For Studios It's Making $$, Not Sense at Panels

MIPCOM 2017 DAY 2 ™ October 17, 2017

My 2 Cents: A more For Studios It’s Making Changing Times: relaxed L.A. Screenings $$, Not Sense at Panels The New Era of in the month of June? Page 3 his year the presence of the big Gordon Ramsay U.S. studios on the MIPCOM INSIDE: Texhibition fl oor seems to n old American joke be inversely proportional to their described “Heaven” as a Cannes Visuals — presence at conferences. Of the 31 Aparty organized by Germans, conferences listed in the MIPCOM with the Italians cooking and the MIPCOM Photo Report program, no one MPAA studio is English providing entertainment. participating, leaving the likes of Page 17 “Hell,” on the other hand, was when Lionsgate, HBO, Viacom and Fox’s Nat Geo to maintain a somewhat the Italians were the organizers, scattered presence at the various the Germans were in charge of fun, INSIDE: sessions. and the English were the ones at the MPAA’s clear ideas On the other hand, the U.S. stove. studios’ presence on the exhibition Today, much of that has changed for a new NAFTA fl oor is as massive as ever, if not Approaching a studio executive (although the Italians still shouldn’t Page 6 even bigger, than at past MIPCOMs. during these two days of MIPCOM be trusted to organize anything). — even for a quick photo — has With over 70 new TV series to sell in The Germans provide great order to recoup defi cits, which could become quite the feat. Back-to-back amount to a compounded estimate meetings and unscheduled buyer entertainment and many a top chef VideoAge of $1.7 billion, it’s not surprising that walk-ins cause them to run endlessly — including Gordon Ramsay, Jamie studio executives are thinking more between several offi ces within their Oliver and Marco Pierre White — Daily about dollars than making sense large booths. Sales executives at each hails from England. Of course, Brits on the go during conference talks. U.S. studio meet with 120 buyers like Patience Gray, Elizabeth David (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) The DSM Will Not Find a DMZ at MIPCOM n important event that will take place tomorrow Amorning here in Cannes is the “European Digital Single Market” (DSM) conference. Ever since the European Parliament approved measures to remove geo-blocking and permit the portability of online content, E.U. residents have been able to access online services while in other E.U. countries for a “limited” period of time. While it sounds good, some are concerned that this measure may jeopardize investments in European content and affect rights-holders’ abilities to license movies or TV shows on a territory-by-territory basis. Claire Bury, deputy director general of the European Commission (E.C.), is expected to speak at the session, along with media commentator Kate Bulkley. (The panel was originally set to feature U.S. media consultant, Russ J. Kagan, but he was unexpectedly replaced at the last minute.) 1 (Continued on Page 4) VideoAge’s Int’l TV Distribution My 2¢ The idea is to gear up for better sales, make the process more relaxed, get additional buyers and give all of them more information. Along the way, perhaps, participants could even be able to take a short vacation in the area. By now you’ve guessed HFascinating Stories F m a Honoring 10 Additional what I’m talking about: Improving the L.A. Screenings!

Executives Who Built An Industry his, in my view, is something to keep in mind: to keep the schedules out of the control of buyers, Volume 2 Why do the U.S. studios start their new TV and the MPAA made it a reality by contacting all their Tseason screenings in Los Angeles just after the members, reported a studio executive. May Upfronts in New York City? As for the start date, the day after the last broadcast By Dom Serafi ni For the studios it’s a mad rush to get everything Upfronts was considered ideal since talent would ready for the 2,000-or-so international buyers who have been more readily available, even though they VIDEOAGE travel to L.A. for a full week of intense screenings of had to be rushed from NYC’s Upfronts to L.A. for the DAILY over 70 pilots. Screenings. Wouldn’t it make more sense if the L.A. Screenings Another studio executive (from a different studio) AT MIPCOM were to start after the Memorial Day holiday weekend, confessed that they’d been afraid that after Memorial STAND P-1.J60 on June 4 for the indies, and have the studios begin Day talent would take vacations. “For them, it’s on Thursday, June 7 with Fox LATAM and continue up tiresome to fl y from NYC to L.A., but at least they feel MAIN OFFICE: 216 EAST 75TH STREET STE PW until June 15, with exactly the same number of days as it’s over in 10 days,” he said. NEW YORK, NY 10021 it is now? Another reason for the current dates is that TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 288-3424 Looking back at the history of the L.A. Screenings, the studios want to ride the wave of the Upfronts for 10 years, up until 2001, the excitement, and also WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM studio screenings wrapped avoid undue criticism up almost at the end of June. of the new season while EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DOM SERAFINI In “The History of the buyers are in town. L.A. Screenings,” VideoAge’s Another drawback EDITORIAL TEAM May 2013 Issue reported, “In could be that buyers in ISME BENNIE (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO 1991, the Screenings moved June go into “summer LUCY COHEN BLATTER to late May. At one point, it mode,” but some CARLOS GUROVICH LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER lasted four weeks, with the Scandinavian buyers said SUSAN HORNIK Canadians and Europeans they would not object to a CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA LUIS A. POLANCO the fi rst groups to go (as early June Screenings. GILLES POURTIER as May 28 in 1991), followed On the negative side, BIANCA SERAFINI DOMINIQUE SOUDIN by the Latins (May 31), the under the current system, Pan-Pacifi c territories (June “Sorry babe, but now I’m busy trying studios cannot tell buyers to get to the L.A. Screenings parties.” ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER 3) and South Africa ending in advance if it’s going MONICA GORGHETTO on June 27.” to be a full day or half- BUSINESS OFFICE “Marcel Vinay recalled: day of screenings. Plus, LEN FINKEL, RACHEL GARNEY ‘[For us] it lasted two weeks as only one studio by moving it up, the Screenings would no longer be LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, presented its shows each day and only from Monday competing with the Cannes Film Festival, and the STEVE SCHIFFMAN to Friday (no Saturday or Sunday was involved).’ weather in L.A. would defi nitely be better. WEB MANAGER The changing length of the Screenings throughout A June Screenings would also alleviate some of BRUNO MARRACINO the years was buyer-driven up until 2000,” reported the pressure on Canadian buyers, and would allow DESIGN/LAYOUT CLAUDIO MATTIONI VideoAge. the studios to better prepare their promo reels and CARMINE RASPAOLO In 2000, the L.A. Screenings lasted 11 days, including literature... perhaps even have more time to organize ILLUSTRATIONS Memorial Day (for Warner Bros. and Columbia), from parties. BOB SHOCHET May 22 to June 1, and in 2001 they were condensed to The current process is certainly refi ned, but it can today’s nine days, starting after the Upfronts. be improved with an eye toward better sales. 2 How did it happen and why? The studios wanted Dom Serafi ni Coming Out in December 2017 In Print and e-Book October 17, 2017 My 2¢ The idea is to gear up for better sales, make the process more relaxed, get additional buyers and give all of them more information. Along the way, perhaps, participants could even be able to take a short vacation in the area. By now you’ve guessed what I’m talking about: Improving the L.A. Screenings!

his, in my view, is something to keep in mind: to keep the schedules out of the control of buyers, Why do the U.S. studios start their new TV and the MPAA made it a reality by contacting all their Tseason screenings in Los Angeles just after the members, reported a studio executive. May Upfronts in New York City? As for the start date, the day after the last broadcast For the studios it’s a mad rush to get everything Upfronts was considered ideal since talent would ready for the 2,000-or-so international buyers who have been more readily available, even though they VIDEOAGE travel to L.A. for a full week of intense screenings of had to be rushed from NYC’s Upfronts to L.A. for the DAILY over 70 pilots. Screenings. Wouldn’t it make more sense if the L.A. Screenings Another studio executive (from a different studio) AT MIPCOM were to start after the Memorial Day holiday weekend, confessed that they’d been afraid that after Memorial STAND P-1.J60 on June 4 for the indies, and have the studios begin Day talent would take vacations. “For them, it’s on Thursday, June 7 with Fox LATAM and continue up tiresome to fl y from NYC to L.A., but at least they feel MAIN OFFICE: 216 EAST 75TH STREET STE PW until June 15, with exactly the same number of days as it’s over in 10 days,” he said. NEW YORK, NY 10021 it is now? Another reason for the current dates is that TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 288-3424 Looking back at the history of the L.A. Screenings, the studios want to ride the wave of the Upfronts for 10 years, up until 2001, the excitement, and also WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM studio screenings wrapped avoid undue criticism up almost at the end of June. of the new season while EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DOM SERAFINI In “The History of the buyers are in town. L.A. Screenings,” VideoAge’s Another drawback EDITORIAL TEAM May 2013 Issue reported, “In could be that buyers in ISME BENNIE (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO 1991, the Screenings moved June go into “summer LUCY COHEN BLATTER to late May. At one point, it mode,” but some CARLOS GUROVICH LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER lasted four weeks, with the Scandinavian buyers said SUSAN HORNIK Canadians and Europeans they would not object to a CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA LUIS A. POLANCO the fi rst groups to go (as early June Screenings. GILLES POURTIER as May 28 in 1991), followed On the negative side, BIANCA SERAFINI DOMINIQUE SOUDIN by the Latins (May 31), the under the current system, Pan-Pacifi c territories (June “Sorry babe, but now I’m busy trying studios cannot tell buyers to get to the L.A. Screenings parties.” ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER 3) and South Africa ending in advance if it’s going MONICA GORGHETTO on June 27.” to be a full day or half- BUSINESS OFFICE “Marcel Vinay recalled: day of screenings. Plus, LEN FINKEL, RACHEL GARNEY ‘[For us] it lasted two weeks as only one studio by moving it up, the Screenings would no longer be LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, presented its shows each day and only from Monday competing with the Cannes Film Festival, and the STEVE SCHIFFMAN to Friday (no Saturday or Sunday was involved).’ weather in L.A. would defi nitely be better. WEB MANAGER The changing length of the Screenings throughout A June Screenings would also alleviate some of BRUNO MARRACINO the years was buyer-driven up until 2000,” reported the pressure on Canadian buyers, and would allow DESIGN/LAYOUT CLAUDIO MATTIONI VideoAge. the studios to better prepare their promo reels and CARMINE RASPAOLO In 2000, the L.A. Screenings lasted 11 days, including literature... perhaps even have more time to organize ILLUSTRATIONS Memorial Day (for Warner Bros. and Columbia), from parties. BOB SHOCHET May 22 to June 1, and in 2001 they were condensed to The current process is certainly refi ned, but it can today’s nine days, starting after the Upfronts. be improved with an eye toward better sales. How did it happen and why? The studios wanted Dom Serafi ni 3

