the Fall nearly 6 hours (357 minutes) of their time switch from those programs the homes to loyal audiences as long as they 2019 and 2020 TV seasons. More than 2,000 spent with media, which is an hour less than and tune in to German qual- are provided with high quality and exciting media representatives from advertising, that of the total population (420 minutes). ity productions instead. content and excellent programming tailored booking and creative agencies alike as well Of the total time of video use by the young to their viewing needs. And, for many years as experts and internationally renowned audiences the split is 33% for watching tele- Digital to come, advertisers will appreciate the speakers attended the event. vision live at the time of broadcast and 67% Even though Pay TV and strengths and reach of linear TV. The fact is The event summed up why the television for watching television and video content VOD offerings are booming that the German speaking territories have market in the German speaking territories time shifted. For this age group streaming in Germany with currently the largest free TV offerings worldwide, The USD 40 million production Babylon Berlin, from Sky, ARD thus linear television will continue to domi- and Beta Film, had various directors including Tom-Tykwer, is so resilient: more in-house productions, services and video platforms have caught up more 108 Pay TV Chan- Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloegten, and was sold in more event and live formats, more stream- with traditional distribution channels. nels and a sales turnover of nate even with streaming services and video over 90 markets (copyright: Babylon Berlin: ARD Degeto/X-Filme/ ing and multi-channel programming and The overall message: The GAS television Source: ARD/ZDF Mass Communication Trends €4 billion, linear television platforms on the rise. Beta Film//Frédéric Batier)

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ORF: how to be a successful pubcaster

ORF is the Austrian pubcaster, funded by Regarding the programming strategy, audience fees & advertising and other com- Cox-Riesenfelder says: ‘Top shows usually mercial activities. It consists of 4 free are Austrian/German original produc- to air channels: ORF eins and ORF 2 tions such as Suburbia – Women on for all genres, ORF III for culture and the Edge, Backwoods Crimes, Fast For- information amd ORF Sport+, plus ward and the popular Tatort-Series. 12 radio stations and the leading An all-time favourite is Dancing news site and the catch-up service Stars, from BBC format Strictly Come ORF-TVthek. Dancing that goes into its 13th sea- Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder, Man- son’. aging Director of ORF-Enterprise, ORF has an acclaimed documen- explains to Prensario: ‘Austrian TV tary strand that is nationally and Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder, Managing Director of market is dominated by German TV internationally acclaimed, focus- ORF-Enterprise FTA broadcasters that work with ing on wildlife, and history: localized program and advertising Universum. It consists of original sion, the executive completes: ‘The purpose C windows. But the rest is not local, so and co-productions as well as ac- of ORF is to provide content to the Austrian ORF is considered the only one to re- quisitions. Main partners are BBC, public via all distribution channels with spe- M flect the Austrian should and provide Nat Geo, ZDF, Smithsonian, etc. cific programming targets, according to the Y the national identity in a globalized Cox-Riesenfelder: ‘Suburbia is “ORF law”. world’. the Austrian answer to Desperate CM ‘We broadcast the largest range of Housewives and the biggest success AUSTRIA: SHARE OF VIEWING - +12, 5–11PM MY original local programming, such as series in Austria/Germany. The se- (JAN.-JUL. 2019) CY abundant number of news, entertain- ries now slowly reaches audiences in ment, fiction, docs, kids programming, mu- Europe and the US. The crime related se- ORF 2 25.1% CMY ORF 1 9.7% sic & arts programming and sports events. ries from Austria like Soko Kitzbühel (K-Files), K ATV 3.7% However, the sports rights have been dra- Four Women and a Funeral and Fast Forward Seven 3.2% matically restricted for pubcasters due to have been distributed to European broad- Servus TV 3.1% market players like DAZN, , SKY, casters and VOD platforms for years’. RTL 3% etc’. ‘In Asia and the US, it is the blue chip Puls 4 2.9% Ö3 is the most popular radio station, due documentaries that appeal to buyers and Sat 1 2.4% to a broad mix of international and national audiences – created by the renowned Uni- Vox 2.2% RTL II 1.5% pop music and local comedy formats, news versum producers and distributed by ORF- 5 10 15 20 25 30 shows etc. Same for the website which is the Enterprise. leading platform in all possible rankings. Regarding the furture plans of expan- Source: AGTT/GfK: TELETEST, Evogenius Reporting

ORF HIGHLIGHTS 2019

Universum is the docu- mentary brand from ORF including originals and co-productions as well as acquisitions from BBC, Nat Austrian/German original dramas Geo, ZDF, Smithsonian as Fast Forward and Suburbia – Women on the Edge are two leading programs on ORF

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RTVE: el emblema de la ficción española se adapta a los nuevos tiempos

menciona como ejemplo el formato deben tener un componente global que Boom! (Keshet) donde señala que el atrape. El thiller es un buen géne- público se encariña con uno de los ro para eso. Nos fue muy bien con La equipos, y la producción editorializa Caza: Monteperdido, una mezcla de se- ese espacio para fidelizar a la audien- rie “noir” y local, pero también con una cia. ‘Vemos hibridación de géneros y producción como Isabel, que sabíamos formatos, y no sólo en la ficción tam- que iba a ser un éxito a nivel local, pero bién en otros contenidos’, subraya. que a nivel internacional obtuvo muy RTVE ha dejado de vender publi- buenas ventas’, señala López Puig. cidad desde 2008, tras un cambio en Inés del Alma Mía es la nueva apues- Fernando López Puig, director de contenidos, RTVE la normativa del Gobierno. ‘A dife- ta: con un costo de €1 millón por epi- rencia de las televisoras comerciales, sodio, RTVE, Boomerang, Amazon, Es un momento de mucho optimismo para no dependemos de los anunciantes, Promocine y Chilevisión co-desarro- el mercado español y especialmente para sino del público. Cultura e - llaron esta superproducción (8x’55), Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), corpora- ción son dos pilares en nuestras gri- adaptación del libro de Isabel Allende. ción pública de medios pionera y líder en la llas. Pero ficción es un gran motor de Amazon tendrá los derechos de SVOD generación de contenidos audiovisuales, con crecimiento, tanto en lineal como en en España y Latinoamérica. López fuerte foco en ficción en los últimos años. OTT’, apunta. Puig: ‘Es una serie histórica con foco Su director de contenidos, Fernando Ló- Pero indica que a nivel lineal el géne- en una mujer única, fuera de época. Su pez Puig, explica: ‘Es evidente que la burbuja ro está un poco más afectado por la domi- historia se resinifica en estos tiempos don- dio un giro insospechado, provocado por el nancia del prime time, que obliga al especta- cambio de hábito en el consumo de conte- dor a sentarse en un momento especifico del ESPAÑA: SHARE DE AUDIENCIA, POR GRUPOS nidos. En España, y en el mundo, hay más día para acceder al contenido. ‘El avance las DE TV (AGOSTO 2019). producción y productores: una verdadera OTTs hizo que pensáramos nuevos formatos Vocento Unidad Editorial bola de nieve, que es importante modular’. e ideas para la ficción online, sin dejar de li- FORTA Mediaset España La serie de ficción es, a criterio del ejecu- diar con el viejo modelo televisivo’. 3.2% 3.2%7.7% , el formato artístico del siglo XXI, como ‘A favor, podemos decir que ser un medio 27.7% lo ha sido anteriormente la ópera, el teatro, televisivo nos permite darle a ese conteni- 15.3% el cine y la TV. Es una verdadera revolución do ficcionado una segunda vida en las OTTs, CRTVE industrial del entretenimiento. ‘Para sobre- cosa que no sucede al revés. Al menos has- 25.9% vivir en este nuevo escenario es importante ta ahora. Por momentos, da la sensación de narrar histo- que la industria está un poco perdida en este rias relevantes esquema. Son tiempos de confusión, aunque Atresmedia de manera rá- los datos arrojan que la TV es el dispositivo Source: Kantar Media/Barlovento Comunicación pida y eficaz’, más usado en el hogar (70%)’. sostiene. La estrategia de RTVE es, entonces, ami- ‘Hasta el norar riesgos a través de la coproducción y de la mujer tiene un rol preponderante’. entreteni- la estrategia de ventaneo. ‘La audiencia es ‘Los grandes clásicos son un lugar se- miento se ha más erudita y sofisticada, no mira todo lo guro. Cuéntame, por ejemplo: a pesar de lo Inés del Alma Mía, megacoproducción ficcionado’, que se pone en pantalla. Selecciona y mira moderno, la nostalgia atrae. RTVE tiene este con Boomerang, Chilevisión, Promo- cine y Amazon, que tendrá derechos explica Ló- cuando gusta. Debemos buscar nuevos for- año otras producciones: Néboa, un thriller exclusivos en SVOD para América pez Puig, y matos, pero cuidando los existentes. El lineal de 8 episodios rodado con Voz Audiovisual Latina y España es una ventana natural de la en ; Promesas de Arena (6 episodios), ficción, pero hay que hacer sobre una cooperante en Libia, rodado en productos más competitivos Túnez con Atlantia; y Malaka de 8 episodios, y comerciales que nos per- rodada en Málaga con Globomedia. mitan estar en varias ven- ‘Nos gusta mucho el formato de 8 epi- tanas; mejores narrativas y sodios y, especialmente, rodarlos en varias propuestas’, resalta. regiones de España para darle diversidad y ‘Las ficciones locales relevancia a las historias y narrativas’, fina- La Caza: Monteperdido, una mezcla de serie Néboa, thriller de 8 episodios rodado funcionan muy bien, pero liza López Puig. con Voz Audiovisual en Galicia “noir” y local

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Mediaset Play, a “TV on the web”

Mediaset Italy launched on mid-2018 and 4K, international and Italian cult mov- its free-to-view streaming platform Me- ies and the best movies streaming Premiere diaset Play, a combination of the Italian after theatrical release for a wide and broadcaster’s commercial channels, perfect cinema offer. This allows our supplemented by a mix of film and services to became complementary series. Available on Smart TVs, to the big incumbent like Netflix online, and dedicated apps (iOS or Amazon, and take part to the and Android), the service offers OTT market growth’, says Fa- , , , 20, , langa. , , Focus, Top According to the executive, in Crime, Iris and TGCOM24 that can be Italy the top rated genres on TV are streamed live with shows. shows, football games and local series while Pablo Falanga, Business Digital Commercial Pablo Falanga, Business Digital Commer- the most viewed genres on digital are reality Director, Mediaset cial Director: ‘Digital and cross-media pub- and talent shows but also news. ‘Average TV lishing activities: this is the mission of our audience is around 10 million viewers with synergies between the free and pay ser- division, featuring the best video contents peaks of +11 million in the coldest months. vices (e.g. extension of free content for the designed for streaming and on-demand use For digital instead, the most viewed pro- digital services, launch of VAS on the free on all connected devices. In a very competi- grams reach more than 38 million of legiti- catch up content as the 4K). As for the free tive scenario became more and more impor- mate streams up to a “total time spent” even contents, we invest in top entertainment tant the challenge to change the positioning more than 300 million of minutes’, he adds. shows, whose shows are enriched by digital from a “TV on the web”, a pure catch-up ‘Our users love to see Mediaset owned interaction such as the launch of “live sen- service, to a TV designed for the Web’. productions that entertain Italians since timent” in real time with live content that Mediaset Play is the only OTT free platform many years, while on the digital channels allow customers to influence the show, and in the Italian market that allows its users to the big part of the daily video consump- continuous monitoring of social channels to enjoy a fully Taylor Made experience, as it tion is generated by highlights and short keep our viewers engaged’. combines live and on-demand catch-up formats. To better suit the user experience, programs with exclusive digital contents the device is a driver making the real differ- both in full and snack mode, for every mo- ence: on main screen we record 40% of vid- ment of a day. And it is accessible through a eo views primarily composed by long form mobile app, a TV app and a website. while on mobile devices users prefer short Mediaset Group SVOD offer Infinity has a form with 60% of video views’. strong commitment in cinema streaming ‘On the SVOD platform Infinity the script- offer. ‘It is specifically designed for movie ed content is mainly composed by movies lovers, lining up thousands of movies in HD with 70% of the content followed by TV se- ries and TV shows. Unlike previous MEDIASET PLAY GROWTH, 2018 VS. 2019. years, in which we He concludes: ‘We are increasing invest- have entered into ments in fictions, with ever-increasing lev- big deals with Ma- els of quality. Interesting is the possibility jors (Warner and of synergies between the linear exploitation Universal), current- of broadcasting TV, with a weekly recursive ly we are getting appointment, and the digital support plat- smaller but specific form that allows customers to be able to re- deals on the main view the previous seasons of the fiction and content required by to offer the complete TV series box set after DANI WHO? our customers’. the airing on broadcasting. On digital busi- SCI FI – THRILLER 10X60´ Top genres dis- ness it is becoming more and more relevant played are family the opportunities related to new partnership and Italian come- with telco operators, which can give access dies. Falanga: ‘We to large customer base, and with device are moving to de- manufacturers, that leads the user experi- Source: the company fine contents and ence of the customers’.

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bTV: ‘TV is the most powerful video content producer’

Florian Skala is CEO of bTV Media Group, and 360-degree video, this year we launched the leading Bulgarian TV group, which sig- our largest-scale technological project ever nificantly improved its overall business re- since bTV’s start, a brand new hi-tech inte- sults and strengthened its leading position grated studio for our news and current af- on the media market since he took over in fairs shows. These investments were pos- this role back in December 2016. ‘On a sible because we significantly improved global scale, we are witnessing a no- our business results in the past three table transformation of how people years’. access TV content, as a result of The backbone of bTV’s program their changing viewing habits and are news and current affairs shows. the accelerated pace of technologi- ‘Bulgarians are very interested in Florian Skala, CEO of bTV Media Group cal developments. However, television political and social topics, and espe- is still the strongest medium in our cially live coverage. We also succeed form bTV Plus. region’, he initiates. with global entertainment realities In terms of acquired content, we bet on According to the executive, TV is in both, our primetime and digital blockbuster movies and highly acclaimed the most ‘powerful video content platforms. As for local fiction, we Turkish drama, and on premium sports - producer’, especially in the CEE re- see the growing impact of OTT ser- UEFA Champions League, Europa League, gion: ‘The surge of online viewing is vices. With significant production and French . These premium tournaments changing the game in a positive direction. talent resources, they have raised the criteria are also among the top performers in our High quality and reliable video production for locally produced fiction as well, so now digital channels, including our SVOD service that is relevant to the local specifics attracts we invest in the highest quality titles only. VOYO. the biggest audience no matter the channel, Premium sports are also important content OTT services are gaining popularity in be it linear TV or a digital service, but it re- ingredients of our channels and platforms’. Bulgaria, even though at a much slower pace quires significant resources, expertise and According to Skala, ‘Bulgarians highly ap- than in other CEE countries like Poland, for talent to be invested. Leading broadcasters, preciate our reality and entertainment for- example. But regardless of how this business like us, will be among the few capable of such mats: ‘We are now broadcasting new seasons model develops in the region, it will not re- investments in Bulgaria and the region in the of and Bulgaria’s Got Talent. Mean- place linear or catch-up TV viewing - it will near future, so television can be even more while we are working on a new local series only add to the total viewing time. relevant in this content-driven market sce- to be released next year: a weekly primetime OTT services, however, are changing the nario’. romantic comedy with a captivating story expectations for content delivery, and are in To succeed, bTV Media Group focuses its from Bulgaria’s most popular sea resort, a way positively influencing the development efforts on producing only high quality local Sunny Beach, alongside bTV’s biggest spring of our SVOD service VOYO. content in diverse genres, and on extending hits and MasterChef. Contrary to the viewing preferences re- it in a digital environment. ‘We made further In response to the new viewing habits we lated to the streaming giants, VOYO is most investments in state-of-the-art technol- are producing even more digital extensions popular among users who want to watch ogy. After we became pioneers with HD, AR of our top shows and exclusive video content their favorite shows ahead of the TV broad- made for web only. Our viewers can catch-up cast, in live streaming or on-demand at their with the whole episodes on our AVOD plat- convenience afterwards.

BULGARIA: AUDIENCE SHARE IN BOTH LEADING BULGARIA: AUDIENCE SHARE IN BOTH LEADING GROUPS – A4+ (H1 2019). GROUPS – A4+ (H1 2019).

Bulgarians love bTV’s reality and enter- tainment shows such us The Farm and Bulgaria’s Got Talent Source: GARB Source: GARB

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NENT Group: new structure, more originals

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT across 17 countries, will be split Group), the Nordic region’s leading into three units covering the streaming company, announced Nordic region and central and that it has moved to a new oper- eastern Europe, the UK and ating model from this month. The the US. new set-up is based on speciali- NENT Group’s team will ties that operate across the Group be reduced from 15 to eight in areas such as people, sales, con- members, led by Anders Jen- tent, marketing and technology. sen, President and CEO. Gabriel Anders Jensen, NENT Group President and CEO This will lead to a smaller, more Catrina, EVP & CFO, Sahar Ku- focused, more integrated and persmidt, EVP & Chief People more operational Group Executive and Culture Officer, Filippa duced by Elizabeth Banks. Both will pre- Management team of eight leaders. Wallestam, EVP & CCO, Kim Pod- mier in 2020 on Viaplay. NENT Studios, the company’s produc- er, EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, While breaking Nordic viewing records, tion business comprising 32 companies Matthew Hooper, EVP & Chief Corporate these originals are reaching audiences Affairs Officer, Kaj af Kleen, EVP & CTO around the world: ALEX has been sold to and Product Officer, andMia Suazo Eriks- broadcast and streaming partners in Eu- son, EVP & CMO. rope, Asia and USA; Veni Vidi Vici has pre- Jensen: ‘Our focused model ensures miered on Hulu and is set for a US remake that we have the right resources in the in partnership with Lionsgate; Swed- right places, and can invest in even more ish Dicks has featured on Pop TV (USA); fantastic experiences. Since launching Black Lake has been shown on BBC Four NENT Group in June 2018, we have been and AMC Networks-backed Shudder; and building something unique. These chang- Honour has been sold to RTL in Germany es keep us ahead of the curve, and enable and to Belgium’s VRT. The Machinery, an eight-part Swedish- us to scale flexibly and efficiently’. Norwegian action thriller series Up to know, NENT Group has now launched 52 original productions and is set to premiere a minimum of 20 every year. Among the most recent, are The Machinery, an eight-part Swedish-Nor- wegian action thriller series headlined by Norwegian Hollywood star Kristoffer Joner, and second season of its original Swedish series Love Me, to which ABC (USA) has recently acquired the rights for Honour has been sold to RTL in Germany and to Belgium’s an English-language episode pro- Filippa Wallestam, EVP & CCO VRT by Eccho Rights Jakob Mejlhede Andersen, CEO of NENT Studios UK

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good example of this consolidation. More- great stability, remaining above the €30m proximately 250 buyers can have access with over, Mon Chevalier et moi was licensed to threshold every year since 2013. Apocalypse, headphones and a personal screen to 1,160 USA, China, Scandinavia, , Afri- Homo Sapiens, 700 requins and Regarde le programs from 68 companies; 645 of those Rendez-Vous 2019: ca, Paf le chien to Latin America, Asia-Pacif- monde are just some examples of French shows were presented for the first time. ic, Europe, United States), and Millimage’s know-how in the sector. The catalog of French titles allowed the Molang to USA, Latin America, Southeast In recent years, reforms to the support buyers to form an idea of ​the evolution of French TV sales tripled Asia, Japan, Europe, Middle East. system for production implemented by the the industry before the presence in the On the fiction side, the genre hold up well CNC have encouraged the export of French streaming market of global giants such as with almost €50 millions in sales, with se- programs, notably by fostering creativity. Netflix and Amazon and soon Disney + and ries like Philharmonia (Belgium, Switzerland, Emphasis was also put on supporting co- HBO Max with the incorporation of Warner- in 25 years Spain, Russia) and Maroni (USA, United King- productions (bilateral Franco-Italian fund, Media content to what they have tradition- dom, Germany) illustrating the capacity of Franco-German subsidy fund, coproduc- ally been Premium content of HBO. The 25th edition of the Rendez-Vous took place in Biarritz, France, from 8 to 12 French producers for renewal and diversifica- tion agreement with Brazil, subsidy for The brand-new fiction series They Were September, and it was the opportunity for the Centre National du Cinéma et de tion. Tried-and-trusted French fictions dem- young French-language creation in sub- Ten due to broadcast in 2020 on M6 was the onstrated their lasting appeal: The new season Saharan , etc.). most screened program. Produced by Esca- l’Image Animée (CNC) and TV France International to look back on a quarter- of Engrenages, emblematic of the resurgence VOD platforms have become essential out- zal Films, directed by Pascal Laugier, and century of conquering the international marketplace, and to present the annual of French series in the 2010s, is now sold to lets for foreign sales of French programming, sold internationally by Federation Enter- study of program exports. more than 100 territories and has just been notably animation. In that sector in particular, tainment, it was watched by nearly 60% of acquired for USA, and Candice Renoir, which sales to platforms can account for up to one the attending buyers, a record in the history has aired in 80 territories since its launch in third of the annual foreign revenue for cer- of the Rendez-Vous. 2013, was bought again for Spain in 2018. Bar- tain companies. Another observation is that Jean-Michel Ciszewski, head of interna- In 25 years, French TV content sales tripled, on Noir was sold to Scandinavia and Spain last international platforms are now proposing a tional sales at Federation Entertainment, from €61 millions in 1994 to €173.3 millions year, while Guyane arrived to Latin America, growing number of French properties, espe- said: ‘The Rendez-Vous is a pleasant and in 2019, according to the data from TVFI- Spain, and central and Eastern Europe. cially for kids’ animation and crime series like efficient market. This was of course particu- CNC announced at Rendez Vous in Biarritz. Sales of documentaries, the third largest Baron noir, acquired by Amazon UK, HBO Go larly the case for us this year, given that They In 2018, the amount of foreign receipts from genre of the French industry, have shown Scandinavia and Spain, and Ivi Russia. Were Ten was in top spot, and another series French TV programs totaled nearly €276 mil- in our catalog, Time is a killer, also attracted a lions, including the €173.3 millions in sales, Screenings lot of interest. But what is even more impor- €48.3 millions in foreign sales and €54 mil- STRUCTURE OF FRENCH SALES, BY GENRE (%) Organizers disposed a screenings center tant is that we will soon be able to announce lions in foreign coproduction funding. with more than 100 positions, so that the ap- several sales that we concluded right here’. Dominique Boutonnat, President of the CNC, said: ‘In an international marketplace with growing competition, the export of Sarah Hemar, executive director, and Hervé Michel, president from TVFI, and Benoît Danard, director of Research and Statistics, CNC French TV programs reached its third high- est total in the past 25 years. It is key to con- lowed by a presentation of Céline Calvez, success is largely due to the world renowned tinue supporting quality coproductions to from the Commission for Culture and Educa- quality of training in this sector and the vi- conquer new territories. In parallel, the de- tion on Public-Private Cooperation. tality of the industrial and creative aspects velopment of the creativity of French works Bondelot explained that France is among of French animation, which has a long track must remain a core ambition’. the top five world exporters of TV program- record of international cooperation on both Hervé Michel, President of TV France In- ming, with the majority of factual series financing and creativity. ternational, added: ‘In a complex environ- (64%), fiction series in second place (22%) Animation has succeeded in conquering Lidja Katarina Matancevic Predadovi, from Croatian public Buyers from Thailand: Nita Sittasrivong, Aquisitions, and television HRT, and Senda Gharbi Baccari, Tunissian Public ment, we are at a consolidation stage in terms and entertainment (13%) in third place, with new territories, notably China (nearly €5 Attaphon Na Bangxang, Managing Director, True Visions Television of foreign sales. The talent of French sales programs such as After Hitler, a post-war vi- millions in acquisitions in 2018 along with companies will be fundamental to allow our sion, among the most requested. Hong Kong and Taiwan), which became the content to continue making inroads into new third-biggest export territory in 2017. USA territories throughout the world – a process Genres remained the leading export market for that began 25 years ago, and which has en- Animation and fiction were driving foreign French animation, just ahead of Germany. sured steady growth in our market share’. sales. The first one has always been the lead- Oggy et les cafards, which was sold world- Avril Bondelot, from Eurodata TV World- ing genre in foreign markets, accounting for wide for the past 20 years, Totally Spies and wide spoke on global trends for nearly 40% of all programming exports and more recently Lapins crétins invasion, sold in French audiovisual content and it was fol- totaling €69 millions in sales in 2018. This China, Japan, and to Netflix worldwide, are Source: TVFI-CNC Magdalena Borowska, TVP (Poland) surrounded by Christo- phe Bochnacki, Balanga France, and Stephan Riguet, Andana A+E Networks Spain: Sergio Ramos, Noemi Castro and Films (credit @Photomobile) Russell Dehn

Thai buyers at Rendez Vous: Erica Lin, Joint Entertainment, Karine Papazian, RTS (Switzerland), Axel Schmidt, OUTtv (Deutschland), Lucie Quenneville, Radio Youssef Djemai Zoughlache, Television Publique Algerienne, Spiqan Bulan and Djupelang Rupeljengan, from TITV 16, and Laureana Voillot, Only, Julie Tolza and Alize Fanda, Canada, Emmanuelle Persson, Ina (France), and Audrey Kam- African buyers: J. Motingia and Sano Al Hussin, from RTG and Majid Mraihi, Television Publique Tunisienne (credit: Russian buyers: Daria Goryainova, Megalabs and Eugene Judy Tseng, de Bluesnoopy both from CLPB ga, Distribution France (credit: @Photomobile) (Guinea) ©Photomobile) Mirnyy, from Russian Report 52 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL 53 WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV EUROPE //// SPECIAL INTERVIEW / BROADCASTER

Prva: high-quality and TV France brings diverse, original French créati vité at your door

Ever since we launched our opera- credibility, both among our viewers tions in 2010, Prva TV has formed and and clients’. redefined the media scene in Prva TV works with numerous in many ways. The market became world’s leading distributors. ‘We more prominent, which made broad- have been acquiring top quality con- casters adjust the content they offer tent from such renowned names as Looking for in order to keep their audiences. In Warner Bros., Universal, Walt Dis- a short period of time, it has become ney, Fremantle, Endemol Shine, one of the leading private TV stations Viacom and MGM. We keep in our great content? Think in Serbia and its programs were en- stock most popular and critically tering top 20 lists, with highest rat- acclaimed movies, series and also ings on a regular basis. formats, of which Your Face Sounds French Touch ‘We are the best rated commer- Familiar and Graduates are undoubt- cial TV station (TG 18-49) in prime edly Prva TV’s most acknowledged Sladjana Paunovic, PR manager time in Serbia’, highlights Sladjana content’. Paunovic, PR manager. ‘With high- Regarding the audience, Paunovic this content’, she completes. quality and diverse content, top pro- adds: ‘Serbian audience is very de- About the future plans of expansion, The Middleman French Loving Call My Agent! Grizzy & the Lemmings The Origami Code duction and very specific commu- manding when it comes to quality Paunovic says: ‘We are investing in qual- nication with our audience, we have of the program content. Two types ity content, foreign and local, scripted and managed to position as a modern TV of content tend to keep being main unscripted. We have also had thriving re- station with good image and strong programming trend - domestic se- gional production cooperations when it ries and movies, and also sports comes to entertainment and TV series events, which are indisputable like X factor and The Brain, for AUDIENCE SHARE IN PRIME TIME, PER CHANNEL (1H 2019). drivers for high ratings. We example. Meeting the market have been taking the lead with needs, soon after Prva TV’s domestic series such us Graduates successful launch of our first RTS 20.7% and local in-house productions (for cable channel Prva Plus, came example Dosije) that are our big- additional, thematic, channels Prva 15.8% gest achievements and have had the like Prva Max, Prva World, Prva highest ratings’. Kick, Prva Life and Prva Files. 13.1% Prva TV was the first commercial TV Paunovic concludes: ‘We are also O2 5.4% station that started investing in this kind the first national TV broadcaster that cre- of content, together with the best Serbian ated a web series, First Tariff, which expands & more available 24/7 Happy 3.2% production companies. ‘We have broad- the boundaries of communication with the casted almost 30 domestic TV series with audience in a digital world. Our plans are RTS2 1.2% great success for the past nine years, and to continue to grow, invest in content that on www.screenopsis.com this trend continues. Domestic TV series will matter to our audience, and follow the 5 10 15 20 25 will dominate our prime time in the up- trends of our market’. Source: AGB Nielsen Media Research coming TV season, since Prva is breaking all the viewing records when it comes to AUDIENCE SHARE IN PRIME TIME, PER GROUPS (1H 2019).

Others Kopernikus Corporation 20.1% 22.3% Made in France. For the world. Telekom 2.9% Happy 3.2% 7.6% 22.3% Cas Media with the support of 2.5% Fox 18.3% Public TV

Pink Group

Source: AGB Nielsen Media Research Prime time show Your Face Sounds Familiar and comedy series Graduates are undoubtedly Prva TV’s most acknowledged content

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CEE: the future of local production is bright

CEE has always been highly competitive in terms of television, but with the growing presence of global and local OTTs, plus the recovery the ad pies in most of the key territories, the region is becoming again very attractive for business development. Let’s take a look how are top players going through this moment.

Apart from the organizer of five editions fulfill a public screen. Series as The Paper, of NEM, Sanja Božić-Ljubičić is also the CEO sold to Netflix, or docu-series The Dinosaur and owner of SVOD Pickbox NOW. During Echo, sold to Viasat, are good example of lo- this year the service has evolved in a more cal productions available internationally. competitive scenario. She explained: ‘Many Novinick believes the important side of things have changed in five years, but the the cooperation with the public funds to quality of content remained our top prior- making an international-local boost of the ity. Unlike in the beginning, Pickbox NOW audiovisual content: ‘Now we have all in- is no longer the only SVOD in the region and gredients for that. We have public broad- the competition is fierce, but we are hang- casters with public money that’s the high ing in there doing our best to give our users quality things when you mix great produc- Sanja Božić-Ljubičić, CEO and owner of SVOD Pickbox NOW the best experience and the best content we ers, local producers and independent pro- can’. ducers’, he standed. guage and other specifics of the market, but Several panels at this year NEM had pres- From the commercial network perspec- they can be overcome’, he remarked. ence of important broadcasters of CEE, as tive, Dražen Mavrić, CEO of Nova TV, agreed On the other hand, Matthias Settle, Gen- the one headed by three top TV channels on the potential of local productions and eral Director at TV Markiza, lead- HRT and Nova TV from Croatia and TV added that cooperation is the ‘key activity’ ing network claimed that the first step to Markíza (Slovakia). Damir Novinick, chief to overcoming the biggest problem of local quality content is finding the right format: executive producer on the first one exposed productions: ‘There are many obstacles in ‘We must find the right format to co-pro- how it managed to produce local content to international co-productions, such as lan- duce. We don’t have the reach and the criti- cal mass for high-quality local productions. If people don’t get the program they are looking for on one platform, they will find it on another platform’, he completes. The discussion ended with all participants agreeing that the future of original local production is bright and that the market will certainly welcome new creative locally produced products. Last but not least, Pavel Stanchev intro- Damir Novinick, chief executive producer, HRT, Matthias Pavel Stanchev, CEO, TV2 Media Group (Hungary) duced TV2 Media Group, one of the largest Settele, general director, TV Markiza, and Dražen Mavrić, CEO of Nova TV Hungarian TV group, and shared the most valuable lessons from his experience in the media industry, especially the CEE region: ‘Every country in the CEE region is different. You cannot be successful if you don’t pay at- tention to those differences’. And he concludes about the moment of the industry: ‘More and more Hollywood studios are launching their streaming ser- vices. Hungarian market is protected from “OTT Game has just started” with Einari Kanerva, Director, “On Demand Platforms and TV Channels – Mutually their influence because of its specific lan- Head of Binge Business, Elisa Corporation, Klito n Proko, Exclusive or a Great Combination?” with Gábor Harsányi, guage, but sooner or later these services will Director of Business Development, ALBtelecom Albania, VP and GM, CEE and Israel, VIMN, Katharina Behrends, MD, Miloš Tomić, Manager of Section for Multimedia Content NBCUniversal Networks CEE, Salim Mukaddam, GM and VP enter the market. Any such service will have Contracting, Telekom Serbia, and Bill Wijdeveld, VP Business of BBC Studios, CEE, and Karin Heijink, VP Pay-TV Channels to cooperate with local broadcasters to suc- Development, M7 Group and Product, Viasat World ceed in the new market’. 58 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV

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BBC’s (UK): Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC UK buyers from Swedish group Two, Fiona Campbell, controller BBC Three, NENT Group: Vicky Watts, senior Armando Núñez, head of CBS Global Distribution, with Buying heads of Television Worldwide: Sue Deeks, head of program acquisitions, films acquisitions manager, and Vanda Sky UK: Antonella d’Errico, VP Sky Branded (Italia), Sophe Brian Hirsch, VP marketing promotion and brand and series, Alison Mabe, head of planning and Rapti, SVP acquisitions, with Judge, head of acquisitions (UK), Sarah Wright, head of strategy, David Howard, VP programming and scheduling, BBC Two, and BBC Four, and Dan Benedicte Steinsrud, acquisitions drama, Jamie Morris, director of programme strategy acquisitions, Drew Jackson, executive director McGolpin, Controller, Programming & Daytime, director Discovery Nordics (UK), and Rebbeca Segel, SVP, y Rob Haiat, SVP business of business affairs, and Jeff Meier, GM and SVP, BBC One development programming

Ireland acquisitions executives: Stephen Jan Salling, head of BBC Studios Nordic Pro- Ireland: Aidan Murray, acquisitions, and Bill Rooke, MD, and David Ryan, head of develo- Acquisition executives from M6 (France): Bernard Majani, ductions, David Barber, VP creative operations, Malone, content director from telco Virgin pment, TileFilms (borders) with Bill Malone, head of acquisitions, Thomas Valentin, programming Red Arrow (Germany), Russel Minton, head of Media (borders) con Phj, VP sales, Lionsga- director of programming, and Aoite Stones, manager, Christine Bouillet, programming director, international production, BBC (UK) and Crispin te, and Laura Ní Cheallaigh, commissioning head of factual, TV3 Group Berengere Terouanne, head of artistic selection, and Clover, director, international format production & editor, TG4 Alexandre Moussard, deputy head of acquisitions acquisitions, A+E Networks (UK)

ProsiebenSat.1, Germany: Christian Kohler, Mediengruppe RTL (Germany): Henning VP US fiction series, Christine Flickenschild, Armando Nuñez, head of CBS Global Tewes, COO programming affairs & Sr manager acquisitions, Digital & pay TV, Distribution, with ProSiebenSat1 (Germany): multichannel, Oliver Schablitzki, EVP, Buyers from Groupe AB (France): Sonia Latoui, head Christiane Goldberg, acquisitions, Claudia Max Conze, CEO, Conrad Albert, Deputy CEO, Nitro, Anabell Grib-Nega, VP content of acquisitions; Mathilde Vaslot, responsible of fiction; Ruehl, sr manager, content acquisitions, Wolfgang Link, co-CEO Entertainment, and acquisitions, RTL II, and Moritz Pohl, Charles Touboul, content development manager, and Eric Verena Gebendorfer, programming Henrik Pabst, senior executive, Entertainment head of VOD content, TV Now Laroche, films responsible at Canal +

RTL Germany: Bernd Reichart, Public German broadcasters: Carrie Krogmann, acquisition manager, dramas at ZDF; Albrecht Alexandra Sansen and Gepke Nederlof, both from Be CEO RTL Vox TV, and Joerg Graf, Entertainment.TV with Belgium broadcasters: Thomas 3+ Switzerland: Jan Tinbursky, programming COO Mediengruppe RTL Bischoffshausen, head of department, ARD; director, Torsten Renter, Illans Henning, Christina Leo Hoesch, producer at Broadview TV; Jenny Van Hemeledonck, VTM, Ricus Jansegers, program- ming director, Nikita Kenis, producer, Davy Parmentier, Roen y Alexander Konik, all from acquisitions Sommerfeld, senior manager, ARD; and Steven department Bawol, producer at Wellon Productions (USA) creatief directeur, and Gwen Epding, head of produc- tion, Medialaan; and Ilse Van der Velden, Be TV

Andrea Bogad-Radatz, SVP film and series at ORF Telemunchen Germany: Cosima Von Buyers from RTL (The Netherlands): Ellen von Bénédicte Jouret, responsible of acquisitions, RTBF Spreti, VP acquisitions and coproductions, Austria, Christine Bommel, senior acquisition (Belgium), Maryline Thiriot, RTS (Switzerland), manager at Red Bull Media, and Frank Ayot, acqui- den Berghe, acquisitions, Paula van Echtelt, and Myriam Gauff, Sr Acquisition manager, manager content acquisition, Wim ter Laak, SVP Francois Jadoulle, coordinator of interactive, Vincent with Shakira Hoffman, Red Arrow Studios, sitions manager at Servus TV, commissioning Godfroid, responsible of programmes, both from editor, and Karola Bayr, TV manager at Constantin of programming strategy, and Inge Lubsen, and Vanessa Kinler, acquisitions, Prosie- senior buyer RTBF, and Rita Boey, acquisitions, RTBF & Sonuma benSat.1 Film (Germany)

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Nordic acquisitions heads: Liselott Tina Moreton, senior content Finnish buyers and producers: Emilia Valentin, development producer, Yellow Nordic buyers: Johanna Salmela, internatio- Forsman, program director, drama acquisition manager, TDL Laurynas Seskus, Junita at Yle (Finland), Axel Arno (Sweden), Group (), with Nina Films, Meira Noronen, head of domestic CEO, and Valdone Budvytiené, nal programme acquisitions at Yle (Finland), programming, Nelonen Media, Ana- Lars Erik Nielsen, acquisitions executive at commissioning editor at SVT (Swe- Bergan, product manager and Ovadneviene, pro- head of den), and Jeroen Depraetere, head of Marit Aarø, content manager, Maria Meurman, producer, and Suvi duction manager, acquisi- TV2 (Denmark), and ole Stolberg, VP, and Oja-Heiniemi, head of entertainment, Caroline Torrance, head of scripted, both TV at EBU Media (Switzerland) both from both at NordPlay, tions, LRT () both from Yellow Film, Maarit Souminen, Lithuania Lithuania from executive producer at Nelonen Media

More from Spain: José Luis Blanco, programming director, etb, with Oriol Sala-Patau, head of Atresmedia, Spain: Ignacio Corrales, president, Atresmedia Movistar+ Spain: Julián Rodríguez Montero, RTVE, Spain: Gemma Sánchez, acquisitions, TV3 Catalunya, Mikel Usoz, program- Studios, Carlos Fernandez, head of contents, Mercedes Game- subdirector acquisitions, films & TV series, programming director, Milagros ming director and Almudena Ledo, GM, both at ro, head of acquisitions, Lola Molina, network director, Javier Sonia Salas Gutiérrez, series chief, Rubén Mayi, head of acquisitions, Mar Díaz, Cosmopolitan TV Iriarte Moreno, deputy director of programming, José Anto- Fernández Loa, manager, series acquisitions, coproductions manager nio Antón, director of Programming, Content and Digital, and and Nicolás Lecocq, senior manager, analysis Sonia Martínez, editor director, Atresmedia Studios and development

Portugal: Joao Diogo Ferreira, content director, and RTP, Portugal: Nuno Vaz, con- Spain: Carolyn Stalins, VP EMEA, NBC Universal, Alex Mar- TVI Portugal: José Moniz, CEO, Jem Miguel Ramus, head of programming, NOS; Vanessa – Media Consultancy, Margarida tent development, and José Tierno, head of acquisitions, Nicole Correia, acquisi- tínez Roig, content director, and Silvia Lama, acquisitions, Facundo Bailez, Fragoso, RTP 1 manager both from Movistar+, with Mónica Entío Jorquera, acquisi- Pereira, director of acquisitions, and tions manager, and Pedro Boucherie Mendes, strategy head of acquisitions Bruno Santos, GM, TVI and development director, all from SIC tions, Mediaset; Belinda Menendez, president distribution, NBCUniversal, Spain & NBCUniversal; Ángel López, acquisitions director, Media- Portugal set; and Sonia Salas, head of acquisitions, Movistar+ WOMEN ON THE EDGE 40 x 48 min. | HD

Italian broadcasters: Alessandra Zanneti, strategy Italy: Sebastiano Lombardi, deputy director Ita- senior manager, Mediaset, Luca Macciocca, Italy: Hale Ravainia, promotions coordinator, Sky Italy: Antonio Visca, director of ; Mediaset, Maria Laura Mozzeti, acquisition director lia 1, Alessandro Saba, VP, head of entertainment programming, Rai Due, Giorgio Buscaglia, cinema Sonia Roval, head of scripted department; Nils channels, FNG Italy, Giacomo Poletti, deputy and fiction programming, Rai; Marco Costa, general at Fox Italy, Marco Cingoli, head of entertainment Hartmann, director of original productions; Luca division at Palomar, Lucia del Prete, deputy head of head of acquisitions, and Giancarlo Scheri, direc- director, Maurizio Colombo, marketing, and Sonia Federico Cadura, GM Centurio tor of Canale 5, both from Mediaset Danielli, TV markets and festival executive, Mediaset acquisitions, and Imma Patrosino, senior acquisi- tion manager, both from Mediaset

Eccho Rights & Kanal 7 : Fredrik af Malm- borg, MD (ER); Mustafa Çelik, executive committe, Timeless Drama Channel: Loni Farhi, CEO Elena Trugli, fiction acquisitions, and Gea Montorfani, (first from the left), SPI International, with , Central & Eastern and Yesim Hanim, head of acquisitions, Kanal 7; Europe: Olga Zhurova, head of channels, head of fiction programming, both at RSI, Switzerland, Handan Özkubat, head of Eccho Rights Istanbul; Philippe Martinez, movie producer, 365 with: Luca Oteri, head of content, TIM, Giacomo Poletti, Flix, Haymi Behar, chief marketing officer, Ribere Lia, head of programming, Ves- Nazmiye Yilmaz, producer Karamel Yapim, and sela Dimitrova, programming director, deputy head of acquisitions, and Ludovica Fonda, acqui- Zahid Akman, GM, Kanal 7. and Hatice Olcay, director international sitions, both at Mediaset, Sergio del Prete, SVP editorial contentsales.ORF.at markets, SPI/FilmBox Balkans, Yadigar Metin Belbuken, VP of JOIN US AT MIPCOM CANNES Thematic Channels, Turkey content, Viacom, and Sandro Sgrulloni, programming manager, Discovery, all from Italy STAND: P-1.L1 62 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV

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Russian buyers : Anna Tarada, Amazon Video Europe & America: Tyler Bern, TV TV Licensing, Disney, Inga TV-3 Russia: Evgeniy Nikishov, general content acquisitions; Ani Maftvani, acquisition Koshavtseva, programming producer, Olesya Saraeva, PR manager, Russia: María Smirnova, chief content director; Chris Monsollilo, principal content acquisi- director, TV3, and Zoya Bado, and Valeriy Fedorovich, CEO Friday TV Russia: officer, and Kate Martynova, head of tions; Danae Kohenos, content acquisition for U.S.; senior programme manager, Anastasia Korcha- acquisitions, both from ivi.ru (borders) Philip Pratt, senior content acquisition manager 50 X 1 HOUR Viasat gina, acquisitions with Irina Sosnovay, producer for Start Germany, and Pablo Iacoviello, head of content manager acquisitions for Latin America

Poland: Anna Borys, director of Katarzyna Kordal, program acqui- Global buyers of VIMN: Adam Robinson, Russia: Maria Zolotovskaya, acquisitions, and Piotr Korycki, Inara Kraukle, acquisition manager, sitions manager, TV4 & 6, and Piotr AllMedia Baltics (Latvia), with Junita director of acquisitions, Jemma Yates, VP leading acquisition manager, CEO, TVN Discovery (borders) and Fajks, member of the board, Polsat content, Gerald Biart, VP strategy and marke- and Tatiana Palamarchuk, Caroline Hurnson, CBS Budvytiene, head of acquisitions, Poland (borders) with Manuela LRT (Lithuania), and Ewa Dabrowska, ting, and Goncalo Moura, programming and head of programming, both Caputi, acquisitions senior director, EMEA from Channel One, and Olga manager of international film acquisi- Golubkova, from the production tions, TVP (Poland) company, Riki

Dexin Film, Serbia: Andela Lionsgate and Netflix: Scott Herbst, Kara McKinney, Kathryn Ikenberry, all from Petkovic, head of marketing, Buyers from Nacional TV (Roma- nia): Larisa Mohut, acquisition Lionsgate; Sabrina Spruill, acquisitions, Netflix; Ben Buchanan, head of acquisi- Dana Petkovic, CEO Ceská Televize (): Zdeno tions, Netflix; Austin Winsberg, Lionsgate coordinator, Anamaria Popa, Kubina, feature films and series acquisitions; acquisition manager, and Diana Klara Paulinyova and Jitka Bodlakova, both Stanciu, acquisition analyst acquisition executives

FTV Prima (Czech Republic): Zdenka Peter Chalupa, head of acquisitions, Josephine Julner, acquisitions and CEE broadcasters: Erika Tothova, head Hungarian broadcasters: Gabor Chrzova, director of program, Pavel Markiza (Slovakia), Petra Bohusla- rights manager, and Regnhild Torbech, of acquisitions, TV Joj (Slovakia), Tibor Szollossy, program director Digital Nemec, acquisition producer, and Simona vova, acquisition manager at Nova SVP programming and acquisitions Forizs, director of content acquisitions, Media/Story 4 and 5, with TV2: Ka- Goddardová, acquisition manager (Czech Republic), Lucy Roberts, from at HBO Europe (borders), with Franca RTL Klub (Hungary), Peter Adamik, talin Joboru, head of acquisitions, DRG (USA), Julie Mateille, manager, Rossander, general manager, and Peter junior contracts manager, TV Joj, and Gabor Fischer, program director, Lagardere Studios (France), and Evelina Torkelsson, senior manager, both from Oksana Gavrilina, heaf of acquisitions, Andrea Zaras, head of content Zukalova, CEO, Urania (Czech Republic) Disney Nordics Film Media (Russia) management

Shant TV, Armenia: Arthur GPB, Georgia: Tinatin Yezekyan, CEO, Liana Smbatyan, Berdzenishvili, Director Tomaz Taskar, program manager, and head of marketing and sales, of Media & Commu- Buyers from Moldova: Veaceslav Pislari, Bulgarian National Television Hripsime Khojayan, Sr. manager HRT Croatia: Alenka Medic, manager assistant, both at nications, and Giorgi Zvjezdana executive director, TV8, Rustam Kasymov, buyers: Camelia Doncheva, head TV3 Slovenija, with Manuela Caputi and sales & marketing, Laert Soghoyan, Gachechiladze, Head of NATPE, Dorin Pavelescu, acquisitions, of acquisitions; Sevda Shish- executive director Djuranek, Claudia Marra, Mediaset Italy MIPCOM 2019 MEET US AT BOOTH R8.C1 Acquisitions programm GMG Media Holding, Silvia and Eugeniu manova, director of program acquisitions Sirbu, acquisitions from Radio Star BNT1, and Vyara Ankova, general director [email protected] | gaumont.us | @GaumontTV

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MIA 2019: fifth anniversary celebrating European drama

Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) is growing fast. It has almost doubled attendance every year and at this fifth edition this year, organizers expect more than 2,000 top industry players Simone Emmelius, Nathalie Biancolli, Walter Iuzzolino, SVP International Coproductions director of acquisitions and curator and co-founder, from around the globe. and Acquisitions, ZDF international drama, pre-buy Walter Presents and coproduction (credit: Nathalie Guyon)

Lucia Milazzotto, director, MIA: duction for primary destinations, fictional account the preparations and post-pro- ITALY: AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION VALUE, ‘This year we have a diverse bunch of BY MEDIA – IN MILLION OF EUROS (2019) TV dramas, theatrical, Internet/OTT and ductions that almost double this valor. The international key players heading to entertainment, docs and animation, had sector is more oriented to the international Rome: the industry’s game chang- reached €1 billion since 2017. Dramas stand co-productions and global markets, and ers gather to find new business op- with €360-380 million taking with enter- has achieved great success among audi- portunities but also to share visions tainment, docs and animation more than ences’, underlines Chiara Sbarigia, General and ideas. With our new spaces this 70% of the value. From triennial 2015-2017 Director of Audiovisual Producers Associa- year at Palazzo Barberini, we expect to 2018-2020, Italy has evolved from pro- tion (APA), recalling some of the recent ti- is going to be even more vibrant than ducing 10 titles to 20-25 expected, a +150% tles, from Baby to Medici: Masters of Florence, ever’. growth, according to APA figures show in from The Name of the Rose to My Brilliant MIA presented about 50 projects this report. Friend, from Gomorra to The Young , and per year of premium film, drama According to Milazzotto Italian dramas highlighting that many other titles are also The Name of Rose, top German-Italian coproduction TV series series and documentaries in four are experiencing a very interesting “Gold- ready or in post-production stage. that has been a part of MIA last year’s GreenLit (Credit: Vertigo) Lucia Milazzotto, director, MIA editions and about 50% of them are en Age”: ‘Producers are delivering a variety already completed. Many are the of series, from the most sophisticated and Top presence Every year MIA welcomes around 1.000 projects, which have been success- original ones to an all-genre offer of con- ZDF is the national public service broad- For ZDF, coproducing with partners is a buyers from 45+ countries, and its growth fully distributed around the world tent with global appeal. Italy is more and caster in Germany, and for the last seven major issue for more than a decade: ‘From Source: e-Media for APA rate in terms of presences is around 25%+ like drama series The Pleasure Princi- more central in Western Europe to part- years also the market leader. Financed high end feature film on our Cinema slot every edition, while the North American ple by Apple Film Production for CA- ner in ambitious co-productions as well mainly by license fees and to a limited on Monday night like The Nightmanager to presence grew 200%. The event received highly awarded cineastic and art-house NAL+ Poland, Czech TV and Star Media and Public Broadcasters formed by RAI/ZDF/ as propose local content with international amount by advertising revenues with a the attendances of key European broad- shows such as the Oscar winning The Square Beta Film; The Feed internation- France TV, and some projects in develop- appeal’. total budget of €2.7 billion/year (2019), casters, which are being interviewed by the by Ruben Ostlund on arte to popular series al/Studio Lambert for Amazon and Liberty ment such as Eternal City by Aurora TV/ ‘Italy is a growing market: on the last it operates ZDF, two channels targeting a market organization for this exclusive re- like Midnight Sun on ZDF or Greyzone on Global (UK/USA); Survivors by Rodeo Drive Banijay for the same Alliance; Don’t Leave season, there has been an unparalleled fic- younger audience, ZDFinfo and ZDFneo, port for Prensario. ZDFneo. A major impact of our program in production for the Alliance of European Me by Italian outfit Paypermoon in devel- tion production that has reached 500 hours its non-linear platform ZDFmediathek and activities is networking trustfully in reli- opment with Federation Entertainment; and has granted around 900 hours of work five joint ventures 3sat and arte (German able relationships. Through the Alliance, ITALY: GROWTH OF AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT CONSUMPTION – IN HOURS (2004-2022E) Who’s Seen Jessica Bloom?, co-produced by on set, without taking into and French cultures), phoenix (politics), Cobbstar Prod/Black Sheep Films and dis- (children), and Funk (MCN for young tributed by Wild Bunch (Australia/France). adults). The Roma-based event joins the excel- Simone Emmelius, SVP International Co- lence of audiovisual industry with vibrant production and Acquisitions: ‘Joining forc- Italian culture. It’s a focused and efficient es became more and more popular over the platform, conceived to be cross cut: it con- last years and it’s a need in a tough compe- centrates the most active key players with tition in front and beyond the camera. We financiers, buyers and commissioners. Top target a younger, cosmopolitan audience decision-makers discuss the opportunities which especially in Europe is used to find and challenges of co-production in today’s a common ground in all national, regional, international content paradigm, and some social and language differences. Audiences, of them are being interviewed in this report broadcasters and platforms appreciate the Devils is an international conspiracy thriller produced by Sky My brillian friend is an Italian-American drama series based Italia and Lux Vide, in association with Orange Studio, funded European ability of storytelling, their very on the novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante: it is a Italian Drama by Sky Studios and distributed by NBCUniversal Global Distri- high productional standards, and the inter- co-production between HBO, RAI and TIMvision, and the first bution. World Premier Screenig is taking place this MIPCOM non-English-language series to debut on HBO Source: e-Media for APA The value of the Italian audiovisual pro- esting tax models and film subsidies’. (Credit: Eduardo Castaldo - Wildside/Umedia 2019)

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ternational Fiction Department, feature ITALY: DRAMA PRODUCTION EVOLUTION films and series, created one year ago (2015/2017-2018/2020) the Alliance with ZDF and RAI in order to co-produce, co-develop high bud- get European projects such us Mirage, a six-part USD 3 million-per-episode spy thriller series with Marie-Josee Croze and Clive Standen, produced by Lin- coln TV (France) and Connect3 Media for France 2, ZDF and Bell Media and Superchannel (Canada). Along with it, there are other four projects: Leonar- do with Lux Vide (Italy) and Beta Film Deutschland 83: award-winning drama from Fremantle (Germany), Around the World In 80 Days became UK's highest rating foreign launguage drama in the UK TV history with Slim Film, 247 Films, Federation Entertainment, and Eternal City with created with France TV and RAI, Aurora TV, Fearless Mind and Banijay we have an impressing number of produc- Studios France. tions such as Around the World In 80 Days, A bimonthly committee meets to de- Leonardo or Mirage. Other partnerships are cide which projects should be individu- with BBC Studios, being Mallorca the first ally pre-bought or coproduced through Source: APA coproduced series for BBC and ZDFneo, and the Alliance. Currently, FTV sits as the with the Nordics and Swiss SRF and Aus- General Secretary: ‘French authorities have a ‘chic TV boutique with a foreign accent’. trian ORF pubcaster’. just greenlit our SVOD venture with other The following year partnered with PBS Dis- Emmelius concludes: ‘ZDF is a wanted main French broadcasters, Salto’, remarks tribution to make their titles available on coproduction partner: international series Biancolli. PBS Masterpiece on Amazon Prime Video Shadowplay by Mans Marlind, coproduced ‘French audience behavior has been channel. Additionally, select top tier titles with Tandem, Bron and Viaplay and with changing since non-linear subscription are also broadcast on PBS stations bringing Sebastian Koch, Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. services were locally launched modifying foreign language drama to a much wider US Hall and Nina Hoss as leading actors, is one the consumption pattern of TV and putting audience. of the key projects for next year. the non-linear field in the forefront. Series Expansion in the US continues with France Televisions operates five nation- and movies have a convening role amongst launches on Comcast X1 and Roku al and two regional networks plus digital the audience besides having strong audi- Channel, while it has also released in platforms. It has been the leading audio- ence potential especially on prime time (Australia) and Discovery’s visual group for the past years with an av- slots but also on our replay services. Act- (Italy) and Mediaalan’s VTM Go (Belgium) erage audience share of 28.4% (2018), and ing as a coproducer entitles FTV to acquire with further global roll-outs planned for it is also gaining viewers on its non-linear more rights than through acquisitions. The next year. ‘We continue to champion dra- services. The group is the first financial Group is working on 22 projects in different mas from around the world. Our business supporter for audiovisual creation. production stages’, she concludes. is about supporting the local drama and Nathalie Biancolli, in charge of the In- bringing it to an international audience. We OTTs do that by rolling out the service globally. A joint venture between Chan- ‘Since our launch, large and small countries nel 4 and Global Series Network, across Europe, , Asia and the VOD Walter Presents (UK) was soon to be Africa have had homegrown se- founded in January 2016 by Walter ries showcased worldwide’, says Iuzzolino. Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath and Jason ‘Audiences are now embracing subtitled Thorp. It is dedicated to showcasing drama which uniquely lends itself to box- award-winning foreign language set/on demand viewing. To continue to drama, such as the launch show bring subtitled drama to a wider audience Deutschland 83 that became the UK’s and to find new hidden gems, from new highest rating foreign language previously unchartered territories. We have drama in UK TV history. more planned global roll-outs and two new In March 2017, it launched as ventures under development but unfortu- an SVOD platform in USA with nately we’re not in a position to announce Mallorca is going to be the first coproduced hailing it as series for BBC and ZDFneo these yet’, he concludes.

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To date, with more than eight annual all3media International promotes and productions simultaneously, Polka Produc- licenses a catalogue of award-winning TV ciones is a leading Argentina fiction pro- programs and formats to broadcasters and ducer and one of the most important within media platforms across the globe with a Latin America. The company consolidates catalogue which contains over 11,500 hours its presence at MIPCOM with brand new of content across all genres. The company and transmedia dramatic content and also arrives to MIPCOM with a selection of pro- Louise Pedersen, CEO Adrián Suar, creative director non-traditional productions, where the sto- ductions for the new contemporary adult ry will also be extended to social networks. in short and length-format. In Chueco En Linea (10x15’), Adrián Suar, creative director on Van der Valk (3x’120) is shot in Polka, tries to find the best way to communicate a piece ofnews Amsterdam by Company Pic- he is overjoyed at: his production company’s 25th anniver- tures, co-produced by NL Film, sary. His idea is to share a documentary made especially for ARD Degeto, all3Media In- the occasion on the digital world. The comedy and transme- ternational and Masterpiece, dia project is starred by Suar, Dario Barassi and Belu Lucius. and starred by Marc Warren. Also, the super-production Argentina, Tierra de amor y venganza, a The actor is as the well-know historical period drama series set in the 30s that starred with big commissary Van der Valk, a figures including Spanish actor Albert Baro (Merlí). The series has cynical yet intuitive detective Van der Valk, remake from the as a trigger two friends who are involved in the horror of the Civil in this remake crime series. classical crime series War of their country but who manage to get away with the life of Produced by FLX for C More and TV4 in association with all- that hell. 3media International comes Blinded (8x60’), a financial With +80 episodes, it has been a massive success in Argentina thriller set in a world where, according the company, ‘risk through eltrece with 12,5 rating points and 43% of share (Kantar is nothing and status is everything’. In Blinded stars Ma- Ibope), and social media: its YouTube channel had +126 millions vi- tias Varela from , and Julia Ragnarsson from The Bridge. sualizations while in Instagram Produced by Maverick Television, all3media unveils 10 has more than 200k followers. Years Younger in 10 Days, the original makeover show that Moreover, 40 episodes have has been transforming lives for the last 15 years has had its been sold to StarTimes (Africa) own makeover as it continues to uncover people’s inher- dubbed in English, French, Por- ent beauty from within, this show is also available as format. tuguese and local/regional Afri- Also the company presents a new cycle of the show starred by Eddie can languages. Hall, Eddie Eats America (12x’30). Produced by North One Television Another highlights are Mi shows the former world’s strongest man enter the biggest eating Hermano es un Clon (120x’60), and strength challenges, including New York’s biggest sandwich, Chueco En Línea, comedy where, as a result of genetic the Casian crawfish challenge in Houston, an airplane pull, and manipulation, one of the broth- wrestling giant fish; and Honey You KNOW Me!, produced by POS ers is born with a superior intelligence but no heart, and the other, Video, Rob&Joep Productions for RTL (Netherlands), according the with a big heart but not very clever, while Family Silence (20x’60), company, the show presents a ‘feel-good format about love and series on interfamilial relations, and Cunning Girls (173x’60) a drama relationships delves deep to find out how well happy couples really about a group of friends whose friendship begins after a fateful event. know each other through a series of challenges’.

Dinter adds three languages and new executives

Tomas A Silva, CEO of Dinter, He adds: ‘We are working hard to show our quality and re- DYING FOR took back the wheel of the com- liable service in the dubbing business, but we do not for- MEAT pany early this summer and get our distribution roots. We have made some changes announced that it is now dub- in our staff after leaving the co-venture we had till last HOW THE MEAT INDUSTRY IS DESTROYING OUR PLANET bing into American English and June. We incorporated a couple of executives to help us Latin American Spanish an ani- on the distribution as well as on the branding’. mated series from European pro- ‘The addition of Ale Lisa as sales director and Cathy ducers. Longo as a consultant for the branding and marketing allows ‘We are also working with advertis- us to move forward on the always busy world of the television’, ing agencies the dubbing of a series of completes Silva. The whole new team of executives is attending Tomas A Silva, CEO commercials for the English and Portu- MIPCOM this month promoting the new languages and services MIPCOM Stand No: P3.C10 guese markets’, explains the executive. of the Mexican-based company. @all3media_int 72 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV all3mediainternational.comWWW.PRENSARIO.TV

J12523_PRENSARIO_225x290mm_FP_DYING_FOR_MEAT_AD_AW.indd 1 10/09/2019 16:59 //// EXHIBITORS HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO? BOOTH #C.10 BOOTH #C15.A 8 Paramount TV: Lionsgate: stronger than ever a step beyond

Through its worldwide Lionsgate is more than an indepen- TV licensing & distribu- dent studio of great film hits. The fast- tion unit, Paramount growing Hollywood studio is currently Pictures Corporation a global content platform whose films, (USA) oversees world- television series, digital products and lin- Agapy Kapouranis - wide sales and licens- ear and OTT platforms reach next gen- President, Int’l TV & Digital ing of all content across eration audiences across different regions. Distribution Jim Gianopulos, Chairman & CEO de Paramount Pictu- different platforms. This At MIPCOM it launches a selection of dramas, comedies and factual res, with Bob Buchi, president, Global Distribution and unit now holds a strong series headed by Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (12x60’), an drama that Home Media, and Dan Cohen, President of Worldwide TV Licensing slate that combines Hol- tells the story of Zoey Clarke, an smart computer coder forging her lywood blockbusters plus way in San Francisco and after an unusual event, she starts to hear TV series coproduced with big companies, showrunners and OTTs. the innermost wants and desires of Dan Cohen, president of Paramount TV: ‘Historically, Viacom and the people around her through songs. CBS were focused on TV, and us to cinema. Now, in this context, we The anthology drama series Man- have found enough reasons to bet on television content. We are us- hunt: Lone Wolf (10x60’), that portrays ing cinema developments to create series, generating more robust in this part one of the most complex projects’. crimes cases in USA: The search for ‘Our series line up is powerful and varied: The Great (10x’60), a the 1996 Olympics Bomber, high-budgeted epic story, and teen series Looking for Alaska (8x’60) Eric Rudolph and the media storm Manhunt: Lone Wolf, anthology drama will premier on Hulu; Catch 22, from George Clooney and copro- that consumed the life of Richard duced with Channel 4, and Hulu; The Devil, from Martin Jewell. Also the drama series Ambitions (18 x 60’), which explores Scorcesse and Leonardo di Caprio; teen series Emily in Paris, etc’. the intense rivalry between the formidable lawyers Stephanie Lan- ‘We aim to have 8-10 a year, mixing TV caster and Amara Hughes, former best friends who find themselves and digital platforms. We’ve produced se- adversaries in both their personal and professional in Atlanta. ries as 13 Reasons Why or Jack Ryan, whose On the comedy side, Lionsgate highlights the production Love Life second season was sold in Latin America. (10x30’), an anthology romantic comedy that follows different pro- We have series from Hallmark Channel, tagonist’s quest for love in each season, with each episode telling Christmas specials, familiar comedies and the story of the one of their relationships. Also Ramy, that presents all types of movies’, he concludes. the life of Ramy Hassan, a first-generation Egyptian-American who The Angel of Darkness (8x’60), Other titles for MIPCOM are Paramount is on a spiritual journey in his politically-divided New Jersey neigh- developed with Anonymous Network and Originals’s drama/ borhood, and Motherland (12x30’), a comedy about working mom Ju- Conbtent, TNT, Netflix and mystery series Paradise Lost (10x’60) and lia, single mom Liz, and stay-at-home dad Kevin who are desperate Canal+ (France) The Angel of Darkness (8x’60), developed to win the approval of the Alpha Moms led by queen bee Amanda. with Anonymous Conbtent, TNT, Netflix and Canal+ (France). From Other big release for this season is the factual series, Chasing The Paramount Pictures, Gemini Man premiering this month: it is an in- Cure (10 x 90’), presented by journalist Ann Curry who taps into the novative action-thriller starring , an elite assassin who is current phenomenon of crowdsourcing and crowd-solving medi- suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that cal mysteries, will feature a panel of doctors working alongside the seemingly can predict his every move. audience the patient’s cases.

One Life Studios: global expansion with Porus BOOTH #P-1.E57

One Life Studios, one of the leading pro- shows, there’s hardly ever a portrayal of a foreign land. For the first duction house in India, continue making time, we showed the journey of Alexander the Great from Macedonia waves with their globally acclaimed epic to India, and viewers all across have loved it. With Porus we have tried series Porus, which has been recently syndi- to break stereotypical boundaries and we are glad that the series has cated in Macedonia making it the 12th coun- become so popular’. try and 15th territory to welcome it. ‘We now move towards Latin Amer- Having won 15 plus awards in 2018 in- ica with Porus and have partnered cluding the “Best - Asia” from with RMVistar of Rose Marie Vega as Rahul Kumar Tewary, MD the Asian Academy Creative Awards (Singa- the exclusive distribution for the re- pore) and “The Best Director” of the 23rd Asian Television Awards gion, and we hope that the series will (Malaysia), Porus is also the first ever global series from India be meet with the same success as it has showcased on Japan’s premium OTT platform Hulu. in other parts of the world’, com- DANIEL CALPARSORO One Life Studios MD Rahul Kumar Tewary, states: ‘On Indian pletes Kumar Tewary. Porus DIRECTED BY

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VIS: the studios' format on top

Viacom International Studios (VIS) will be produced by Paramount is celebrating this month one year for Showtime (USA), o Sres Pa- and a half from its launch. Since then, pis, sold as format in seven ter- it has developed close to twenty proj- ritories, optioned in CEE and ects and some of them are being re- Germany and acquired in 15 ter- leased for the first time at MIPCOM. ritories as ready made’, explains LONGFORMAT 12X60 The division operates in three cities: Borensztein. Buenos Aires (Argentina), Manches- Flexibility and opening to work ter (UK) and (Spain). with ‘all the platforms’ seems to be Guillermo Borensztein, VP Content Sales & Coproductions, Viacom ‘We are very happy with the work the key of the success. VIS is also International Studios America we’ve done up to know’ highlights producing premium content for Guillermo Borensztein, VP Content Sales & Coproductions, VIS Amazon and Paramount Channel, Back Door, short format capsules America. ‘We have a great balance of local and international prod- as Dani Who? (10x’60), produced in based on Brazilian Porta Dos ucts. Our objectives are: the internationalization of our brands, with Mexico, and Ana (10x’60), created, Fundos brand focus on Brazilian Porta dos Fundos, to strengthen our traditional produced and starred by Ana de la Reguera, with Comedy Central and business (ready made, formats and coproductions) and develop new Pantaya for Amazon since 2020. To Catch a Thieve (10x’60) is the TV and moe alliances with key global players in all business models’. series from Javier Olivares, based on the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film VIS is launching in Cannes Back Door (20x’30), the international and starring Alexandra Jimenez and Pablo Echarri, which has been version of the Brazilian company acquired two years ago. More than the first international production for Paramount Network and pre- 250 short form shows produced in Mexico for the global market; sec- miered first Italy and then in Argentina this month. ond, it has enlarged its presence with ready made content distributed ‘Each business is different from the other. We have clear plans within the Americas, MENA, CEE and APAC, gaining new slots in key about partnerships, territories and contents. There is a reconfigura- broadcasters, while it tion of the power relationship between platforms and we are adapt- has sold more formats in ing to new windowing strategies, always being at the vanguard. IPs strategic regions. have become truly important in this context, while companies trans- ‘ADDA is a good ex- form from networks into Studios. We aim to built new production ample with remakes in hub’, completes Borensztein. MENA (Eagle Films) and In Cannes, VIS is also promoting the brand new comedy Victo- Europe (TVI Portugal and ria Small (60x’60), coproduced with The Mediapro Studio’s Oficina Antena 3 Spain), but also Burman, premiered in September in Argentina; the second season of Ana, series created, produced and starred Underground’ 100 Dias Latin America live action series, Noobees (60x’60); and by Ana de la Reguera, with Comedy Central and Pantaya for Amazon since 2020 para Enamorarse, which the black comedy R, coproduced with Clarovideo and Pantaya. THE BOSS on line BOOTH #P0.A 9 Vision Films: pop trends-docs SHORT FORMAT 10 X 15

Vision Films, the independent world- a true story, where a community is rocked wide distributor of feature films, docu- by the double-homicide of a prominent mentary specials, series, music and couple and the local police struggle to find reality programming, have been de- the killer; Banksy & The Rise Of Outlaw Art, di- veloping a special marketing plan rected by Tom O’Dell, film that pursues the and works closely with producers on mythical street artist from his early days as strategies to license their films to the a young underground artist in Bristol to his right distributors around the world. arrival globally as the most famous artist of Specialized in star-driven, high-concept the twenty-first century; and Manson: Music films and series that resonate with de- From An Unsound Mind (‘110), a biography doc Banksy mographics of all ages, come to Cannes that tells the untold story of Charles Man- son’s obsession to become a rock star, his with a selection of high dramas and ac- Lise Romanoff, CEO tion productions like Transit 17 (‘85) and Nation’s Fire rise in the LA mu- (‘90), the first one tells how a virus infects mul- sic scene, the celebrities who championed his tiple European countries and a team of resistance music, his tragic friendship with The Beach soldiers fight to save a young girl who is their last Boys’ Dennis Wilson and his descent into vio- chance for a cure. While in Nation’s Fire, the for- lence and chaos once his dreams fell apart, mer leader of a female motorcycle club loses her son directed by Tom O’Dell and starred by the in a school shooting caused by a known gangster. former Manson Family member, Dianne Lake LUCIANA EGURROLA I International Sales I [email protected] About drama and biographical offers, the company and Manson’s fellow inmate and producer, Tel: +54 11 4588 9273 I Mipcom 2019 / Booth # P-1.D8 brings A Murder Of Innocence (‘90), film based on Transit 17, action Phil Kaufman. 76 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV //// EXHIBITORS

BOOTH #P-1.L50 BOOTH #P-1.G80 Alfred Haber: 13Sudmedia, Latin Grammys 2019 beyond local

Alfred Haber, president of Al- Canal 13 (Chile) presents at MIPCOM fred Haber, Inc. (AHI), arrives various formats and productions, which to MIPCOM with great news. reflects its strategic alliances in the re- The company announces the ex- gion for example with Comarex and its clusive international distribu- distribution subsidiary 13Sudmedia. tion rights of the 20th Annual Latin The offer begins with Catalan kind of love Grammy Awards for several key in- (94x’45), a drama series that follows the ternational markets for the 2019 live and love of Rafael and Dafne and how Alfred Haber, president Rodrigo Correa, Sales Content music event slated for Novem- Manager everything seems to collapse after know- ber 14 and the ceremony will broadcast in USA on . ing that they are brothers. ‘At a time when half of the past year’s top 100 YouTube videos Blood Pact (99x’45) shows the story of a modest mother who viewed came from Latin artists and 19 Latin music videos reached was transformed in an empowered businesswoman of “Frank- over a billion views, all eyes and ears are on the incredible world of lin” neighborhood in this romantic comedy, while in Dark River, Latin music’, commented Haber. ‘The Biggest Night in Latin Music was the psychological thriller that one of the very first awards show to serve as an international musical explain the story of a mother showcase for Latin music and now, two decades later, we are excited that try to discover the mur- and honored to be sharing this milestone 20th anniversary plati- derer of her son without know num celebration with audiences around the world’, he completes. that she sleep with him. Other big titles recommended in Cannes are the While Shallow Grave Also, distributor highlights a (8x’60) the new crime and investigation series, the truTV’s Top 20 brand new challenge format Funniest (49x’60), a show that presents the funniest show includes Juego contra Fuego (60x’50), comedic commentary over viral videos, home movies, news bloopers which two competitors face and more while we count down the week’s most hilarious videos. a culinary trivia where the Haber also presents the broadcasting of Elvis All-Star Tribute on NBC most daring will be who im- Catalan kind of love, drama and Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration on CBS. Both events presents poses their recipe. most highlights singers making a tribute presentation in honor on Among long formats, Canal 13 offers Looking for God (10x’50), the first to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s legend- a new series which follows the route of the largest and massive ary 1968 ‘Comeback Special’ that helped religious pilgrimages in the world; World’s most isolated tribes of- him reclaim his crown as the ‘King of Rock fers a travel in search of isolated tribes that have had very little ‘n’ Roll’, and the second, a musical salute contact with the outside world and that are about to disappear. to the legendary features an The presence of one of the largest Chilean broadcaster is completed all-star line-up of performers including with Sapo (21x’50) a that tells how a journalist must face iconic Motown superstars Smokey Rob- to one of the most important news of his career: the execution of inson, Diana Ross, and Stevie Wonder, as two ex police officers, Love is not enough (‘85) a drama film about Shallow Grave, crime and well as Ciara, NE-YO, , Meghan how a breakup can influents the spirit of a children in a marriage, investigation series Trainor, and more. both distributed by 13Sudmedia.

Utopica: broadening the BOOTH P-1C81 possibilities of fiction

Utopica Media (Argentina) arrives she must create a pop with other interns for the first time at MIPCOM to pres- to survive. Syndrome, comedy codevelo- ent its new structure after the incor- Other highlights are Jokerman (10x50’), ped with CineCorp (Peru) poration of screenwriter Carlos Was- which follows the story of a failed comedian serman as VP of development and who will change the future of a Nation; Peddler (10x45’), focused on a an offer of content focused on new workaholic woman who will turn to a street vendor to save her future at audiences. the agency she works for, and Captcha short content with different sto- Among them, it stands Syndrome ries grouped in the same concept: “The virtuality that invades real life”. Carlos Wasserman, Sofia Szelske, Rodrigo Cantisano, from Utopica Media (8x30’), where a ‘Utopica Media focuses in broadening the possibilities of fiction. De- young man with a promising future signing each story with multiplatform potential, our projects include sees his life ruined when a selfie mask is fixed to his face in real life, series, short series and transmedia content, that complement with a while at the music dramedy The Fourth Wall (10x45’), after throwing her writers room focused on developing tailor made stories for global audi- manager and husband out of the window, the pop singer of the moment ences’, describe Sofia Szelske, Carlos Wasserman and Rodrigo Canti- is sentenced to spend her days in a women’s psychiatric hospital, where sano, founders at Utopica.