October 17, 2017 Cover Stories

(Continued from Cover) FROM THE CREATOR OF TRAILER PARK BOYS, Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to MIKE CLATTENBURG show football games). European DSM The U.S. and E.U. entertainment industries Gordon Ramsay oppose the DSM, even though it is said that the Nevertheless, VideoAge managed to speak to Hollywood studios can compete better than and Jane Grigson always excelled at food-writing. Kagan (pictured at right with his son Michael, Even the land of the Big Mac is getting in on JILL JOHN KYLE the indies since they already operate on a pan- HENNESSY CARROLL LYNCH MAC head of International and Non-Scripted Television, the celebrity chef action with such famed cooks European basis. ICM Partners), who noted that the topic has as Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and Emeril different meanings for different platforms, from According to a 2016 report from London-based Lagasse. terrestrial broadcast to satellite to OTT/Internet, media advisors, Oliver & Ohlbaum, and released Ramsay yesterday made an appearance at to rights holders and licensors of content. It will by Oxford, U.K.-based consultants Oxera, the DSM the All3media’s luncheon presentation at the be important to look at all political and business could cost E.U. producers up to 8.2 billion euro Majestic Hotel to follow up on Ramsay Studio, aspects of the issue, he said, and make the session (U.S.$9.7 billion) a year and could lead to a slump a joint venture started with All3media in 2016. informative and eye-opening for future content in investment, with He unveiled Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, where Ramsay looks into the underworld of crime that businesses. up to 48 percent The E.C. announced plans to introduce a DSM surrounds the cocaine trade to Britain. The chef less audiovisual in November 2014. In May 2015, the E.C. published also presented the fourth season of Matilda and a 16-point policy plan, and it is expected that most content produced, the Ramsay Bunch, the spin-off series featuring of strategy will be in place by 2019. for both fi lm and Ramsay’s daughter and her family adventures, The DSM’s fi rst implementation was the television. produced by Ramsay Studios and Objective elimination of roaming charges for cellular phone Productions. Weird is the new normal calls within the E.U. Naturally, TV content distributors can still license language rights (since, one would assume, Straight From the Palais • FilmRise entered an exclusive distribution German TV viewers, for example, would not be agreement with Canadian company Incendo. As part of interested in watching a program that was wholly • Kew Media Group is presenting Jon Brewer’s biopic the terms, Incendo will serve as FilmRise’s sales agent in Italian). documentary B.B. King: On the Road (pictured). This for television in Canada. Sports rights could be a bit problematic since sequel to B.B. King: The Life of Riley gathers many of past experience has demonstrated that English the crew, band members and friends who went on the • Sabbatical Entertainment introduced its new format TV viewers would be willing to follow a football road with the King of the Blues, refl ecting the trials, The Best of the Best, a two-hour special that recaps the (soccer) match broadcast with Greek commentary tribulations, joys and rewards of his music career. most entertaining moments of that year within the In other Kew Media news, the company acquired (as was the case in 2012, when a Portsmouth, U.K. arts, politics, sports, and other pop culture events. The London-based TCB Media Rights, broadening its pub landlady won a court fi ght with the English format is highly customizable, accommodating the distribution into non-scripted markets. TCB will needs of various audiences. proceed to operate independently of the company’s distribution arm. • Sonar Entertainment acquired the global rights to Will McIntosh’s sci-fi adventure Watchdog and intends Studios at MIPCOM to develop a kids’ series with showrunners Art Brown and Douglas Sloan. The series will follow 16-year-old Vick and his 14-year-old sister Tara, who has autism, after they fi nd an Artifi cial Intelligence microchip and install it into their robotic watchdog Daisy.

• All3media International’s crime thriller Rellik has been signed in a pan territory deal with HBO Asia, as well as by Tele München for Germany and German- speaking territories. Further deals include Israel’s DBS Satellite and Belgium’s VRT,.

• Rainbow acquired a majority stake in the Iven S.p.A. • Kanal D is launching its new historical drama group, heralding a larger move into the live-action series Mehmed the Conqueror, which has the highest market, part of an expansion strategy to establish budget production ever for the company. Mehmed the per day on average, Monday to Wednesday, so Rainbow as a multimedia, multi-genre platform. Conqueror tells the story of Mehmed, a passionate strictly scheduled they cannot afford to take time Pictured below at a party on Sunday for the launch of military strategist, who defeated the Roman Empire off to attend a seminar, much less to participate new preschool series 44 Cats (l. to r.): Rai Children’s and conquered Constantinople. in one. To fi nd out what happens outside their Luca Milano, Rainbow’s Iginio Straffi , Viacom Americas’ Pierluigi Gazzolo. compounds, these executives have to read trade • Lionsgate licensed its drama series Ten Days in the Valley to France’s Canal+, Israel’s Yes, South Africa’s magazines’ MIPCOM reviews. Indeed, VideoAge MNET, Greece’s OTE, and Italy’s Telecom. The series does the legwork for the busy executives. stars Kyra Sedgwick as an overworked, single mother Studio executives here in Cannes were asked whose daughter has gone missing in the night. the importance of MIPCOM to them and if they see different buyers than at other markets. One exec • MGM Worldwide Television Distribution and answered that, every time their tent comes up for RedSeven Entertainment partnered in a multi-year joint venture to co-produce and distribute local versions renewal, they debate its utility, but “ultimately, we of MGM’s unscripted formats in Germany, such as Steve all agree to come back,” he said. As far as meeting Harvey’s FUNDERDOME, American Gladiators, Minor buyers, an exec from another studio commented Renovations, and Signed, among others. that buyers could be the same, “but we’re always selling something new or go over deals.” • SPI International is working with Ethnic Channels • Bell Media revealed its next music TV format, The Pictured on the cover are CBSSI’s Armando Group to launch seven SPI channels to the Canadian Launch. Created for CTV, the format features fi ve Nuñez and Barry Chamberlain. Pictured above at Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission unsigned artists who compete for the opportunity to (CRTC). The new additions include two Polish- Sunday’s series premiere screening of Counterpart record and perform an original song. Each contestant is language channels, fi lm channel Kino Polska and MIPCOM Stand C15.A6, Croisette 15 (l. to r.): Sony’s Mike Wald, Harry Lloyd, Sony’s assisted by mentors, including Scott Brochetta, Shania music TV network Kino Polska Muzyka, as well as Comedy Series: 12 x half hours Alex Marin, Olivia Williams, Sony’s Keith Le Goy, Twain, Boy George, Alessia Cara, and Nikki Sixx, Fast&FunBox HD, Gametoon, FilmBox Art House, Rabbit Square Productions for CBC 4 J.K. Simmons, Sony’s Angel Orengo and Justin among others. FunBox UHD, and FashionBox HD. Marks (EP/Creator/Writer). www.kewmedia.com