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BOOTH #P-1G80 BOOTH #P-1B70 Comarex: different CDC: new thrillers

Comarex offers a wide selection of genres With a library of over 500 titles, including , feature films, docu- CDC United Network (Belgium) is one mentaries, game-shows, sports, children’s of the top suppliers of independent programming, news, music entertain- content to global theatrical distribu- ment, series, reality shows and mobile tors, +70 TV channels and the digi- content. It is the exclusive sales agent for tal platforms. The company is also various production companies includ- growing strongly in Latin America. ing Canal 13 Sudmedia and in Latin Amer- To maintain these strategic relation- Diana Cruz, sales ica and Hispanic USA to Studio 100 Media, ships with its clients, CDC continuous- MTV Networks, Polka and Dicon Media, Jimmy Van der Heyden, ly acquires products from leading pro- sales manager as well as Mediaset Distribution in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ducers and sales agents including Sierra At MIPCOM, the distributor highlights from Canal 13, Blood Pact (94x’45) Affinity, Lionsgate, Bloom, Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company, and Catalan Kind of Love (94x’45). The first one shows a group of friends Voltage and many more, which are being promoted this MIPCOM. who’s get ready to take a trip cause one of the is next to get married and Leading the catalog of the company in Cannes are Mary (‘84), a horror after a wild celebration, which a young woman dies, the live of everyone film starred byGary Oldman, Emily Mortimer, directed by Michael it gets complicated; in the second tells the story about a couple whose try Goi and produced by Tucker Tooley Entertainment which follows to deal with a event series that complicates its relationship. the story of a family looking to start a charter boat business, buys Also, it brings a slate of production from the producers: Imagen a ship that holds terrifying secrets once out into isolated waters. Televisión, Idealismo, Mandarina, La Maldita and Polka. For your Love In Marnie’s World (84’), four ‘crazy’ an- (80x’45) from the first one is an endearing love story which a popular imal antiheroes are on the run leading woman, who struggles to move her family forward and especially her by house cat Marnie, who only knows disabled daughter. In Matthew (8x’30), a teenage boy begins to suffer about real life from watching TV. It hallucinations and a threat in his life and will change his life forever. is an animated modern and hilarious Eye Wide Shut (format: ‘60) is a love show which pres- road movie, based loosely on Broth- ents a secret admirer who’s appear in the program ers Grimms fairy tale Town Musicians with an objective, to declare his love to another person. of Bremen. This film are directed by From La Maldita, it highlights According to Roxy (40x’24), a comedy about Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein Mary, horror and thriller an working mother who is excessively wor- and co-produced by Scopas Medien, ried, anxious and addicted to starchy foods; Grid Animation, Schubert International Film and Seven Pic- and from Polka, the productions: Fortune Love tures. & Betray (225x’60) a long format soap-opera And lastly, CDC strongly bets on the successful John Wick (101’), about the ups and downs of a rich family, the ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down Only You (287x’60), about a couple’s time off; the NY gangsters that took everything from him. The film is starred and the short formats dramas: Family Silence by Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe on (20x’60) and Be Kind To Me (35x’60). the leading roles, and directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. According to Roxy, comedy Starlings, the new step of Chris Philip

Chris Philip is a very well-known executive of shows and write, one he co-created is Deep Undercov- the content business, he started in 1989 with Al- er on Netflix and he created and wrote a spy thriller fred Haber, who gave him a first great advice: ‘Do called Duality. business with major networks, but keep the inter- At Starlings, a film company with a large invest- Restless, Stan Lee super- national distribution rights’. The executive revises ment fund behind them that made its first investment heroes’s project its career in the industry and the news of Starlings in the hugely successful Paramount’s Rocketman, the Entertainment. Elton John biopic and together Starlings and Philip partnered to After its initial years, Philip was at Polygram, launch a TV division with him running it. He remarks: ‘I am using all Chris Philip where Armando Nunez Sr. chose him to take over my experience, trying to do my best across every familiar step, from Latam sales as VP. The company had Fargo, Dead Man Walking, Four project development to network sales worldwide’. Weddings and a Funeral and other projects. Recently Starlings announced at Comicon, a new Stan Lee project, Philip was in charge of Latin America at Universal, where innova- Restless, about a native American homicide detective that develops tively set up the Latin screening a day earlier, on a Sunday, so he would powers from his ancestors, Also a new series with , have more time to sell, and added musical performances for the Latin’s a project with , and two co-productions, one between to come earlier. There, the exec comments that experimented many Canada & Scandinavia, the other Russia and Germany. ‘We have all in changes of management in a short time: , GE, , NBC. all 25 projects in development and we bought scripted formats from Before Starlings, Philip worked with Televisa to develop their Korea, Turkey, Japan and Sweden. We generate 80% scripted series Come and visit us at P-1 N51 library of formats in USA and was given the opportunity to create and 20% docu-dramas’. www.trt.net.tr www.mistco.tv 80 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV //// EXHIBIDORES

BOOTH 3P-1.E73 BOOTH # P-1.E67 Drama & love with GMA: strong sales IndiaCast growth

At MIPCOM, Indiacast (India) brings Bepannah (186x’30), Through GMA Worldwide, Inc. (The Phil- which shows an impossible love story of two strangers brought ippines) Filipino series are reaching four con- together by destiny, while in Silsila (295x’30) audience will follow tinents. At MIPCOM, GWI launches contem- the dramatic twists and turns in the lives a woman, her husband porary drama For Love or Money (50x’45) and and her best friend. romantic comedy Love You Two (50x’45), both Naagin S3 (103x’60) redefines entertainment with supernatural still in production. mysticism at its core and Ishq Ka Rang Safed (341x’30) is set amidst The Silent Thief (45x’45) is a crime drama in the traditional old city of Banaras in Northern India. Biplab is the which a woman’s quest to find her abducted carefree, spoilt grandson of the town leader who is slated to go son, uncovers secrets that will point to un- abroad for his law studies. His life takes an abrupt turn when he likely suspects and will push her to the limit; Roxanne J. Barcelona, VP encounters . Dhaani, a young widow leading a life of dig- in Sahaya (60x’45) a young woman looks for nity abiding by her ‘dhar- happiness and peace; and The Gift (25x’45) shows a man that is blind, ma’ is a conformist, yet a but he sees what ordinary eyes cannot. strong-minded individual. GMA dramas gained new markets: Channel 31 (Kazakhstan) telecast Will Dhaani give herself a Legally Blind and last July, My Destiny premiered on TV 7 of the same second chance at happiness? country. Georgian TV Pirveli acquired Impostora, Angela, Stay With Me Does Biplab’s love break and The Stepdaughters. through the boundaries and Across Southeast Asia, Legally Blind premiered on TV3 (Malaysia), A walls built by society, reli- Woman Scorned on Vietnam TV’s cable division SCTV for SCTV17, Beau- gion & ancient tradition? tiful Strangers on Vietnam’s Giài Trí TV, Poor Señorita on RTB’s Aneka Last but not least, Ran- Silsila, dramatic twists (Brunei), and GMA’s adaptation of My Love From The grasiya (188x’30), an edgy Star recently premiered through the cooperation between JKN Global love story ignited by in- Media and DTT channel GMM 25. Last tense hatred and fueled by but not least, distributor circumstances that bring continues to strengthen a simple village girl, Paro its presence in Myanmar and an army officer, Ru- with an acquisition of ac- dra together. They have tion adventure series Bow starkly opposite views on of Justice on , everything – from love to from domestic distributor Bepannah, impossible love duty to life. S & E Syndication. The Silent Thief, crime drama

Audiovisual From Spain: fresh stories BOOTH #R7.J11

Audiovisual from Spain pro- on the international market. Whether it’s animation, fiction series motes the Spanish content in all or documentaries, our products reach all networks, with general international TV trade shows. At entertainment as well as niche content. MIPCOM it hosts new companies 18 Spanish companies have been confirmed under theAudiovisu- and provides them with market- al from Spain umbrella, four of them new. They include top broad- ing and communication tools casters Mediterraneo and Atresmedia, as well as key producers Fil- as well as incentives to support max, Onza and brand new Mediacrest, organisms such us Axencia Zona Mixta’s Zunken Cities their promotional plans. Galega Das Industrias Culturais (AGADIC) or Film. All the promotional actions under this brand are sponsored by Also animation companies like Anima Kitchent and Antoni ICEX Spain Trade and Investment, the state agency for the interna- D’Ocon, distributors as tionalization of Spanish businesses and it is once again behind the Brands & Rights 360, delegation of Spanish companies at this year’s MIPCOM. Wild Stories, Video It is a great moment of Spain in the global market. The audiovi- Mercury Film, Brites sual quality of Spanish production is strong with fresh stories and Films, Zona Mixta and great talent. Spanish content is heavily searched by international Comercial TV and ser- buyers and audiences. Probably the key factor is its strategic situa- vice companies like So- tion, forming part of the European continent, but with a long com- ciograph, Media Bank mercial background with America. Spanish producers have proven and DVR Studio from track records and reputation for top quality. This is what is valued Navarra. Mediacrest’s Time Hunters

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BOOTH# P-1.C2 Telefilms se reinventa para que nada cambie

Telefilms siempre ha sido el La producción de películas principal distribuidor indepen- en Brasil, México, muchas Uglydolls con voces de Pitbull y Tini Stoessell diente de films para América con muy exitosos estrenos en Latina. Hace unos años, impu- cine, nos permiten ser una muy so la tendencia del ‘all rights’, buena alternativa para el mer- pasando a comprar no sólo TV cado en busca de producto local, abierta y de pago, sino también tanto Pay como TV y OTT. Con las Tomás Darcyl, CEO a full cine desde el comienzo series resolvimos sólo producir, de los proyectos, para acceder a y apuntar a ideas y personajes films máximos de neto corte major. Y también se ha venido destacando que generen gran identificación por cine de calidad, distribuyendo 5 de las últimas 8 ganadoras del Os- mainstream. Sandro fue el primer car a la mejor película. Green Book, la quinta película de Telefilms que proyecto y un gran ejemplo de lo recibe un Oscar a la “Mejor Película” Hoy es mucho más que esto. Está enfocado a dos nuevos frentes, que buscamos’. siguiendo las tendencias del mercado. Ha establecido importantes hubs En MIPCOM se destacan After, que tuvo un gran estreno en España de producción en México —5 películas al año— Brasil —10 películas al y Latinoamérica. Con más de 1000 millones de visualizaciones, se ha año, junto a Galería— y una por año en España. Y ahora produce series: convertido en el mayor fenómeno de la historia de . También tuvo enorme éxito en Argentina con Sandro —Magic Eye— y tiene Ninis la animación Uglydolls con voces de Pitbull y Tini Stoessell; y The Boy y se viene El Santo en México, con THR3 Media de Bruce Boren. La idea 2: una joven familia se muda a una mansión sin ser conscientes de la es producir unas 5 series multisello por año desde 2021. Se encarga de aterradora historia que ha marcado su historial durante décadas. la creación y el costeo financiero íntegro de los proyectos. Pero hay más: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark producida por Guillermo Tomás Darcyl, presidente: ‘Por del Toro, y Green Book, la quinta película de Telefilms que recibe un Os- un lado, tratamos de hacer cada vez car a la “Mejor Película”. ‘De las últimas ocho ediciones de los premios mejor nuestro negocio tradicional, de la Academia, en cuatro ocasiones películas distribuidas por nosotros accediendo a películas más grandes obtuvieron el premio mayor’, subraya Darcyl. tanto de Hollywood como de Europa. Concluye: ‘Tenemos un Tenemos un importante grupo de anuncio que va a patear el ejecutivos recorriendo festivales y tablero: un acuerdo para productoras de todos los tamaños disponer de uno de los IPs detectando oportunidades y poten- más fuertes de América After tuvo un gran estreno en España y ciales éxitos, cuando aún son em- Latina, previendo una Latinoamérica briones, ideas’. serie y luego más desar- ‘Pero por otro lado, vemos que el mercado demanda más contenido rollos. Lo mejor del grupo local, y aparte de películas el usuario gusta mucho ver series. Enton- Telefilms aún está por ces una buena parte de los nuevos esfuerzos los volcamos a estos ejes. venir’. The Boy, terror Media Smartware, 360 Powwow sumó a software de gestión Adrián Santucho

Media Smartware (MSW) es un nuevo software Liderada por Daniel Gutman, presi- creado en España para el negocio global de conteni- dente y CEO, 360 Powwow sumó a dos que se lanza globalmente en MIPCOM. Apunta a Adrián Santucho, ex CEO de Fremantle consolidarse en el sector audiovisual internacional Latin America y ex head de Univision apoyando áreas de ventas, derechos, mercados, y Studios, como CCO, liderando los equi- royalties. pos creativos de ficción y de no ficción, Liderada por Manuel Castro, software architect, además de buscar alianzas estratégicas Ana Brito, sales manager, y Daniel Roman, senior de- con socios reconocidos en los distintos veloper, la compañía participará por primera vez de MIP- mercados. COM, el mes próximo. Con MSW, y a través de sus cuatro módulos ‘Creemos en las ideas diferentes y nos Genre: Stripped Reality Show | Duration: 15 x 60’ CRM, Derechos, Royalties y Ventas, el usuario tiene acceso a todas las apasiona contar historias únicas. Con esa NOW A PRIMETIME SHOW ON ITV2 funciones desde el inicio a un precio asequible y acorde a las necesi- premisa buscamos alianzas que generen Adrián Santucho, CCO dades de cada compañía. Entre las funcionalidades más importantes sinergias y sumen valor’, dijo Santucho, se destacan la generación rápida de listados de disponibilidad de al tiempo que anunció que en asociación con Anders Media (la com- derechos de títulos, cálculo automático de liquidaciones de royalties a pañía de Adam Anders, creador de Glee), ya se encuentran en proceso VISIT US AT MIPCOM, STAND R8.C9, RIVIERA 8 propietarios de IP, una completa información de sus ventas (Flat fee y de preproducción de lo que será su primera serie que contará con live Catalogue: www.keshetinternational.com Contact us: [email protected] Revenue Share) e información de derechos exclusivos y no exclusivos. action y animación, entre otros. @KeshetIntl | KeshetInternational | @KeshetInternational

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BOOTH #P-1.A65 BOOTH #P-1.D17 Kansai TV: global drama ABS-CBN: drama at

Kansai TV is the leading com- its finest mercial broadcaster in the Kansai, Japan, catering both local and na- A business unit of leading Filipino tionwide audiences with drama, , ABS-CBN In- sports, news, documentary and ternational Distribution has been variety programs, live entertain- recognized in the global arena as ment, mobile content and feature a reliable foreign content provider films. and has been a premier source of Miho Okada, General Manager of Content Miho Okada, General Manager high quality programming sold in Business Department Macie Imperial, Division Head and VP of of Content Business Department: +50 territories around the world. Integrated Acquisitions and International ‘Since our drama Crisis was selected by MIPTV’s “Asia World Pre- More than 30,000 hours of content Sales and Distribution miere” in 2017, we feel that the breadth of our international busi- have been distributed worldwide, ness has been steadily expanding. Sales are growing and we are including key markets in APAC, but also Europe and the Americas. expecting record sales this year’. The Filipino flagship networks produces more than 2,000 hours of Kansai TV produces more than 10 dramas a year, and its prime content yearly, from which stand their drama slate that is being time drama is usually highly acclaimed in Japan and overseas. ‘We highlighted this MIPCOM. bring to Cannes He Who Can’t Marry 2. Launched in 2006, S1 was In Cannes, it launches a revenge highly rated and remade in Korea. It is based on a popular original drama contextualized at Las Espa- script that is still in high demand both in Japan and overseas, and das, a superstitious town that has it met many expectations during S2’, says Okada. been haunted by the ghost of The The channel has a large selection of Japanese costume dramas, Killer Bride (40x’45) for many years. like the two new from Samurai Drama Channel: the 8K drama set Most of the residents have stories in the beautiful nature of Japanese countryside, The Return, which of encountering the woman in 1999 has its “World Premiere TV Screening” on the 15th at 11.30am; and who, right before her wedding day, Blackfox: Age of the Ninja, a 4K drama directed by Koichi Sakamoto, “killed” and was found in a match- The Killer Bride, revenge drama a master of special effects drama in Japan and USA. ing bloody wedding dress and veil. Overseas business of Japan has been driven by animation, but Mea Culpa (40x’45) is a crime drama series where six friends get on recently the dramas have taken the lead: ‘It is an area with great board for a celebration out of town, while The Heiress (40x’45) is a potential. Remake rights were sold in Korea, China, and Turkey, family drama that follows the demise of their once solid relation- and some are being negotiated in . We have pro- ship, former lovers end up marrying different partners who bring duced dramas for more than 60 them from rags to riches all while triggering a complicated situa- years, and we are proud of our tion. capabilities. We produced a Net- The General’s Daughter (100x’45) is an action drama in which a flix original drama and got high 2nd Lieutenant military nurse in the Armed Forces of the Philip- marks. Our goal is to increase pines, holds an important secret, and Los Bastardos (120x’45) shows our presence in international Don Roman leading a happy life with his small family until tragedy markets by collaborating with strikes which will lead him to look for true love from four other partners to produce drama and women. Last but not least, the romantic drama series Now & Forever entertainment content targeted (59x’45) and Betrayal (108x’45), as well as the ‘120-films Between He Who Can’t Marry Season 2 at the global market’. Maybes and Hello, Love, Goodbye

GoQuest: Ukrainian romantic dramas BOTH #P-1.J 9

Content distributor GoQuest Me- of two childhood lovers Katya and Mykola as they reunite and re- dia (India) confirmed new deals with turn to their homeland. North Macedonian national channel The love obsessed series Eclipse will be addictive and intriguing as Kanal 5 to broadcasting the Ukrainian it’s all about childish unrealized love which becomes an obsession. romantic dramas Eclipse (8 x 45’) and The protagonist an obsessive, young and rich businessman will do Secrets (95 x 45’). Produced by Media anything to conquer his childhood girlfriend even though she is al- Group Ukraine (MGU), Eclipse is a love ready happily married and has two children. Eclipse will captivate story that presents how Sergie’s one- audiences in every age category’ Secrets sided love turns to obsession and trig- Jimmy George, VP Sales & Acquisitions at GoQuest Media, com- gers a chain of tragic events with many aftereffects when he meets pletes: ‘There are some great Ukrainian dramas coming out of the his childhood school crush, Svetlana after twenty years. region and we are confident that these top quality productions full In Secrets (created by Fremantle) a drama series that shows rev- of intrigue, revenge and romance will appeal to audiences around elations and hidden family secrets which tests the love and strength the world’.

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BOOTH #P0.A 2 BOOTH #R7.D 5 Turner: bio and true Rai Com: the best stories from Italy

Under the new umbrella of WarnerMe- Rai Com introduces at MIPCOM its brand dia, this MIPCOM Turner Latin America new programming slate, including fiction, continues to strengthen its program- documentaries, performing arts and inter- ming offer to global buyers, including national channels. From RAI Fiction it offers local productions in alliance with Latin- 10 brand new series, including crime drama based producers and contents focused Commissario Ricciardi (6x’100), coproduced on true story characters, full of drama. with Clemart and based on Maurizio de The highlights are of the adaptation in Giovanni successful novels. Sofia Martinenghi, Content Sales David Bogi, Head of Interna- Mexico of La Chica que Limpia (8x’60) tional Distribution & Business Angela is co-produced with 11 Marzo about a woman who must clean up the crimes of the mafia to save her Development (3x’100) and directed by Andrea Porporati sick son. Amarres (10x’60) is one of the three projects co-produced with with Vanessa Incontrada; Live and let live (12x’50) with Bibi Film; Es- Dopamine (Mexico), which tells the story of Ana, the granddaugh- cape From Mafia 1-2 (6x’50) with Picome- ter of a former mooring company in the Sonora de México market. dia; and Ladies’ Paradise Daily 1-4 (380x’45) Also, it presents true stories such us the one from Miguel “Tiger” Ve- by Gianandrea Pecorelli per Aurora TV ron, a powerful, self-indulging and union leader that will risk every- (380x45’). The other five fiction options thing to do better for his people in The Tiger (12x’60) directed by Daniel are the comedy The Nest (12x’30), from Barone and produced with Pol-ka, eltrece and Cablevision Flow. As IFF; crime drama The Devil’s Watches part of this 5-years co-production deal in Argentina, Turner launches (8x’50) with Picomedia (8x50’), Back C in Cannes My End of the Deal (8x’60). Home 1-2 (24x’50), from RAI Fiction Commissario Ricciardi, brand new

The project, written by Guillermo Amoedo, is based on a original (24x50’); and two ‘100 biopics Piaggio, crime drama series M story from Amaya Muruzábal and directed by Jorge Nisco. The story from Moviheart, and Singing Mates from Compagnia Leone. Y starts with a night of casual sex and a pact between Carlos and Pa- Distributor also highlights own and coproduced documentaries with tricia: help each other get rid of the people they hate the most, an Arte, France Televisions, RSI and NHK. One of Rai Com exclusive doc CM

act inspired by Hitchcock’s dark deal- distribution goal has been to serialize Italy’s most extraordinary heri- MY ings in “Strangers on a Train”. Pro- tage such as Alberto Angela: Meraviglie 2 (12x’52), already distributed CY duced in Brazil and inspired by real in over 40 countries that finally has S2; Narcotica (5x’50), by RAI3 and facts, Freitas Brothers tells the trajec- TG3; Our Pope (’72), docu-film byRed Film; and Unfiltered(6x’50) with CMY

tory and the relation of love and ri- Presa Diretta. K valry between the brothers Luis Clau- In synergy with Rai Culture and the major Italian Opera Houses such dio Freitas and Acelino “Popó” Freitas, as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro la Fenice in , Teatro San from the youth in Salvador until the Carlo in Naples, Rai Com highlights high profile operas, ballets and conquest of Popó by the world-wide concerts, while it continues promoting the best Italian films likeIf Only, title of boxing. And Bronco (13x’60), Ordinary Happiness and Volare. Last but not least, Rai channels that al- My end of the Deal about the band led by Lupe Esparza. ready reach 8 million European and +20 million outside of Europe. Voxx: quality + competitive prices

Voxx Studios is a LA-based studio if they were our own. We are open- dedicated to creative audio services ing our third facility: a top of the line for film, television and gaming. It Dolby Atmos mixing/ ADR/ Folley incorporates 10 recording rooms, 5 recording studio, easily convertible mixing bays and one 1,500st state-of- into a music recording and surround the-art recording and mixing studio. sound mixing space. It also features Silviu Epure, GM: ‘We offer lan- an entertainment venue dedicated to Silviu Epure, GM guage dubbing (English, Neutral discovering and launching new talent in all areas of the per- Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, forming arts. Before the end of the year, we will be also able to offer Italian, Mandarin, Japanese); sound design/sound editing and audio immersive sound editing and mixing for VR and 360 projects’. mixing in 2.0 / 5.1 / 7.1 formats, as well as Dolby Atmos for Home ‘We continue strengthening our partnership with A. to Z. Films Theater; and music composition/recording / for film and TV. We & Videos and Double 4 Studios, offering a select group of clients have 5,000 hours of localized content (feature films, telenovelas, versioning and distribution package deals. We are finalizing our series, animations, etc.) offering competitive pricing and distinc- first film productions in partnership with Double 4 Studios, a fea- tive quality’. ture length documentary directed by Tunde Skovran, which begun ‘Our pledge is: “If you trust us with your first project, you will shooting last Summer in South Africa and a political drama based never need to look elsewhere for localization services ever again”. We on real events and directed by Andrei Zinca, which will be com- are at our core creatives ourselves. We take care of your projects, as pleted by the end of October.

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BOOTH #R9.A 8 HBO Latin America: Polar Star: success stories high-class film slate

HBO Latin America highlights Polar Star the independent distributor at MIPCOM the best of its original company based Buenos Aires, Argentina, productions developed in the re- is especially focused on the distribution gion, which includes original bio of innovative films, documentaries, and series, and continuations of its series of the principal producer’s houses successful high-quality programs. across the world on linear and pay-TV. In Cannes, the company launches For MIPCOM, it highlights high-class Joint Venture (10x’60), a drama productions starred by renowned actors. Xavier Aristimuño, VP Licensing Diego Karauger, sales on Polar Star series that takes up the crime In The Commuter, Liam Neeson genre with the story of a young drug dealer who decides to leave starred a happily married businessman who makes his usual jour- the criminal life and use his knowledge to trade within the law. ney back home by train every day. One day he is approached by Produced in Brazil, Santos Dumont (6x’60) is a biographical dra- a mysterious stranger who offers one hundred thousand dol- ma that tells the controversial story of Santos Dumont, the Bra- lars in exchange for locating a certain passenger on the train. zilian famous inventor and aviator who captivated Europe with It also presents the story of the Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl his aeronautical endeavors at the turn of the 20th century. and how he stars to suspects that the South Sea Islands were origi- The company also promotes the second season of The Bronze nally colonized by South Americans. In 1947, despite his fear of wa- Garden (8x’60), produced in Argentina with Polka. It is a mys- ter and his inability to swim, Heyerdahl tery series with tints of thriller decides to test his theory. He and five created by Gustavo Malajovich companions sail from Peru in a wooden and Marcos Osorio Vidal and raft built with an old design, in Kontiki. following the life of Fabian Starred by Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Danube after the reunion with and directed by Jared Hess the distributor his daughter Moira, as a con- brings Masterminds where David Ghanatt tinuation of the last episodes. is an armored car driver who spends his The Commuter, action Distributor also brings the sec- days transporting money to other people. ond part of A The Secret Life of Tired of the monotony of his work, the only thing that makes him hap- Joint Venture, drama crime series Couples (10x’60), Sofia Prado, py is to share the day with his partner Kelly, which he is in love with. the sex therapist returns in this season and uncovers the truth Lastly, High-Rise and A Hologram For The King, the first one shows the behind the murder of one of her patients and gets involved in the Dr. Robert Laing moves to the Elysium Tower in which the ideal society plans of a dangerous group of hackers. seems to exist, however, secretly, the newcomer will be disturbed by the And lastly, Psi season four (10x’60) the drama created by re- possibility that this utopian order is not such; and the second one, pres- nowned psychiatrist Contardo Calligaris, that in this part ex- ents to Alan Clay, an American businessman who has not been able to plores themes related to “paranoia” and more deeply into the succeed in business. Disappointed and disappointed, he decides to start life of its leading character. a new project in , where the economy is booming. Healworld: empowering the industry

Based in Berlin, Healworld Pro- Corporate Television and Media Film Festival. ductions was born to supports artists According to Philipp J. Kaeser, CEO and Founder, to enhance their skills, to empower ‘clearly, modern social networking is one of the themselves. It offers services and tools most powerful marketing tools for any artist’. And for artist support, from brand, com- he continues: ‘A fanbase is the greatest and most munity and fan building to hand- valuable asset for the artist. We identify, grow and nur- crafted strategical planning with ture, mobilize and manage artist’s fans that in turn spread the word best practice and promoting the just for the attention of the artist and, a personal video. If done right it specifics of each individual actor. It doesn’t need to be costly, can make a world of difference:Healworld Philipp J. Kaeser, CEO and Founder is also specialized in content cre- helps to create the content that conveys 100% of the feel of the artist’. ation, content management, actor promotion and arts consulting. Next to advisory and social media services, Healworld also generates On the field of arts consulting, Healworld won the assignment for and distributes TV and new media content such as web and social Kaeser Kompressoren SE, an international company with 6,000 media series. Company’s broadcast philosophy, according its found- employees, headquartered in Germany and with over 100 of- er, is to inspire and empower audiences to believe in themselves and fices worldwide for advising services, to optimize the company’s in their dreams and to make these come true by consequently fol- messages of the family driven business making them more ac- lowing through on their wishes and visions: ‘The ultimate goal is cessible for audiences, i.e. customers. This has resulted in e.g. to help heal the world by elevating mainstream consciousness to a winning the award of best image film production at the Cannes more compassionate and positive mindset’, concludes Kaeser.

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BOOTH #R7 -F7 Mediaset Italia: 10th anniversary in Cannes

Mediaset Italia is Mediaset Italia was the international TV launched ten years network of the Media- ago by the Group set Group that broad- and is available casts globally the top through all major programming of its operators in dozens main channels in Italy: of countries around Canale 5, Italia1, Rete4 the world, from and La5. It brings Ital- East to West, like ian culture to 60 mil- France, Belgium, Giorgio Giovetti, Head of Sales Department, with lion of Italians living The Netherlands, Luciana Gabellini, Licia Paoli and Serena Petrecca, abroad. Currently the Israel, Australia, International Channels, sales managers, and Nadine company works with and in the US where in Court, marketing executive major satellite, IPTV, 2017 an important deal cable and OTT platforms operating in every corner of the world. was signed with AT&T This month, the channel is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in reaching over 17 mil- Cannes. lion Italian-Americans Giorgio Giovetti, head of Distribution, explains to Prensa- residents. rio: ‘Mediaset Italia lives one of its best moments at the in- ‘Our crown- dustry, distributed in 18 countries. It also has an app that ing achievement is is accessible from anywhere. We are very happy to share our own product, all Successful dramas such as L’Isola di Pietro 3 or enter- with our clients at MIPCOM this important goal’. Made in Italy. In- tainment shows as C’è posta per te reach to 60 millions ‘We have been working hard with the aim to spread formative pro- Italians leaving abroad through Mediaset Italia worldwide our grams, enter- culture and tainment with much-loved shows such as C’è posta beauties per te (Canale 5) and Striscia la Notizia’, remarks through our Giovetti. Among other key TV shows, the chan- TV shows. Our nels programs highly successful dramas such as offer is wide Rosy Abate and L’isola di Pietro, both from Canale 5. from enter- ‘With the aim to offer an authentic taste of home from tainment to fac- live sporting events to entertainment and fiction. Like quiz tual and documenta- show like Caduta Libera or prime time entertainment shows like ries plus the 24 hours Amici hosted by Maria De Filippi’, concludes Giovetti. Caduta Libera, early evening show presentated news, current affairs and by Gerry Scotti sports, including the best drama series produced originally in house short- ly after the Italian broadcast’, declares Giovetti. The executive stresses: ‘In recent years, there has been a constant and intensive commitment to make the channel in- creasingly attractive and competitive in the foreign television market. A particular attention has been paid to programming so that it reflects the tastes of those who watch it, as much as possible. We are investing in new technologies to keep up with the rapid and constant evolution of the market in order Cotto e Mangiato, to always be able to offer a high quality product at all times’. Verissimo, soft news magazine by Silvia Toffanin cooking show

Cinépolis: del cine a la distribución ‘all right

Cinépolis es la compañía con mayor número de cines en México, y desde hace cinco años opera el OTT local, Cinépolils KLIC. Este año lanzó una unidad de negocios internacionales con foco en la distribución y producción internacional. No sólo tiene películas de terceros, sino que está produciendo contenido pro- pio. ‘Hace tres años comenzamos con la distribución a clientes puntuales y ahora decidimos establecer una compañía enfocada al negocio internacional. Distribuiremos para las Américas, pero también nos interesa llegar a Europa y otros territorios’, explican Daniela Arguedas, estrategia global, y Paulina Torres, ventas internacionales. Se destaca la versión mexicana de Perfectos Desconocidos, remake que lanzamos en México en diciembre 2018, y que Pantaleón Films estrenaron en USA; o Holding the grown, una película irlandesa de ter- Daniela Arguedas, estrategia global, y Paulina Torres, directora de ventas ror, además de La Herencia del Mal, otra opción en terror con Camila Sodi, que se lanza en 2020’, completan.

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VIAJABILIDAD DEL CONTENIDO MEXICANO EN EL MUNDO cado global. Las animaciones japonesas y los Sitcoms gozan de buena afinidad en este mercado. En América Latina: tanto, los originales dramáticos de Hulu tienen gran demanda aquí, después de los originales se diversifica el consumo de Netflix. Los títulos de este último, han visto compartida Titans, de DC Universe, es la serie de acción y aventura su notoriedad con propios de mejor posicionada en América Latina de contenidos digitales Prime Video y CBS All Access. Luego de Argentina, Chile es el mejor mercado para los En un contexto de mayor oferta SVOD en digitales de acción y aventura América Latina y el aumento exponencial IBEROAMÉRICA: MERCADOS CON MAYOR DEMANDA DE TÍTULOS DIGITALES EN ESPAÑOL Y PORTUGUÉS de DC Universe. Este país ex- de producciones originales para estas plat- perimenta entre la audiencia, aformas, se han reconfigurado las formas un rápido crecimiento de in- de consumo de contenidos en la región. terés por los contenidos de esta Fuente: Parrot Analytics (Diciembre 2018 “The Global Television Demand Report”, plataforma. whitepaper de Reed Midem para MIPCan- 13 Reasons Why es uno de los cun elaborado por Parrot Analytics, destaca Seguido de los originales de Amazon Prime dramas más demandados en Chile, con 5mil Galinha Pintadinha, original de Bromelia Pro- que las producciones originales de Netflix Video y Hulu. expresiones de demanda por día, luego de la duções, es el contenido más comentado en Brasil, han visto compartida su cuota de audien- La Casa De Papel es la serie digital número segunda temporada de StrangerThings y la con 11 millones de expresiones en 2018, y disponi- ble en la plataforma Youtube Premium cia con la de otras plataformas como Hulu, uno en Argentina, con una demanda prome- tercera de La Casa de Papel. Amazon Prime y la reciente DC Universe. dio 18 veces mayor que el título promedio en Colombia tiene una alta tasa de viajabili- Este territorio, a diferencia de los demás El estudio revela los principales títulos Argentina, con 2,5 millones de expresiones dad de sus contenidos a distintos mercados, países, no vio notoriamente compartida su locales e internacionales consumidos entre de demanda por día. alcanzando el 7% de la audiencia global. cuota de demanda con títulos de otras plata- el primer trimestre de 2017 y el último de Argentina es uno de los mejores mercados Venezuela, México, Ecuador y España son formas, sin embargo, la consultora destaca 2018 por la audiencia de la región y a través Fuente: Parrot Analytics (Diciembre 2018) para los títulos de DC Universe. La serie Ti- los mejores mercados internacionales para la incidencia de los originales de DC Uni- de cuáles plataformas. tans es la más comentada en el país a través sus producciones; destacando con énfasis la verse en este territorio. más baja de alcance internacional. al mercado internacional, con un 4,8% de de diversos medios. alta demanda de sus títulos en Vietnam. Entre los títulos con más expresión de Las producciones brasileñas más deman- viajabilidad. Posicionándose en el medio de Brasil & México Los géneros más demandados en Colom- demanda diaria en Colombia son: Black Mir- dadas internacionalmente son los dramas los países analizados en el informe. Los contenidos producidos en Brasil no Chile & Colombia bia son las telenovelas locales, las animacio- ror, Sense8, 13 Reasons Why, La Casa de Papel de crimen. Por otra parte, los originales de Los shows infantojuveniles, telenovelas y logran gran alcance internacional, salvo en En el caso de Chile, de acuerdo el informe, nes japonesas, los dramas apocalípticos y los y StrangerThings. Este último con 2 millones drama de Netflix reflejan la mayor expre- dramas de crimen tienen gran demanda y Portugal, donde sus producciones alcanzan los mejores mercados para sus producciones dramas infantojuveniles. de expresiones por día. sión de demanda en este país. El contenido son altamente compartidos en esta región. un 17% de ingreso, seguido de USA con un son España, Argentina y México. Sus con- La mayor demanda expresión por con- más compartido fue la tercera temporada La cuota de estos subgéneros es del 2,9%, 15%. De los países analizados en este in- tenidos tienen un ingreso del 4% en el mer- tenidos corresponde a los títulos de Netflix. Mercados Internacionales de La Casa de Papel, con 17,5 millones de siendo 2,1% más que el promedio mundial. forme, el contenido brasileño tiene la tasa La consultora analiza los mercados in- demandas de expresión por día. Por su parte, los dramas originales de ternacionales más rentables para las pro- Caso a destacar: En Brasil, la produc- Netflix tienen una fuerte presencia en este Netflix: crece la demanda global de originales ducciones en español y portugués. En este ción musical para niños Galinha Pintadinha, mercado, con un 77% de expresión de de- apartado, más allá de los consumidores ha- original de manda, seguido de los títulos de Prime De acuerdo al reporte global del prim- torios analizados la cuota de demanda del bituales en España y Brasil, se destacan los Bromelia Produções, es el más comen- Original y Hulu. En cuanto a los títulos de er trimestre de 2019, Parrot destaca los servicio de Netflix se ha reducido en la mercados de Francia y Turquía. A su vez, tado del país, con 11 millones de expresio- acción y aventura, los originales de DC Uni- originales de Netflix como los de mayor mayoría de estos mercados. Para los tí- la demanda per cápital de producciones en nes por día. versal son altamente mencionados. Esto, interacción entre la audiencia, con un tulos de acción/aventura en países como estos idiomas en USA es de alrededor de un En relación a México, el mercado inter- tras la salida al mercado de la plataforma 64.4 % de cuota del mercado global. Japón y USA, la demanda de originales tercio de la demanda por persona en España. nacional más rentable para los contenidos en septiembre de 2018. Entre los mercados donde Netflix pre- producidos por otros servicios redujo la Esto refleja la creciente demanda por estas producidos por este país fue USA, con 32% La serie original , es el pondera, están: Sudafrica 67,9%, Hun- presencia de la plataforma en un 47,5%. producciones para el público hispano en de demanda. Seguido de España y algunos título más expresado y mencionado en gría 67,4%, Rusia 67,3 USA. países latinoamericanos como Ecuador, México, con 6,3 millones de expresiones de %, Bélgica 66,9%, Ir- DEMANDA GLOBAL COMPARTIDA POR PLATAFORMAS Preponderan los originales de Netflix en Stranger Things es la serie original de Netflix más Venezuela y Perú. Globalmente, las pro- demanda por día, seguido por Chilling Ad- landa 66,4%. En estos DIGITALES (1H 2019) demandada en Lationamérica estos idiomas, con la presencia destacada ducciones mexicanas tienen buen ingreso ventures Of Sabrina y La Casa de Papel. territorios, la platafor- ma comparte su cuota de las producciones originales de Movistar+ Argentina con contenidos origi- provenientes de España. Del mismo modo, los títulos originales mexicanos distribuidos Las producciones hechas en Argentina nales de otros servicios a través de Blim en USA. alcanzan prominencia en el mercado his- como Amazon Prime Entre los títulos con más expresiones de panohablante de América Latina. Su con- Video (Global: 10,3%), demanda por día en el mercado hispano de tenido es uno de lo que mejor ingresa al Hulu (Global: 7,7%), DC USA están: La Casa de Papel (13,1 millones), mercado extranjero. Uruguay es el mejor Universe (Global: 5,2%) GalinhaPintadinha (4,8 millones), 3% (2,9 mercado para los títulos argentinos. y CBS All Access (Global millones), Elite (2,8 millones) y Made in El thriller es uno de los subgéneros con 4,4%). México (2,5 millones); como también origi- más demanda en el país. En 2018, la expre- El informe revela qué Fuente: Parrot nales de las plataformas Movistar+ y Blim: The Man in the High Castle es la serie original de Amazon sión de demanda de los títulos de drama en los últimos 24 me- The Handmaid’s Tale es la serie de Hulu con mejor Skam España, Nosotros Los Guapos, La Peste, Prime Video más reconocida en América Latina, sobre llegada a la audiencia latinoamericana de Netflix fueron los más mencionados. ses, en 10 de los terri- todo en Brasil entre otros. 98 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL 99 LIDERÓ AMPLIAMENTE EN SU HORARIO, INCLUSO SOBRE LOS MÁS DE 200 CANALES AMERICA LÁTINA //// REPORTAJES ESPECIALES/ BROADCASTERS DE CABLE JUNTOS.