October 17, 2017

KEW_MEDIA_CRAWFORD_AD_VideoAge_AW.indd 1 02/10/2017 15:54 Cover Stories

• Rainbow acquired a majority stake in the Iven S.p.A. • Kanal D is launching its new historical drama group, heralding a larger move into the live-action series Mehmed the Conqueror, which has the highest market, part of an expansion strategy to establish budget production ever for the company. Mehmed the per day on average, Monday to Wednesday, so Rainbow as a multimedia, multi-genre platform. Conqueror tells the story of Mehmed, a passionate strictly scheduled they cannot afford to take time Pictured below at a party on Sunday for the launch of military strategist, who defeated the Roman Empire off to attend a seminar, much less to participate new preschool series 44 Cats (l. to r.): Rai Children’s and conquered Constantinople. in one. To fi nd out what happens outside their Luca Milano, Rainbow’s Iginio Straffi , Viacom Americas’ Pierluigi Gazzolo. compounds, these executives have to read trade • Lionsgate licensed its drama series Ten Days in the Valley to France’s Canal+, Israel’s Yes, South Africa’s magazines’ MIPCOM reviews. Indeed, VideoAge MNET, Greece’s OTE, and Italy’s Telecom. The series does the legwork for the busy executives. stars Kyra Sedgwick as an overworked, single mother Studio executives here in Cannes were asked whose daughter has gone missing in the night. the importance of MIPCOM to them and if they see different buyers than at other markets. One exec • MGM Worldwide Television Distribution and answered that, every time their tent comes up for RedSeven Entertainment partnered in a multi-year joint venture to co-produce and distribute local versions renewal, they debate its utility, but “ultimately, we of MGM’s unscripted formats in Germany, such as Steve all agree to come back,” he said. As far as meeting Harvey’s FUNDERDOME, American Gladiators, Minor buyers, an exec from another studio commented Renovations, and Signed, among others. that buyers could be the same, “but we’re always selling something new or go over deals.” • SPI International is working with Ethnic Channels Pictured on the cover are CBSSI’s Armando • Bell Media revealed its next music TV format, The Group to launch seven SPI channels to the Canadian Launch. Created for CTV, the format features fi ve Nuñez and Barry Chamberlain. Pictured above at Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission unsigned artists who compete for the opportunity to (CRTC). The new additions include two Polish- Sunday’s series premiere screening of Counterpart record and perform an original song. Each contestant is language channels, fi lm channel Kino Polska and MIPCOM Stand C15.A6, Croisette 15 (l. to r.): Sony’s Mike Wald, Harry Lloyd, Sony’s assisted by mentors, including Scott Brochetta, Shania music TV network Kino Polska Muzyka, as well as Comedy Series: 12 x half hours Alex Marin, Olivia Williams, Sony’s Keith Le Goy, Twain, Boy George, Alessia Cara, and Nikki Sixx, Fast&FunBox HD, Gametoon, FilmBox Art House, Rabbit Square Productions for CBC J.K. Simmons, Sony’s Angel Orengo and Justin among others. FunBox UHD, and FashionBox HD. 5 Marks (EP/Creator/Writer). www.kewmedia.com

October 17, 2017

KEW_MEDIA_CRAWFORD_AD_VideoAge_AW.indd 1 02/10/2017 15:54 World

MPAA report, did not have any ties with NAFTA, yet benefi ted The MPAA Has Clear Ideas For a New NAFTA from the U.S. motion picture ast June, in response to the U.S. government’s Trade Representative Federal Register inviting public submissions and television industry because for the negotiation of objectives in regards to the “modernization” of the North American Free Trade Agreement it was able to exclusively retain L(NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the Washington, D.C.-based Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) the cultural industries from the offered a series of replies and comments. The MPAA currently represents six of the largest producers and distributors NAFTA obligations via a NAFTA of fi lm and TV in the world: Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Annex in 2016. This, according Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. to the MPAA, is inconsistent The main topics discussed by the MPAA are services, investments with the rules and agreements and intellectual property rights. The former largely focused on a of free and fair trade, and it NAFTA clause that impedes Mexico from increasing its screen quota by is indicated as another good more than 10 percent due to a stipulation that constrains liberalization point for the MPAA to start after entry in NAFTA. Mexico liberalized its fi lm and television sector modernization negotiations. post-entry and has recently fallen from a 30 percent to a 10 percent In terms of IP, an ever- quota that cannot be increased. growing problem within the The MPAA disclosed that this would be a good opportunity to begin television and fi lm industries, modernization negotiations. Canada, on the other hand, as stated in the the MPAA said that NAFTA must modernize in order to properly tackle this issue. The association revealed that almost one-quarter of the world’s global Internet usage is achieved through copyright infringement. The MPAA recognized that this isn’t a unilateral problem attributable B O O T H R 7. K 1 7 to Mexico and Canada, but noted that Mexican laws, such as the Telecommunications Law, which stop Internet service providers from disclosing the personal information of the people committing these crimes doesn’t help. Furthermore, stated the MPAA, in Mexico copyright infringement cannot be criminally prosecuted if no one benefi ts monetarily from the infringement; only by making a profi t can it be punishable by law. In addition, video- recording fi lms in theaters is not illegal in Mexico. All of these qualities create a signifi cant loss to the U.S. motion picture industry each year. According to the MPAA, NAFTA needs to be up to speed with digital trade as it becomes an integral and crucial part of entertainment. The MPAA stated that there are over 450 legal online providers around the world that supply video- on-demand content, making copyright infringement an easier task. Creating laws and systems to help further cultivate digital trade, while ensuring legal consumption is a pivotal part of modernizing not only free trade agreements, but also entertainment as a whole, the MPAA document concluded.

9x60 6 www.grbtv.com • [email protected]

SEPTEMBER. 2October017 17, 2017 AD_2 JUNIOR PAGE_ 7.284”x 9.055” VIDEO AGE GRB Entertainment Sherman Oaks, California 91423 Melissa [email protected]_818.728.7600 World

MPAA report, did not have any ties with NAFTA, yet benefi ted The MPAA Has Clear Ideas For a New NAFTA from the U.S. motion picture ast June, in response to the U.S. government’s Trade Representative Federal Register inviting public submissions and television industry because for the negotiation of objectives in regards to the “modernization” of the North American Free Trade Agreement it was able to exclusively retain L(NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the Washington, D.C.-based Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) the cultural industries from the offered a series of replies and comments. The MPAA currently represents six of the largest producers and distributors NAFTA obligations via a NAFTA of fi lm and TV in the world: Walt Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Annex in 2016. This, according Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. to the MPAA, is inconsistent The main topics discussed by the MPAA are services, investments with the rules and agreements and intellectual property rights. The former largely focused on a of free and fair trade, and it NAFTA clause that impedes Mexico from increasing its screen quota by is indicated as another good more than 10 percent due to a stipulation that constrains liberalization point for the MPAA to start after entry in NAFTA. Mexico liberalized its fi lm and television sector modernization negotiations. post-entry and has recently fallen from a 30 percent to a 10 percent In terms of IP, an ever- quota that cannot be increased. growing problem within the The MPAA disclosed that this would be a good opportunity to begin television and fi lm industries, modernization negotiations. Canada, on the other hand, as stated in the the MPAA said that NAFTA must modernize in order to properly tackle this issue. The association revealed that almost one-quarter of the world’s global Internet usage is achieved through copyright infringement. The MPAA recognized that this isn’t a unilateral problem attributable to Mexico and Canada, but noted that Mexican laws, such as the Telecommunications Law, which stop Internet service providers from disclosing the personal information of the people committing these crimes doesn’t help. Furthermore, stated the MPAA, in Mexico copyright infringement cannot be criminally prosecuted if no one benefi ts monetarily from the infringement; only by making a profi t can it be punishable by law. In addition, video- recording fi lms in theaters is not illegal in Mexico. All of these qualities create a signifi cant loss to the U.S. motion picture industry each year. According to the MPAA, NAFTA needs to be up to speed with digital trade as it becomes an integral and crucial part of entertainment. The MPAA stated that there are over 450 legal online providers around the world that supply video- on-demand content, making copyright infringement an easier task. Creating laws and systems to help further cultivate digital trade, while ensuring legal consumption is a pivotal part of modernizing not only free trade agreements, but also entertainment as a whole, the MPAA document concluded. 7

October 17, 2017 Canadian TV Players

comes to life within the pages of her scrapbook. Holiday Magic at 9 Story Holiday special Guess oronto-based 9 Story Media Group is in Cannes with a variety of new animation series and holiday specials. How Much I Love You — The New series Luo Bao Bei (pictured) features a spirited 7-year-old girl with a vivid imagination. Every day is a Adventures of Little Nutbrown new adventure with Luo Bao Bei and her furry companions, who follow her on her journeys through childhood. Hare, based on the bestselling T picture book by Sam McBratney Holiday special Angela’s Christmas is set in Ireland in the early 1900s. The special focuses on the power of love, childhood and family. and Anita Jeram, features Little After winning a scholarship to the most prestigious culinary academy Nutbrown Hare proving the in the city, Monica Chef is on a mission to make her dreams of becoming magic of Easter and Christmas to top chef come true. all. It’s hard enough to be a teenager, but more so if you can talk to spirits! Stand R7.K28 Grace Beside Me follows the life of Fuzzy Mac, who, on her 13th birthday, www.9story.com fi nds out she has a very peculiar power. New feature fi lm The Samuel Project features teen Eli Bergman on a quest to fi nd the most unique idea for his high school animation contest. Gusto’s Busy On an expedition to fi nd the fantastical place of Whirligig, Vivi and her pals, Backpack and Flashy, are whisked away on a colorful adventure that Kitchens

n a perpetual mission to keep us hungry, Gusto OWorldwide Media presents several food series at MIPCOM. Fish The Dish shows a sustainable way of eating and cooking seafood, with over 120 new mouth-watering recipes. An innovative series ﬁ lmed on a one-of-a-kind set, A is for Apple showcases over 160 recipes with webisodes. One World Kitchen (pictured) brings viewers on a journey delivering diverse recipes from around the globe, and featuring nine international cuisines.