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Canal 1: crecimiento 18,3 sostenido

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2018 tuvo ‘gran’ significado: ‘Ese año COLOMBIA: EVOLUCIÓN DEL MARKET SHARE CANAL 1 (AGO. 17-JUN.19) fue de entendimiento, toma de deci- siones y hoy vemos el fruto de ello. Nuestra señal logró la mayor cuota de ISLA PARAÍSO TV CABLE CHV CANAL 13 TVN

pantalla el último trimestre del año SHARE HOGAR pasado, especialmente en la franja prime: un 68% de cuota de pantalla 37,0

respecto a la competencia’. 30,5 La parrilla programática diaria de Canal 1 se basa en dieciocho horas de producción, de las cuales ocho se transmiten en vivo con presencia en distintas regiones del país. ‘Nues- tra oferta de programas en vivo está Fuente: Katar ibope Media 12,2 12,1 formado por producciones nacionales 11,3 Ramiro Avendaño, presidente que encajan en géneros cercanos a de entretenimientos y consumo de nuestra nuestra audiencia, como magazines, not- audiencia, por lo que nuestra señal tam- Canal 1 surgió en mayo de 2017 cómo una icieros y programas de entretenimiento. Y bién apuesta por su presencia en la TDA y ‘necesidad’ de más opciones televisivas a eso vamos orientados con nuestros con- en todo nuestro ecosistema digital’. ISLA PARAÍSO TV CABLE CHV CANAL 13 TVN en Colombia, asegura a Prensario Ramiro tenidos, a mantener ese rol de cercanía con Por otra parte, el directivo destaca im- Avendaño, presidente de la tercera señal los colombianos’. portantes acuerdos de contenidos interna- nacional de TV abierta operada por So- ‘Una de las formas de programación cionales: ‘No sólo hemos logrado acuerdos mos Plural Comunicaciones, sociedad que que nos sigue funcionando y con lo que clave con productoras y estudios como LA TELESERIE QUE LIDERÓ nació de la alianza entre tres productoras seguimos trabajando es el de la contra- NBCUniversal y Telemundo, sino también AMPLIAMENTE EN SU ESTRENO en Colombia: RTI (Radio Televisión Inte- programación de nuestros contenidos de- con Disney, Pixar, Warner, Fox, Para- ramericana), CM& (Compañía de Medios stacados, como los formatos en vivo Guer- mount, entre otros, con la intención de RATING HOGAR, 2 AL 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE de Información), NTC (Nacional de Tele- reros y nuestra oferta de series turcas. Por que la familia colombiana pueda disfrutar visión y Comunicaciones), a las que ha otra parte, estamos definiendo algunos de estas producciones y a la vez que más sumado la estadounidense HMTV1 (Hemi- programas de mayor factura, como es el firmas internacionales confíen en nuestra 23,8 sphere Media Group, Inc.). caso de la parte cuatro del Final del Paraíso, señal para transmitir sus productos›. En los primeros seis meses al aire pasó y el show de entretenimiento musical The Sobre la estrategia de seguir en el mer- 17,4 de 3 a 4 de televisores encendidos y sumó Four’, agrega el directivo. cado, Avendaño apuesta a una estrategia cerca de 700.000 personas más que sin- En cuanto a la posición de Canal 1 frente de win win: ‘Nos estamos enfocando en el tonizaron su señal. Avendaño: ‘En los a las plataformas de streaming, Avendaño gusto, en lo que se quiere ver, repetir y re- primeros meses al aire, pasamos de reg- comenta: ‘Para nuestra suerte, ningún comendar. Luego estaremos detrás de las 9,5 8,6 8,9 istrar 2.5% de participación de mercado, consumidor en Colombia es sólo digital ganancias. Hemos visto cómo se ha dado la hasta llegar a un 5.24% al último mes de o sólo análogo. Todo esto tiene que ver apertura a nuevos clientes y mercados, por 2017. Lo que consolidó nuestra tesis de más con ocasiones de consumo. Creo que lo que esperamos es que en 18 o 24 meses discusión, y era que había espacio para un todavía la gente sigue disfrutando de su lleguemos a tener mejores resultados’. canal de TV nuevo en el país’. programación favorita en familia. Sin em- En relación a la competencia con otras LORENZO TV CABLE CHV CANAL 13 TVN Para Avendaño, su llegada al canal en bargo, no menospreciamos estas fuentes cadenas, el directivo finaliza: ‘Yo no creo SHARE HOGAR que la competencia sea entre nosotros. A Colombia, de hecho, le vendría mejor una industria más unida, dónde se trabaje por 35,7 el beneficio de todos y no con atención en lo jurídico o con temas menores regulato- rios. Por largo tiempo, se trató que no hu- 26,8 biera un tercer canal, por todos los medios y tras diversos ataques, nosotros creemos

que la competencia no es así. De hecho, en 14,7 2019 y 2020 la competencia por atender al 13,4 13,4 consumidor y ofrecer opciones, no quitán- El reality en vivo Guerreros promedió 2,2 puntos de share doselas’. Magazine matutino en vivo Aquí entre nos durante julio de 2019

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Pinterest: mucho más que una red social

ñía y el modelo de negocios en la región. Psaros se niega a catalogar a Pinterest como una red social, y explica: ‘Es un mo- tor de descubrimiento visual donde los us- Paulina Cocina es uno de los influencers más uarios descubren ideas sobre qué ponerse, exitoso de América Latina qué cocinar, cómo decorar sus hogares y muchos otros intereses. El objetivo es traer cisa en la importancia de su oficina re- inspiración a los usuarios para que puedan gional en Latinoamérica, decisión que se crear la vida que aman. La diferencia con las deriva por el rápido crecimiento de usu- Now on Netflix arios en la región. Señala: ‘Latinoamérica redes sociales es que no queremos “conec- Available | 104x22’ Commissioned by Nat Geo Kids Commissioned by Nickelodeon Juliana Psaros, strategic partnerships para América Latina tar personas”, sino crear experiencias co- es un mercado estratégico para la plata- en Pinterest nectándolos con lo que quieren ser o hacer forma por su rápido crecimiento. Mar- bajo el lema be yourself, not yourselfie’. cas como Philadelphia México, Recetas Pinterest fue fundada en 2010 Para Psaros, el elemento disrup- Nestlé, Easy, Sodimac, Osom, están te- por Evan Sharp y Ben Silber- tivo respecto a las redes socia- niendo excelentes resultados con la plata- man con la premisa de ser una les es que todas las imágenes forma, así como productores de contenido, ventana de inspiración para sus que se publican tienen un en- como Tastemade Español, Kiwilimón, usuarios. Hoy en día la apli- lace detrás, un contenido aso- BuzzFeed, e influencers como Cuk It!, cación cuenta globalmente con ciado que le permite a los usu- Paulina Cocina y Una Mente de Mujer’. más de 300 millones de usuarios arios ver en detalle lo que le ha En cuanto a soluciones para empresas activos, según ComScore. En Lati- interesado y comprarlo: ‘Nuestros de América Latina a través de la interac- noamérica, suma 36 millones de usu- usuarios son planificadores. Su propósi- ción social que supone Pinterest, Psa- arios en Brasil, 16 millones en México, y to es encontrar ideas para un proyecto y ros menciona tres valores agregados que 6 millones de usuarios únicos en Argen- nuestro objetivo es ofrecer una solución a la plataforma ofrece: ‘En nuestra red de tina. Sólo en Latinoamérica se guardan un esa idea o pin a través de un link que los ideas ayudamos a las empresas a con- promedio de 1,5 millones de ideas por día. lleve a desarrollar esa propuesta. Nuestra tar la historia de su marca, a relacionarse Para Juliana Psaros, strategic partnerships dinámica es clave para producciones que con los consumidores a lo largo de todo para América Latina en Pinterest, la aper- tengan contenido de marca, y en nuestra el recorrido de su producto (lo que sig- tura en 2015 de sus oficinas dedicadas a las plataforma tienen una oportunidad única’. nifica desde la inspiración hasta la ac- operaciones de la compañía en la región La ejecutiva a su vez comenta sobre la re- ción), y finalmente impulsar resultados supone un acercamiento a sus socios digi- ciente integración de videos nativos en la comerciales clave, incluida la conciencia, tales y a los creativos locales ‘más ávidos’. plataforma, y asevera que esta propuesta la adquisición y retención de clientes’. En reportaje a Prensario, la ejecutiva de- complementa la “experiencia de búsque- ‘Para los productores de contenidos de la scribe el momento actual de la compa- da”. Detalla: ‘Los videos son distribui- región, como canales, productoras, dis- dos de manera tribuidoras y MCN, ofrecemos la posibili- orgánica siem- dad de construir su audiencia y brindar la PINTEREST: USARIOS ACTIVOS MENSUALES EN USA E INTERNACIONAL HD 4K | Live Action Live Action | Animation En Millones (1Q 16-2Q 19) pre en conexión posibilidad de estar en contacto con ella Animation | Available | 60x60’’ Available | Available | 52x7’ con los perfiles de manera orgánica. La integración en 52x11’’ de cada uno y lo nuestros pines de los links de la presencia que están inte- web de estas marcas, posibilita una ex- resados mien- ploración orgánica de sus contenidos y con tras navegan en ello garantizar una conversión’, agrega. la plataforma. El La marca sigue sumando alianzas de 66% de los usu- contenido en la región.Psaros menciona arios dicen que proyectos en México, donde Pinterest y los videos suman la retail The Home Depot disponibilizan mucho más a su espacios digitales para que sus usuarios experiencia que compartan ‘sus estilos de vida: ‘Creemos Mobius Lab Kids is the children’s content division of Cisneros Media. en otras plata- que este es un excelente momento para que We are story developers, producers and creators of a range of genres, formas, prob- las empresas de Latinoamérica, y en todo ablemente por el mundo, inviertan tiempo en Pinterest from live-action to animation. Our current focus is to disrupt the market ser netamente para crear sus perfiles, revisar sus análisis with innovative content that hyper focuses on the Alpha generation. visual’, añade. y probar qué contenido resuena mejor con Fuente: HowSociable.com Psaros pre- los usuario’, finaliza Psaros.

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VIS y el drama social como tendencia

‘Fábrica de ideas’, así llama Mercedes Re- ha ido adaptando al drama como género incke al área que lidera en Viacom Interna- de exploración natural’, añade la ejecutiva. tional Studios (VIS) como VP de desarrollo. La ejecutiva prioriza el momento de VIS La escritora y ejecutiva habla con Prensario Americas en materia de contenidos origi- sobre ‘la importancia de contar his- nales en la región, y resalta que torias de trasfondo social’ tras la muchos de estos están pensados adquisición de los libros 38 es- para que puedan llegar a plata- trellas y Entre mi hijo y yo, la luna. formas digitales y a otras re- Reincke cree que la forma en que giones, comenta: ‘Por ejemplo, la audiencia consume los con- Amar después de Amar es el per- tenidos de drama está en constan- fecto ejemplo de lo que queremos Mercedes Reincke, VP de desarrollo de contenido en VIS te transformación, explica: ‘Hemos hacer desde los estudios Viacom. visto con producciones como Cuando lanzamos y presentamos el logra reconstruir los detalles de un hecho que la audiencia ansía dramas con un inicio proyecto, nuestro objetivo en preproducción que se conoció como ‘Operación Estrella’, y un final. Dramas cortos que generen un era crear, desarrollar, producir y distribuir y que Reincke asevera ‘ha sido dejado de verdadero impacto de identificación y que se un producto original que traspase fronteras lado en la historia de Uruguay y del mundo’. entrelace con nuestra realidad. y que sea recepcionado en otras regiones’. La adaptación de la novela de Licitra avan- A eso queremos apuntar desde Viacom’. VIS Americas adquierió los derechos de los zará desde VIS, según Reincke, como una ‘Nuestro objetivo es seguir cautivando a la libros 38 estrellas, escrito por Josefina Lici- historia corta de drama con tintes políti- audiencia con nuevos formatos’ explica Re- tra, y del diario hecho libro Entre mi hijo y cos: ‘En tiempos de empoderamiento fe- incke. Por lo que el grupo de medios apuesta, yo, la luna, del escritor y artista Carlos Paez menino, 38 Estrellas pone el foco en un con las dos nuevas licencias literarias, a crear Vilaró, ambos editados por el Grupo Pla- colectivo de mujeres que rondaban los 25 historias ‘más cercanas a un público que se neta. Estos acuerdos forman parte de una años de edad, que entregaron el cuerpo ‘cotidiana y estrecha relación’ que lleva el por una causa, y que fueron olvidadas en grupo de medios con la casa editorial, según la historia. En la infinidad de libros que cuenta Reincke. se escribieron sobre el movimiento tu- ‘Creemos en el autor literario como pamaro apenas mencionaron esta fuga. el gran constructor de historias a con- Iluminar este lado silenciado y oscuro nos tar y, dada esta estrecha relación que ten- pone en sintonía con nuestra época actual’. emos con Planeta,adquirimos estas dos Por otra parte, la ejecutiva comenta que Via- propiedades que casualmente tienen una com producirá una serie basada en el diario gran épica de reencuentro de libertades. hecho libro del autor uruguayo Páez Vil- Las dos son del 70 y las dos están ubica- laró. Entre mi hijo y yo, La Luna será una serie das geográficamente en Uruguay’, dice. dramática escrita por Sergio Olguín, Eze- Basada en una historia real, 38 Estrellas cuenta quiel Sagasti y el equipo de talentos de VIS. la fuga más grande de la historia en una cár- Complet Reinke: ‘Es una historia llena de cel de mujeres en Uruguay. El 30 de julio de superación, suspenso, intriga y, sobre todo, 1971, treinta y ocho presas políticas escapa- locura. Carlos se animó a contarle a todo el 38 estrellas y Entre mi hijo y yo, la luna dos nuevas licencias ron de un penal de Montevideo. La autora mundo, contra todos los pronósticos, sobre adquiridas por VIS como parte de un acuerdo con editorial la fuerza de la intuición. Planeta Carlos sabía que su hijo es- ARGENTINA: RATING, POR CANALES (ENE. 18-AGO. 19). taba vivo, decía que podía sentir sus ojos apoyados en 10 la luna. La historia de este 8 accidente que sigue con- moviendo al mundo vuelve 6 a ser relevante desde un costado inexplorado, con 4 un personaje masculino así de sensible, con instituto 2 maternal, nos interesa es- pecialmente en este mo-

Amar después de Amar, el exitoso drama producido por Ene. 18Feb. 18Mar. 18Abr. 18May. 18Jun. 18Jul. 18Ago. 18Sep. 18Oct. 18Nov. 18Dic. 18Ene. 19Feb. 19Mar. 19Abr . 19May. 19Jun. 19 Jul. 19Ago. 19 mento de tantos personajes VIS es la primera producción latinoamericana en arribar al femeninos fuertes’. mercado holandés, a través de Dutch Channels Fuente: Kanta Ibope Media

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NatGeo: Disney+ y NBCUniversal se las superaciones empodera junto a que vienen las mujeres

National Geographic Latin America vive un mo- NBC Universal International mento con muchas expectativas, ya que tras la fusión Networks es cada vez más lo- de Disney con Fox se anunció que será uno de los cinco cal en Argentina con sus señales sellos de Disney+, junto a Disney, Pixar, StarWars y cada vez más sinergizadas, es- Marvel. Mientras tanto, con la producción regional pecialmente con E! y Telemundo gana fuerza y nuevas audiencias. Internacional, canales afines en Santiago De Cárolis, GM: ‘En Nat Geo estamos con un 70%, según destaca Marcello varios procesos en marcha. Por un lado, ampliando la Coltro, SVP de Contenidos y Ser- Santiago De Cárolis: Disney + audiencia, partiendo de la tradicional de corte adulto vicios. Marcello Coltro, SVP de Conteni- do & Servicios NatGeo —documentales, factual— hacia público más joven y El grupo celebra la primera familiar. Nos está yendo muy bien, especialmente con década de , que abrió el feed es- programación local, que ya ocupa el 20% de nuestra pecífico para este país con más conductores locales. La rel- oferta. Allí hacemos foco en los nuevos targets y es evancia con esas celebridades se vio en la Gala que ofrecieron donde más crecemos’. para los Emmy en Buenos Aires (Coltro es miembro de la ‘Siempre han atraído los documentales de historia, Academia hace 18 años), que fue el cuarto gran evento en así como los de acceso y descubrimiento. Entonces vi- menos de un año, junto a la gala de septiembre pasado; el mos allí un nicho interesante con las biografías, por ejem- partnership por los Billboard Latinos; y La reina del Flow con C

plo Bios, vidas que marcaron la tuya, que cumplen estos per- Julián Serrano como youtuber aliado. M files sumando acceso a historias no tan conocidas de gente Entre la nueva programación se destaca la docu-serie Y famosa. Eligiendo bien las personalidades, como Charly Belleza XL de E! protagonizada por modelos ‘plus size’ cam- García, Gustavo Cerati, Alex Lora, etc., ganamos nuevos biando los parámetros: ‘Es positivo el impacto de lo que pasa CM

targets mientras mantenmos nuestra auciencia core’. con las mujeres en USA después de Me Too! Belleza XL fue MY ‘También promovimos experiencias innovadoras como una idea de la que participó la presidente de NBCU, Klaudia CY Explorer Investigation, que documenta algunos de los temas Bermúdez, presentada este año durante Rio Creative Confer- y conflictos sociales más importantes en América Latina ence y cosechó muy buenas audiencias en Brasil. Eso motivó CMY

y que estrenamos primero en digital, donde sabemos que lanzarlo para la región y también tuvimos buenos rating, K llegamos a un público joven, y luego en TV lineal para la como en México, donde consiguió 0,19 puntos en adultos de audiencia tradicional. Hoy estamos produciendo en Ar- 18 a 45 años’. Explorer Investigation, serie que documenta algunos de gentina, México y Brasil’. E! es una ventana para programas como Drag me as a queen, los temas y conflictos sociales ‘La inclusión Juju Boot Camp y Born to fashion, en la búsqueda de la próxima Rating de TV de paga panregional (Julio 2019) más importantes en América de National Geo- modelo trans de Brasil con Valentina Sampaio, modelo trans Latina, estrenó primero en graphic en Dis- Pos. Canal Rat de Victoria Secret. ‘Producimos mucho en Brasil por las fac- digital 1 Cartoon Network 0,72 ney+ es una gran 2 0,60 ilidades de Ancine, pero siempre pensamos en que puedan noticia, muestra el prestigio de nues- 3 FOX Channel 0,60 Panregionalmente como estos casos’, subraya Coltro. tra marca y calidad de sus contenidos. 4 TNT 0,53 La otra gran novedad es la vuelta de Cámbiame el look, en 5 Disney Channel 0,50 Podemos enriquecer la oferta comple- 6 Disney Jr 0,44 su cuarta temporada, producida en México: ‘Aquí también mentando con contenido para un target 7 Space 0,44 hay un cambio radical en la forma de tratar el tema de la más adulto, documentales o más familiar. 8 AXN 0,43 mujer, sobre lo que se puede o no hacer, para alcanzar los 9 TNT Series 0,42 Veo potencial para aumentar el volumen 10 Nickelodeon 0,41 sueños. Es una gran apuesta pues se trata de una de las fran- de nuestras producciones originales para 11 Warner 0,39 quicias más exitosas de la señal’, dice. 12 0,35 cubrir la demanda tanto lineal como no 13 Discovery Home & Health 0,34 Completa el ejecutivo sobre digital: ‘Tenemos una estrate- lineal’, agrega. 14 TL Novelas 0,34 gia robusta de E! Online, con 7,5 millones de impresiones sin ‘Con NatGeo Kids sucede lo mismo. 15 0,31 Brasil, y hacemos más de 800 videos cortos directamente 16 Disney XD 0,31 Ahora estamos con dos nuevas produccio- 17 FX 0,29 para lo online. Estamos in- nes, Pilar e Ico Bit Zip, la segunda enseñan- 18 Universal TV 0,29 novando en un área creativa do a los niños lo que sucede en el mundo 19 0,28 de contenidos para redes so- 20 Boomerang 0,25 digital, siempre de una forma responsable. 21 ID 0,22 ciales, y no promocional, sino Complementamos muy bien el producto 22 History 0,21 aportando al espacio com- 23 National Geographic 0,21 de Disney en kids. El panorama global de 24 ESPN2 0,20 ercial. No lo consideramos medios lo veo muy bien, sobre todo para 25 Cinecanal 0,19 contenido no lineal, sino , que cada vez tiene más op- 26 De Pelicula 0,17 multiplataforma para multi- 27 0,17 ciones de contenido y más libertad para 28 Telemundo Internacional 0,17 viewing, buscando usuarios Belleza XL, la mujer latina se empodera elegir. A partir de esto, se potencia el con- 29 FXM 0,16 de nuestras marcas más que con E!: Mayara Russi se convirtió en la 30 0,16 sumo’. de nuestros canales’. primera modelo ‘plus size’ en ser pre- Fuente: Kantar Ibope Media sentadora del canal en todo el mundo

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Globo, siempre UCV3: en movimiento 100% digital

TV Globo está siempre en movimiento: La señal de UCV3 (Chile) inició su en el último año ha realizado muchas transmisión el 12 de abril de 2018, luego reestructuraciones para mantenerse rel- de que la Pontificia Universidad Católi- evantes y listos para futuros desafíos. Es ca de Valparaíso vendiera el 90% de la líderes de rating en Brasil, donde “habla” propiedad de UCVTV a Media 23 SpA, un diariamente con más de 100 millones de grupo de medios con alcance nacional en personas en las diferentes plataformas. Chile. La universidad aún conserva un Además, tiene 4 millones de suscriptores 10% de esta propiedad, manteniéndose en canales internacionales y ha licenciado ligada al negocio de medios a través de Raphael Correa Netto, director de Carlos Poirrier, director de progra- negocios internacionales de Globo productos a más de 170 países. esta señal dedicada a contenidos cul- mación de UCV3 Raphael Correa Netto, director de ne- turales. gocios internacionales, explica: ‘Todo se conecta en un punto: el con- Carlos Poirrier, director de programación: ‘Nos manejarnos por tenido. Producimos contenido transformador que llegue al corazón los valores de la universidad- Fue un reto pensar qué tan viable de las personas, donde sea se encuentren. Desde Estudios Globo salen era echar a andar una estación con este tipo de contenidos y saber anualmente unas 3.000 horas de contenido de entretenimiento. Pen- quiénes estaban dispuestos a verla se volvió un elemento atractivo sando en modelos de producción más eficientes, inauguramos tres y retante’. nuevos estudios diseñados para operar en 4K HDR con tecnología IP’. El canal se distribuye digitalmente a través de la señal abierta ‘La emoción conecta, supera las barreras del idioma, es universal. en Valparaíso y Santiago de Chile, y también a través de su sitio Invertimos en creatividad, innovación y en talentos que nos ayudan a web. Poirrier adelanta que están cerrando alianzas con cableopera- crear buenas historias. El potencial de Globo en producción y distri- doras para alcanzar nuevas regiones. ‘Tenemos una parrilla famil- bución es una de nuestras grandes apuestas: esta combinación, junto iar y positiva. El 40% está conformada por producciones nacionales a una potente línea de producción, hace que nuestras obras sean exi- ajustadas a documentales científicos e históricos, y el restante 60% tosas en Brasil y también logren caminar muy bien a nivel interna- corresponde a contenido internacional de la misma índole’. cional’, añade. En cuanto a negocios internacionales, el plan es ambicioso: ‘Con Sony produciremos tres series en inglés como O Anjo de Hamburgo y Rio Connection, y con Telemundo, coproducimos Jugar con Fuego, al tiempo que tenemos otros acuerdos con (España)’. En distribución, licenció contenido a AMC, Shudder, M6 (Francia), Walter Presents (UK), Telecomplex (Grecia), M-RTL ZRT (Hungría), y mantiene acuerdos con sus socios Mediaset y ProsiebenSat.1. Para MIPCOM ofrece originales de , la plataforma de streaming de , como Desalma y Onde Está Meu Coração, además de Isla de Hierro S2 y Bajo Presión S3’. ‘Nuestra señal cuenta con todo el archivo histórico de UCVTV, el ‘La calidad y relevancia del contenido va canal más antiguo de Chile, que ahora es TV+. Tener todo este ma- más allá de las ventanas. Nuestra calidad, terial nos ha permitido conservar nuestro acervo histórico televisivo pero especialmente diversidad, hace que y realizar nuevos materiales. UCV3 codesarrolla producciones inter- nuestra programación esté cada vez más nas con la propia universidad; tenemos un programa musical con el cerca del público de todo el mundo. Por Instituto de Música de la Pontificia Universidad de Valparaíso; y de- ejemplo, el original de Globoplay Aruanas sarrollamos un programa científico con la Facultad de Ciencias del que primero se distribuyó a más de 150 Mar. Asimismo, tenemos una vinculación directa con contenidos países a través de aruanas.tv, un ambiente locales ocupando a profesionales de nuestra propia universidad’. “powered by Vimeo” en una estrategia di- ‘Otro de los caminos que tenemos en materia de contenido surge Jugar con Fuego, coproducción rect to consumer’, completa Correa Netto. de la mano de productoras nacionales, fondos de gobierno y de con Telemundo TOP 10 DE PROGRAMAS MÁS VISTOS (JULIO 2019) cultura con quienes, de manera conjunta, producimos espacios en nuestra señal’, completa. Según Poirrier ‘vienen en camino acuer- Pos. Programa Género Canal Rat. 1 Futebol Not Futebol Globo 21,68 dos de licitación para sumarnos a un sistema de medición de au- 2 A Dona Do Pedaço Novela Globo 15,18 diencia’. Y añade: ‘Nosotros también necesitamos auspiciadores y 3 Jornalismo Globo 13,6 4 Verão 90 / Bom Sucesso Novela Globo 13,37 el people meter es una herramienta para mostrarle a las empresas 5 Futebol Qa Futebol Globo 13,03 quiénes nos están viendo’. 6 Futebol Ves Futebol Globo 13 Entre sus próximos lanzamientos, Porrier finaliza: ‘Transmitire- 7 Praca TV 2a Edicao Jornalismo Globo 12,14 8 Reality Show Globo 11,32 mos nuevamente Concurso Internacional de Ejecución Musical Dr. Desalma, original de 9 Globo Reporter Reportagem Globo 10,71 Globoplay Luis Sigall, y una serie documental sobre el borde costero chileno: 10 Cine Holliudy Séries Globo 10,56 Un Océano de Ciencia’. Fuente: Kantar Ibope Media

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companies attending MIP- various countries, supports vals in different countries COM has grown and di- the discovery of new talent and our own venue, Ven- Euroimages versified with more players and the production of con- tana Sur, which is being attending for the very first tent following these contests. held this year on Decem- Last May, INCAA announced that time. During the past years, we have ber 2-6, in co-production Argentina has entered the Euro- The main objective of this Ar- increased the support to the de- with the Cannes Festival images “Cultural Support Fund”. gentina “Country of Focus” action in velopment phase of each project with a Marché Du Film’. Haiek explains: ‘This is a hinge for Cannes is to strengthen the visibility of federal strategy that allows people from ‘This offers the op- our film industry, as it allows us to the national produc- portunity for talent from participate in an European multi- tions in the most im- several Latin American lateral fund, apart from Ibermedia. portant event of the countries to pitch their It offers big opportunities to work year, but also the full ideas and content to buy- together with that continent and not ecosystem: artist, Argentina has entered the Euroimages Cultural Support Fund, announced the president of ers from thirty countries, INCAA, Ralph Haiek, during the Cannes Film Festival, sorrunded by Viviana Dirolli, INCAA, only in production but also exhibi- technical and creative with special sections such Ralph Haiek, president of INCAA Benjamin Domenech, executive producer at Rei Cine, Roberto Olla, executive director of tion’. teams, and the oppor- Eurimages, and Luis Scalella, president of the International Federation of Film Producers' as Blood Window (fantastic More than 40 countries are part of The National Institute of Cinema and tunities the country’ Associations (FIAPF) genre films), Primer Corte Euroimages. All them can enter to Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) of Argentina is industry can provide to different parts of the nation to participate (Fiction films in postproduction), Anima- the “Coproduction Program”, which putting strong emphasis in placing the the global business. The in the contests’. tion! (the animation industry section), country in the “Top of Mind” of the glob- entities aim to position ‘We have also studied the different Fiction Factory (Fictions series from Ar- has four calls every year. The next al audiovisual industry. It continues sup- Argentina as a hub for support strategies developed by various gentina), Incubadora (Documentary film one opens on October 1 and closes porting the local productions, promot- content creation, pro- countries, including the rebate plans de- projects from Argentina) and Proyecta, on the 22 (after MIPCOM ends) and ing the national participation at festivals duction and shooting veloped in countries such as South Korea, with film projects looking for co-produc- will be the first official participation for meetings and networking, as well as thanks to its large and Ralph Haiek, president of INCAA, at the Ordinary Federal Congress held in Buenos Aires Spain and Colombia; some of these work ers’, describes Haiek. from Argentina. along with the representatives from the Ministries of Culture of 19 provinces including creating new funding programs with the diverse locations. the City of Buenos Aires more on the development and exhibition And he conclude: ‘We have also in- Euroimages is a found of €25 mil- same objective as usual: to push the na- Argentina is one of parts of the production, leaving to private creased the opportunities for local mov- lions that aims to promote the cin- tional creations internationally. the biggest “audiovisual factories” of the investment the production by itself, re- iemakers to reach audiences through the ematographic independent produc- This MIPCOM is going to be a very spe- world: 6,000 students of careers related AGENDA laying on local or international counter- opening of online opportunities to watch tion offering financing support to cial one as INCAA and the Argentine In- to cinema and TV, 236 movies premiered parts that will provide exhibition screens Argentine movies: Cine.Ar, open in many fiction, animation and documentary vestment and International Trade Agen- every year (#1 in Latin America) with in their home and other markets for the cases to audiences from other countries, Argentina is sponsoring the “Opening Party” films. Their programs include as- cy (AAICI) are organizing the Argentina global recognitions (two Oscars for “Best content, once it is ready’. and Cine.Ar Estrenos, which exhibits re- at Carlton on the 14th since 7pm, where sever- sistant to coproduction, distribu- “Country of Focus” agenda, which means Foreign Film” and seven nominations) ‘In our case, we have been working on cently-premiered movies charging a fee al strategic spaces are installed to show and tion, digitalization, among others. that the spotlight and of the and the fourth largest format exporters of equal to a movie ticket and, at the same the “incubator” part of the process, help- Canada and Argentina are the only country in the biggest tradeshow of the the works, which transform the country promote the audiovisual productions, but it time, allows these films to reach audi- ing the new talent to find the best way non-European territories. year will be major. in an ultimate destination for audiovisual will also be a good opportunity to exhibit Ar- to tell their story and the showrunner to ences at places where no movie theatres More than 30 companies, including productions. gentine culture and gastronomy. deploy the best treatment ideas available. are available to run these films’. creators, producers and service providers, Along this process, it is possible to iden- are participating at the show under the Boosting local production On the 15th, INCAA and AAICI are holding the tify the most gifted ideas and provide a National umbrella, located in the same ‘Argentina has plenty of talent available traditional “Snack’n Screen”, this time chang- selection process that, while finding who stand of the last years (P1-C81). Between for the production and co-production of ing the venue and the format. Since 12.30pm merits being followed, bestows knowl- 2018 and 2019 the number of Argentine movie features as well as television fic- 10 Argentina producers are pitching their edge to all the people involved’, he adds. tion, documentaries and anima- shows at Salon Croissette inside the Palais ‘Argentina produces at this time some tion. Every year, a number of 20 television series per year; we think it des Festivals, and they are doing so through new titles are released and there is possible to double this output if the “video pitchings” instead of presenting the is a young generation of movie- participation of international producers programs live. makers, script writers and ac- is obtained. To attain this goal, it seems tors that are a solid foundation reasonable to think that, by improving th for the future’, remarks Ralph On the 16 , the Argentine Embassy in France the way the existing projects are sub- Haiek, president at INCAA. is organizing a “Networking Drinks” aiming mitted to these third parties, its creators He is absolutely confident to generate more spaces for the networking will be able attract foreign partners and about the artistic value of what of producers with global companies. During screens that at this moment are not aware is being currently produced in the four market days, INCAA and AAICI are of the existing possibilities’. the country but also has a clear also organizing key matchmaking with dif- ‘We are offering windows of opportu- idea about what is required to ferent delegations: Canada, Spain, Colombia, nity to the international partners through obtain, for these titles, higher the presence of Argentine content at INCAA presented its Annual Report 2019: Ralph Haiek, president, Mariana dell Chile, among others. La de los Giles was selected by the Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematografias to represent Argentina in the category Elce, manager of promotion, Karina Castellano, general director of Cine.AR, international recognition: ‘IN- worldwide markets such as MIPCOM and “Best Foreign Film” (among other 80 international films) for the Oscars 2020. Directed by Sebastian Borensztein and produced by and Carlos Abate, rector of ENERC CAA, as many public entities in NATPE Miami, as well as cinema festi- K&S, it is starred by Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Chino Darin, Veronica Llinas, among others, and already surpassed the 1.5 millions viewers in Argentina

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Luis Mario Durán García, director general GloboPlay, Brasil: Joao Mesquita, director, rodeador por Carolina MVS México: Alejandro Globo TV (Brasil): Amauri Soares, director de programación, Carlos Antonio Valente, Erika Wurts, head of originals y coproducciones, Renata de programación, y Valentina Rubio, Leconte, VP de Imagen TV de México: Adriana Ibáñez, Record TV, Brazil: Mafran Dutra, SBT, Brasil: Televisa, a pleno: Jaime Aguilar-Álvarez, Eduardo Bandera, José Luis coordinadora de programación, ambos Vazquez-Vela, network Hernrique Schroder, CEO, Raphael Correa Netto, director de negocios Sr. content Aguiar y Bianca Serra, adquisiciones, y Carla Domingues, desarrollo de consejera de contenidos y programación, internacionales, Silvio de Abreu, head of drama and comedy, y Monica acquisitions at gerente de desarrollo de contenidos; y Doye Smith, DPS director general de producción, Richard Vaun, Fabila, Fran Schuermann, Camila Misas, Adriana Macías Valadez, y de Televisa Networks, con Antonio Pérez general director, ambos Paulo Franco, superintendente de adquisiciones Patricio Wills Gato Grande de MVS México, y Ricardo Suzette Millo, adquisiciones, y Aurelio Albuquerque, head of Estudios Globo Globosat Media Consulting Bonilla, de RTVE España México Valcárcel, director general de ficción programación y artístico, y Moyses de León, director de Macedo, VP adquisiciones