Exploring Mexican, Venezuelan and Spanish cuisine, The Latin Kitchen exposes viewers to a whole new world of food. Baking series Flour Power is set in a retro-styled kitchen where the host creates simple to extravagant baking treats. Premiering on Sony TV (India) An epic tale Travel series Fresh Market November 2017 by Siddharth Kumar Tewary Dinners introduces a young host who transforms simple, everyday, local farmers’ market ingredients into chic, high-end dinners. THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN TELEVISION Since being vegetarian is sustainable and trendy, The VISIT STAND P-1.F19 Urban Vegetarian is set in an upscale kitchen to celebrate over AVAILABLE FOR WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS PLATFORMS. 45 unique recipes that let you live Contact - [email protected] life meat-free. www.onelifestudios.in Stand P-1.A0 8 www.gustoworldwidemedia.com

October 17, 2017 Canadian TV Players

Exploring Mexican, Venezuelan and Spanish cuisine, The Latin Kitchen exposes viewers to a whole new world of food. Baking series Flour Power is set in a retro-styled kitchen where the host creates simple to extravagant baking treats. Travel series Fresh Market Dinners introduces a young host who transforms simple, everyday, local farmers’ market ingredients into chic, high-end dinners. Since being vegetarian is sustainable and trendy, The Urban Vegetarian is set in an upscale kitchen to celebrate over 45 unique recipes that let you live life meat-free. Stand P-1.A0 www.gustoworldwidemedia.com MIPCOM Stand C20.A 9

October 17, 2017

THE CRYSTAL MAZE_FP_VIDEOAGE_AD_AW.indd 1 03/10/2017 14:44 U.S. TV FARE

Das Boot FilmRise Is Looking NBC Provides Rises with Sonar For Vengeance The Bold Type

rooklyn-based FlmRise is presenting a star- studded fi lm slate topped by Vengeance: A BLove Story (pictured), the tale of a single mother who gets help from Gulf War veteran John (Nicholas Cage) in avenging the brutal assault she suffered in front of her 12-year-old daughter. Cate Blanchett stars in Julian Rosefeldt- directed Manifesto, a set of vignettes that incorporates manifestos from 20th century art movements, weaving together history’s most important artistic statements into one fi lm. BCUniversal International Distribution Thriller The Vault features two desperate sets the bar high for this year’s MIPCOM, sisters who are forced to rob a bank to help save Noffering everything from pretend their brother. The heist is well-planned and at fi rst biology teachers to procedurals and trolls. goes smoothly until one of the employees gives New action series The Brave (pictured) them the key to a downstairs vault. gives viewers insight into the complex world Aspiring writer Diana moves from London to of America’s elite undercover military heroes a seemingly perfect Brooklyn apartment only to headed by D.I.A. deputy director Patricia fi nd that The Boy Downstairs is her ex-boyfriend. Campbell (Anne Heche). This rom-com stars Girls’ Zosia Mamet. The latest installment to the powerhouse onar Entertainment showcases a slate fi lled My Friend Dahmer follows the life of notorious Law & Order franchise, Law & Order True with action, drama and post-apocalyptic American serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer Crime: The Menendez Murders, delivers a Sfantasy. when he was in high school, before murdering 17 dramatization of the notorious murder case that World War II drama series Das Boot (pictured) men and boys in the American Midwest. changed America forever. expands the storyline following the 1981 fi lm and Set in the near future of artifi cial intelligence, Procedural drama Gone — based on the 1973 novel of the same name. The series focuses on Marjorie Prime follows the life of a brittle 86-year- bestselling novel One Kick by Chelsea Cain — the heroic men and women confronted with the old woman with a robotic companion that looks follows the life of Kit “Kick” Lannigan, survivor VISIT US AT C15.A8 DEFINING ENTERTAINMENT harsh realities of war on land and on sea. like her late husband and feeds the story of her life of a well-known child abduction case, who joins The Son (season two) continues to follow the back to her. Tim Robbins and Geena Davis star. a special task force formed by Frank Booth, the multigenerational McCullough family and their Learning To See: The World Of Insects is a FBI agent who rescued her. rise and fall in the Texas oil business. The series doc portrait of photographer Robert Oelman, who Back once again after an eight-season run stars Pierce Brosnan and Paola Núñez as lead left his psychology career and moved to Colombia is Will & Grace, the series returns with the characters. to photograph insects in the Amazon Basin. original main cast intact. Featuring English actor Tom Hardy, drama FilmRise executives are taking meetings at the Philosophy scholar Jack Griffin loses his series Taboo is set in Georgian London and tells Palais Buyers’ Club. dream job and ends up teaching A.P. Bio. He of the return of James Delaney, after 10 years in www.fi lmrise.com must now concoct a plan, with the help of his Africa, to inherit the dynasty his father left him. students, to win back his rightful place. Fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles, From the writers of Friday Night Lights and based on the best-selling book series by Terry Parenthood comes Rise, a heartfelt story about Brooks, is also back for a second season. The title a teacher who takes over a school’s lackluster focuses on a group of unlikely heroes on a mission theater department. to help fi x the unfi xable centuries of Earth’s post- Drama series The Bold Type is inspired by apocalyptic future. the life of Joanna Coles, current chief content Stand R7.N11 officer at Hearst Magazines and former editor- www.sonarent.com in-chief of Cosmo. The series focuses on three women who help each other reach both Priority Develops professional and relationship goals. Season two of animated Trollhunters Media Solutions features an ordinary teenager who, one day, stumbles upon a magical amulet that shows ased out of Los Angeles, Priority PR is a global publicity, marketing and creative him a secret civilization of trolls right under his agency that specializes in traditional nose. B companies of all sizes. media and entertainment. Animated series Spirit Riding Free features For those that would like to learn more, Jeff Priority PR facilitates strategies for maximum a city-turned-country girl and her inseparable Pryor, Lionel Moniz, and Zorana Vuckovic are engagement and expanding target audiences bond with a horse. here in Cannes navigating the Palais aisles. or consumer bases on both a domestic and Telemundo super series Señora Acero 4 www.prioritypr.net international scale. The firm counts industry continues the journey of Vicenta Acero, the leaders in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and feared “La Coyote” who now leads the dynasty Asia as clients — including Miramax, Paramount of illicit dealings once headed by her father. Pictures, Turner Broadcasting and TVN, among Stand P4.C4 10 others — and provides services that accommodate www.nbcuniversal.com

October 17, 2017

LITTLE WOMEN & HOWARD'S END - Video Age Full Page Daily.indd 1 10/2/17 3:51 PM U.S. TV FARE