Band Brasil: Marianne de Apple TV: Nicolás Vivero, Omar Ferrero Ana Lidia Montoya, VP adquisiciones, Mexicanal, Tomás Univision: Jorge Luiz Bannitz, Castro, content dis- y Tatiana Peres, gerente de video de Darcyl de Telefilms, Tania Benítez y Bruce Boren de THR3 Carlos Alberto Aurora Bacque- Balleste, Senior NBCUniversal Telemundo: Peter Blacker, EVP, revenue business tribution, and Elisa iTunes, con Neto, Flavio Medeiros, El equipo fusionado de Disney-FOX Latinoamérica encabezado por Fernando Barbosa, SVP para rie, VP of Channel Director, Content : Mauricio SVP acquisitions, América Latina que incluye líderes de distribución, Henri Ringel, producción, Leonardo Aranguibel Media, Karina Montoya Lopez, director de Ríos, VP programming & strategy & innovation, Ronald Day, EVP entertainment, director and Ayub, acquisitions head of sports, Globo TV programación de Relations, Olym- Acquisitions, Ana Siegel, general counsel, Ana Paula Valdovinos, VP head of content, director Discovery Latin y Mariana Pérez, y canales, Gonzalo Fiure y Santiago de Carolis pusat (USA) acquisitions, Nina Ferro, America Sony México manager programming production & development, e Ignacio Barrera, SVP sales Encripta! (Brasil) & business development

Turner/WarnerMedia Latin America : Martín Crespo, director de programación Isabel Quintero, head of acquisitions, Eduardo Ruiz, EVP y GM, Networks del US Hispano: Guillermo Sierra, de TNT, Analía Pollero, content acquisitions & planning director, Richi Pichetto, David Lynn, CEO y presidente de VIMN, y Pierluigi Viacom: Federico Cuervo, VP-Head de VIS, Marisol Bilai Joa Silar, Augusto Rovegno, director de adqui- Amazon Prime Video: Neil Maman, content ma- y Carmen Larios, SVP contents, de A+E Networks Latin America Head of Television and Digital Services, y VP content production, Andrés Mendoza, director ejecutivo de adquisiciones, y Gazzolo, presidente VIMN Americas (bordes) con Amaya, adquisiciones de Viacom/Pluto TV, Tiago advisor para Pluto sición de Netflix, Willard Tressel, GM nager; Danae Kokenos, head of content; Francisco (bordes) con Eduardo Fernández, gerente de contenidos y Erika Vogt-Lowell, directora de programa- Tomás Yankelevich, CCO Lisa Holme, content acquisitions de Hulu Worcman, gerente de marcas Pay TV, Mariana Alessan- TV/Viacom OnDirecTV Latin America, y Leonardo Morales, head of acquisitions; Pablo Iacoviello, producción de Artear (Argentina), Humberto Delmás, ventas de ción y adquisiciones, de HITN, con Doris dreno, Adriana Henriquez, Rita Herring, ventas Zimbron, head of fiction, Endemol Shine head of Latin America Telefilms, Patricia Daujotas, VP de programación y adquisiciones de Vogelmann, VP Programming, V-Me Boomdog Canal 10 (Uruguay)

Colombia: Ángela Suárez, VP de desarrollo de FoxTelecolombia, Camila Misas, directora de contenidos de Televisa (México), Caralina Porto, productora ejecutiva, Juana Uribe, VP, Mar- Juan Diego Garretón, director de HBO Latin America: María del Rosario Iregui, Carolina Padula, Roberto Cabrini, Paramount Latin America con Ainoha del Coso cela Montoya, directora de adquisiciones y Dago García, VP de producción, todos de Caracol, programación, y Loreto Gaete, La TV de Chile a pleno: Jaime Boetsch Gillet, TVN; José Navarro, Canal Mónica Gonzalez Piris, head of content acquisitions de Digicel, Gustavo Grossman, Silvia Fong, Eva Villareal, Dany Zambrano, Martínez, Business Affairs, Grey Juice Lab, Felipe Becerra, gerente con Ana María Londoño y Eugenia Vélez, gerente de programación, ambas de RCN, y María gerente de nuevos negocios, 13; Patricio Hernández y Juan Ignacio Vicente, Mega; abajo, Isabel junto a ClaroVideo: Jennifer Barany, content acquisitions Jesús Rodriguez, Eduardo Zaca, Roberto Ríos y Luis Peraza de contenidos, y Néstor Lasko, gerente de estrategia, ambos de Paula Bustamante, directora de programación de Caracol TV+/UCV TV (Chile) con Beatriz Rodríguez, TVN, y Marcelo Hilsenrad, Canal 13 director, Rosemarie Morales-Saez, acquisitions manager, Adela Cablevisión Flow (Argentina), y Damián Craimowicz, director Cea, sales manager, Inter Medya Kabelis, acquisitions coordinator, y Claudia Bouche, content regional para América Latina, Grey Juice Lab acquisitions manager

Teleamazonas Ana Alvarado, Alejandro Sacasa, (Ecuador): VP de coproduc- Pablo Corona, VP Broadcasters from Canada: Michel Pelletier, content acquisitions, André Tele-Quebec, Canada: Christine NBCUniversal: Belinda Menendez, presidente de distribución global, rodeada Buyers del OTT Movistar: Paula Figueroa, director de adquisi- Compradores de Sony: Nathascha Rengifo, SVP de de Milton Xavier, Pierre Weistein, Victor Dangond, Kevin MacLellan, Gus Sebastián del ciones, Ecuavisa ción de contenidos de adquisiciones Béraud, head of TV drama, both from CBC Radio Canada, Marie Sylvie Maesbracer, head of programming; Ian Sonya Davidson, manager directora de video Latam, Alexia Parodi, de AMC Networks Oliveri, president, Quebecor Content; distribución y canales, Selina Nederhand, VP de O’Brien, Khristopher Lorenzo, Marcello Coltro y Klaudia Bermúdez-Key Corral, gerente (Ecuador) de Albavisión Lefebvre, acquisitions, and Brigitte Vincent, VP, content, both from V Media, programming, Romen Podzthun, general directora de contenidos Latam, y Gonzalo Christiane Asselin, content and programming at CBC, and Rekha Shah, CBS Yann Paquet, VP, Quebecor Content, and CEO, and Jennifer Chen, VP estrategia de contenidos, Olimpia Ciribe, directora Arrisueño, content manager Genevieve Royer, acquisitions director programming, all from Channel de adquisiciones, y Rodrigo Gómez, gerente de Zero, Canada contenidos de (México) 112 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL 113 //// EXHIBITORS

BOOTH #R7.L26 BOOTH #P-1.F55 Federation Ent.: Nippon TV: why does thrilling series format success

Federation Entertainment (France) is Nippon TV, Japan’s leading com- launching at MIPCOM its fifth season of mercial broadcasters has experienced its flagship spy thriller drama,The Bureau continual success within the Turkish (50x’60), which shows the department in market: finishing its S2 by the end of charge of training the most undercover May, Women/Kadin has totaled up to agents of the French secret services. It is 64 episodes with smash ratings and Donald an award winning French phenomenon further welcoming its third season on Jean-Michel Ciszewski, Head of series, created by Eric Rochant and pro- Shigeko Cindy Chino, Associate MD, FOX Turkey this fall. International duced with The Oligarchs Productions. International Business Development Shigeko Cindy Chino, Associate MD, From Letterbox Filmproduktion and Iris Production comes Bad International Business Development: Banks (12x’60), a thriller starred by talented young investment banker ‘We have also received great success within our format sales in Asia and a prominent head of investment banking. ‘We are proud of the fifth specifically with the comical physical game show format, Block Out. series of The Bureau, a breathtaking show sold almost everywhere in the Thai version achieved highest average ratings on Channel 7, which has world that has become the ultimate reference in the spy series universe. more than 100 episodes currently planned’. Trump We have no doubt that we will finally enter the Latin American market’, At MIPCOM, Nippon TV is launching highlights Jean-Michel Ciszewski, Head of International. several non-scripted ’60-formats such us Also part of its rich lineup They Were 10 (6x’60), the first contem- game shows Red Carpet Survival (‘60), where hate porary adaptation of Agatha Christie’s masterpiece And the they were contestants act as bodyguards who must None, the best-selling thriller of all safely escort a VIP, and Sokkuri Sweets, an time: it is a psychological thriller hilarious game show in which celebrities with five women and five men in- try to spot sweets/pastries that look iden- vited to a luxury hotel on a desert- tical to objects in real life. But also on the ed tropical island but they soon re- scripted side, the mystery series Your Turn Mystery series Your Turn to Kill alize they are completely isolated. to Kill (20x’60). launched at MIPCOM From Escazal Films and directed Chino: ‘We announced S2 in Singapore for our hit format Old Enough!, by Pascal Laugier (The Secret, while Thai version of Block Out started to air with huge ratings success, Ghostland), it is the best-exported and receiving interest from other territories. We are also announcing French movie in 2018, released in more scripted format deals as well, following our success in sales for Time is a Killer, huge success on TF1 55 countries. Mother, Woman –My Life for My Children, Abandoned, and others’. Produced by Millstreet Films and FBO, Amsterdam Vice (8x’60) is an The executive concludes: ‘As local content becomes more and original prequel to the stories written by A.C. Baantjer, the most suc- more powerful in each territory, there is a rise of interest in scripted cessful Dutch book franchise of all time. Last but not least, Time is a Killer and non-scripted formats. We see strong demand for Japanese cre- (8x’60), a thrilling suspense series from Authentic Prod and Federation ativity in those territories and are extending our expertise in sharing Entertainment that achieved amazing ratings on TF1 this fall: on Au- our know how of successful productions. We plan to invest in more gust 29th outperformed all other channels with a market share of 26.1 % co-developments to create new brands / formats with partners who and 5.3 millions viewers. share the same goal of global distribution’. Tondero + América TV

En un fortalecimiento de ca Latina, inaugurado en 2016: en sus 55.000 metros cuadrados, hay su alianza existente, Ton- 28.000m2 construidos con cinco estudios: 3 de 1000m2, 2 de 500m2. dero Distribucion prom- ‘Cuatro de ellos en HD y uno en 4K. Se puede producir en simultáneo y ueve internacionalmente fueron inaugurados con la coproducción con Telefe, El Regreso de Lucas. las producciones dramáti- Luego, hemos producido telenovelas como Ojitos Hechiceros y Mi Esper- cas de América TV (Perú) y anza, y ahora De Vuelta al Barrio, nuestra serie sus servicios de producción diaria que es #1 en audiencia’, explicó Eric de Estudios América. Jurgensen, del directorio de América TV. Cecilia Gómez de la Torre, gerente asociada de Tondero Distribución rodeada por Eric Jurgensen, La distribuidora, lidera- ‘Es una evolución en nuestra alianza con board member del directorio, y David Prieto, jefe de da por Cecilia Gómez de la América, que produce el mejor drama de programación, de América TV Torre, gerente asociada, Perú que hemos exportado a varios ter- licencia las series de América TV en todo el mundo, y desde mayo se ritorios de la región. Más recientemente, extiende a ofrecer los servicios de producción de las modernas instala- cerramos un acuerdo con TC de Ecuador *we don’t know if he actually hates Gusto TV ciones en Pachacamac. por Ojitos Hechiceros y Mi Esperanza, que América TV invirtió más de USD 50 millones para el establecimiento lideran su slot a las 9pm’, completa Gó- Ojitos Hechiceros de uno de los tres estudios de televisión más importantes de Améri- mez de la Torre.

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BOOTH #C16.B BOOTH #P-1.F50 Intermedya = evolution Dori Media, for the

Intermedya (Turkey) is one of the top whole family global distributors and one of the great- est exponents on Turkish boom, but Dori Media stress the best of its the company has also learnt to evolve dramas, crimes series and reali- with the market. Today apart from pre- ties for the whole family at MIPCOM mium series, it provides entertainment with Losing Alice (8x60’), a psycho- formats and participates in impor- logical neo-noir thriller inspired by tant creation and production ventures. Faust’s tale that tells the story of Can Okan, CEO It arrives to MIPCOM with Bitter Lands Alice, an ambitious 47-year-old fe- (113x45’), a drama produced by Tims & B presents the story of a legend- Nadav Palti, President & CEO, male film director who becomes ary love that begins in Istanbul during the 1970s and continues in the Dori Media Group obsessed with 24-year-old femme- lands of Cukurova in southern Turkey through the trials of evil, ambi- fatale Sophie and eventually surrenders all moral integri- tion, and tyranny. The productions is starred by Hilal Altinbilek, Ugur ty in order to achieve power, success and unlimited relevance. Günes, Murat Ünalmis and Vahide Percin, and directed by Faruk Teber. In Normal (8x60’), a young columnist hits rock bottom struggling In Behzat Ç., coproduced with Turkish OTT BluTV, after graduating to establish himself as a writer, and not lose his mind in the pro- from the Police Academy in 1985, Behzat starts to work at the Homi- cess, finds his own route to normality in cide Bureau in the Ankara Police Department. Fearless and intelligent the unlikeliest of places: the psych ward. Behzat remains a detective while all of his colleagues have been pro- While in Dumb season 3 (75x35’), the crime moted to higher positions. He sticks to the streets because he does drama about a frustrated 30-year-old ac- not like to follow the rules. This tress who goes undercover as a student rich and intense drama series with in high school trying to help her arrested tints of thriller is directed Serdar ex-boyfriend who was charged with drug Akar and Doğan Ümit Karaca un- dealing. der the producer house Ay Yapım For all family, Dori Media brings to Cannes Run!!!, a horror series for kids and starred by Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Run!!!, horror series for kids İnanç Konukçu and Fatih Arman. which presents the event where a group At the same time, Intermedya of friends meet for a fun game night at an escape room, but as the presents three reality formats evening continues, they find out that each room is designed based on shows. Exathlon (4 or 5 times a different member of the group, and they can’t get out without re- vealing their deepest secrets to each other. Also The Box Season 2, the Behzat Ç., drama a week- 150’) is a sports-real- ity format where two teams of talent show for kids that was an hit event in its first edition returns sportive contestants including Olympic athletes or celebrities with with a second part with the same formula: an open call for auditions, skills compete at built challenge locations, and The Box Challenge hundreds of kids are invited to enter The Box and show off their talents (weekly-60’), thirty randomly allocated boxes and three contestants on The Box YouTube channel, while a daily TV show highlighted the best begins the show with USD 200.000 and they choose the amount they performances. wish to allocate to the boxes. RMVistar delivers global content The independent company, RMVistar the mythical world of the Monkey King, where a young monk and his (USA) leaded Rose Marie Vega as CEO, have group of disciples are on a journey to collect scrolls of Buddhist wis- secured new movies and series available dom, and the epic drama from India, Porus (60x’45) that follows a in Latin America and selected territories valiant warrior who by his dexterity defends his motherland against headed by the newly released thriller se- Alexander The Great, the foremost and powerful ruler of the west. ries of Legendary Paranormal Stories titled The company’s offers is completed by the formats shows: Instagram Lost Souls (13x’50) produced by RCTV Girls (20x’60) a russian show that presents twenty-four ‘goddesses International as well as the high pace ac- of internet’ compete to win the most LIKES from a juror of ordinary tion movie The Brave (1x’150), set an Al- people who don’t have Instagram, TMG (52x’45) which follows a cou- Rose Marie Vega, CEO banian town known for drug production rageous young woman who must fight off and trafficking where an elite group of cops set out to end the war wa- a powerful nemesis in order to save her ged against the local police amongst others, and the drama Girl Lost son’s life, the Argentinean crime drama with more than 2.4 million viewers on Youtube for the official trailer. LCQL (13x’30) where a single mother is for- Apart of these selected titles, on the series slate, the company ced to become the “cleaning lady” for the highlights The Makeuppers (11x’48), a lifestyle series which presents crime organization, and W6 (36x’60) which forty ambitious and distinctive Makeuppers from all over the coun- follows an euphoric lawyer who’s discovers try will fight for title of the best makeup work, Legends of the Monkeys that have a condition that makes him suffer (20x’30) an action/adventure series, available on Netflix, which shows spontaneous and unusual hallucinations. The Makeuppers, makeup reality

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Televisa promotes Gaumont: for all ages “Fabrica de Sueños” Gaumont, the leading producer and distributor of high-quality programming for the US and international markets and With two productions currently on air in part of the French motion picture studio Mexico, and others in development, Tele- Gaumont, is heading this year to MIPCOM visa Studios, led by Patricio Wills, president focusing on developing new TV co-produc- promotes its “Fabrica de Sueños” brand, tion alliances and launching new divisions with which the Mexican giant is renewing around the world. most of the iconic soap operas in the history Vanessa Shapiro, President, Worldwide Vanessa Shapiro, President, of the Mexican drama. Worldwide TV Distribution TV Distribution and Co-Production: ‘Last 12 series are planed to be produced under and Co-Production year, we opened offices in Germany, the The Creative Arts Consulting Agency for Promoting and Supporting Patricio Wills, President, this label, including La Usurpadora, Cuna de UK and Argentina, with a mandate to develop and produce origi- Televisa Studios Lobos, El maleficio, Rubi, Colorina, La madras- nal scripted drama series’. As part of its new Latin American co- Television Actors and Social Media Artists in the German speaking territories tra, Los ricos también lloran, Rosa salvaje, Co- production alliance with Fabula (Chile) and Kapow (Argentina), rona de lágrimas, Quinceañera, El privilegio de amar y Corazón salvaje. At the company introduces El Presidente (8x’60), a true crime series MIPCOM Televisa International is launching the first two produc- that explores the FIFA corruption scandal knew it as ‘FIFA gate’. Our Full Service Offerings: tions of 25 episodes each, already on air in Mexico. Gaumont highlights S5 of the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated La Usurpadora turns into reality the project leaded by Televisa dur- Narcos (50x’60), original series for Netflix, as well as the drama ing 2019. The production is airing on Las Estrellas with fantastic from Creation Originales for Canal+, Nox (6x’60), which presents a  Film Productions for TV and New Media: Web, Social Media and Mobile Series ratings. Starring Sandra Ech- retired cop who is forced back into action when her daughter dis- everria, Andres Palacios and appears deep into the Paris underground. The Art Of Crime (18x’60)  Brand, community and fan building as well as actor promotions Arap Bethke and produced by was produced by France 2 and shows a detective teaming up with Carmen Armendariz, the se- an art historian from the Louvre to delve  Content creation and content tools and management ries tells the life of a first lady into mysteries that capture French culture who lives a hell next to the and history, while Murder In Lisieux (‘90)  The full range of Social Media Services most important man in the is a police drama produced by France 3. country: the Mexican Presi- Gaumont is highlighting a slate of Christ-  Handcrafted strategical planning with best practice dent. mas specials TV movies: Merry Christmas La Usurpadora, remake drama The company has recently Match (’90) where the director of the an- premiered the second antho- nual Christmas pageant, questions her fu- logical production, Cuna de Lobos, on air since October 7. This remake ture in her small hometown, A Very Corgi Murder in Lisieux, police drama for France 3 Philipp J. Kaeser is film producer, actor, social media expert, influencer, song of the soap opera originally released in 1986, was shot in Mexico City Christmas (‘90) which a single mom and Acapulco and is starred by Spanish actress Paz Vega, as well as runs into a fellow single dad who writer, musician and trainer. With acting education in Los Angeles, New York, Jose Pablo Minor, Diego Amozurrutia, Gonzalo Garcia Vivanco, Flavio enlists her help in taking care of Medina, etc. The third project will be Rubi, and is set to be premier on a corgi puppy he plans to give his London, Berlin and Munich and world leading coaches Susan Batson, Lisa 2020 starred by Camila Sodi. daughter at Christmas, Christmas Haisha and Bernard Hiller. ‘With “Fabrica de Sueños” we do not want to create a shorter A La Mode (‘90) where a women’s version of the original story we already know, but we aim to re- plans seeks to keep her family’s Philipp Kaeser has authored a number of scripts for theatre and films but also for make a story based on that classic. We believe these products can dairy farm, and Christmas Runaway compete with global, so we produce them with the best quality in Wedding (‘90) which a runaway poetry, composed and published numerous popular songs. both, production and narratives. In Mexico and Univision they bride does some soul-search- will be scheduled on prime time, and they will be soon available ing about an old flame with her Nox, original drama for Canal+ on the most important OTT’s for Latin America’, concludes Wills. grandmother. Philipp J. Kaeser, CEO and Founder of Healworld Productions

BOOTH #P0.A10 Globo: short formats Healworld also provides all professional press services to promote, optimize, professionalize and personalize communications as well as acting classes to refine the required acting skills and Globo TV International (Brazil) has prepared for MIPCOM an out- Other Globoplay’s originals standing series catalog with hits that have just been released and are Where My Heart Is and work on character training, e.g. via method acting. unseen short formats worldwide, including Aruanas, coproduced Unsoul, as well as Second Call, with Maria Farinha Filmes, which was released last June in more coproduced with O2 Filmes than 150 countries and had a brand-new distribution strategy, on and set to be released in Bra- the digital platform aruanas.tv powered by Vimeo. zil in October. Globo is also This Globoplay original is available on the platform exclusively presenting S3 of Under Pres- For further information on Healworld please visit our website: and from there to the international market. This business case is on sure, which has already been www.healworld-productions.com or [email protected] of the hot topic of “Globo Series Screening: 2020” on October 15th licensed to more than 70 coun- Aruanas, Globoplay original: from at 10.30, exclusively for guests. tries, and S2 of Iron Island. streaming to the global market

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BOOTH #P-1.A51 CMF: Canadian Gusto TV: food in 4K content high global Gusto Worldwide Media (Canada) exhibits in Cannes five high-end 4K travelability cooking series, starting with DNA Dinners (16x’30), a powerful and up- According to a research made by Ca- lifting series that takes viewers on nadian Media Fund (CMF) in partner an emotional roller coaster ride of with Parrot Analytics, Canadian con- self-discovery, with delicious dishes tent reached a global travelability of Chris Knight, President and CEO along the way. Each episode features 22.4% over the period of May 1 to July an individual who is surprised with 31, 2019. The index is an measure of the results of their DNA test and they learn about their newfound popularity relative to a project’s home heritage through cuisine. Valerie Creighton, president and CEO market that will provide Canada with Bonacini’s Italy (30x’30) is an data it has not had access before to as- elegant food series featuring ce- sess the impact of SVOD channels and new platforms on the Cana- lebrity chef Michael Bonacini as dian production industry. he cooks sumptuous Italian fare In addition, having access to Parrot Analytics’ index data, from 15 different regions. Avail- CMF can identify content that travels best to inform the in- able with Mandarin subtitling, it dustries about a global insight and identify new opportunities. turnkey multi-platform market- ‘We are eager to understand the content preferences of Canadians ing package includes original reci- across multiple viewing platforms. For pes, short form videos, and stylish us, gaining insights into the success of food photography. DNA Dinners content on all platforms is pivotal in this Set in a retro-style kitchen, the changing media landscape’, says Valerie lovely host from Flour Power (26x’30) inspires viewers with simple Creighton, president and CEO, CMF. to extravagant baked treats. Available with Mandarin subtitling or ‘Their insights into travelability is an Spanish dubbing, the acquisition package includes creative recipes, example of how global TV demand data stunning short form videos, and dazzling food photography. Vikings will give us the required strategic context to help Ca- On three seasons totaling 126 half hours, One World Kitchen is a nadian producers better navigate the content landscape’, she concludes. visually stunning food series featuring nine delicious international The project with Parrots, got a 12-month view of Canadian content that cuisines, Italian, Indian, Thai, Argentinian, Japanese, Cantonese, had well-travelled outside of the country. Courtney Williams, head of Lebanese & Greek). Accompanied by 300+ beautifully shot form partnerships for Parrot Analytics, adds: ‘We were surprised to see that videos, diverse recipes, and gorgeous food photography. content produced and co-produced in Canada had significantly higher New episodes from Watts On The Grill (25x’30) are now available: travelability rates than content produced elsewhere in the world’. Ca- this fast-paced cooking series is all about delectable barbeque. Set nadian co-production Vikings had a high demand in countries like USA, on an urban rooftop, the energetic host inspires viewers to enter- France, Spain, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. tain guests outdoors. Cisneros: educational content

Cisneros Media incorporates all tional content, such us the companies and interests of the AnimalFanPedia (52x’11) Cisneros Organization in the world an educational-joining of entertainment, including linear production about wildlife and Pay TV, production and distri- that brings animal fami- bution of content, music and beau- lies closer to each other; ty contests. This division includes or The Science Of (7x’60), Ailing Zubizarreta, VP, Creative Venevision, the leading producer a fascinating series that Services and channel in Venezuela; Cisne- delves into the wonderful ros Studios, the leading independent world of science behind producer of Spanish programming in USA; the Miss Venezu- the simplest and most AnimalFanPedia, educational series ela Organization, which has a record of seven crowns of Miss complex human experiences; and Car Czars (6x’60), and educa- Universe and six titles of Miss World; and Cisneros Media Dis- tional show for car enthusiasts. tribution (CMD), a global entertainment content distributor In addition, Cisneros Media offers in Cannes a slate of kids with more than 35 years at the forefront of the industry, ag- content with Wowzu! (52x’7) a program with animals and chil- glomerating more than 30,000 hours of programming that it dren in real action, Dinolotodo/DinoItAll (57x’7) a hybrid real ac- has distributed in more than 100 countries and 20 languages. tion and animation show for the Alpha generation, and DinoBites As every year, the company participates at MICOM bringing a (60x’60) a fun franchise for preschoolers about the prehistoric wide offer of productions that mix entertainment and educa- epic.

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BOOTH #P-1.A89 Brazilian Content: Sabbatical: beyond Brazil multicultural contents

Animation and fiction are the flag- Sabbatical Entertain- ships contents that can be found at the ment (USA) is a lead- booth of Brazilian Content, the non- ing production, consult- profit program created in 2004 through ing, content development Brasil Audiovisual Independente (BRA- and distribution company, VI), the Brazilian Trade and Investment founded by Miguel So- Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), and moza, who creates in- the Audiovisual Secretariat of the Minis- novative and original try of Culture (SAv/MinC) that promotes programs in different for- Mary Morita, executive manager new opportunities of co-production and mats, using a bank of mil- Miguel Somoza, CEO export of audiovisual content for Bra- lions of images and thousands of hours of videos and music. zilian independent producers. At MIPCOM, it shows its most recent catalog of productions that Mary Morita, executive manager, Brazilian Content, explains includes kid, entertainment, documentary and sport’s content. the program is undergoing a branding revision that is being im- For kids, it launches Human Nature (52x’25), a brand-new edu- th plemented during MIPCOM. On its 16 participation in Cannes, it cational series with a fresh, where distinguished representa- leads a delegation of 32 companies represented by 46 professionals tives of the animal kingdom share their wisdom to convey values and at MIPJunior, 15 companies and 16 professionals. The Brazilian and lessons to kids, Kids’ Planet (52x’25) an engaging new edu- Content booth its completely redesigned with its new visual iden- cational and entertainment series for kids which reinforces the tity, for an easier identification of their capabilities. key values and manners taught to children by parents, and The Brazilian companies aim to make alliances with the global lead- World Is Yours (52x’22) the new series for kids and families, cir- ing producers and institutes, while they also offer for the first cles the globe, taking viewers on an exciting journey of discovery. time services of all types, like dubbing, for which it was installed In Inspiring Women (50x’3) Sabbatical presents a documentary se- a dubbing studio at the booth, where visitors can see the com- ries about inspiring profile on iconic women and each vignette pany’s headquarters through a guided 360º virtual reality tour. presents different celebrities and highlights their adversities, jour- Bromelia Produções is a key animation producer bringing to Cannes neys and success achieved within the fields of TV, film, and mu- Lottie Dottie Mini (52x’12), the transmedia second season series from sic, Time Capsule 69 (1x’45) 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the success character from Lottie Dottie Chicken. Penguin Content main events that occurred in 1969, a year that changed the world launches The Charlie Show (26x’11), a multiplatform animated talk and this documentary-show com- show for children, and the sixth season of Earth to Luna!, the in- memorates them such as the first ternationally acclaimed animation Woodstock Festival, Pelé’s 1,000th with five seasons already produced. goal, Charles Manson’s sect, the Lastly, Copa Studio highlights Sharon Tate crime as well as the the start of sales outside of Latin first man to set foot on the moon. America of the animated series Sabbatical’s offers includes Crude Jorel’s Brother, a Brazilian suc- (13x’22) that shows the most ex- cess, GigaBlaster, Tito & Muda, Ico treme images of a world of dan- Bit Zip, Friend Twiga. Additionally, ger, action and fear. Take a front the company also expects to pros- row seat to the world’s most dan- The Charlie Show, animated series pect animation services for foreign gerous professions: Nightcrawlers. productions. Time Capsule 69

BOTH: C11 Fremantle from historical to factual experience

Fremantle Media pushes at MIPCOM a selec- and The Windermere Children (‘90), a Wall to Wall and War- tion of factual, scripted and format productions. ner Bros. ITVP Germany production for the BBC and ZDF. The factual offer is headed with the CNN Original’sChas - And to the format newest that Fremantle presents in ing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta (6x’60) a six-part docuse- Cannes are Five Guys A Week. The show transforms the ries following Dr. Sanjay Gupta as he travels the world first-date experience into the ultimate test of romance searching for the secret to living longer, healthier, and and compatibility, whilst putting the woman in con- happier. Belsen (1x’60), from Atlantic Productions for BBC trol. Fast-tracking the ‘getting to know you’ period, one Oneproduction, is a factual series that follows the story of a single girl invites five potential suitors who are looking for concentration camp. On the scripted slate, La Jauria (8x’60) from love to live with her for a week, all at the same time, all under Fremantle, Kapow (Argentina) and Fabula (Chile) for TVN Chile; one roof.

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BOOTH #P-1.B50 Castalia remarks NHK: at the heart of Mexican culture the action

Castalia Communications is having one of its NHK Enterprises (Japan) ex- most productive moments since its founding 25 hibits at MIPCOM its brand new years ago, according to Luis Torres-Bohl, President 8K film An Artist of the Floating and Executive Producer. He explains: ‘The changes World (’89) from Oscar nomi- we are experiencing in the global media industry, in nated Ken Watanabe that stars technology, investments, structures and, singularly, in this drama based on a novel by the content needs of the audience. Kazuo Ishiguro. As a result, our company is busier than ever at- On the science & technology Fumina Koike, Deputy Manager, Content Luis Torres-Bohl, president tending to the needs of our traditional businesses, side, Amazing Dinoworld (2x’49) Distribution (Sales), NHK Enterprises and executive producer with the distribution of linear signals and the pro- recreates in CGI the amazing world of dinosaurs; cutting-edge re- duction of new content, as well as the creation of a new and exciting OTT search Dynamic Genomes (2x’49) found that genes are much more service, which for the first time can meet the very specific needs of audi- flexible than we think; and Mysterious Planet (5x’48) discovers the ences in the USA, Canada and Latin America’. spooky creatures of the Mayan underworld; from the haunt of pu- Among the top company’s deals, Castalia highlights the BBC World mas and the Mars-like Andes. News’s program alliance, and similarly, remarks their partnership with Fumina Koike, Deputy Manager, Content Distribution: ‘Natural , Grupo Bandeirantes, APTN Aboriginal Peoples history and science programs have consistently been sought-after Television Network, Crossings TV and TVE international with its different throughout the world, while demand has been increasing in Asia. signals, which include the leading children’s channel, Clan, all this with its For MIPCOM, we hope that our newly launched 4K documentaries main channel Mexicanal. would be intriguing for that region, while we are confident to ap- ‘An important area of the company is the purchase and sale of content peal to the Western territories with our brand new 8K drama’. and we are connecting with new custom- NHK’s anime series Radiant (21x’24 “30) is an exciting fusion ers, to whom we can present new content, between French manga and Japanese anime, and had garnered as well as identify formats different that worldwide sales in the past year. ‘Now we have S2 (21x’24”30) that are interesting and relevant to audiences in will start airing this autumn in Japan, the United States and Latin America’, adds with international sales soon to follow. Torres-Bohl. Also, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma- The tourist-documentary series Las kun (23x’24”30), about a boy’s chaotic Cantinas de Cornelio (14x’30) was released life in a “prestigious” boarding school in USA. ‘We are keeping to evolve accord- for elite demons’, she adds. Las Cantinas de Cornelio, documentary ing to the pace and trends of the market On for format sales, Chinese version and the audiences, faithful to our goal of inspiring, sharing and growing. of observational documentary series The trends of Mexicanal Channel is programming ranges from films made 72 hours with Tencent has been a great in the Mexican golden age to cooking and news spaces in Michoacán, Jalisco, success, and they are launching a S2 this Dynamic Genomes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Veracruz and other regions of Mexico’, he concludes. fall. science and techology The Kitchen: new studios and offices

The Kitchen introduces its twelfth inter- me the opportunity to work closely with all of them, whether it national language dubbing studio, fulfilling may be attending a special event, or assisting with training per- the needs of worldwide networks, studios, sonnel. Our European office also gives me the ability to work hand distribution companies and producers who in hand with our clients in all of the European countries, and be- are looking to consolidate their language re- ing in the same time zone to get work done is surely an asset as quirements. well. It’s been a pleasure to represent The Kitchen at so many events ‘We have been ahead of the game in building over the past year: MESA; Contecta Fiction Spain; IBC and on and Deeny Kaplan, EVP, our international language teams, acquiring on. Yes, this move to the European continent was absolutely the international sales existing dubbing houses, with experience and right one for The Kitchen and I do believe that we will quality work, and rebranding them all as The Kitchen. This assures our see continued growth in this territory, and others’. clients that they are getting the company’s quality they are looking for The Kitchen also has a London-based translation in every language’, explains Deeny Kaplan, EVP, international sales. team, responsible for identifying, training and The new location joins ‘Kitchen’s’ already fully operating in Brazil, scheduling translation teams that work to and France, Mexico, Germany, Moldova, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Italy, from every language. ‘Together with the Miami France, Turkey and the US. Additionally, the company celebrates the Translation department’, explained Sam Moed, first year anniversary of their new European sales office, in Madrid. who runs the London office, ‘I do believe we’ve got Alexis Cardenas, VP international sales and in charge of that of- a wealth of translation talent that give us the quality fice: ‘Being in the middle of our European Kitchen studios, gives of work that we’ve become known for worldwide’.

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The challenges on the sport broadcasting industry

The subject of sports broadcast rights is constantly evolving and at the apex of the industry. Technology (hardware and software), viewing habits, the battle between subscriptions, pay-per-view, OTT and free-to-air, the rise of mobile, advertising spends all play a part in the battle for a slice of the huge revenues on offer.

on distribution & business development at the fight on piracy starting to take effect’. Discovery, said that the dynamics in Europe ‘We are making a great investment in me- are ‘totally different’ from America: ‘Beyond dia, mixing our platforms. However, we must content, platforms are changing the way work according to the numbers of our audi- audiences consume content. There is some ence in terms of sport transmission. Greece regions where people don’t want to spend is a small country, with several local sports. more than one subscription, which undoubt- We have noticed that when we broadcast the edly means that everything points to the in- World Cup, we managed to reach large num- Who Holds the Future of Sports in CEE? at NEM 2019: Richard John Brešković, Director of Marketing, Croatian Telekom, tegration of all these services into one. That bers of audience, which we have not achieved Coming Soon Kenechi Belusevic, Senior Manager Commercial Development is what we must observe and see the traces of with the Cricquet World Cup, that means for and Sports CEEMCA, Discovery Inc., Georgios Lykouropoulos, the other companies that lead these fields’. us that we have to educate our viewers and Not Contractual Credits Head of Sports, ERT S.A. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, and Andrej Miklánek, Head of TV content and Marketing Expert, There is an interesting fact in how the di- makes they want what we want to show’, and T-Mobile Czech Republic rect to consumer (D2C) delivery approaches completed Lykouropoulos. that the OTT platforms are tak- At the same time, various broadcasters ing. Rather than going through CONSUMPTION IN THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS. “TOP CONTENT AND CHANNELS” believe that the to OTT brings with it traditional broadcasters to get in the increased danger of piracy. In 2018 they front of consumers, these plat- saw proof of this, with data revealing nearly forms will begin to distribute five million illegal streamers during theUEFA digital media directly to consum- Champions League knockout stages before the ers through streaming services. final in May in Europe. Digital media com- The next years will be a pivotal panies are becoming increasingly aware of one for broadcasting and OTT piracy threats as more viewers turn to online media services, with sports sit- streaming over traditional broadcast, par- ting squarely in the center of the ticularly when it comes to sports. action. Georgios Lykouropoulos, In the next years it is expected to see active head of sports, ERT S.A. Hel- discussions between leagues, content own- lenic Broadcasting Corporation ers, distributors and content protection tech- (Greek), added: ‘But of all the nology companies exploring how to maintain changes we will see in the space, the value of sports content by combatting pi- I expect the most exciting to racy threats and the broadcasting rights. watch will be new OTT distribu- tion options becoming available, Source: PwC analysis The protagonists improved user In a discussion panel at NEM Dubrovnik experience being MOST DISTRIBUTED RIGHTS AMONG WESTERN EUROPE IN PAY TV last June, Kenechi Belusevic, senior manager prioritized, and 6x100’ RISE OF BROADCASTING RIGHTS. DOMESTIC TV DEALS HAVE INCREASED 25 TIMES SINCE BEGAN IN 1992

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New Films Interna- tional was launched by a highly success- ful foreign markets distributor Nesim Hason, President and founder. He has transformed this pro- duction-distribution company into a ma- Entity Project, horror film jor force in the glob- al scene. For almost four decades in busi- About contents NFI offers Nesim Hason, founder and CEO ness, Hason has been a wide variety of content at Pistolera, drama film building its reputa- MIPCOM, including own pro- tion as a reliable full-service production company and trust- duced as well as third-party movies and series. ed sales partner. At MIPCOM, it presents its new company, Heading the slate is the drama movie Pistolera, starred by Library Kingdom Cooperation, which has been established Romina di Lella and Danny Trejo. When ruthless drug lord to gather different libraries from many well-known distri- murders the family of a little girl in a gangland hit in Spain, he bution/production companies, with the aim of providing a makes one fatal mistake: letting her live. And the Russian TV wide range of catalogs to digital platforms for end-users. crime and mystery drama series Territory (8x’53), which shows ‘As more and more digital platforms aggressively take over the a town rotting from inside out: teenage gangs, corrupt mayor, entertainment industry, the sale price of content decreases as and a Police chief involved with drugs. volume deals become the new norm’, comments Hason, who A story based on adds: ‘In addition, coming together not only allows us to com- true events, The El- bine increasingly rising costs, but also eliminates the need ephant in the Room to compete against each other and further drive down profit follows a Palliative margins. Not to mention, the larger the library of films, the Care team as they more appealing the titles will be for package deals with ma- help terminally ill jor platforms. To put it simply: in numbers, there is strength’. patients navigate The company is handling five global libraries and it is going to the final moments grow more considering the attention that they got from other in life. Also starred producers from the industry. ‘We are anticipating that we will by Romina di Lella, reach 10 libraries tar- Enemy within shows Recently revealed footage of a girls-only trip to the former home of exorcists get by the end of the a sadomasochis- Territory, 8-episodes Russian TV series year at least. We are tic killer who is out distributing these to murder a beautiful dancer, while she still believes that love libraries worldwide conquers all, while Entity Project is a horror film where a direc- and we keep signing tor and her friends rent a haunted house to capture paranormal Entity Project new deals. We believe events in order to prove it and become popular. that there will be Regarding the advantages of the company’s model against the more than a thousand traditional ones, Hanson concludes: ‘Having such digital deals movies in the cata- individually is impossible for the companies we represent their logue shortly, adds catalogs, cause no one would like to do that considering the low Enemy within, thriller Godze Sarilar, COO. license fees digital clients pay per title’.

BOTH: R7.D18 CBS Studios International showcases new series

CBS Studios International (US) launches Evil (13x’60), the psy- plays a former high-ranking NYPD NEW FILMS INTERNATIONAl PRESENTS AN OCEANS FILMWORKS PRODUCTION ENTITY PROJECT A JANDAE PERCEM FILM JANDAE PERCEM VALENTINA OSPINA CAROLINA LEVI TALISHA WILLIAMS GIA MAULBECK STEPHANIE GEIGER KEN RABOY chological mystery released at CBS Drama, which examines the ori- officer who becomes the first fe- STORY BY JANDAE PERCEM EDITING BY AYTEKIN BIRKON KUBILAY BIRKAN VISUAL EFFECTS STFX EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NESIM HASON gins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion, as male Chief of Police for Los Ange- PRODUCED BY JANDAE PERCEM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JANDAE PERCEM well as FBI: Most Wanted (13x’60), and Nancy Drew (13x’60), released les. Other products included in CBS’ at The CW. Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) is a brilliant teenaged catalog are L Word: Generation Q detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in (8x’60), Carol’s Second Act (13x’30), her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s un- The Unicorn (13x’30) and Kids Say The NEW FILMS INTERNATIONAL, MIPCOM P-I. C24 timely death derails Nancy’s college plans. Darndest Things (13x’60). In come- Evil 14320 VENTURA BLVD. #619. SHERMAN OAKS. CA 91423 In Tommy (13x’30), the multiple Emmy Award winner Edie Falco dy, it highlights Broke (13x’30). CONTACT: [email protected] (310) 946 1960 132 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV //// EXHIBITORS

BOOTH #C20 BOTH: R7.J15 Banijay: Universal Cinergia: dramas + factual high-tech new studios

Banijay Rights (UK) bring to Cannes a com- Universal Cinergia is one plete and wide line up that combines high-end of the leading dubbing and drama series, factual programming and en- subtitling companies in the tertainment formats. Heading the slate is the American industry, with a crime drama The Gulf (6x’60 or 3x’90), from client portfolio that includes (New Zealand), Lippy Productions studies from the United and Letterbox Filmproduktion for TV3 and States, Lionsgate, Amazon, ZDF: After losing her memory in a car crash that Netflix, most of Turkish Elliott Chalkley, VP Sales killed her husband, Detective Jess Savage be- distributors and producers, Liliam Hernandez, CEO, Gema Lopez, COO, comes determined to bring the killer to justice. and clients in Europe, Latin Cristina Littin, in charge of the studios, and Elisa Artist To Icon (10x’60) is a top factual shows from Touchdown Films America and Asia. Aquino, VP of Sales for Ovation: in this fascinating new series, the company goes beyond The company arrives at MIPCOM to promote its three new dubbing the constraints of the velvet rope to reveal how the biggest names in studios in Mexico City, launched to work for Premium content. These entertainment reached the very top, including Madonna, Robin Wil- add up to the 17 existing in Cuernavaca, totalling 20 in the Mexican Re- liams, Cher, Nicole Kidman, Whitney Houston, Tom Cruise, Tom public. With the integration of these studios, Universal Cinergía Dub- Hanks, Julia Roberts, Jim Carrey and Arnold Schwarzenegger. World’s bing reaches a total of 40 studies in all the regions where the company Greatest Warships (3x’60) is another factual from IWC Media for Chan- operates: three studies in Paris, seven in Sao Paulo, and nine in Miami, nel 5, charting the history of the warship from the dawn of the twen- where it has the headquarters. tieth century to the present and in doing so tells the story of the most The new space in Mexico City have TPN certification, and the opera- iconic ships of all time. tion will be carried out by Cristina Littin, who has a vast experience in On the entertainment field, Banijay Rights keeps promoting its services for audiovisual companies. legend format Temptation Island (13x’60) from Banijay Studios North ‘I know very well the international film and TV market, and in par- America for USA Network. In this social experiment, four couples at ticular the Mexican one. I am familiar with Turkish and Latin American a crossroad in their relationships put their love to the test. And lastly, content. In Chile with my own company, we double dozens of movie the game show Don’t from executive prankster Ryan Reynolds, Banijay films on a regular basis’, comments Littin. Studios NA and host Adam Scott for ABC. It shows families that can win About the premium series, she adds: ‘For example The Crown , origi- money by follow- nal Amazon production, or the Hulu material that we handle, as well as ing one simple rule. MGE’s soap operas that are high-end in production deployment. The Each week one fam- three studies opened on July 1 and services begin there’. ily of four navigates a Liliam Hernández, CEO, asserts: ‘We seek to expand where custom- gauntlet of directives ers ask us, analyzing in particular the nerve centers of production. We from the ingeniously saw an extra need in Mexico that is becoming a pole of achievements small to the ridicu- such as Spain, for example. We want to be close and very close, there is lously giant. a strong movement of projects from here on. The Gulf, drama BBC Studios, reimagining dramas

The intention of BBC is for premium drama, will be produced by and the company continues to grow around the from RED Production Company and world through BBC Studios, a key player not Michaela Fereday, writer Amelia only for the domestic British market, but also Bullmore, Philippa Collie-Cousins of worldwide. UKTV, Martin Rakusen for BBC Stu- The company brings to MIPCOM various dios and Val McDermid. The series Sanditon, drama based on Jane Austen’s latest unfinished novel high-end productions that reflect its DNA. will air on Alibi later this year. Leading the offer is Sanditon (8x’45), a series Produced by BBC Studios, Good Omens (6x’60) is an imaginative Karina Perednik Dolgiej, VP based on Jane Austen’s latest unfinished novel: and humorous drama that follows an angel and a devil as they join Content Sales it is presented for the first time to a broad TV forces in an attempt to find the eleven-year-old Antichrist (and his audience thanks to acclaimed screenwriter Andrew Davies. Sanditon dog) to avoid the Apocalypse. is produced by Red Planet Pictures for ITV and Masterpiece. The company’s offer is completed withLife (6x’60) and Trigonom- Also, the company launches Traces (6x’60), a police thriller based etry (8x’30). The first one brings four independent and deeply human on an original idea by the successful crime writer Val McDermid. stories, produced for BBC One by Roanna Benn, Jude Liknaitzky and Set in Dundee, Scotland, the series explores the world of SIFA, the Mike Bartlett from Drama Republic; and the second one is a love Scottish Institute of Forensic Sciences and Anatomy and introduces story about couple whose open their small apartment to a third per- to three compelling and very different female characters. The series son, produced by House Productions for BBC Two.

134 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV //// EXHIBITORS CDC UNITED NETWORK BOOTH #R8.B10 BOOTH # P-1.J 2 TV Azteca: ATV: The Ottoman historical themes ATV Distribution TV Azteca, one of the world’s largest pro- (Turkey) is having ducers of Spanish-language television pro- again a top market gramming, is in constant evolution generat- in Cannes, launch- ing over 10,000 hours of content per year. At ing brand new series MIPCOM pushes a brand new slate of docu- and promoting them mentaries named Stories & Relates, an special on special events: on of four stories that reviews the most iconic the 15th at 5.30pm at Müge Akar and Emre Görentaş, Content Sales Deputy Managers Patricia Jasin, VP TV Azteca characters and topics of Mexican’s culture like Salon Croissette the International The Day of The Dead or Virgin of Guadalupe. company organizes “Hercai Networking Session: Q&A And Cocktail” As one of the top offerings, TV with series directors Cem Karcı and Benal Tairi and the protagonist Azteca highlights Maria Magda- couple Ebru Şahin and Akın Akınözü. lena (60x’60), an historical drama The company’s offers ‘fresh and strong’ Turkish dramas, explain series coproduced by Dopamine, Müge Akar and Emre Görentaş, Content Sales Deputy Managers. part of Grupo Salinas, and Sony Hercai S2 premiered in September, and recent deals include Kazakh- Pictures Television. The series stan, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Spain, , Uzbekistan, Al- is an epic melodrama recreating bania in Europe and Chile, Mexico, , El Salvador, Domini- the life of a passionate woman can Republic, , Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Ecuador. during oppressing times; Mundo ATV is launching The Ottoman focused on the story of the Great María Magdalena, drama coproduced Metro (15x’60) is a docu-reality Ottoman Empire and the leading character Osman will be played by between Dopamine and Sony Pictures that welcomes to the universe of worldwide popular actor Burak Ozcivit. And promoting Love and Se- the largest and most advanced underground transport in all of Latin crets, which closed the summer season on top with making a mark America: the subway of Mexico City; while Culture Code (13x’45) the on Turkish broadcasting style because of its high factual series that delves into the deepest mysteries of each culture drama potential. in different countries like USA, France, China, Mexico, UK, Turkey or Akar and Görentaş: ‘Usually in Turkey, most of Japan. Each chapter of the Culture Code shows the culture in a spe- the summer series are airing as a romantic com- cific place to know what it makes this country unique and different. edies and they have a light story line. Even though Another shows that the company pushes are Dementia (10x60’), where Love and Secrets aired as a drama in summer sea- a reporter decides to admit herself into a psychiatric hospital to solve son, it will continue on the new broadcasting her grandmother’s murder; La Academia, format that has attracted period as a proof of its success. The title was al- audiences from countries such as Mexico (12 seasons) Singapore, ready sold to Albania within such a short time’. Malaysia, Indonesia (13 seasons) and Central America (2 seasons). Lastly, Lifeline S3 that premiered last month: As part of its distributions alliance with Kuarzo Entertainment it was sold to Mexico, Ecuador, Israel, , International catalog, the company also offers a high-list of non- Kosovo and Albania recently. And Grand Family The Ottoman, brand new scripted and scripted productions. with its fifth season. drama at MIPCOM

DINT: Turkey, EMEA and Asia

2019 has been a very positive year for Doblajes Interna- office, led by Paola, D.I.N.T. cionales (DINT), the pioneer Chilean dubbing studio that offers three languages: is close to celebrate its 4th decaded in business. DINT English, French and Por- has also been a key partner for the Turkish expansion in tuguese. ‘MIPCOM is a Chile and Latin America, having dubbed the most suc- key market for us because cessful dramas like Las Mil y Una Noches, Fatmagul, Ezel it allow to visit clients in and Amor Prohibido, which are now being re-run in Chile. Europe, Africa and Asia and Patricia Menz, founder, and her two sons, Christian and analyze the new projects for the Paola Barzelatto, president and VP, respectively, explain: ‘We are next year’, stands Christian. Christian and Paola Barzelatto getting ready as the digital players are gaining momentum adding ‘We closed new deals with Turk- more and more Premium content. We are now dubbing important ish companies, as the last one for Lifeline (ATV), which has been a series thanks to the fidelity of our clients that like our quality and huge success in the local market and Latin America. We are dub- rigorous services. Some of them are S3 of This is Us and Fosse Ver- bing more series from Turkey for the end of this year and begin- non, which has recently won an Emmy International’. ning of the next one. We are the #1 dubbing studio for their dra- DINT Miami, opened the last year, has allowed sealing new mas in Latin America. Our focus for 2020 is to gain new clients and strategic alliances with clients from Europe and India. From that territories in CEE, Africa and Asia’, they conclude.

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ORF Enterprises (Austria) arrives to Discovery Inc. (USA) is currently determin- MIPCOM with a varied programming offer, ing how content should be distributed and headed by its wildlife and history docu- monetized across new, direct-to-consumer mentaries, but also new episodes from its platforms and which content can and should high-end drama series. be released to external partners and licensees. Heading the slate are wildlife documen- ‘Given the size and scope of our catalog, taries Empire of the Vineyard (‘52), show- which has doubled with last year’s acquisi- ing the life and survival of animals living Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, tion of Scripps Networks International, this Elliot Wagner, SVP in vineyards; Corsica – Mountains in the Sea Sales Director GST & Distri- is a very deliberate process which involves a program sales (’52), which presents the species-rich na- bution Investment lot of internal stakeholders. As we pivot to a digital-first strategy, our ture of the Mediterranean island: black widow spiders, butterflies, Program Sales team is continually adapting alongside our corporate lizards and honey-bees flourish in the macchia. Bats dominate the priorities. This is our new normal’, deserted villages. Corsica’s mountains were the original home of all summarizes Elliot Wagner, SVP. Europe’s mouflons. Discovery is a global leader in real On the history side, Richard the Lionheart (’52) shows the King of life entertainment with catalog of England, warrior, ruler and violent killer; six feet tall, with flaming 300,000 hours in 50 languages, pro- red hair and beard – and a passion for poetry, he was also a master ducing nearly 8,000 hours a year. strategist at a time when Eu- ‘Windowing content for external rope’s dynasties were engaged distribution is our team’s top pri- in a vicious struggle for power. ority and we strive to bring several ORF Enterprises launches hundred new hours to each market, House Hunters, from the lifestyle catalogue new episodes of its top drama including opportunities for regional premieres and formats’, he adds. series Suburbia – Women on the At MIPCOM it is offering an expanded formats slate tapping into Edge (40x’48), which shows its lifestyle brands HGTV and and including +20 hit the life in the suburbs that has series like House Hunters, Chopped and Guy’s Grocery Games. ‘Among calmed down one year after our new releases is a blue chip natural history series Mysterious Joachim’s revenge campaign: Planet; Crikey! following the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s Walking on Sunshine, comedy series the four women have got their family; and Legends of the Lost with Megan Fox’. lives back on track. But it ‘We are active in all regions, but particularly busy in EMEA and would be terribly boring if every- Asia. While linear remains our core, we have also looked at non- thing were to run smoothly. traditional sales including native digital short form, third party ac- And Walking on Sunshine (20x’45), quisitions and formats. Emerging digital and mobile platforms tend a new success comedy series is set to skew younger and short form, or snackable content, is in greater in the weather department of a TV demand’, says Wagner. station where a renowned news ‘We have an expansive library of short form coming from our digital anchor finds his new home after studios and have the ability to offer volume packages that include lin- experiencing personal highs and ear cut-downs, how to segments in cooking and DIY for example and lows. It’s all about a mysterious tutorials. From third-party, we offer The 24 Hour War, which tells the heritage, amorous encounters and story of one of the most famous battles in auto racing history, the Ford Empire of the Vineyard, documentary the balance of power. vs. Ferrari rivalry at Le Mans’.

GRB: BOTH: R7.K17 Kew Media: non-fiction BOTH: C15.A6 docu-series Kew Media Distribution distributes a diverse catalogue of film, GRB Studios (USA) launches at MIPCOM a slate of documenta- TV and digital assets to broadcasters and viewing platforms across ries and docu-series including Listen (1x’90) which follows ordi- the world, managing international rights to a library of over 11,000 nary people as they are forced to spend time with someone who hours of TV and digital content, including major drama series, non- has opposing views on an important topic; The New Normal (1x’90) fiction entertainment. documentary that presents 5 Parkland High School students deal- At MIPCOM it launches a slate of non-fiction series, like Body ing with the aftermath of a mass shooting. Hack 3.0 (8x’60) which follows an adventurer who will take on Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening (3x’30), presents how some of the biggest challenges on the wildest places; in High in Thailand there is a growing community of Thai people fighting Maintenance (8x’60) that presents the engineering marvel and to legalize marijuana; Cinderella Bride (6x’30) each episode of this the risks behind them; and Murder in Amish Country (6X’60) fea- docu-series follows a wedding planner and her team give deserv- tures murder cases that police have to face in the Amish culture. ing couples their dream wedding; and Man At Arms (8x’60) where a The company’s newest is complete with the Drama Mini-Series Cold expert craftsmen recreate iconic weapons from video games, mov- Call (4x’60) about a cold call fraud that destroys family’s women, ies, and comics. and the documentary The Amazing Johnathan (1x’91).

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BOOTH #P4.C4 BOOTH #P3.C 1 NBCUniversal: integrated A+E Networks: fearless catalogue A+E Net- Lastly, A+E brings The UnXplained with cers who were works is the William Shatner (8x’60) hosted and execu- there; and the global content tive produced by the actor William Shatner length- fac- NBCUniversal International Distri- up made it by the al- company com- who in a one-hour explores the world’s tuals Biogra- bution (USA) highlights at MIPCOM the gorithms of dating prised of some most fascinating, strange, and inex- phy: Farrah Miss Scarlet and the Duke, new shows of the integrated catalogue apps, also In A Man’s drama-scripted of the most plicable mysteries; also Damian Lewis: Fawcett For- that includes both titles from the Studio World (4x’60) a social International Studios Dreamworks: popular and Spy Wars (8x’60), which presents actor ever (1x’120) and JFK Jr. – The Final Year and super series from Telemundo and experiment that fol- animated series Where’s Waldo? culturally rel- Damian Lewis unpacks some covert mis- (1x’120), that explores the most iconic animation shows from DreamWorks. lows women as they go evant brands sions in modern-day history with the help character and their background, pro- Among the top titles for the re- through astounding transformations to discover what life is truly in media in- of new declassified information, high- duced by A+E Originals and Left/Right, gion, it stands the new scripted like in a man’s world, and The Show (180x’60) each Belinda Menendez, presidente cluding A&E, profile experts, and intelligence offi- Inc., respectively. de Telemundo series Almost Family (13x’60), ro- episode, the down-to-earth superstar delivers a funny, heartfelt Patrick Vien, Executive Managing Lifetime, HIS- mantic comedy series The Baker and entertaining hour of celebrity guests, musical performances, Director, International TORY, Life- and The Beauty (9x’60), the drama from the Downton Abbeys’s fascinating stories, spontaneous surprises and so much more. time Movies, FYI, VICELAND, and Blaze. creator, Belgravia, and the biopic-mini-series starred by He- And finally, as his slate of At MIPCOM its product slate is leaded by lemn Mirren, Catherine The Great (4x’60) are the mix of dra- soap-opera, NBCUniversal scripted, formats and factual contents. ma and period series that heads NBCUniversal in Cannes. shows in partner with the Miss Scarlet and the Duke (6x’60), the drama On the children’s offer, the company presentsDragons: Rescue Riders Univision’s Channel, El Final produced by A+E and Element 8 Enter- (26x’30) about a twin that rescues dragons and help people in their Del Paraíso (90x’60), the last tainment, shows a story set in the same adopted town huttsgalor, Dreamworks Where’s Waldo? (40x’30) based chapter of the story about 1850s London society that gave rise to on the famous graphic novel character, also Fast & Furious: Spy Rac- Catalina Santana’s and how a Jack the Ripper, a British detective drama ers (49x’30), based on the blockbuster film franchise, but built for new mission will force her to features a fearless, independent heroine a kid audience, and Norman Picklestripes (26x’30) an stop-motion face demons that threaten to played by Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders). animated comedy centers on Norman, the son of Mother Nature. destroy her and her family, the On the format’s slate, the company high- The unscripted newbies of the company at MIPCOM, are the re- telenovela is a sequel of the lights Generation Dating (Coco Content), alities: Blind Date (65x’30) which presents aleatory casual meet- story Sin Senos Si Hay Paraíso. Catherine The Great, period series a reboot of the famous format Generation Dating, also Solo Wars (10x’60) by JTBC Korea, a large-scale studio-based dating- survival-game-show that unfolds between 100 singles as they compete for love or money, and Marrying Millions (10x’60) by Sharp Entertainment LLC, a relationship docu-format, the focus is on a series of firsts in the world of money and newly in love couples where one half of each couple is wealthy and the other definitively is not.

TRX adds Televisa

TV giant Televisa (Mexico) has gone live on TRX with 8,200 hours of con- tent. The platform now boasts over 1,100 registered buyers and more Matthew Frank, CEO TRX than 70,000 hours of content from 70 distributors, including BBC, Lionsgate, Studiocanal, Sky, all3me- dia, TCB and Off the Fence. Matthew Frank, CEO: ‘Televisa have put on a significant amount of content on us which illustrates the potential they see in the platform. Do- ing more deals in less time is why we built TRX and the team at Televisa will soon be feeling the benefit of this’.

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BOOTH #C18 BOOTH #R9.A32 Applicaster: Kanal D: world-class, content + tech premium

Applicaster works close with network and buyers who are already Kanal D International creates and dis- strategizing on how they’ll promote and distribute all their newest tributes world-class, premium content shows. Whether this means a revised in-app content screen, new with global availability. Turkish company digital advertising or signing sponsors, every creative strategy is highlights on its catalogue top miniseries, linked to a technology action. soap operas, programs, formats and dra- For over 10 years it has been helping media companies to acceler- mas, which have reached 150 countries in ate these technology actions, enabling media brands to better ex- Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, MENA, press their creativity and to grow their brand without obstacles, all Balkans and the Far East. Kerim Emrah Turna, Executive through their mobile and smart TV apps. At MIPCOM distributor puts special em- Director, Kanal D International At MIPCOM is promoting its services: , flexibility, and mon- phasis on Ruthless City (S2). Produced by etization, which are the hub to work with diverse media brands Avşar Film and directed by Cevdet Mercan, Kanal D’s premium se- across the world, from multi-national broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 to ries ranked first in its debut last month on the channel’s prime publisher Hearst, to sports tournament Copa America. Through Ap- time, where it scored 5.33 rating points and 15.25% share. The new plicaster’s app management platform, these brands and others are episode also shook social media, where it had a reach of 2 million gaining more control and immediacy over their content and adver- while it aired with #Zalimİstanbul and was a trend for a long time. tising strategies. Romantic comedies are taking the Turkish broadcaster to lead the When it’s time to launch a new series, countdown to an event, or local market. Last July, Kanal D has become the leading channel on promote breaking news, these updates should be completed in days, prime time with 8.83% share in the AB segment and 9.16% in +5, rather than in weeks or months. With Appplicaster, media brands according to Kantar Media. One of the reasons has been Love Trap see the greatest return on (ARC Film) that took the channel to the first position surpassing their content investment FOX (8.40%), Star TV (7.87%), Show TV (7.87%) and ATV (6.75%). when they can use their The leading couple Burcu Özberk (Ayşe) and Çağlar Ertuğrul (Ker- content when, how, and em) helped the series to be the most popular on social media with where they wish. 640,240 publications (June). Media brands should Price of Passion (D Productions) is another key example of the never be in a position genre. Sold to Pro TV (Romania), where they can’t sign a po- where is set to be aired in March tential advertiser or spon- 2020, the series had a successful sor because of creative or timing limitations. Instead media proper- grand final on Divinity (Spain), ties will increase their value to advertisers as long as they can quickly leaving behind a huge Spanish fan integrate and impress them. group of Asli and Ferhat, the pro- In Applicaster’s app management platform, a late sponsorship or tagonist. Lastly, Wounded Love (03 a demanding advertiser is nothing to sweat. The platform supports Medya) that tells the story of one the quick deployment of visual updates, such as a new advertising of the most tragic heroes of his unit, and the design of eye-catching screens that elevate a sponsor’s times. A hero who is condemned communications, giving content brands an opportunity for greater to face the ruination of his family advertising revenues. while he can do nothing to stop it. Ruthless City S2, premium series

From the world to Metro TV BOOTH #P-1.D 1

Metro TV (Colombia) arrives at MIPCOM with Cello, Samra and What if, which are still in great a variety of creative and successful content pro- demand worldwide especially at this time on duced worldwide, such us independent Latin platforms such as Netflix. Recently Colombian American films like Pelucas and Rokanrol (‘90), distributor sold Cello to Puerto Rico, where it is Las Horas Contadas (LaVecina Films), Mamá take premiering this month. Metro TV has a rich con- the soup (‘96) and Souvenir (‘119), which have tent offer from Colombia, like miniseries, travel Dalia de las Hadas, teenager series already exhibited internationally. and movies for all audiences. In fiction, series like the thriller cops Mali- Lastly, it brings to Cannes IPs in search of co-production: capti- Carolina Sefair, Sales and cia (13x’30) and the teenager series Dalia de las vating animated series Wally’s Wheels, Anna’s Real World and Road to Acquisitions Manager Hadas (20x’30), which premiered last summer Volvennia plus a lifestyle offerCurries and Stories, a gastronomic series in Italy. Carolina Sefair, Sales and Acquisitions Manager: ‘Dalia... did that proposes to learn universal recipes with Indian influences. an excellent rating and generated great hook with the audience for its Metro New Media is a brand new division from Colombian company history and songs that are also available on platforms such as iTunes developing content in VR and AR, such as the short documentary Gua- and Amazon’. che: Art of Collective Action with the direction of Carlo Corinaldesi, about Metro TV is also offering Lebanese dramas from Sabbah Bros. like the work of one of the most famous mural artists in Colombia.

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BOOTH #R7.F 7 BOOTH #P3.B1 Mediaset: double hit Eccho Rights: success new partners

Mediaset Distribution is heading to Cannes Eccho Rights (Sweden) is having with a program roster topped by two new a very strong year as Turkish dra- series: The Silence of Water and Rosy Abate, mas continue to gain new territo- both commissioned for a second edition af- ries like Spain, where it currently ter their success. Season one of the mys- airs six series. This is a very special tery thriller The Silence of Water (8x50’), pro- MIPCOM for distributor as it orga- duced by Garbo Productions, is the most nizes previous to the show a two- popular title its library aired on Canale 5 days event with +100 top visitors in on Spring 2019 recording almost 4 million Istanbul, replacing its traditional Fredrik af Malmborg, Manuela Caputi, Head of viewers with an audience share of 15.3%. opening cocktail at Carlton Hotel. International Sales on Media- managing director set Distribution The first parte ended with the discovery of Fredrik af Malmborg, MD: ‘We adolescent Laura who disappears, and her are launching five new Turkish dramas plus S2 of daily dramas body is found dead. Season two is currently The Promise, which tripled Kanal 7’ rating successfully replac- in production with a new case for the duo- ing Elif on its fifth season, and Wounded Birds. We increased our cops formed by Luisa a homicide detective Western Europe slate, and recruited Lisa Widén (Stockholm) to from the big city and Andrea the local police further develop our Nordic slate and co-productions, which al- inspector. New characters appears in this ready has thriller Honour (Bigster) Invisible Heroes, coproduced new story that will be launched next year. by Finland and Chile’. With Rosy Abate 2 (10x50’), the dra- ‘A new source country is Portugal, having signed a worldwide The Silence of Water, mystery thriller series produced by Garbo Productions ma series produced by Taodue Film exclusive representation with SIC for Heart and Soul and Water is focused on a strong feminine char- Mirror. Owned by CJ ENM, we are also working with more Korean acter Rosy, a formerly component of a Sicilian mafia family, but series, both as ready made as well as formats’, he adds. determined to reject her criminal past in order to find her son. Sea- Eccho Rights launches two series from Surec: Sister Hood for son two is centred on her struggle to regain her son’s affection. Star TV and the ongoing North Star. It is co-operating with pro- Both series are available also as a scripted format recorded a solid 5 ducer Karga 7 by presenting their new hit series Everywhere I million viewers with an audience share of 21% during the transmission (Star TV), while it announced the of first season in 2017. first production with O3 Produc- On the other hand, the success on Canale 5, the peri- tions, the family series My Sweet Lie. od drama Love and Sacrifice is conquering the CEE Regions ‘We are getting more and more with the passionate romance that takes place among the Car- involved in series from an ear- rara marble quarries during the last years of the Belle Epoque. lier stage through pre-sales and Mediaset’s catalogue is also enriched with MGE titles as the strong alli- co-productions. We have a unique ance with this company, the distributor arm of Mega (Chile) launched in global coverage and are indepen- mid-2018, continues intensely and the catalogue of Chilean telenovelas dent from any producer so we are Water Mirror, Portuguese series from SIC starts reaching the trust of clients in Europe and in the CEE Regions. well equipped to represent the Head of International Sales on Mediaset Distribution, Manuela Caputi, world’s top series, from the first pitch idea to global launch. comments: ‘Telenovela Amanda has already conquered many European We are doing the entire spectrum: from development support, countries both as ready-made and format. The story of nurse Amanda rights management as well as direct to consumer platforms: we Solis who seeks revenge against the four Santa Cruz brothers who raped got our first 1 million subscriber awards from Youtube for our her when she was only 14 years old is getting a lot of interest’. MCN operation of Elif’, concludes af Malmborg.

Bavaria Fiction: Das Boot S2 BOTH #P-1.K 1

Bavaria Fiction (UK) has revealed details on the second sea- marks: ‘The first season of Das Boot has been a resounding suc- son of Das Boot, coproduction with Sky Deutschland, which first cess for Sky and has reached an audience of millions, not just part was sold to more than 100 territories worldwide, attracting in Germany but across the whole . With two audiences of millions becoming the most successful Sky Original new directors and again with Production ever on Sky Deutschland. an outstanding cast and Ba- The second season will premier next year in Germany, Austria, varia Fiction on board, we’re Italy, UK and Italy. It returns with new cast members such as convinced the multi-layered Clemens Schick (Casino Royale), Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: story will captivate even more Age of Ultron) and Rochelle Neil (Terminator: Dark Fate), among fans with new twists, exciting others. It directed by Matthias Glasner and Rick Ostermann. storylines and in-depth char- Marcus Ammon, SVP Sky Originals at Sky Deutschland, re- acters’. Das Boot S2

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BOOTH #R8.E1 Endemol Shine Endemol Shine: Boomdog: focus successful formats in Latin

Endemol Shine Boomdog (ESB), the divi- At MIPCOM, Endemol Shine In- sion of Endemol Shine North America, has ternational presents a slate of in- just confirmed a development agreement novative and funny formats, like with Cholawood Productions, led by La Reina Love Squad produced by Workerbee del Sur protagonist’ and her (Endemol Shine UK) that shows partners Latin entertainment industry execu- one single who will look to their tive Carmen Cervantes and Daytime Emmy friends and family, known as the Michelle Wasserman, Award-winning journalist Jessica Maldonado. Love Squad, to try and find their SVP of formats and content development license Flavio Morales, EVP Both production teams are currently exploring perfect match in one night. opportunities to develop fiction and nonfic- Lego Masters hosts pairs com- tion projects in English or Spanish. Flavio Morales, EVP of initiatives peting in a quest to impress in the US Endemol Shine Latino, based in Los Angeles, oversaw all with their design, creativity programming activities with Del Castillo and her production group. and flair with Lego’s blocks. At MIPCOM, ESB is promoting its most recent productions within the Created by Tuesday’s Child region, like The Masked Singer, the succesful format from Mun Hwa (UK), it has been a success Broadcasting Corp. (South Korea) that presents features celebrities hit on Channel 4, while it facing off against one another with one major twist: each singer is has also been picked up in shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full Australia, where it was re- face mask to conceal his or her identity. commissioned, and Ger- LEGO Masters, contest show format With each performance, the host, panelists, audience, viewers and many. even the other contestants are left guessing who is singing behind The contest show Masters the mask. ESB and Televisa have licensed the format which has won of Renovation is debuting at the market and sees 10 creative audience records in Mexico, produced by Miguel Angel Fox as ¿Quien and handy pairs of contestants battle it out to be crowned es la Máscara? the "Top Amateur Interior Designers" and take home a cash ESB also announces another one deal with Amazon Prime to li- prize in the final. Produced byEndemol Shine Iberia, has pre- censes the upcoming premiere drama series Súbete a mi Moto, which is miered as the most watched show in its slot on Antena 3. produced with Somos Productions and Piñolywood Studios. And last- Endemol also brings the new format The Rolling Kitchen, ly, it stresses Master a studio-based cooking series from the director of Iron Chef. Chef México, the Span- Created by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (Japan), the for- ish-language version mat shows couples competing to create the best dish to win a of this format which cash prize, though any conversation about the cooking pro- have to the date 16 ver- cess between the couples is banned and, in a unique twist, sions in Latin America every ten minutes the kitchen rotates 180 degrees so each and Brazil with a huge contestant takes over their partner’s recipe where they left it. successful. Last but not least, the company highlights the consolida- Kate Del Castillo, Carmen Cervantes tion of its success shows: Master Chef, which now has more and Jessica Maldonado, in charge of Cholawood than 60 local versions, airing in over 200 territories; 17 new Productions versions are happening during 2019 in Latin America. And , the hit game show returning in USA, Uru- guay, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as well as being in a combined 83 territories where contestants play and deal for a top cash prize in a contest of nerves, luck and intuition. On the drama side, Endemol exhibits Adult Material (4x’60), a se- ries debuting at MIP- COM that follows the story of a pornstar who will find herself tak- ing on the largest porn company on the inter- net; and the biopic of Súbete a mi Moto, series coproduced with Somos and Piñolywood Studios, the Latin-urban singer, and ¿Quien es la Máscara? in Televisa Nicky Jam: El Ganador, biopic Nicky Jam: El Ganador.

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BOOTH #P-1.J69 BOOTH #R7.N1 A Miracle from MADD The Mediapro Studio:

Turkey’s two pioneering and leading pro- coproductions duction companies Medyapım and Ay Yapım joined forces in MADD Entertainment and The Mediapro Studio distribution arm with gathered their international content distri- more than 15 years of experience in the au- bution rights under a single roof, led by Ateş diovisual industry, distributes +300 programs İnce, general manager. MADD aims to be one- or 14,000 hours to key TV channels and SVOD stop-shop for international content buyers platforms all over the world. for the best Turkish drama series and content The Top 3 shows sold worldwide are Locked Ozlem Ozsumbul, Interna- rights. Up, coproduction between Globomedia and tional Sales Director Head of international sales, Ozlem Ozsum- Atresmedia available in 194 territories, Estoy bul, highlights at MIPCOM two series: A Miracle, the third global ver- Vivo, sold in Latin America, Europe and Asia, Beatriz Setuain, Co-Productions and Financing sion of KBS Korea’s series The Good Doctor (+100x’45), after USA and and Side Games with DirecTV: with its second Japan, this time adapted in Turkey by Medyapım and MF Yapım for season in production, S1 of the series showing Fox TV. the darkest secrets of soccer aired on Spectrum Premiered in September, the series has received enormous atten- (USA), Movistar+ and Sky México and it was tion from Turkish audience, becoming the best ever premier in the sold to TLT (Venezuela), Tanweer (Greece), history of the network. The show almost doubled its performance Global Content and Pickbox (ex Yugoslavia). with second episode and reached 14.8% ratings and 35.5% share. A Beatriz Setuain, Co-Productions and Fi- Miracle is starred by a young autistic savant medical school graduate nancing, comments: ‘Our catalogue includes who had a difficult upbringing. He is quite not only drama, but entertainment programs, The Head, drama series in the genius, but has trouble communicating feature films, documentaries, factual, and TV association with Hulu Japan and HBO Asia with people because of his condition. films from all genres. That makes us able to From the creators of the International fulfill all our client’s needs not focusing ourselves in any particular ter- Emmy-winning series Endless Love arrives ritory. We are pushing new productions and coproductions at MIPCOM, to Cannes the second drama option from such us The Head, in association with Hulu Japan and HBO Asia’. MADD: Kuzgun (75x’45), launched the last Directed by Jorge Dorado is the first series by Àlex and David Pas- MIPTV edition, and still on air in Star TV. tor starred by John Lynch, Alexandre Willaume, Katharine O’Donnelly, Two cops nab a drug lord, who offers them Laura Bach, Amelia Hoy, Japanese star Tomohisa Yamashita and Álvaro an outrageous bribe to get him off in the Morte (Money Heist). Its a thriller exploring the darkest sides of our per- late 1980s. One says no, the other says yes, sonalities that confinement and isolation bring to light. and soon it’s the honest cop who’s kicked Other international co-production is with Finnish broadcaster YLE, off the force in a drug scandal. He was set The Paradise. An ambitious thriller taking place between Finland and up by his best friend, the crooked cop, who Spanish’s Costa del Sol, with Fran Perea and Riitta Havukainen lead- becomes the drug dealer’s right-hand man ing the cast. Last but not least, The Dinner Of A Lifetime, TV program for and, eventually, a master criminal in his Amazon Prime in which the three Michelin star’s Chef Quique Dacosta A Miracle and Kuzgun own right. invites six celebrities to taste their own memories.