Das Boot FilmRise Is Looking NBC Provides Rises with Sonar For Vengeance The Bold Type rooklyn-based FlmRise is presenting a star- studded fi lm slate topped by Vengeance: A BLove Story (pictured), the tale of a single mother who gets help from Gulf War veteran John (Nicholas Cage) in avenging the brutal assault she suffered in front of her 12-year-old daughter. Cate Blanchett stars in Julian Rosefeldt- directed Manifesto, a set of vignettes that incorporates manifestos from 20th century art movements, weaving together history’s most important artistic statements into one fi lm. BCUniversal International Distribution Thriller The Vault features two desperate sets the bar high for this year’s MIPCOM, sisters who are forced to rob a bank to help save Noffering everything from pretend their brother. The heist is well-planned and at fi rst biology teachers to procedurals and trolls. goes smoothly until one of the employees gives New action series The Brave (pictured) them the key to a downstairs vault. gives viewers insight into the complex world Aspiring writer Diana moves from London to of America’s elite undercover military heroes a seemingly perfect Brooklyn apartment only to headed by D.I.A. deputy director Patricia fi nd that The Boy Downstairs is her ex-boyfriend. Campbell (Anne Heche). This rom-com stars Girls’ Zosia Mamet. The latest installment to the powerhouse onar Entertainment showcases a slate fi lled My Friend Dahmer follows the life of notorious Law & Order franchise, Law & Order True with action, drama and post-apocalyptic American serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer Crime: The Menendez Murders, delivers a Sfantasy. when he was in high school, before murdering 17 dramatization of the notorious murder case that World War II drama series Das Boot (pictured) men and boys in the American Midwest. changed America forever. expands the storyline following the 1981 fi lm and Set in the near future of artifi cial intelligence, Procedural drama Gone — based on the 1973 novel of the same name. The series focuses on Marjorie Prime follows the life of a brittle 86-year- bestselling novel One Kick by Chelsea Cain — the heroic men and women confronted with the old woman with a robotic companion that looks follows the life of Kit “Kick” Lannigan, survivor VISIT US AT C15.A8 DEFINING ENTERTAINMENT harsh realities of war on land and on sea. like her late husband and feeds the story of her life of a well-known child abduction case, who joins The Son (season two) continues to follow the back to her. Tim Robbins and Geena Davis star. a special task force formed by Frank Booth, the multigenerational McCullough family and their Learning To See: The World Of Insects is a FBI agent who rescued her. rise and fall in the Texas oil business. The series doc portrait of photographer Robert Oelman, who Back once again after an eight-season run stars Pierce Brosnan and Paola Núñez as lead left his psychology career and moved to Colombia is Will & Grace, the series returns with the characters. to photograph insects in the Amazon Basin. original main cast intact. Featuring English actor Tom Hardy, drama FilmRise executives are taking meetings at the Philosophy scholar Jack Griffin loses his series Taboo is set in Georgian London and tells Palais Buyers’ Club. dream job and ends up teaching A.P. Bio. He of the return of James Delaney, after 10 years in www.fi lmrise.com must now concoct a plan, with the help of his Africa, to inherit the dynasty his father left him. students, to win back his rightful place. Fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles, From the writers of Friday Night Lights and based on the best-selling book series by Terry Parenthood comes Rise, a heartfelt story about Brooks, is also back for a second season. The title a teacher who takes over a school’s lackluster focuses on a group of unlikely heroes on a mission theater department. to help fi x the unfi xable centuries of Earth’s post- Drama series The Bold Type is inspired by apocalyptic future. the life of Joanna Coles, current chief content Stand R7.N11 officer at Hearst Magazines and former editor- www.sonarent.com in-chief of Cosmo. The series focuses on three women who help each other reach both Priority Develops professional and relationship goals. Season two of animated Trollhunters Media Solutions features an ordinary teenager who, one day, stumbles upon a magical amulet that shows ased out of Los Angeles, Priority PR is a global publicity, marketing and creative him a secret civilization of trolls right under his agency that specializes in traditional nose. B companies of all sizes. media and entertainment. Animated series Spirit Riding Free features For those that would like to learn more, Jeff Priority PR facilitates strategies for maximum a city-turned-country girl and her inseparable Pryor, Lionel Moniz, and Zorana Vuckovic are engagement and expanding target audiences bond with a horse. here in Cannes navigating the Palais aisles. or consumer bases on both a domestic and Telemundo super series Señora Acero 4 www.prioritypr.net international scale. The firm counts industry continues the journey of Vicenta Acero, the leaders in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and feared “La Coyote” who now leads the dynasty Asia as clients — including Miramax, Paramount of illicit dealings once headed by her father. Pictures, Turner Broadcasting and TVN, among Stand P4.C4 others — and provides services that accommodate www.nbcuniversal.com 11

October 17, 2017

LITTLE WOMEN & HOWARD'S END - Video Age Full Page Daily.indd 1 10/2/17 3:51 PM U.S. TV FARE

Hit The Road Fox Rides To Space Satire and Spice With Sony In The Orville at Viacom

wentieth Century Fox Television Distribution presents a MIPCOM lineup fi lled with Taction, drama and unconventional comedy. Sci-fi comedic-drama, The Orville (pictured), is set 400 years in the future on a spaceship destined to go where no one has gone before. The series stars Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Friday Night Lights’ Adrianne Palicki as a commander and his ex-wife, respectively. It’s quiet in the suburbs until, of course, you suddenly discover your children have mutant powers. The Gifted centers on the upside-down life the Struckers must now live once word gets ony Pictures Entertainment’s new slate out about their two teenage kids and their extra- of programming is spearheaded by ordinary abilities. SCounterpart, featuring resident baddie J.K. Medical drama The Resident gives viewers iacom International Media Networks Simmons as Howard Silk, a lowly cog in a U.N. spy a look into what happens behind the scenes in has a variety of titles in tow, ranging agency who discovers that his organization helps hospitals. An idealistic young doctor (Manish Vfrom children’s animation to series that safeguard crossing over into a parallel dimension. Dayal) interacts with a cynical-but-brilliant senior cover Donald Trump, tattoos and the British FBI agent Emily Byrne goes missing and is resident (Matt Czuchry) and begins to question monarchy. TO KNOW THE TRUTH declared dead in Absentia. Six years later she his chosen profession. Linear animation series Welcome to the awakes in a cabin in the woods with no recollection Wayne (pictured above) follows the adventures of her captivity. Byrne must return home and help Ghosted is a single-camera action-comedy of two 10-year-old friends, Olly and Ansi, as piece her life and past back together. focusing on the unlikely friendship between they explore their wild and wacky apartment Comedy series Hit The Road features a two polar opposites — Max Jennifer and Leroy building. chaotically dysfunctional family of would-be rock/ Wright. The two are partnered up to investigate drama that captivates Live-action I Am Frankie depicts the life of pop stars living on a tour bus and seeking fame and paranormal activity in the Los Angeles area where experimental android Frankie as she navigates fortune. they uncover a larger mystery that could threaten Talent show Pyramid returns to TV and humanity as a whole. through the perils and wonders of being a from talent that resonates showcases all-star celebrities as they compete with Stand P3.A1 teenager. each other for the ultimate grand cash prize. www.foxfast.com Sunny Day is a new original preschool series The Gong Show features unusually talented that follows Sunny, a talented 10-year-old girl and unique performers on a stage with a revolving who runs her own hair salon. panel of celebrity judges to praise, critique and Topical Donald Trump satire The President eliminate. Show is a comedic late-night series starring Freddie Highmore stars in new series The Good Anthony Atamanuik as the Donald and Peter Doctor as a brilliant surgeon with autism. Shaun Grosz as Mike Pence, for Comedy Central. THE CROW will have to fi ght stigmas to prove to his colleagues Factual series The Woman Who Brought exactly how capable he really is. Down The Crown focuses on Wallis Simpson, Action series S.W.A.T (pictured) focuses on the the American woman who threatened a brave men and women who form the elite unit of constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom by the Los Angeles Police Department and dedicate marrying Edward VIII. themselves to saving lives. MTV’s reality Just Tattoo of Us will prove Stand C12 just how well loved ones know each other when www.sonypicturestelevision.com couples, friends and families design each other’s Los Angeles. tattoos, which will be inked on their bodies MGM’s Vikings Based on a novel by Jöel Dicker, The Truth before anyone sees the final design. About the Harry Quebert Affair is a 10-part A new format from the U.K.’s Channel 5, Adventure series starring Grey’s Anatomy’s Patrick Dempsey Make or Break, follows couples across 10 in the lead role. The story revolves around literary episodes as they are left at a secluded resort in Mexico where their relationships are put to the etro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios icon Harry Quebert’s venture ultimate test. is at MIPCOM with an back home seeking inspiration to extensive library of feature cure his writer’s block, when he is Stand R7.N7 M b2b.viacom.com films and series, having grown with suddenly accused of the murder the acquisition of EPIX and Evolution of 15-year-old Nola Kellergan. Media. Emmy-winning series The Get Shorty (pictured) is a new Handmaid’s Tale, based on as well as their sons, within the Viking tribes, addition to the MGM repertoire. Margaret Atwood’s novel of who raided and explored throughout the dark Starring Ray Romano and Chris the same title, follows a young ages. O’Dowd, the series focuses on a hit woman’s story as she struggles The Eli Roth-directed remake of the 1974 man in Nevada who aspires to become to live in a dystopian society in revenge thriller Death Wish, tells the tale of a big-shot Hollywood producer in which women are forced into Dr. Paul Kersey, an experienced trauma surgeon an endeavor to change his criminal surrogate motherhood. who, after an attack on his family, is in pursuit lifestyle. His plan goes awry when Drama series Vikings tells of of revenge. MIPCOM Stand No: P3.C10 instead of leaving the past behind the rise to prominence of Ragnar Stand R9.A30 12 him, it becomes part of his future in Lothbrok and his wife Lagertha, www.mgm.com @all3media_int all3mediainternational.com