DCD: Dry Water goes global BOOTH #R9.A37

DCD Rights (UK) launches at MIP- From Farpoint Films arrives The Day My Job Tried To Kill Me COM a brand new Iberian drama Dry Wa- (13x’60), which examines the stories of survivors that detail a day ter (6x’60), a Portocabo (Galicia) & SP-i at their work that turned into a living hell. Each episode features (Portugal) coproduction with the partici- dramatic recreations blended with actual footage from the incidents pation of pubcasters Television de Galicia to give the audience a fully immersive experience. and RTP. A man sudden death pushes his The Redemption Project (8x’60) is from Citizen Jones Productions sister to move from Lisbon to Vigo in or- for CNN. It follows the journey of the victim - or surviving fam- der to discover the truth. The series shows ily members - of a life-altering crime as they come face-to-face Nicky Davies Williams, CEO is a parallel investigation that delves into with their offender in the hopes of find- a death that hides much more than what meets the eye. The series ing answers or seeking some sense of screenings takes place on the 16th at 12pm at Auditorium K. closure. Last but not least, The Black Files On the other hand the British distributor is a specialist on fac- (6x’60) from Espiritus Productions and tual programming: Disasters Engineered (10x’60) is a coproduction Spark TV for Discovery Science: behind from SWR Media, Intermission Film and DCD Rights in associa- the locked doors of the US government tion with Dash Pictures for Discovery about scientists that study lies a shadowy world of classified proj- the world as it is, politicians that debate the world they want, but ects that operates on an annual USD 90 engineers create the world that has never been. billion budget. Dry Water

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BOOTH #P-1.C72 BOOTH #P-1.B62 TBS: Time is Money, APIT: growing Contar, a virtuous Mega diversifies the next big business in Portugal public model and expands Japanese format For the fifth year in a row, Portugal hasa The Federal System of Media and Pub- Mega Global Entertainment (MGE), strong presence at MIPCOM with a National Pa- lic Contents (Argentina) administrates the distribution company subsidiary Tokyo Broadcasting System Televi- vilion from the Cinema and Audiovisual Institute the public TV and Radio (TV Publica Ar- from Mega (Chile) led by Esperanza sion, Inc. (TBS) has sealed a strategic (ICA), the Association of Independent TV Pro- gentina, Encuentro, Pakapaka, Deportv, Garay, CEO, highlights at MIPCOM a partnership for a new format launch at ducers (APIT) and the national broadcasters RTP, Radio Nacional), the OTT Contar, news slate of its best products such us Yo MIPCOM: Time is Money - The Celebrity SIC and TVI. agency Telam and the venues Tecnopo- Soy Lorenzo (8x’40), a dramedy located Life Hack Show that has been developed ‘We are showing what has been produced and lis and CCK, as well as the whole content in the 60s that presents a high-class Esperanza Garay, Juan Ignacio Vicente, with British TV executive and CEO of the projects we want to develop, not only through Susana Gato, executive generated from them. young man whose father goes through CEO, MGE International president, APIT Content Chief Global Creatives, Dave Winnan, and is co-productions but also through wider financing Launched in May 2018, Contar oper- a major economic crisis, must move to being introduced at the morning ses- and alliances of production. There are multiple actions, aiming for a bigger Gabriela Ricardes, secretary, ates a national OTT with +1 million subs, another city to marry in exchange with a wo- sion “Crazy Formats from Japan: New disclosure of our contents and to motivate producers to expand their busi- Public Contents offering +3,500 hours of contents, TV man, who’s the daughter of a family friend. Dave Winnan, CEO of Global Creatives partnership and format from TBS” at nesses’, explains Susana Gato, executive president, APIT. channels and live events. Under the same label, it is also a global One of the strongest beats at MIPCOM is Verriere Californie on Tuesday, Octo- ‘Portugal has great conditions and services, locations, talent, creativity business unit that distributes a programming catalogue of Argen- Isla Paraíso (233x’40), a comedy that follows ber 15, 8:45am to 9:45am. and willingness to work. Our bet in fiction, entertainment and documen- tine productions, and it is also looking for co-productions partner- the events on a remote island in southern Having created I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Hell’s Kitchen taries is getting wider. There are more independent producers, which was ships. ‘We are always innovating in narratives and formats: we take Chile where is inhabited only by men and to and Come Dine With Me, etc. Winnan has developed and launched reflected in a bigger number of associates at APIT, which grew by 15%’. artistic risks as part of our mission in the administration of public bring the place back to life, the local priest +100 productions worldwide. ‘Time is Money can work any- ‘It is impossible not to highlight the AVMS Directive and the unique op- media’, explains Gabriela Ricardes, secretary of Public Contents. brings a bus full of volunteer women from where, as it has three great things: action, celebrities teasing portunity that brought to our sector. Over 2020, Portugal and other Euro- Contar is pushing a ‘virtuous production model’ for the domestic Santiago, guided by a . Isla Paraíso, dramedy each other and ordinary people winning prizes’, he explains. pean countries, will have to transpose this Directive to the national legal and international markets. ‘This has allowed to fulfill our screens On thrillers, stands out Juegos De Poder (114x’40) and Verdades Ocultas ‘The natural progression is to develop shows together: with system, changing the existing laws, in particular in TV. There will be na- in Argentina, but also to show our content globally’, she remarks. (546x’30). The first one, shows a powerful businessman and candida- TBS fresh creativity and my eye for structure and story, the tional production obligations for OTTs and international Pay TV networks’, At MIPCOM it highlights Clorofilia, an 8- episodes series with a dif- te for the presidency of the republic, is threatened his campaign when partnership has great potential’, he stands Is the ‘Golden Era remarks the executive. ferent approach to botany: nominated for the Japan Prize 2019, it his son runs over and kills an university student unintentionally, leaving of Drama” affecting the format business? Winnan: ‘Not at all. According to Gato, for a small market like Portugal, ‘this will make a huge will be shown on Smithsonian Channel. And Broder, a 10-episodes another in a coma, and the second presents how two sisters are separated Who Wants to be a Millionaire is the best selling entertainment difference’ and will allow to ‘expand the number of clients and encourage drama about rap, trap, freestyle and graffiti as a strong cultural as girls when their humble mother decides to sell one of them to a rich format of all times and it is in 127 them to produce more and better’. Together with the European Coordina- expression of the youth. Lastly, Contar family without children. territories as a license. The best tion of Independent Producers (CEPI), APIT is working in the definition of is launching ARGlobal, an international According TV’s International Content Chief on Mega, Juan Ignacio selling scripted shows are in about the guidelines. ‘Portuguese Government cannot let the opportunity of pro- network focused on the Argentine dias- Vicente, the company’s commitment is to work together with the best 15 territories. It’s not about selling moting, spreading and strengthen its audiovisual sector. It is crucial to im- pora, offering news, dramas, sports, arts content developers in the world and be able to be one more window and less than drama, it’s just that the pose obligations and special events. Ricardes concludes: offer more content, and of various formats in Chile, ‘for some time we PORTUGAL: PRODUCTION BY TYPE AND CHANNEL - bar for non-scripted, in terms of of investments IN HOURS (2018) ‘We have the possibility of multiple win- had been thinking about the possibility of reissuing stories like The Thou- licenses, is much higher, almost to instead of taxes dows that can be a complement for our sand And One Nights (produced by TMC Film and broadcasted originally 3,0003,000 the power of ten’. that will only Fiction Entertainment 2,550 producers, since we produce and broad- by Kanal D), an history that has great potential to seduce the audience 2,500 Teen/Tween Culture/Knowledge Time is Money to be launched ‘The non-scripted market has consolidate an cast for Free TV, Pay TV and digital. This again because it has its roots in a traditional romantic construction, and at MIPCOM 2,000 fragmented for sure, and more and inappropriate Broder, a 10-episodes drama position us to continue betting on virtu- we expect it to maintain the success of our afternoon program’, the exe- 1,500 1,338 1,274 more players are entering the market as sellers as well as buy- support system about hip hop culture ous and innovative associations’. cutive ends. 1,000 934 ers, which means that choice is greater and we see less domina- that audiences tion by single formats, but make no mistake, more non-script- do not recog- 500 ed formats are being bought and sold than ever before. People nize’. concludes always deserve a good show’, he confirms. Gato. Source: FBC WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE AROUND THE WORLD Italy • France • Germany • Spain • Turkey • Hungary • Moldova • Russia • Mexico • Brazil • US AND COMING SOON

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BOOTH #R8.E17 Gobal Agency: LaFlia: realities & dramas local e internacional

Global Agency (Turkey) offers at Laflia Contenidos (Argentina) la actual MIPCOM a broad portfolio of powerful productora de Marcelo Tinelli, sigue afian- dramas and innovative formats that zándose en el mercado internacional. Acaba continue to capture the imagination de cerrar un acuerdo con Dori Media Inter- of audiences across the world. Baby- national para comercializar su formato Corte sitter Celebrity Undercover (weekly-90’) y Confección a nivel global, sin incluir algunos shows how celebrities accept a big territorios donde el producto ya ha sido ven- challenge: they will transform them- dido, como México y el US Hispanic, donde Federico Facello, CEO selves to become undercover baby- Fremantlemedia está ideando una versión local. A la vez, el formato Izzet Pinto, CEO sitters, while in Golden Spoon (wee- está siendo licenciado en España con Mediaset, con destino en Tele- NATION’S FIRE ADVERSE MAKING BABIES TRANSIT 17 kly-55’) mothers are given a chance to cinco, y opcionado en Portugal con Warner. challenge the professional chefs to keep Señala Federico Facello, CEO: ‘Estamos muy contentos con las res- their title as the best cook and win the puestas que recibimos en el mercado internacional. Players muy impor- Golden Spoon, while the judges are their tantes se interesan por nuestros contenidos y quieren desarrollarlos. En own children, at the ages of 4-6. poco tiempo conseguimos logros que otras empresas tardan mucho en Sanatorium of Love (45’ weekly) follows obtener. Estamos apostando a crecer fuera de Argentina y cada vez la six senior women and six senior men who tendencia será más firme’. Babysitter Celebrity Undercover, have different personalities, set off to a La compañía vuelve a apostar a la ficción, tras muchos años de dedicar- factual reality health resort in the mountains, where for se sólo al entretenimiento. ‘Junto con Pampa Films (creadores de la three weeks they are given the opportunity to get to know one serie de Monzón) estamos generando la serie de Luis another and experience new adventures. El Gordo Valor, el famoso asaltante de bancos y blin- I’LL BE NEXT DOOR BILAL:A NEW GODS AND Reality formats include Magic Moms and The Advertiser, the first dados. Netflix tiene la prioridad en nuestras nego- one about four moms that take each other on by creating and or- ciaciones, pero a la vez está interesado un máximo ETERNAL CODE FOR CHRISTMAS BREED OF HERO MONSTERS ganizing the perfect birthday party for their own children, and the estudio de Hollywood. Otro proyecto que tenemos second shows allows three group of advertisers to pitch their ad- en danza es ‘Sangre Joven’, con REI Cine, unitarios vertisement campaign ideas to a panel of three representatives of sobre crímenes basados en historias reales’. a specific brand on each episode. Por otro lado, Laflia está en un muy buen mo- On the drama side, the company brings various productions mento en el mercado local de Argentina, con as its recent alliance with Star TV and Kanal D, like Daydreamer ShowMatch —el talent show estelar de Marcelo (161x60’) which a couple with contrasting experiences of life, who Tinelli— emitido desde el 29 de abril por Canal discover love in the heart of Istanbul, or Sisters, an drama that 13, con fuerte despliegue de producción y otra Corte y Confección portrays the conflicting dreams of sisters Ümran and Umay lea- vez, gran repercusión masiva. También tiene al aire ve them and their daughters Hayat and Hayal worlds apart; and varios otros programas: Corte y Confección – segunda temporada’ en Meryem (94x60’), the drama commissioned by Kanal D where a Canal 13 (diario), Hay que ver en Canal 9 (diario), Siempre Show en Ma- BANKSY: THE RISE car accident transforms three people’s lives, drawing them into a gazine (diario) y S.T.O., El Sótano en América TV (semanal). ‘Hay canti- OF OUTLAW ART MANSON ELON MUSK LONG GONE WILD triangle of love. dad y variedad’, concluye. Multicom, especialista en OTTs

Vale tener el radar a Multicom. Es un proveedor especializado VOD, con operaciones macro o pago por en plataformas OTT, a las que nutre con TV series y TV movies. rendimiento. Sobre todo nos interesa es- Por ejemplo es firme proveedor deRoku en los Estados Unidos, con tablecer alianzas y ser un proveedor de 200 películas y más de 30 series. Tuvo por segundo año consecutivo confianza a largo plazo’. stand en los LA Screenings, para ganar mercado en América Latina. Badie destaca que la empresa tam- Señala Niloo Badie, directora de ventas internacionales: ‘Conta- bién está analizando chances de produc- mos con más de 6 mil horas de programación en nuestro catálogo, ción propia. ‘Estamos aún en una etapa RISE OF THE Jesse Baritz y Niloo Badie, en su incluyendo material de acción, para niños, thrillers, dramas, etc. temprana, evaluando opciones de co- suite de LA Screenings TESLAFY ME XENOPHOBIA BOB FOSSE SUPERHEROS En específico para América Latina, tenemos muy buen contenido producciones o proyectos de desarrollo doblado ya al español, de ahí que asistimos a los LA Screenings. El con partners. Queremos sumar material original al que contamos, mercado latino no conoce nuestra posición en el espectro global, porque es algo que piden mucho los OTT. En los próximos mercados pero esperamos de a poco irnos posicionando’. habrá novedades al respecto’. Mutlicom también provee importante material en 4K, ultra HD. Aclara: ‘Que hagamos foco en OTTs no quiere decir que podamos ser Please contact us for more information and to schedule a meeting ‘Al tener producto que aplica muy bien a todo tipo de plataformas muy buenos proveedores de todo tipo de canales de TV. De hecho, en el Check out our : [email protected] multimediales, tenemos buena demanda por recomendación, sug- útlimo tiempo nos han crecido las ventas de Pay TV y free TV, porque Lise Romanoff erencias. Funcionamos muy bien tanto con T-VOD como con S- nos piden programación moderna a tono con las nuevas audiencias’. full catalog on our webite Robby Amar: [email protected] 152 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.VISIONFILMS.NETWWW.PRENSARIO.TV Almira Ravil: [email protected]

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BOOTH #C14 BOOTH # P-1 N.51 Disney: MISTCO: facing the future back to the roots

The Walt Disney MISTCO exclusively distributes TRT’s Company introduces portfolio including dramas, animations, at MIPCOM the ex- movies, miniseries and formats. At MIP- ecutive team heading COM, it launches Melek, A Mother’s Struggle the Direct to Con- (100x’45), which shows a powerful woman sumer & Interna- leaving the house because of conflicts with tional (DTCI) busi- his father. Time changes everything and ness unit, which is she is forced to return home. Aysegul Tuzun, VP Sales & Justin Connolly, President, Fernando Barbosa, GM, led globally by Justin My Champion (100x’45) tells the story of Media Distribution Media Networks Latin America Marketing Connolly, President, a father and his son. After her wife passed Media Distribution. Walt Disney DTCI presents at MIPCOM a selection away as a result of an incurable disease, a boxer decided to give up of TV productions series and feature films, highlighting Stumptown, everything until he learns that his son has the same disease. a one-hour drama produced by ABC Studios and based on the hom- Showing an important twist, TRT through MISTCO highlights onymous graphic novel series, which follows a strong, assertive and two successful romantic dramas that succeed in Turkey and abroad: sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt Hold My Hand (151x’45) starred by a well-educated young girl who and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. lived a perfect life until that day when her father was found dead On the Latin American original side, stands El General Naranjo, pro- and she was left alone by her step-mother in the streets with her duced by FoxTelecolombia: it is a drama se- autistic brother having no home or money, and Beloved (66x’45), a ries that tells the story of Oscar Naranjo’s story of true love reuniting old enemies and reopening old wounds. fight against global crimes that move millions Launched at MIPCOM 2018, the first one is the Turkish adaptation of dollars and have cost thousands of lives, of the Korean drama Shining Inheritance, which quickly confirmed earned him the reputation as the Best Police its first five territories in CEE and reached almost 15 by April 2019, officer in the world. including not only CEE where it gained more sales, but also Imagen Emergence is a character-driven genre TV (Mexico) and Divinity (Spain). thriller series that follows a police chief who While S2 was confirmed on TRT1 Stumptown, drama takes in a young child she finds near the site of by last August, both series were a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened, and sold to Zap TV (Angola) reaching NeXt is a fact-based thriller grounded in the latest AI research which +20 countries in less than a year. features a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO who joins a Home- Last but not least, the crime se- land Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world’s first artifi- ries The Circle (61x’45), the story cial intelligence crisis. of two brave young men in a dark It also promotes a slate of films like Deadpool 2, sequel of the anti- world, which are dragged into a hero story based on the Marvel’s comic starred by Ryan Reynolds re- game created by mafia, money prises; War for the Planet of the Ape, third part of the newest cycle of the and death; and classic epic series Planet of The Ape’s franchise; and Kingsman: The Golden Circle, sequel of on its fifth season, Resurrection: Melek, A Mother’s Struggle the Kingman’s film series. Ertugrul (448x’45).

Leonine, brand new at MIPCOM BOOTH #R8.A 6

Leonine is the name of the holding raldic animal, the lion. The English meaning of the word company arising from the merg- “leonine” is “lion-like” and describes for us above all er of the former Tele München an attitude - courage, energy, confidence and a strong Group, Universum Film, i&u TV sense for team play’. and Wiedemann & Berg Film, ‘This is reflected in our corporate values. With a great which along with its other busi- team, we are building a company that creates content ness units will operate under that inspires - with passion, experience, expertise and this brand since January 2020. The creativity - that attracts creative talent and takes advan- Fred Kogel, CEO newly merged company is debuting tage of the new opportunities of a changing content world. We this MIPCOM. aim to establish LEONINE as a continuously reliable ‘One Stop Fred Kogel, CEO: ‘When choosing the new brand as our com- Shop’ for premium content’, he adds. CAROLINA SEFAIR pany name, the following aspects were decisive for us: it should Leonine Holding, which is led by CEO Kogel, COO Dr. Markus reflect our ties to our home region of Bavaria and Munich, both Frerker, CFO Joachim Scheuenpflug and Chief Distribution Of- Sales & Acquisitions of which are also highly esteemed internationally, it has got to ficer Bernhard zu Castell, is bundling Leonine’s business into the www.metrotvla.com work internationally and the trademark rights had to be avail- three areas that represent the company’s value chain: Leonine able. With Leonine we have found a link to Bavaria with its he- Production, Leonine Distribution and Leonine Licensing. csefair @ metrotvla.com

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BOOTH #P0.B1 BOOTH #R8.C 9 Caracol TV: Keshet: historical dramas entertainment as

Caracol Internacional (Colombia) “drama” brings to MIPCOM a new slate of se- Keshet International launches ries and high-bill productions that its brand new stripped reality show mix melodramas and historical pro- Singletown, which shows a unique ductions that covers different genres. starting point: it begins with an Currently producing 5,200 hours of con- ending. Five couples press pause on tent per year, it has more than 10,000 their relationships and spend one hours of original shows broadcast in near- incredible summer of fun, living ly 80 countries. their best single lives. Lisette Osorio, La Reina de and El Conquistador David Williams, MD Non-Script- VP International Sales is drama based on of the con- ed, Keshet Productions and execu- David Williams, MD Non-Scripted, Keshet quest where Catalina de Indias, icon of that tive producer: ‘The show speaks to Productions and Kelly Wright, SVP Distribution era, and Pedro de Heredia, the Conqueror, who after founding many young people today whose dat- and New Business the city of Cartagena betrays his beloved and breaks his heart. ing lives have been dominated by dating apps. Whilst we adopted a more Also, the melodrama Living to Love, which follows the story Irene softly formatted approach to enhance the sense that Singletown was almost Romero, the leading voice of the group Los Milagrosos in a pub- a relationship “drama”, we used a number of great devices to help drive lic market place, meets the mechanic Joaquin Herrera, a new- content. If foregrounded, these devices could form the beats of more for- comer to the city and they begin the fight of an impossible love. matted weekly show rather than a show that plays nightly’. Los Briceño features the youngest daughter of a family of truckers ‘Like and Boom! the prem- in the midst of a universe dominat- ise has such a great emotional engine at ed by men, popular music and road its heart, that it doesn’t need to be overly loves. She opens field in an environ- formatted. Plus, I hope that we’ve learnt ment dominated by machismo and something from our scripted colleagues discrimination with his work, will be- when it comes to storytelling and mak- come a respected woman in his guild. ing a great looking show’, he completes. Last but not least, the drama series Kelly Wright, SVP Distribution and El Hijo del Casique, a story that pres- New Business, adds: ‘Dating shows nev- Singletown ents the true story of Martín Elias, a er really went out of style, especially if boy whose biggest dream is to become the cater to a younger audience looking for fresh, relatable and bold con- a famous singer of popular music in cepts. We’ve got a strong and proven track record co-developing and co- Colombia, as his father did, the re- producing formats like Drive Master, a shiny floor talent show featuring nowned singer Diomedes Diaz, who the public learning and performing stunts in in an enormous 3,400sq The Queen And The Conqueror, struggles to build his way to stardom studio, co-developed with NTV (Russia), while with TBS (Japan) we are new historical drama of Caracol in music. International actively engaged in co-development talks around the globe’. Mediahub: innovative projects

Mediahub (Argentina) is a new company focused in the On the fiction side, Mediahub brings to Cannes Brisa (30x’48), an international market focused in the TV, entertainment original fiction created by Martin Saban, director of Violetta and Soy and communication businesses. It aims to become a Luna, where a 20-year-old witch hides in a town, but for a short leading referent from Argentina in terms of creation, time and it will change everything around she, and Chubasco (8x’30) production, realization and distribution of content, and an adaptation of Cielo Latini’s best seller, also author of Abzurdah. in the provision of services for the most challenging The company sees the competition ‘as an opportunity’ that will lead to projects in the region. The company attends MIPCOM for each platform to take its own mark and find its most profitable niche. the first time, after participating at LA Screenings last May, where it ‘We from our creative, pro- offers its fiction, entertainment and reality productions. Heading the duction and service teams, slate is Reset (12x’90), a transmedia reality where a group of influenc- are prepared to meet the ers has to erase their social network accounts and start back again. need of different markets. Another factual format is Patrulleros de La Nieve (8x’30), which follows We are constantly searching a line-up of experts who challenge the risks and their own lives to prepare for universal content with the ski slopes of the main centers of Latin America, and by that mix of disruption and day avoid tragedies, and Mudate si Puedes (13x’48) where two teams have originality’, highlights Ale- the challenge of moving the most unusual objects in the most adverse jandro Spinello, managing Mediahub: Alejandro Parra, founder and partner, conditions against the clock, without breaking or damaging anything. director at Mediahub. Maria Ungaro, and Alejandro Spinello, MD

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BOOTH #P-1.M51 Calinos: the best of W Studios: two big Turkish dramas productions

Calinos Entertainment (Turkey) pro- W Studios remains firm in its great motes movies, series, documentaries and moment of prime time productions for soap operas. Pioneer Turkish distributor Televisa and Univisión. focuses in Cannes on Original Sin, commis- Carlos Bardasano, president, and Ma- sioned to Romania and about a man that rio Villani, VP operations and strategy: has been a widow for over 12 years and had ‘We can say without a doubt that this is never thought of changing his life or re- the best moment of the company. After marrying. the great successes of Pilot 1 and 2, we Forbidden Fruit follows the story of two continue to the top and surpass ourselves. Firat Gulgen, Chairman Carlos Bardasano, president sisters who are very close but have very The next thing must be not only different characters and life goals. Zeynep is a girl who complies to her with even bigger productions, but also ethical values, aims to have a successful career and strives for it; while with new business developments. That’s why we are watch- Yıldız believes that she deserves more and considers happiness to be ing the short series and the hub in the Dominican Republic’. a marriage with a rich man that would save her from her low-income ‘It should be noted that we are not tied to anything; we can gener- life. While Our Story is a drama that resolves around a woman that has ate co-production projects with companies around the world. And been struggling to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Is- even, by our arrival to leading players, we can represent a very tanbul. good opportunity for cross-region Lastly, the company pushes Woman, the story of a young woman liv- projects with several partners. In ing alone with her two children. Being abandoned by her mother when this we are, exploring all kinds of she was eight years old, she later suffers deeply again when she loses veins, how to grow in Europe’. her grandparents too. Just when she thinks she is all-alone in the world It focuses its efforts on two she met the love of her life. Nevertheless, one day he unexpectedly dies high-end productions at MIP- and Bahar is once again alone, now spending her days struggling for COM: in El Dragon (82x’60), af- survival but nonetheless full ter an attack in which his parents of determination to raise her died, a man is sent to Japan where children well, holding on to the he becomes an expert in finance El Dragon, drama happy memories of her beloved and martial arts, and 20 years later, husband, up until the sudden he is brought back to Mexico by his grandfather, who tells him that appearance of her mother and it is time to take over the family business, a powerful drug cartel. extremely eclectic sisters, open- And a new version of the classic Rubí (26x’60), where a university ing a door to unexpected events. student with overflowing ambitions. Forbbiden Fruit, drama Comercial TV: agentes de negocio

Liderada por Santiago Gimeno, CEO, Co- para América Latina. ‘La colaboración mercial TV (España) ha diversificado sus es clave y creo que juntos tenemos negocios ofreciendo al mercado global con- uno de los mejores equipos de ventas tenido español o europeo, además de tele- del sector para nuestros territorios’, novelas portuguesas y latinas, series, fac- agrega. tual y cine europeo. ‘Nuestro core business Quiere producir a corto plazo: ‘Es- hoy en día está en España, Latinoamérica tamos instalando un equipo en Madrid A Teia, nuevo drama de TVI y África, pero siempre estamos buscando para nuestro primer original. Quere- en MIPCOM nuevos horizontes, siguiendo de cerca la mos proyectos locales e internaciona- Santiago Gimeno, CEO evolución de los mercados y en ellos, la les, siguiendo el gran momento del drama español. Continuaremos en posición de nuestros clientes’, dice. la distribución, pero necesitamos transformarnos en agentes de ne- La telenovela latina se está ‘revalorizando’ en CEE porque la pro- gocios y buenos coproductores. Somos el socio ideal ya que tenemos ducción es cada vez mas homogénea, mientras que la crisis económica acceso al mercado y entendemos lo que se necesita’. de África obliga a los canales a replantearse sus compras, o su propia ‘Buscamos aliados: inversores y talento. España es un gran lugar existencia. ‘Saber adaptarse al momento te permite encontrar opor- para este contexto. Siempre hemos tenido un gran producto de fic- tunidades en ambos territorios’, destaca Gimeno. ción, pero ahora nuestros dramas viajan mejor y el mundo se ha hecho Maneja el catálogo de Autentic (Alemania) para España y Latinoa- mas pequeño. Debemos pensar en grande: proyectos y talento global y mérica y de TVI (Portugal), como A Teia, recientemente en opción en servicios de producción apoyados por herramientas fiscales (Navarra, Grecia. Está asociada a Cristóbal Ponte para África y Daniel Rodríguez Canarias, País Vasco, etc.)’, completa.

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the developed and mature markets of Japan, tion of Network Ten in Australia. many countries, mobile has overtaken fixed Korea and Singapore and on to ANZ, more But, despite the “big money” floating broadband as the primary means of Internet consumers are demanding more video. around for Pay TV services, OTT continues to access. This is only going to accelerate as 5G APAC: Following an analysis from Media Part- build steam. Murray notes that while SVOD deployment starts to ramp up. This “mobile ners Asia (MPA), the online video sector will channels and OTT platforms were seen as first” approach has implications for opera- double in size by 2024. The region’s online the enemy to international cable and satel- tors, who need to ensure their OTT offerings future & beyond video advertising and subscription revenue lite providers just a year ago, there has been are tailored as such. will expand from USD 26 billion in 2019 to a new-found friendship between them now. ‘This is not only in terms of content and USD 52 billion in 2024, an annual growth rate ‘Many Pay TV operators realize they need UI either, but also when it comes to pay- of 15%. The report questions what is driving to offer something new to their subscribers ment models, which tend to be undeveloped Asia Pacific is an ever evolving region in all concepts: it is one step HBO Asia’s upcoming science fiction series, Dream Raider, is ahead of many global territories thanks to its size, but also for the this expansion and how do operators ensure to keep them and attract new subscribers as in many countries. As a result, we are see- about a group of scientists and police trying to hunt down they are a part of it. Netflix, Amazon, and local OTT platforms ing a lot of partnering between OTT provid- criminals who have developed a technology that allows big technological developments that are impacting in new ways them to enter people’s dreams. are entering even the emerging markets. So, ers and existing telecom and Pay TV opera- of content consumption. Prensario revels the key facts of this Pay TV? tors, who have already carved the local content quotas: while the European amazing OTT market. For many regions around the world, the OTT TV & VIDEO REVENUES BY COUNTRY (2018-2024) out models that work well in Union specifies 30%, Mexico is considering Pay TV business still thrives, like in Asia and low income markets with poor it. But the thing is going wide beyond regu- Africa. Indeed, over the past years Merge & credit penetration. Indeed, Net- lation: audiences target local content to feel APAC’s OTT video segment has been grow- this year it will be USD 5 billons, only. Acquisition activity heat up considerably, as flix is trialing a low-cost, mo- their culture and customs are reflected. It is a ing tremendously and has been sustaining a Simon Murray, Principal Analyst, com- US networks seek to offset shrinking Pay TV bile-only subscription plan in natural link to the platform. whopping CAGR of 18% in the last couple of ments: ‘We forecast 407 million SVOD sub- revenues at home and take advantage of the India that brings its historically The strange thing is why a foreign com- years. Its revenues are expected to reach USD scriptions (an SVOD subscriber can have remaining growth areas. high and globally set price more pany such us Amazon or Netflix are able to 48 billion by 2023 (“Asia Pacific Online Video more than one subscription) by 2024, up This derived in Viacom’s acquisition of in line with the local market’, give this sense of localism and succeed, and & Broadband Distribution report by MPA) from 221 million in 2018. China will have 289 UK’s Channel 5 for USD 725 million in 2015, completes the study. why at the same time that’s a big difficult for through 351 million SVOD subscribers, com- million SVOD subs in 2024. India and Japan following two straight years of profitability, local telcos and operators, even they could pared to USD 21 billion in 2018, explains Ans- will supply a further 31 million each’. and its decision to snap up Telefe in Argen- Localization have bigger and more extensive locally pro- hul Jaiswal, Presales Engineer-Asia, Accedo. Three Chinese companies will top the tina the next year. Other examples include Local content has become a duce libraries. ‘By 2023, China and Japan will be leading Asia Pacific SVOD rankings by subscribers Discovery’s purchase of for USD key-growing asset for global Nonetheless there are some exceptions the market from a revenue perspective with in 2024: two of which will have more than 534 million in 2017 and CBS Corp’s acquisi- OTTs. Netflix is a good example like Malaysian iflix with operations in all a share of 71% of the overall revenue gener- 100 million subs. Never expected to operate of it offering around 20% of lo- the South East Asia plus MENA and target- ated from online video in APAC; followed by as standalone platforms in China, Netflix and Source: Digital TV Research cal programming, either made ing Latin America in a near future; the ‘Big TOP FIVE OTT TRENDS IN APAC’S Australia, India, Korea, and Taiwan. Besides Amazon Prime Video will take fourth and specifically or licensed, accord- Three’ Chinese OTTs Youku, ONLINE VIDEO MARKET the growing SVOD market, there is signifi- fifth places respectively. Despite being fourth perhaps we aren’t really experiencing the ing to IABM’s latest Media Technology De- and iQiyi, Indian ZEE5 (ZEEL), Voot (India- cant growth in other areas of OTT videos in in the subscribers’ ranking, Netflix will top Emerging new business models in APAC: sachet pricing, eminent demise of the Pay TV business as mand Drivers report, which adds: ‘When it cast), Hotstar (Star/Disney) and , APAC’, describes Digital TV Research’s “Asia the SVOD revenues’ chart in 2024. The top using ad-based revenue models in subscription dominant some industry experts predict, but a trans- launched in Japan it pushed this figure up to among others like Japan’s dTV, Hong Kong’ Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecast” report three platforms will account for 60% of the markets or offering video as a complimentary service by mutation in the distribution of content that 40%, plus entered a deal with telco and in- Viu (PCCW), Singapore’s Toogle. that also indicates that the OTT TV episode region’s USD 19 billion SVOD revenues by businesses. is not only more global, but also more con- ternet giant SoftBank to offer its customers and movie revenues will reach USD 48 bil- 2024. sumer friendly and affordable, and poten- easy ways to pay for a subscription’. The Challenges lions by 2024, up from USD 21 billion (2018); Lean-back experience is making a comeback: While the tially more profitable for content creators, Reed Hastings’ service has been increas- Piracy is a big problem in APAC. Up to APAC: key battleground small screen device segment is topping the list of most media companies and distribution platforms ingly internationalizing for nearly three 45% of consumers in Thailand are using a According to a report from Viaccess Orca, used devices and will continue to do so in APAC region, alike’, comments. years. Ampere Analysis says that 30% of TV box, which can be used to stream pirat- the region is becoming a ‘key battleground’ the lean-back experience provided through the big-screen Netflix Originals were non-English language ed television and illegal content, for exaple. platforms (smart TVs, consoles, Android TV, dongles, etc.) for OTT platform providers as they take ad- is also making its comeback. Infrastructure in mid-2017. By the time we got to Q4 2018, S&P Global Market Intelligence report points vantage of improving infrastructure, with The infrastructure picture is, of course the company was producing new content in out, there is also probably too great an em- localized content an important differentiator not consistent across the APAC region, with 25 countries, with 133 titles originating out- phasis on AVOD at the moment throughout for both global and local players. An emerging era of regionalization: Even though the OTT some countries such as South Korea far side of North America and 36% of its origi- APAC, which detracts from any future SVOD market today is dominated by single language content, the ‘Few regions of the world have shown so ahead of the global curve, and several others nals were non-English. APAC’s contribution, growth. AVOD remains an important compo- demand for content regionalization is growing day by day much consistent growth in so many indus- for the APAC market, which is vastly language diversified. lagging behind. Ironically, one of the factors primarily from India and Japan, is illustrated nent of OTT growth overall, especially given tries as APAC. Even if you take the economic driving OTT uptake has been the slow pace of below. its role in raising awareness of the services HBO Asia revealed four new originals last April, powerhouse of China out of the equation, infrastructure investment in rolling out DTT. Amazon Prime Video has also been ag- available and encouraging viewers to seek such us The World Between Us, a 10-episode drama there is a constant increase in almost all Shifting focus on delivering the right user experience Ovum estimates that digital TV penetration gressive in this field, with 70% of its con- legal sources for premium content. shot entirely in Taiwan rather than features: A lot of brainstorming is performed metrics across the board as the region’s di- in choosing the right technology, acquiring the best was 59% in 2014 and will increase to 88% by tent in India and Japan local. It has also verse economies continue to heat up. And the content, planning the infrastructure and selecting the right the end of 2020, a transition that the IABM launched its streaming service free to Prime broadcast industry is no exception’, stands. feature-set while trying to keep the cost to a minimum. characterizes as ‘alarmingly low’, while at customers. As many times written in these reports User experience is one part which often gets overlooked the same time admitting that both MENA Governments are also putting pressure on in the whole exercise. from Prensario, APAC is a large and diverse and Latin America are at simi- region with notable differences between the lar points. ‘The lack of DTT many countries. Notable differences also ex- Telco partnerships: with their sheer numbers of subscribers progress can hinder the abil- ist within individual countries, especially be- are now being looked at as a safe platform for content ity of traditional broadcasters, tween rural and urban populations and the visibility by various service providers including the especially public broadcasters, streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime. A number infrastructure that serves them. Yet in sur- of OTT players are joining the bandwagon of riding on the to compete effectively in cur- vey after survey and report after report, the telco aggregated platforms. rent media markets’, stands Iflix is quadrupling its Originals slate by year end 2019, common denominator is of growth. From the the IABM report. adding 12 original TV series and 30 movies. One of them has Indian Voot’s original series X-Ray, an anthology series been Malaysian’s KL Gangster: Underworld, a high octane ac- vast economies of China and India, through The focus in the APAC region iQiyi has led the Chines SVOD market with top originals based on Satyajit Ray’s short stories, and Jamtar, a tion-crime series based on the successful local film franchise the fragmented South East Asian market, to Source: Accedo is on mobile broadband. In such us the hit variety show The Rap of China crime drama set in a small town in India

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CIS/Central Asia has transformed into a key territory in terms of content production and broadcasting: more offering in both has created a very competitive ecosystem that is going beyond the region. Media Resources Management (MRM), organizers of Kiev Media Week, which took place last September, prepare this special report for which it has interview key TV networks from the biggest

Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region’s GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It is also the most competitive and developed television mar- ket with more than 10 networks. ‘Nothing has fundamentally changed over the past few years, as far as the audience doesn’t change its preferences drastically’, initi- ates Vela Fidel, Deputy General Director Channel 7. She highlights that TV series remain Vela Fidel, Deputy General Director Dmitry Lozhnikov, Director of April TV Arthur Yezekyan, President/founder the ‘most relevant’ content: ‘TV is a uni- Channel 7 (Kazakhstan) channel (Kyrgyzstan) SHANT TV (Armenia) fying element in our country, that’s why family TV watching is so popular. For that sites in one click, so even evening news- environment. TV channels have a strong reason, all TV channels seek to shape casts sometimes refer to them’. presence in the digital environment, taking content for the whole family and Advantages of TV are ‘obvi- advantage of the opportunities the Internet build broadcast grid according to ous’, she stands, and explains: ‘It gives them, and integrating TV projects in this viewing pattern. Audience is has wide broadcasting coverage it’. touched by people’s lives stories (+98%), and this is particularly ‘As for Channel 7 we want to cover dif- no matter their origin’. important when it comes to the ferent age groups, so we produce relevant Social, analytical programs population living in remote loca- content both the TV viewers and the Inter- and news, the percentage of their tions. It is a mature and more sol- net audience will be interested in. Internet presence in also hasn’t vent audience. This criterion is im- isn’t a rival. Along with TV they are media, changed. Fidel: ‘Sometimes the portant for advertisers. It offers a the only difference is the ways content is percentage increases, but those large amount of high-quality distributed. In a very competitive scenar- hikes are linked to certain events content and, most of all, its prof- io, the only thing that differentiates us is in the country. Today, due to the itability. To date, not a single OTT high-quality, relevant content. We are one rapid growth of the Internet, people platform can produce this quantiy of of the few commercial channels that pro- can get the information on news web- content required for their existence. We duce a large amount of original script con- do have a deal with Rus- tent on an annual basis: this year is going sian IVI, who are glad to to +130 hours of sitcoms, sketches, and KAZAKHSTAN: AUDIENCE SHARE, BY TV NETWORKS (100 000+, ALL 6+) cooperate on a long-term TV series, and, if we add talk shows, we’ll Others Channel One Eurasia basis’. reach 330 hours’, she says. Fidel clarifies that the Fidel continues: ‘We focus on entertain- Tamasha TV 12.2% ‘most important thing is ment projects. This fall season, some of Balapan 19.33% to produce high-quality the most popular comic projects in our TV 3.86% 3.05% and unique targeted con- and Youtube channels are Zyn Zyn Kulpash, I Channel Seven tent’, and it is also fun- wanna be the boss and Family Passions. Also, 4.87% KTK damental to use all pos- the sitcom Only girls and TV series Newly- 16.08% Mir 6.39% sible alternative ways weds. On the acquisition side, we will show of content distributing. Ukrainian Love in Chains, from Film UA. 7.05% ‘Progress doesn’t stand In addition, the best Russian TV series IP Astana TV 9.95% still, gadgets are get- Pirogov, Grand, Force Majeure. By the way, 8.46% 8.79% ting cheaper, the Inter- the later will be exclusively broadcasted on NTK net speed is improving, Channel 7 because not a single Russian TV Channel 31 so the part of the audi- channel has shown it yet’. Qazaqstan Source: April 2019 ence moves to a digital Digital and social media impact is ‘sig-

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CIS/Central Asia: original, youth-oriented content nificant’, underlines the executive. ‘If our core television audience is 30+, in the digi- tal environment the audience is expect- edly younger and aged 16-24. That’s why we choose such comprehensible formats as sketches and sitcoms because this is a kind of content the audience consumes quickly Channel 7: one of the most popular comedy series on on other platforms. Youths perceive ev- TV and YouTube channel Z yn Zyn Kulpash erything new much better than any other generation. They actively participate and News program on April TV immediately involve in what they are in- terested in. Therefore, when launching a the quality of their content is better. That’s big game show, we implemented Second why we experience difficulties with nation- Screen technology, adding an interactive to al TV production. The quality of the content the viewing process, and reaching the new is deteriorating, add to this requirement of audience’. the legislation that obliges TV channels to ‘TV channel cannot be a sovereign state, produce and distribute local content. So far it should work in synergy with several dis- this kind of requirements aren’t met even Little Big Shots on Shant TV tribution channels, and it’s essential for us though channels attempt to. Especially it them stands the private network Shant TV, to clearly understand how we manage con- concerns private TV channels that need to headed by its founder and president Arthur tent. On YouTube we increased our organic live off advertising and demand owners’ Yezekyan, who explains: ‘We have built our audience over the past 2-3 years. First of help. That’s why our TV channels aren’t strong brand in over 25 years and have al- all, dut to exclusive and high quality con- profitable’, he adds. ways remained loyal to our mission which tent and work with library content, becom- April TV managed to become leader due we promised to our audience. Mainly due ing the first network in the country to get to its formats, this is the way it delivers to innovation, continuous development and the “Youtube Golden Button” for the origi- information, especially news. Lozhnikov: professional growth’. nal scripted content. We have 1.4 million ‘We made an innovative channel in accor- ‘From our perspective, TV has one ma- active subscribers and approximately 1 bil- dance with our standards, where we focus jor advantage: it is much easier and much lion views. And a number of views for some on the visualization of the information. We more affordable to expand to all new plat- individual programs and episodes reach up even have three designers working only on forms than for the new players to compete to 2 million’, concludes. graphics. We have a quite small team, only with TV in broadcast field. Traditional TV Kyrgyzstan is one of the smallest coun- 50 people, including drivers and cleaning will be transformed but will not disappear tries of the region in terms of area and staff’. and the new players will try to adapt some inhabitants. There, despite the ongoing About trends, newscasts and political functions of our media: live streaming, live process, TV remains relevant because the shows/debates are the most popular shows. shows, live sport etc.’. society is used to watching it. ‘But the tran- Entertainment content with national pe- Regarding contents, Yezekyan remarks sition is gradually moving towards the In- culiarities is also relevant: ‘We follow the that the trend is related to social and po- ternet. Each channel is trying to find some- same direction as before, I wouldn’t say litical developments in the country. ‘It also thing own to fight for the audience, but in that there are some outstanding original has some impact from the international Kyrgyzstan, it is very difficult’, comments programs. Now, we are trying to build a trends in the industry. We try to consider Dmitry Lozhnikov, director of April TV. strong presence in social networks. We are both of them: the audience habits, as well With 55 free-to-air channels in the capi- strengthening our positions in the digi- as international trends. Own produced se- tal, Kyrgyzstan has one of the most crowd- tal environment, YouTube and Facebook. ries reflecting local realities and TV shows, ed markets. ‘But most of the channels We run our own news website. Viewers especially comedies. We try to consider aren’t local: they are Russian or Turkish so are going online, so we launched our on- them all except the ones that are not in line platform, we conflict with our principles and values. Our AD MARKETS AND HOUSEHOLDS IN KAZAKHSTAN, post our videos, original shows this year are socially orient- KYRGYZSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN which are popular ed drama (24 eps), political parody show, TV A V on Instagram and national music contest show, etc.’ In Millions of USD In Millions YouTube, and we The executive highlights the release of its are very close to own OTT platform with HD Premium chan- 6 4.36 getting “Youtube nels back in 2018 and recently closed a deal Silver Button”, with MTS Armenia (Vivacell), which is the 16.5 2.11 finalizes Lozh- beginning of ‘great cooperation’ between nikov. contentment creator and the telco-distrib- 4.1 1.31 Armenia is an- utor: ‘Alliances between these medias are other interesting not yet visible in close future in our case TV market in the but within the company we already built a Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan region with many holding with our own digital platform, on- offers for the local line news media and TV’, concludes Yeze- Source: April 2019 audience. Among kyan.

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Emtek: more contents targeted for non-TV audience

Founded in 1983 as PT Elang Mahkota ture and the retail distribution Teknologi, Emtek Group has now of telecommunications ser- evolved into a modern, integrated vices. And the third in- group of companies with three volves all new initiatives main business divisions: Media, under development in Telecommunications and IT Solu- TV and Internet services, tions and Connectivity. including a wireless digi- The first one’s is Surya Citra tal Pay TV service for the Media (SCM) that operates three greater Jakarta area, and TV channels: Indonesia’s leading a wireless broadband nationwide FTA channels SCTV, Internet service for the which reaches +160 million viewers greater Jakarta and Sura- in more than 240 cities, and Indo- baya areas. Sutanto Hartono, Managing Director of Emtek Group siar, and Jakarta-based O Channel ‘We control around that provides lifestyle and enter- 28% audience shares in YTD, July Karena Cinta, Cinta Buta; also the #1 talent tainment programming for the 2019, and on the OTT market, 30 show Liga DD 2019 and the#1 special event capital. Mio MAU’, explains to Prensario Su- Konser Raya 24 Luar Biasa (Indosiar). The second one provides a range tanto Hartono, Managing Director. While SCTV focuses on drama younger of infrastructure and information, From the 50 top TV programs list audience, music special performance and communication and technology this year, 42 are from SCM: the news, Indosiar centers on family drama, solutions for the telecommunica- #1 sports program, Piala Presiden, talent search on dangdut, local folk mu- tion, banking and retail payment Shopee Liga 1 and the #1 drama series sic genre and local soccer league; Emtek industries, including service solutions Cinta Suci; 3 of the Top 4 drama series Group’s OTT strategy is offering linear live for integrated VSAT, smart card infrastruc- are also from the group: Cinta Suci, Cinta streaming all FTA networks and live sports plus original local content (drama and vari- ety/reality show). ‘TV consumption remains dominant and stable (4.5 hour/day), growing consumption of video content on Internet (2.5 hr - pls check). FTA linear channels are among the most popular content in digital platform. Indonesian FTA market is already saturated with many players: only four groups domi- nate and profitable, the newer networks are still struggling to achieve profitability’, he Leading special event program Konser Raya 24 Cinta Suci, top drama series from SCTV Luar Biasa on Indosiar explains. ‘The OTT market is growing fast with many regional players such us hooq, iflix, INDONESIA: AUDIENCE SHARE, BY GROUPS INDONESIA: AUDIENCE SHARE, BY GROUPS (JULY, 2019) viu, etc., but local content remains domi- (JULY, 2019) nant. Currently, the market is dominated

SCTV 14.7% by AVOD business model, but SVOD starts Others RCTI 13.8% to gain traction. The bigger presence of OTT NET MNC TV 8.1% IVM 12.5% players has brought more variety of con- RTV 3.5% ANTV 10.8% tents. We are investing heavily on establish- 2.4% MNCTV 9.1% ing our OTT and publishing platforms, and 31.4% we are creating contents targeted for non- CT Corp 12.9% GTV 7.1% TV audience. Trans7 6.5% Regarding the company future plans of 14.2% Trans 6.4% 27.5% expansion, Hartono concludes: ‘We’ll con- Viva RTV 3.5% tinue to acquire more content production TVOne 3.4% companies an explore potential JV with in- SCM/Emtek 3 6 9 12 15 ternational content companies as well as lo- cal non-OTT players to expand distribution Source: Nielsen Source: Nielsen channels’.

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SPI: original, UHD programming

SPI International is a global media wide range of genres. It is currently company operating 40 TV chan- focused on China, while expanding nels in six continents, and one of in the US and Latin America, as the biggest aggregators of native well as Western Europe Ultra HD content in the world. Berk Uziyel, executive director: It works with +1,400 operators ‘Every year we add hundreds of worldwide, providing its 55 mil- programming hours to our chan- lion subscribers with access to the nels from Paramount Pictures, Group’s linear and on-demand MGM and Sony/Columbia, as content including live stream- well as independent companies, ing of UHD programming and its including digital rights. We dis- flagship brand FilmBox’s chan- tribute our channels worldwide Berk Uziyel, executive director, SPI nels on any Internet-connected from APAC to USA. We have creat- devices via major global stream- ed two distinct products for part- pendent distributors to bring the commer- ing media players as well as local ners with different needs:FilmBox cial premium content and locally produced OTT providers. SPI recently added Live and FilmBox on Demand, which gems to our viewers. Producers and local Film1 premium movie services in offer a wide selection of content theatrical distributors are priority on our The Netherlands, including four from various genres with multi- list. We may entertain joint ventures and movie channels and digital ser- screen option’. M/A possibilities in our core countries’. vices. ‘We are working on movies FilmBox premium channels are avail- SPI is also a leading distributor and TV series productions with re- able in over 10 territories in Europe, dedi- of theatrical films and TV pro- nowned movie director and pro- cated and tailored specifically to these gramming worldwide with al- ducer Philippe Martinez. This territories. They broadcast over 300 pre- liances with major independent partnership includes brand new mieres per year. The programming strat- producers that provide premium musical mafia comedy Mister egy focuses on presenting a variety of new content with A list stars. Its cata- Mayfair that tells the tale of Max content, from blockbuster titles to art- logue consists of over 3,000 titles Mayfair, a former New York gangster house style films. Among the many Film- both new releases and evergreen library who’s now living the good life in Mayfair, Box basic film channels that we operate feature films and TV series covering a London, rubbing elbows with a glamorous around the world, it is worth noting the crowd’. dynamic growth of FilmBox in the Czech Another product is Salvage Marines Republic and Slovakia, as well as Kino TV a brand new TV series based on a book in Poland’. from Sean-Michael Argo; The Intergalac- FilmBox Arthouse presents classic mov- tic Adventures of Max Cloud starring Scott ies from the most prominent directors; Adkins and Tommy Flanagan a sci-fi ac- FightBox HD delivers combat sports live tion-comedy; Miss Willoughby and Bentley events and multi-discipline mixed martial is a trilogy starring Elizabeth Hurley as a arts; FunBox UHD features breathtaking beautiful professor solves the mystery of visual content in Ultra HD; Fast&FunBox crimes. HD broadcasts high-octane, adrenaline Uziyel: ‘We will produce more content sports pzrogramming; DocuBox HD, a col- and align ourselves with large and inde- DocuBox HD offers a collection of award-win- lection of award-winning documentaries; ning documentaries about different cultures and Gametoon HD, gaming content; and Fash- the wonders of our world ionBox HD highly entertaining content on fashion trends and all things style. ‘We have added to our portfolio, the first global Turkish drama channel Timeless Drama Channel (TDC) with 9 globally ac- claimed Turkish series. Original content is the direction we are taking worldwide and especially in our core territory, Poland. We will continue to strengthen our library with such content where SPI content di- Timeless Drama Channel offers nine globally SPI partnered Philippe Martinez in the brand vision delivers remarkable results every acclaimed Turkish TV series, such us Black Money new musical mafia comedy Mister Mayfair year-over-year’, concludes Uziyel. Love from Inter Medya 168 PRENSARIO INTERNATIONAL WWW.PRENSARIO.TV WWW.PRENSARIO.TV ASIA • MIDDLE EAST • AFRICA //// BROADCASTERS & DISTRIBUTORS

BEC World: from disruption to transformation

BEC World is a recognized media group Korea, the Philippines, etc.; 3) monetizing in Thailand through , founded by its IPs through licensing, merchandising; 4) the Maleenont family 49 years ago. ‘Thai creating new business models with its art- people have a strong attachment, as one of ists; 5) developing content via collabora- the oldest channels and known for top tion and co-production; 6) investing in rated dramas, and built the 200 most technology to build its future. popular artists in the country’, says ‘More than 85% of the content Ariya Banomyong, president. our people consume is in Thai, and Ariya Banomyong, President, BEC World There are 15 digital TV channels comes from TV. The importance of in Thailand, and Channel 3 is the local content is where the opportu- drama with top Thai stars’, he adds. leading one with 21% viewer share, nity lies for BEC World. Disruption ‘One of the challenges we see is that digi- especially in the urban demograph- has changed how users watch con- tal CPM in Thailand are very low, between ics. ‘Like all broadcasters across tent, but not what they watch. Top USD 2-3, which is not sustainable. We need the world, TV is being disrupted in content in Thailand are essentially the digital TV channels to work together in Thailand, where the ad investment dramas and entertainment. OTTs like pushing rating standards, to not only cover is at USD 3.7 billion, and going down: YouTube, reach 40 million users, and TV, but also OTT, whose universe is 40 mil- TV maintains 60% of the pie and digital has Line TV almost 20 million. Thailand is an lion users in Thailand, hence is significant grown to 13%’, he adds. AVOD market, as affordability and payment enough. Using Nielsen’s framework as a ‘We are on a mission to transform our- remain obstacles. TV still appeals to a +35 reference, the Total Content Rating will selves from a TV broadcaster to a content & audience, while OTT appeals to a millennial measure content rating across both TV and entertainment platform, leveraging our core audience’, highlights Banomyong, online/OTT. Partnerships, consolidations, assets: best drama series, top talented pro- Local drama Love Destiny is an example of alliances are definitely a ‘trend”, rather a ne- ducers, and most popular artists’, remarks Channel 3 hit content: record-breaking rat- cessity to survive today, to move faster, and Banomyong. ing and viewership, and watched in 26 coun- build scale’, concludes Banomyong.

‘Our strategy lies in six pillars: 1) TV+ is tries through Netflix, PNN TV (Cambodia), THAILAND: AVOD VS. SVOD SUBSCRIBERS (2019) about moving away from traditional busi- DimSum (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei), TVB ness of selling airtime, and develop new me- (Hong Kong/Macau) and Today TV (Viet- 80 In Millons 69 dia using TV as a marketing channel to drive nam). 70 engagement and sales; 2) the distribution of BEC World/Channel 3 continues to produce 60 55 content works across TV, sigital with its own hit series, and leverage OTTs as a distribu- 50 OTT service and in partnership with You- tion channel and partners to reach a younger 50 40 Tube and Line TV and international expan- audience, mostly millennials. ‘We are opened 40 sion with presence is countries like China, to collaboration and co-production both for 30 the Thai market, as well as international. Fortunately, Thai content exports well, 20 with cultural affinities with neighboring 10 and Asian countries. The Crown Princess 1

reached 2.7 billion views in China; LGBT Population TV Viewers Mobile Online SVOD Internet Video Users Subscribers content is a popular trend in Thailand. Thong Ake – The Herbal Master is a record- Source: World Bank 2018; The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission 2018; Google Love Destiny was watched in 26 countries breaking drama available in 26 countries The Crown Princess Consumer Barometer. The Connected Consumer through Netflix, PNN TV (Cambodia), through Netflix. ‘Our next big bet: My Love Survey 2017; Media Partners Asia 2018 reached 2.7 billion DimSum (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei), TVB views in China (Hong Kong/Macau) and Today TV (Vietnam) From Another Star, a remake from Korean PhuThai: key content for Vietnam

PhuThai Media JSC is one of leading media Caracol Internacional’s The Girl; NBCUniversal Tel- company in Vietnam. ‘We not only distrib- emundo’ La Patrona, KBS’ It’s My Life and CITVC’s Be- ute the license of TV programs but also are cause Of You, among many others. known as a reputative advertisement agency According to the executive, in Vietnam women are to many TV channels’, explains Anh Trihn, acquisi- considered ‘as the main target audience’. Hence TV tions executive. program will be oriented to meet their interest. Trihn The company’s top global clients are Viacom Tele- concludes: ‘Regarding to dramas, the topics should Anh Trihn, acquisitions executive fe’s The Return of Lucas, Love After Love and Candy Love; focus on romance, family, love affair, etc.’

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MENA: original and regional, digital

Middle East North Africa (MENA) covers an extensive region from Morocco (Africa) to Iran (Middle East), including all Mashriq and Maghreb countries. Its estimated to have about 381 millions people or 6% of the total world population. Even it is a unique region in terms of language, the Arab, it is Ahmed Saeed Al Mansouri, Adil Memon, Wesam Kattan, Tony Saab, CEO of TV and Radio, VP, Content & Marketing Head, VP, Content, Brand Marketing, VP Content & Production, very diverse and widespread in content tastes. Let’s take a look. Dubai Media Inc. Zee Entertainment MENA, Vuclip Jawwy TV

Pioneer Dubai Media Incorporate (DMI) ating the Future”. It is market, which is an opportunity for us to trend. Long form MENA: GENRE SHARE BY AIR TIME (MAY 6-11, 2019) MENA: TOP 10 TITLES STREAMED ON THE INTERNET (MAY 6-11, 2019) offers a variety of media channels in the an essential theme of step in and merge forces with local pro- drama series with Middle East and UAE, having added re- the number of pro- Social 25.9% ducers. We shoot our third drama series in 60 episodes is turn- Dofaat Al Qahira 25.5% cently new digital services. DMI umbrella grams to be launched Comedy 25.4% Lebanon, an adaptation of Zee’s drama se- ing out to be a win- Zelzal 14.6% includes Dubai TV with Arabic programs, on this occasion, Action 16.5% ries 100 days, following our previously co- win for all stake- Al Hayba Al Hassad 13% Sama Dubai with Emirati and Khaleeji fla- which also coincides Thriller 14.5% produced drama Carmen, aired exclusively holders. Hogan 6.7% vor, Noor Dubai, the moderate Islamic so- with the celebration History 6% by MBC+ & Shahid Plus in Gulf and CBC in content has got lot Lams Aktaf 4.5% cial channel, Dubai Sports, for the most of the crowning of Romance 5.5% Egypt and soon as available run on more of prominence due Weld Al Ghalaba 3.9% important locally and internationally sport Dubai as the capital of Crime 2.1% TVs & platforms’. to strong presence Bedouin 2% Badel Ah Haddotah 3 3.9% events, as well as Dubai Racing specialized the Arab Media’, con- Zee had also solely produced the top-rat- of Zee Aflam & Zee Prank Show 1.2% Zy El Shams in horse, camel and falconry global races, cludes Al Mansouri. ed South Asian drama series in the history Alwan’. 3.6% Animation 0.6% Fekra Be Million Gene 3.1% Dubai Zaman with media productions and The Ministry of of UAE viewership, Parwaz (2014), ‘which Fantasy 0.3% Abu Jabal 2.9% drama by Dubai TV, Dubai One that ad- Information Affairs was an unprecedented success and gave us OTTs 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 dresses the English-speaking public, and of the Kingdom of the drive to continue our passionate content According to Dig- 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 the digital platform & app Awaan with the is in charge Source: ChannelSculptor in partnership with Gracenote, mena.tv journey’, remarks Memon, who concludes: ital TV Research’s largest for local and Arab of several platforms, ‘Fresh content outside Ramadan is the new Middle East and North Source: ChannelSculptor, mena.tv media in Middle East. including five TV channels, four in Ara- a daily social talk show and weekly shows Ahmed Saeed Al Mansouri, CEO of TV bic and one in English: Bahrain Televi- that cover the areas of sports, kids, politics, and Radio: ‘We focus on innovation, qual- sion and Bahrain International Television, business, entertainment, tourism and the ity, and working in line with the strategic both broadcasting series, dramas and fam- lives of expats living in Bahrain. The Chan- objectives of the Government. We are com- ily shows; plus Bahrain Sports1, Bahrain nel is also working on producing its first- mitted to create a new Emirati media gen- Sports2 and Bahrain Quran, while it is set ever French show. eration able to depict, portray and demon- to launch a vintage channel soon. strate the image of Dubai and the UAE’. Fahad Mandi, Head Programs Coordina- International Networks ‘We have important partnerships with tion & TV Purchase: ‘Our TV channels do Zee Entertainment is an Indian media major production companies in USA, UK not only are available locally, also region- conglomerate reaching to over 1.3 million and the EU, in addition to drama producers, ally through Arabsat and . Bahrain people worldwide through multiple medias. show makers and other media in the Arab TV and (The Arabic Channel) also airs on In MENA, it leads the South Asian TV en- world. We have great ambitions and media Hotbird, and have live streaming on apps tertainment space with one of the strongest projects that we are preparing to launch available for all platforms. All in-house entertainment networks. It has forayed into next year, in conjunction with the global produced programs are uploaded online on the digital space with Zee5 for South Asian event Expo Dubai 2020, which derives from the official social media platforms andYou - audience and Weyyak, offered for the Arab its slogan “Connecting Minds, Cre- Tube with highlights posted on our Insta- audience globally to enjoy watching hand- gram accounts’. picked Indian, Turkish and Arabic. Bahrain TV has around 72,000 follow- Adil Memon, VP, Content & Marketing ers on Instagram and in addition Head: ‘Observing Zee’s growth over time, to YouTube, which has around 5,000 sub- you notice a progressive development in the scribers with 12 millions views while the enablers that we have acquired and used News YouTube Channel has over 34,000 as forms/tools to transmit content to the subscribers with more than 13,6 millions target audiences whenever and wherever views. ‘We buy drama series, movies and they are. We are looking mainly for regional documentaries from global producers, as rather than global content, as we localize to well as cartoons and kids shows, while the the markets we are present in. In MENA we two main channels have their own pro- offer Indian and Turkish content dubbed in grams production’, adds Mandi. Arabic plus a variety of Arabic content (fic- Bahrain International Channel is re- tion and non-fiction)’. Zee Entertainment’s local drama Carmen was aired exclusi- branding and renovating. It produces ‘We have discovered a higher demand for vely by MBC+ & Shahid Plus in Gulf and CBC in Egypt around 10 in-house projects that include Arabic content than what is available in the

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stories with world-class production MENA: TITLES PRODUCED BY REGION MAY 6-11, 2019) quality. The focus on strong locally relevant content that resonates with millennials and Gen Z has proved to be a winning formula for us in the Middle Egypt 2% Levant East’ According to Kattan ‘exciting and relevant content has helped us draw 29.6% 34.7% these digital audiences in’, and he Viu’ Doon ventured into suspense, thrill, adventure and the adds: ‘We strive to continually appeal supernatural, which resulted in the building of a loyal fan base across the region to them with the introduction of new nontraditional content. Engagement and Doon ventured into the nontraditional of local talent and key opinion leaders genre territory of suspense, thrill, adven- 33.7% in developing unique content has been ture and the supernatural, which resulted a winning formula. We first identify, in the building of a loyal fan base across the nurture, and provide an opportunity region’, finalizes Kattan. for local talent. Once we do that, we Jawwy TV is a local OTT platform agnos- Gulf can empower them with the financial tic to devices with an end-to-end ecosys- Source: ChannelSculptor, mena.tv and technical support to create high- tem from ingest to last mile delivery point quality content that showcases their including billing. It operates as of now in talent. And then we can distribute it on MENA. ‘Our platform is built to accom- Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts, SVOD rev- Viu, where an audience of millions is ready modate all the other platforms either in a enues will reach USD 2.13 billion by 2024, to enjoy it around the globe’. branded areas or as an app. So based on our USD 1.51 billion more than the 2018. It is The platform partnered with Sada El partnerships in the region we are being able estimated that it will more than triple be- Balad (Egypt) during Ramadan for the to cater for all consumption habits and for tween 2018 and 2024. launch of Zodiac as well as Saudi TV pre- different segments’, says Tony Saab, VP Viu, a leading streaming service available viously for its first original Hob El Tayebin, Content & Production. in MENA, Asia South Africa, has a strat- collaborating with the networks to reach a ‘We are buying for all major Hollywood egy centered on the consumer preference diverse audience across linear TV and digi- (Sony, Paramount, Fox, Turner, Disney, for locally, Gen Zers relevant content. ‘We tal audiences. It also offers international Starz) and independent studios, also all Ar- continue to perceive this high quality local content tailored to be locally relevant: ‘We abic and khaliji content from the local ma- content, determined by our deep under- teamed up with to jor producers. We offer Western and Arabic standing of the market, as our unique sell- produce a localized, ten-episode adaptation movies and series, and this can vary be- ing point and look forward to continuing of The Bridge, a crime drama that was al- tween window one exclusive, TVOD, linear to capture the attention of the large youth ready popular in Europe and USA, Malaysia channels or other windows. We also have audience in the Arab region’, says Wesam and Singapore’, he comments. our own originals and our major success Kattan, VP, Content, Brand Marketing, This followed Tollywood Squares, Viu’s has been Galabit Gad’, adds the executive. MENA. Indian reboot of global franchise Hollywood In MENA original content is the ‘new ‘We propose fresh and localized regional Squares, which also marked the first major trend’ and short form content is trending and local premium TV shows and mov- CBS game show to be produced in India. as well: ‘There is still room for the conven- ies. Viu Originals bring to light compelling ‘Our strategy is anchored in consumer in- tional production especially for Ramadan. sights where we have expanded our content Our global business is our relationships library beyond Arabic content to include with the international and local content fresh Korean, Pinoy and South Asian premi- suppliers like Starz Play, Netflix and Ama- um TV shows, movies and originals which zon Prime. We are in discussion with new are exceedingly popular in the region. We international and local content producers have acquired Turkish, Italian and Russian for more original content and more window owing to the interest it sparks among this one acquisitions’, concludes Saab. local audience’, completes Kattan. ‘Viu MENA has also developed its own bespoke content evaluation system. Once Dubai International Content Market (DICM) ideas are evaluated accordingly they go to concept testing among the desired target takes place on December 9 and 10 at the iconic audience, before we embark on a six-month Jumeirah Beach Hotel Conference Centre. It has rigorous development journey with the become the main event for media professionals original writers and producers of the show. and executives targeting UAE and MENA. For this This detailed creative process has resulted MIPCOM special report, DICM has collaborated in in the successful launch of five Arabic Viu the preparation and writing of these interviews Originals: Zodiac, Hadota Mora, El Zoga 18, with key local broadcasters and OTTs. Jawwy TV major success has been the Ana Sherry dot Com, and Doon during 2019, original series Galabit Gad spanning across genres and formats. Zodiac

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Kazufumi Nagasawa, CCO, Hulu, Kantaro TBS, Japan: Jun Fukai, manager, movie and ani- Nippon TV, Japan: Atsushi Sogo, president of Internatio- Hayashi, content acquisitions manager, and Kansai TV, Japanese free TV broadcaster: mation production deparment, Junko Abe, head, nal Business Division, with Hisashi Tsugiya, series produ- Tetsuo Kkobayashi, content manager, both Miho Okada, general manager (center) with Takahiro Kawata, director, international business cer, and the team of the Japanese leading broadcaster. from U-Next, Kyoko Sekine, senior manager Taiki Onoe, senior manager, Kazuhiro Sato development, and Makito Sugiyama, Chief and acquisition, Hulu, Kana Mitani, content acqui- and Keiko Sakamoto, global managers VP, Global Business sitions, and Ami Oshima, content section 1, both from U-Next

iQiyi China at CBS: Young Ming, Sharon Zeng, Luna Asian buyers: Jinguang Zhu, director of Wang, and Wen, all from programming and creative, Yi Chi, research and acquisitions, Japan: Kyoto Kato, deputy GM, and Takayuki acquisitions department and Wang Bo, content acquisitions, all from Terashima, CEO, Super Network; Ruri Izumikawa, Lorraine Leach, content and alliances director at JSBC China, with Nori Nakano, non scripted acquisitions, acquisitions, TFC; Azusa Nakamura and Huawei; Trista Chang, from Disney, and Megan formats acquisitions, Nippon TV Japan C. Otsuki, both acquisitions from WoWow Fu, business development, and Sofia Zhang, video coordination director, both at Huawei

China: Qian Xiao, program production, Leoh Li, content China: Lex Zhu, documentary studio Wallace Wong, senior programming manager, Nancy ViuTV, China: Dick Hui, acquisitions manager, acquisitions, and Yu Song, VP content development, all from deputy director, and Stephanie Sun, Lai, controller, Winnie Ngai, CMO-OTT, and Sang Au, Edward Sum, VP, programming, Avis Cheng, Dragon TV; Sherry Tan, diector of the agency CAA, China; producer at Tencent, with Hengyi Zi, senior OTT content manager, all from TVB (Hong manager, programming, and Cathy NG, Ying Zhang, from CBS; and Qing Wang, acquisitions form manager, Da Neng, Culture Media Kong); Andy Chang, freelance, Marianne Lee, VP acquisition officer SMG, China contents, general entertainment, Turner APAC, and James Chang, EVP, Tempo (Taiwan)

Chalakorn Thomas Su, content acquisitions ABS-CBN: Carlo Katigbak, president & CEO surroun- GMA Network, The Philippines: Jose PPTV HD 36, Thailand: Krissada Trish- Panayashom, consultant, Media Broad- ded by Cecile Sumabat, acquisitions officer, Macie Mari Abacan, First VP, Program mana- nananda, content acquisition director, managing casting, Thailand, Joy Olby-Tan, lead Imperial, VP integrated acquisitions and syndication, ger department, and Beryl Faith Cruz, and Palakorn Somsuwan, EVP, content director digital acquisitions, Mediacorp TV Singapore, and Martin Lopez, chairman acquisitions executive & marketing TV, Workpoint Surin Krittayaphongphun, Bangkok Channel 23 Media, Thailand

BBC Worldwide: Ryan Shiotani, VP, branded Vietnam Television (VTV): Nguyen Jennifer Batty, chief con- services, and Daphne Kang, director of TKL, Vietnam: Ton Nu An Tram, screening Hang Meast HDTV, Cambodia: programming for Asia, and Melanie Rumani, Thi Kim Dung, chief accountant, Eng Song Liep, program tent officer at the OTT finance department, and Do manager, Nguyen Thi Truc Mai, managing Hooq TV, Singapore head of acquisitions, UK director, and Le Van, senior programming executive, and Eng Leanghong, Thin Ngan Hang, Vice Manager, content acquisition manager acquisitions and sales manager

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India: Pradeep Milroy Peter, SVP programming, and Buyers from India: Vivek Srivastava, EVP and Zee, India: Ali Zaidi, deputy VP, Indian OTT platforms: Aaron Mascarenhas, acqui- Krishnan Kutty, business head, both from the bro- head of entertainment at Times Network, Zee Telefilms, and Amkur Kapila, sitions and licensing, and Mansi Shrivastav, head adcaster Star TV, with Aanchal Maheshwari, senior Hashim Dsouza, head of content at , Head – Programming & Content of acquisitions, Times Internet/MX Player (borders) manager, and Kavita Panda, director licensing, both and Ajit Thakur, head of In House Studios at Acquisitions, Zee Studio with Aditya Ray, executive director, Crest Advanta- from Disney Media Reliance ge and Ali Hussein, COO, Eros Now

Kiki Zulkarnain, GM programming, Deni Indonesian buyers: David Suwarto, deputy Yusep, senior market research, and Gunawan Barry Chamberlain, EVP Global Sales, CBS, with Clement Triandy Suyatman, Harsiwi Achmad, director of programming, and Banardi Gunawan, acquisition and distribution Rachmad, VP, Programming Acquisition, Schwebig, CFO, Turner EMEA; Ricky Ow, president, and Marianne manager of ANTV Indonesia with Ambica program advisor, director, Indosiar Lee, VP, network general entertainment, from Turner APAC; and PT Elshinta Jakarta SCTV (borders) with Devi Noviana, pro- Kuthiala, executive producer, Black Sheep gram acquisition department head, RCTI Humphrey Black, VP Media Distribution, Turner EMEA Studios (Singapore) Televisi, Indonesia

Digital media in South Korea: Docubay is the new global SVOD to be launched in August Gi-Uk Seong, assistant manager, KBS, Korea: Genma Kim, entertainment producer, with 40-50 long documentaries: Akul Tripathi, COO, Natanshi ICT Business Unit, KTH; and Youngsam Kim, KBS World Channel & content Lodha, marketing manager, Tasneem Lokhandwala, senior Chanyoung Park, manager, con- producer/deputy director, and Seok Hyeon Kim, producer-content, and Adita Jain, heaf of acquisitions and tent acquisition team, LG Uplus channel manager CJ E&M, Korea: Jin, Bo Mi, producer, TvN syndication Division, Hee Yeon, Park, producer, and Dong Hi, Kim, programming producer

TV3 Malaysia: Jahaliah Hasan, Sky TV (New Zeland): Travis Dunbar, director of manager, acquisition and content entertainment and programming, Lisa Clements, management, and Khairunnisa acquisitions manager, Karen Bieleski, head of , SVOD service from New Kamarulzaman, manager, Astro Malaysia: Henry Tom, COO; TM, telco from Malaysia: Manie entertainment, JJ Klein, VP current and late Zeland: Dana Spangaro from entertainment and programming Khairul Anwar Salleh, VP Malay Lee, associated, and Chen Khen night, FX Networks, and Richard Samuels, EVP Disney with Hema Patel, general group Customer Business; Agnes Rozario, Oh, general manager and MD, Fox manager, and Anna Tait, comner- VP Content Group cial director

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