October 17, 2017

J10552_VIDEO_AGE_DAILY_FP_DRAMA_AD_AW.indd 1 02/10/2017 17:58 U.S. TV FARE

Hit The Road Fox Rides To Space Satire and Spice With Sony In The Orville at Viacom wentieth Century Fox Television Distribution presents a MIPCOM lineup fi lled with Taction, drama and unconventional comedy. Sci-fi comedic-drama, The Orville (pictured), is set 400 years in the future on a spaceship destined to go where no one has gone before. The series stars Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Friday Night Lights’ Adrianne Palicki as a commander and his ex-wife, respectively. It’s quiet in the suburbs until, of course, you suddenly discover your children have mutant powers. The Gifted centers on the upside-down life the Struckers must now live once word gets ony Pictures Entertainment’s new slate out about their two teenage kids and their extra- of programming is spearheaded by ordinary abilities. SCounterpart, featuring resident baddie J.K. Medical drama The Resident gives viewers iacom International Media Networks Simmons as Howard Silk, a lowly cog in a U.N. spy a look into what happens behind the scenes in has a variety of titles in tow, ranging agency who discovers that his organization helps hospitals. An idealistic young doctor (Manish Vfrom children’s animation to series that safeguard crossing over into a parallel dimension. Dayal) interacts with a cynical-but-brilliant senior cover Donald Trump, tattoos and the British FBI agent Emily Byrne goes missing and is resident (Matt Czuchry) and begins to question monarchy. TO KNOW THE TRUTH declared dead in Absentia. Six years later she his chosen profession. Linear animation series Welcome to the awakes in a cabin in the woods with no recollection Wayne (pictured above) follows the adventures of her captivity. Byrne must return home and help Ghosted is a single-camera action-comedy of two 10-year-old friends, Olly and Ansi, as piece her life and past back together. focusing on the unlikely friendship between they explore their wild and wacky apartment Comedy series Hit The Road features a two polar opposites — Max Jennifer and Leroy building. chaotically dysfunctional family of would-be rock/ Wright. The two are partnered up to investigate drama that captivates Live-action I Am Frankie depicts the life of pop stars living on a tour bus and seeking fame and paranormal activity in the Los Angeles area where experimental android Frankie as she navigates fortune. they uncover a larger mystery that could threaten Talent show Pyramid returns to TV and humanity as a whole. through the perils and wonders of being a from talent that resonates showcases all-star celebrities as they compete with Stand P3.A1 teenager. each other for the ultimate grand cash prize. www.foxfast.com Sunny Day is a new original preschool series The Gong Show features unusually talented that follows Sunny, a talented 10-year-old girl and unique performers on a stage with a revolving who runs her own hair salon. panel of celebrity judges to praise, critique and Topical Donald Trump satire The President eliminate. Show is a comedic late-night series starring Freddie Highmore stars in new series The Good Anthony Atamanuik as the Donald and Peter Doctor as a brilliant surgeon with autism. Shaun Grosz as Mike Pence, for Comedy Central. THE CROW will have to fi ght stigmas to prove to his colleagues Factual series The Woman Who Brought exactly how capable he really is. Down The Crown focuses on Wallis Simpson, Action series S.W.A.T (pictured) focuses on the the American woman who threatened a brave men and women who form the elite unit of constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom by the Los Angeles Police Department and dedicate marrying Edward VIII. themselves to saving lives. MTV’s reality Just Tattoo of Us will prove Stand C12 just how well loved ones know each other when www.sonypicturestelevision.com couples, friends and families design each other’s Los Angeles. tattoos, which will be inked on their bodies MGM’s Vikings Based on a novel by Jöel Dicker, The Truth before anyone sees the final design. About the Harry Quebert Affair is a 10-part A new format from the U.K.’s Channel 5, Adventure series starring Grey’s Anatomy’s Patrick Dempsey Make or Break, follows couples across 10 in the lead role. The story revolves around literary episodes as they are left at a secluded resort in Mexico where their relationships are put to the etro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios icon Harry Quebert’s venture ultimate test. is at MIPCOM with an back home seeking inspiration to extensive library of feature cure his writer’s block, when he is Stand R7.N7 M b2b.viacom.com films and series, having grown with suddenly accused of the murder the acquisition of EPIX and Evolution of 15-year-old Nola Kellergan. Media. Emmy-winning series The Get Shorty (pictured) is a new Handmaid’s Tale, based on as well as their sons, within the Viking tribes, addition to the MGM repertoire. Margaret Atwood’s novel of who raided and explored throughout the dark Starring Ray Romano and Chris the same title, follows a young ages. O’Dowd, the series focuses on a hit woman’s story as she struggles The Eli Roth-directed remake of the 1974 man in Nevada who aspires to become to live in a dystopian society in revenge thriller Death Wish, tells the tale of a big-shot Hollywood producer in which women are forced into Dr. Paul Kersey, an experienced trauma surgeon an endeavor to change his criminal surrogate motherhood. who, after an attack on his family, is in pursuit lifestyle. His plan goes awry when Drama series Vikings tells of of revenge. MIPCOM Stand No: P3.C10 instead of leaving the past behind the rise to prominence of Ragnar Stand R9.A30 him, it becomes part of his future in Lothbrok and his wife Lagertha, www.mgm.com @all3media_int 13 all3mediainternational.com

October 17, 2017

J10552_VIDEO_AGE_DAILY_FP_DRAMA_AD_AW.indd 1 02/10/2017 17:58 U.S. TV FARE The L.A. Screenings Evolution Haber Presents GRB Entertainment Turn It Up With Honors And Awards Has Cool Toys Multicom 1983... a new name! t the helm of GRB Entertainment’s offerings for MIPCOM is Man At Arms A(pictured), a docu-series that features the master craftsmen who recreate iconic weapons 1964 1978 from video games, movies, and comics. Hosted by ...... Danny Trejo, each episode includes experts who test and experience the items fi rsthand. “Screenings” “May Lifestyle docu-series Super Fan Builds ... highlights Hollywood’s excellent prop-makers Screenings” as they build one-of-a-kind collectibles from pop culture TV series, cult fi lms, and video games. lfred Haber Distribution has annual event ulticom Entertainment Group presents In Tech Toys 360, the coolest technologic programming alongside unscripted reality, a catalog topped by two award- gadgetry is showcased. The science series looks crime, and musical events, among other winning indie films. After The Sun A at cutting-edge devices and the experimental M In the beginning... genres. The company’s fi rst title is Help! My Fell takes place in Brandon’s childhood home, House Is Haunted! (pictured), a supernatural innovators behind them. where Adam comes to visit and uncovers a reality series produced by paranormal investigator The Emmy award-winning drama series The hidden family secret, one that involves the death ... and Ghost Adventures host Zak Bagans. The series Bay takes place in a chic seaside locale where its of Brandon’s troubled brother. Lance Henriksen focuses on ordinary people who experience ghostly wealthy and dysfunctional residents are caught in stars. In Above All Things, Bobby Larsen disturbances. love, scandal, and deception. Ronn Moss stars. withdraws to his family’s lakeside cottage in The 2018 60th Annual Grammy Awards takes Reality docu-series The Stalker Files exhibits Upstate New York to process the death of his place in the Big Apple this upcoming January. the eerie episodes of celebrity stalkers, featuring wife, who continues to haunt him. The milestone music awards show is bound to Hollywood stars such as Steven Spielberg, Generational Sins follows two estranged feature thrilling performances. Last year’s awards Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, among others. brothers who come together after their mother’s included musical acts such as Beyoncé, Adele, and #Murder shows instances of when the effects death. The brothers embark on an emotional Bruno Mars. of social media can take a fatal toll. The eight-part journey to their hometown, where they are At the 33rd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame series examines the link between technology and revisited by family’s memories. Induction Ceremony, rock and roll legends and criminal violence. In The Things We’ve Seen (pictured), a pioneers were honored. The 32nd ceremony Set in a not-so-distant time, thriller series Day young man named Rayford Boem searches for included performances from inductees Pearl Jam, 5 witnesses a deadly sleep epidemic sweeping the his missing father after crisis strikes the town. Featuring Drake Bell, music documentary Journey, Yes and Joan Baez. world, where the series’ protagonist, Jake, is in a It’s A Rockabilly World! spotlights the world of What happens when security experts confront distressed search for answers and a cure. Rockabilly music and culture, from the tattoos, shoplifters? They are Caught Red-Handed. Stand R7.K17 2002 to the pin-up girls to the vintage fashion. This crime reality series depicts undercover www.grbtv.com Turn It Up: A Celebration of the Electric investigators who prevent fi ve-fi nger discounts. Guitar, hosted by Kevin Bacon, provides a The 2018 24th Annual Screen Actors history of the electric guitar and includes Guild Awards are devoted to celebrating the ... interviews with B.B. King, Les Paul, Slash, and entertainment industry’s fi nest actors. Last year, Nancy Wilson, among other rock legends. Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, and Mahershala In addition, Multicom recently partnered Ali were all honored. with Moriah Films to release documentary Stand P-1.L50 films — ranging in content from faith and www.alfredhaber.com history to perseverance and oppression — that feature celebrity narrators and cast members, including Kevin Costner, Sandra Bullock, and Michael Douglas, among others. ... Dick Clark Is Funny Stand R7.F26 www.multicom.tv

howcasing a diverse roster of non-scripted comedy, celebrity news and music, Dick about viewers’ favorite stars. It’s available as a Variety show Explicit Language shows just SClark Productions International can’t be fi ve-day strip delivered by FTP on the same date how talented today’s most infl uential young missed at the Palais. as the U.S. broadcast. voices and trends really are. Competition show Virtuosos, a hit format from Hosted by Terry Crews, World’s Funniest FOX Hungary, is on a quest to fi nd top classical music features a panel of three comedians who review a talent among the U.S.’s prodigies. variety of submitted HD videos for the chance to Non-scripted comedy Now That’s Funny win grand prize “The Golden Terry”. is up for a second season showcasing the most Presenting, once again, one of the biggest entertaining viral videos from around the world. Fail Army (pictured), leader in HD blooper music awards shows worldwide, The 2017 videos, is also back on the Dick Clark slate, Billboard Music Awards features performances featuring 60 clips per episode of the funniest fails from Nicki Minaj, Cher, Celine Dion and Imagine from around the globe. Dragons. Read the history of the Celebrity Page is a daily syndicated celebrity Stand P0.A27 14 show that focuses on news, pop culture and gossip www.dickclark.com L.A. Screenings at:

October 17, 2017 www.videoageinternational.net/l-a-screenings-2017/history-of-l-a-screenings/ U.S. TV FARE The L.A. Screenings Evolution Haber Presents GRB Entertainment Turn It Up With Honors And Awards Has Cool Toys Multicom 1983... a new name! t the helm of GRB Entertainment’s offerings for MIPCOM is Man At Arms A(pictured), a docu-series that features the master craftsmen who recreate iconic weapons 1964 1978 from video games, movies, and comics. Hosted by ...... Danny Trejo, each episode includes experts who test and experience the items fi rsthand. “Screenings” “May Lifestyle docu-series Super Fan Builds ... highlights Hollywood’s excellent prop-makers Screenings” as they build one-of-a-kind collectibles from pop culture TV series, cult fi lms, and video games. lfred Haber Distribution has annual event ulticom Entertainment Group presents In Tech Toys 360, the coolest technologic programming alongside unscripted reality, a catalog topped by two award- gadgetry is showcased. The science series looks crime, and musical events, among other winning indie films. After The Sun A at cutting-edge devices and the experimental M In the beginning... genres. The company’s fi rst title is Help! My Fell takes place in Brandon’s childhood home, House Is Haunted! (pictured), a supernatural innovators behind them. where Adam comes to visit and uncovers a reality series produced by paranormal investigator The Emmy award-winning drama series The hidden family secret, one that involves the death ... and Ghost Adventures host Zak Bagans. The series Bay takes place in a chic seaside locale where its of Brandon’s troubled brother. Lance Henriksen focuses on ordinary people who experience ghostly wealthy and dysfunctional residents are caught in stars. In Above All Things, Bobby Larsen disturbances. love, scandal, and deception. Ronn Moss stars. withdraws to his family’s lakeside cottage in The 2018 60th Annual Grammy Awards takes Reality docu-series The Stalker Files exhibits Upstate New York to process the death of his place in the Big Apple this upcoming January. the eerie episodes of celebrity stalkers, featuring wife, who continues to haunt him. The milestone music awards show is bound to Hollywood stars such as Steven Spielberg, Generational Sins follows two estranged feature thrilling performances. Last year’s awards Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, among others. brothers who come together after their mother’s included musical acts such as Beyoncé, Adele, and #Murder shows instances of when the effects death. The brothers embark on an emotional Bruno Mars. of social media can take a fatal toll. The eight-part journey to their hometown, where they are At the 33rd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame series examines the link between technology and revisited by family’s memories. Induction Ceremony, rock and roll legends and criminal violence. In The Things We’ve Seen (pictured), a pioneers were honored. The 32nd ceremony Set in a not-so-distant time, thriller series Day young man named Rayford Boem searches for included performances from inductees Pearl Jam, 5 witnesses a deadly sleep epidemic sweeping the his missing father after crisis strikes the town. Featuring Drake Bell, music documentary Journey, Yes and Joan Baez. world, where the series’ protagonist, Jake, is in a It’s A Rockabilly World! spotlights the world of What happens when security experts confront distressed search for answers and a cure. Rockabilly music and culture, from the tattoos, shoplifters? They are Caught Red-Handed. Stand R7.K17 2002 to the pin-up girls to the vintage fashion. This crime reality series depicts undercover www.grbtv.com Turn It Up: A Celebration of the Electric investigators who prevent fi ve-fi nger discounts. Guitar, hosted by Kevin Bacon, provides a The 2018 24th Annual Screen Actors history of the electric guitar and includes Guild Awards are devoted to celebrating the ... interviews with B.B. King, Les Paul, Slash, and entertainment industry’s fi nest actors. Last year, Nancy Wilson, among other rock legends. Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, and Mahershala In addition, Multicom recently partnered Ali were all honored. with Moriah Films to release documentary Stand P-1.L50 films — ranging in content from faith and www.alfredhaber.com history to perseverance and oppression — that feature celebrity narrators and cast members, including Kevin Costner, Sandra Bullock, and Michael Douglas, among others. ... Dick Clark Is Funny Stand R7.F26 www.multicom.tv howcasing a diverse roster of non-scripted comedy, celebrity news and music, Dick about viewers’ favorite stars. It’s available as a Variety show Explicit Language shows just SClark Productions International can’t be fi ve-day strip delivered by FTP on the same date how talented today’s most infl uential young missed at the Palais. as the U.S. broadcast. voices and trends really are. Competition show Virtuosos, a hit format from Hosted by Terry Crews, World’s Funniest FOX Hungary, is on a quest to fi nd top classical music features a panel of three comedians who review a talent among the U.S.’s prodigies. variety of submitted HD videos for the chance to Non-scripted comedy Now That’s Funny win grand prize “The Golden Terry”. is up for a second season showcasing the most Presenting, once again, one of the biggest entertaining viral videos from around the world. Fail Army (pictured), leader in HD blooper music awards shows worldwide, The 2017 videos, is also back on the Dick Clark slate, Billboard Music Awards features performances featuring 60 clips per episode of the funniest fails from Nicki Minaj, Cher, Celine Dion and Imagine from around the globe. Dragons. Read the history of the Celebrity Page is a daily syndicated celebrity Stand P0.A27 show that focuses on news, pop culture and gossip www.dickclark.com L.A. Screenings at: 15

October 17, 2017 www.videoageinternational.net/l-a-screenings-2017/history-of-l-a-screenings/ GLOBAL TV FARE

Banijay Has It’s Paradise a Secret at Rai Com Rainbow’s 44 Cats

taly’s Rai Com brings new titles along with new seasons of compelling favorites. I Back Home tells of Fausto Morra, who fell into a coma and after fi ve years fi nally awakens. He fi nds that his life has taken a turn for the unexpected: his wife is married to his best friend, and his business is on the brink of bankruptcy. After 10 years in Rome, Maria Guerra returns as Captain Maria of the Carabinieri. Working as a provincial police offi cer, she remains suspicious of her husband’s mysterious death a decade prior. Seasons 1-32 of Detective Montalbano are also available. The popular crime series anijay Rights arrives in Cannes from the U.K. taly-based Rainbow debuts preschool series follows a Sicilian detective who must manage with a roster helmed by Juda (pictured), a 44 Cats (pictured), featuring the feline drama series that follows a low-life gambler his commitments to his professional life, his adventures of a group of cat musicians who B girlfriend, and his epicurean inclinations. I as he becomes entangled with an underground are confused by the world of humans. Each Seasons one and two of The Young Montalbano criminal network. After borrowing money from the episode focuses on lessons of friendship and are a prequel to Detective Montalbano, following French Mafi a for a high-stakes game of Romanian kindness. the life of Salvo Montalbano before he became In the magical Fairy Tale Land, Rose poker, Juda is robbed and bitten by a vampire. chief commissioner of Vigata, Sicily. In celebrity game show Secret For A Million, Cinderella and her friends must learn to balance Close Murders (seasons one and two) tells the school and family drama in the first two seasons famous stars win money for revealing personal story of a determined detective who is confronted of Regal Academy. secrets by answering 10 questions that cover with her past when her mother is released from In season one and two of Maggie & Bianca career, romance, divorce, children, and health, prison. Fashion Friends, the two title characters meet among other topics. Teresa is a store assistant at The Ladies’ at the Milan Fashion Academy, where they soon Adventure reality series Survivor tests Paradise (pictured). Seasons one and two of learn what it takes to be one another’s friend. ordinary people to see if they have the ability to the ‘50s period drama chronicle the day-to-day In Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends be extraordinary. Abandoned on an uninhabited interactions within the Milan store. Season 3, Maggie and Bianca must decide island, contestants must catch their own food, The Bastards of Pizzofalcone is a noir whether they are ready to leave Milan for the U.S. build shelter, and face grueling physical challenges. detective series that centers on a team of fi ve and continue their adventures stateside. At the end of the day, the survivors must vote policemen who are tasked with ridding the city of The two TV movie specials of Maggie & corruption. someone off the island. Bianca Fashion Friends find the two girls Stand R7.D5 A team of fi ve competitors enters the Crystal facing a dilemma or two: Maggie and Bianca www.raicom.rai.it Maze for a chance to win the grand prize. The must fight to keep their home, investigate a maze is made up of four different locales: school catastrophe, and help with a Paris trip. Medieval, Aztec, Industrial, and Futuristic. In each The Winx Club girls return to Gardenia as talent scouts in the World of Winx. The girls area, contestants are faced with physical, mental are on the lookout for individuals with unique and skill-based trials. abilities hoping to get to them before the Talent Firemen Revealed uncovers the real men and Thief kidnaps them. women who hose down fi res. Each episode follows In Winx Club 7, the Winx are tasked with the lives of fi remen from three fi re stations across saving endangered Fairy animals, so that the France as they risk their lives to rescue people balance and order of the Magic Universe can be during emergencies. maintained. Stand C20.A Stand R7.H2 www.banijayrights.com www.rbw.it

SPI/Filmbox Around of Culiacan, as well as in Mexico City and Los DMDLA Angeles. The World Stand C14 Hails El César www.disneymediadistribution.tv perating more than 30 television channels across ﬁ ve continents, global media isney Media Distribution Latin Ocompany SPI International/Filmbox is America is in Cannes to highlight one of the biggest aggregators of native Ultra HD Dthe biographical drama El César content globally. SPI provides its subscribers access (pictured at right). to the company’s linear and on-demand content, Based on the life of Mexico’s legendary as well as live streaming of UHD programming and boxer, Julio César Chávez, who went FilmBox channels, including FimBox Art House, undefeated for more than 13 years in the FightBox, and Gametoon, among others. ‘80s and ‘90s, the 26-episode series is produced by BTF Media and chronicles Executives in attendance at MIPCOM include Chávez’s decline from a life of privilege Loni Farhi, Stacey Sobel, Berk Uziyel, Revi and fame into an underworld of excess, Benshoshan, Jacek Osadnik, Amit Karni, and drugs, and scandal. Murat Muratoglu. Armando Hernández stars in the role 16 Stand R8.C17 of the boxing idol. The series is shot on www.spiintl.com location in Chavez’s Mexican hometown October 17, 2017 GLOBAL TV FARE Photopage

Banijay Has It’s Paradise 1. 2. 3. a Secret at Rai Com Rainbow’s 44 Cats taly’s Rai Com brings new titles along with new seasons of compelling favorites. I Back Home tells of Fausto Morra, who fell into a coma and after fi ve years fi nally awakens. He fi nds that his life has taken a turn for the unexpected: his wife is married to his best friend, and his business is on the brink of bankruptcy. After 10 years in Rome, Maria Guerra returns as Captain Maria of the Carabinieri. Working as a provincial police offi cer, she remains suspicious of her husband’s mysterious death a decade prior. Seasons 1-32 of Detective Montalbano are also available. The popular crime series anijay Rights arrives in Cannes from the U.K. taly-based Rainbow debuts preschool series follows a Sicilian detective who must manage with a roster helmed by Juda (pictured), a 44 Cats (pictured), featuring the feline 4. 5. 6. drama series that follows a low-life gambler his commitments to his professional life, his adventures of a group of cat musicians who B girlfriend, and his epicurean inclinations. I as he becomes entangled with an underground are confused by the world of humans. Each Seasons one and two of The Young Montalbano criminal network. After borrowing money from the episode focuses on lessons of friendship and are a prequel to Detective Montalbano, following French Mafi a for a high-stakes game of Romanian kindness. the life of Salvo Montalbano before he became In the magical Fairy Tale Land, Rose poker, Juda is robbed and bitten by a vampire. chief commissioner of Vigata, Sicily. In celebrity game show Secret For A Million, Cinderella and her friends must learn to balance Close Murders (seasons one and two) tells the school and family drama in the first two seasons famous stars win money for revealing personal story of a determined detective who is confronted of Regal Academy. secrets by answering 10 questions that cover with her past when her mother is released from In season one and two of Maggie & Bianca career, romance, divorce, children, and health, prison. Fashion Friends, the two title characters meet among other topics. Teresa is a store assistant at The Ladies’ at the Milan Fashion Academy, where they soon Adventure reality series Survivor tests Paradise (pictured). Seasons one and two of learn what it takes to be one another’s friend. ordinary people to see if they have the ability to the ‘50s period drama chronicle the day-to-day In Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends be extraordinary. Abandoned on an uninhabited interactions within the Milan store. Season 3, Maggie and Bianca must decide island, contestants must catch their own food, The Bastards of Pizzofalcone is a noir whether they are ready to leave Milan for the U.S. build shelter, and face grueling physical challenges. detective series that centers on a team of fi ve and continue their adventures stateside. At the end of the day, the survivors must vote policemen who are tasked with ridding the city of The two TV movie specials of Maggie & corruption. someone off the island. Bianca Fashion Friends find the two girls Stand R7.D5 A team of fi ve competitors enters the Crystal facing a dilemma or two: Maggie and Bianca 9. www.raicom.rai.it Maze for a chance to win the grand prize. The must fight to keep their home, investigate a maze is made up of four different locales: school catastrophe, and help with a Paris trip. Medieval, Aztec, Industrial, and Futuristic. In each The Winx Club girls return to Gardenia as 7. 8. talent scouts in the World of Winx. The girls area, contestants are faced with physical, mental are on the lookout for individuals with unique and skill-based trials. abilities hoping to get to them before the Talent Firemen Revealed uncovers the real men and Thief kidnaps them. women who hose down fi res. Each episode follows In Winx Club 7, the Winx are tasked with the lives of fi remen from three fi re stations across saving endangered Fairy animals, so that the France as they risk their lives to rescue people balance and order of the Magic Universe can be during emergencies. maintained. Stand C20.A Stand R7.H2 www.banijayrights.com www.rbw.it

SPI/Filmbox Around of Culiacan, as well as in Mexico City and Los DMDLA Angeles. The World Stand C14 Hails El César www.disneymediadistribution.tv 10. perating more than 30 television channels 1. Shaftsbury’s Ryan St. Peters, Christina Jennings, Kaaren Whitney-Vernon, across ﬁ ve continents, global media isney Media Distribution Latin Mackenzie Donaldson. Ocompany SPI International/Filmbox is America is in Cannes to highlight 2. NBCUniversal’s Catherine Flaherty, Rachel Evans, Debra Bergg one of the biggest aggregators of native Ultra HD Dthe biographical drama El César 3. Chef Ramsay and VideoAge’s Dom Serafini at the All3media’s lunch held content globally. SPI provides its subscribers access (pictured at right). yesterday at the Majestic to the company’s linear and on-demand content, Based on the life of Mexico’s legendary 4. Sonar’s Tom Lesinski and David Ellender as well as live streaming of UHD programming and boxer, Julio César Chávez, who went 5. Multicom’s Darrin Holender, Irv Holender, Bryan Crocker FilmBox channels, including FimBox Art House, undefeated for more than 13 years in the FightBox, and Gametoon, among others. ‘80s and ‘90s, the 26-episode series is 6. 9 Story’s Vince Commisso and his team produced by BTF Media and chronicles Executives in attendance at MIPCOM include 7. Inter Medya’s Osman Terkan, Ahmet Ziyalar, Tolga Sisman Chávez’s decline from a life of privilege 8. Kew Media’s Steven Silver Loni Farhi, Stacey Sobel, Berk Uziyel, Revi and fame into an underworld of excess, Benshoshan, Jacek Osadnik, Amit Karni, and drugs, and scandal. 9. Kanal D’s Gül Elitas Araser, Burcin Ozpinar, Kerim Emrah Turna, Alaa Elabasy, Murat Muratoglu. Armando Hernández stars in the role Mikaela Perez Gonzalez, Selim Türkmen, Ceren Candemir, Deniz Cantutan Stand R8.C17 of the boxing idol. The series is shot on 10. Lionsgate’s Peter Iacono and Rohit Jain 17 www.spiintl.com location in Chavez’s Mexican hometown

October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017 GLOBAL TV FARE

Emperor Porus Escape Into Befriend Heidi Leads One Life All3Media with Mondo TV

ased in Mumbai, India, One Life Studios he U.K.’s All3media International is heads to Cannes with a programming roster offering a wide range of drama and factual Bfronted by Porus (pictured), a historical Tentertainment titles. drama series that tells the story of Emperor Porus’s Factual series Escape features a group of battle against Alexander the Great to defend his capable engineers stranded in a disaster zone motherland. and expected to fi gure their own way out. It’s up Dropout is a fast-paced competition format for to them to generate enough power and provide enough food, water and shelter to survive and entrepreneurially minded contestants who must escape. perform real-world business challenges and build Transporting viewers back to 17th century a skillful start-up team. Amsterdam, The Miniaturist is an eerie thriller In Hip Hop Homeland, Mumbai’s millenial set in an extravagantly lavish house. But scratch and youth culture take part in India’s fl ourishing the surface and its true colors of forbidden taly-based Mondo TV Group entertains underground hip-hop scene where they express passions and secrets begin to show. young viewers with a roster of animation Six-part psychological thriller Liar, starring themselves through rap, dance, and visual arts. and live-action series. Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd, gives an I Scripted comedy series Bachelors follows four Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa (pictured) follows inside look at a seemingly normal date that men who bond over the humorous daily struggles a friendly girl who moves from her rural life to somehow has disastrous consequences. of bachelorhood. Thriller Clique (pictured) follows the lives of an unfamiliar environment in a new city. In the Stand P-1.F19 best friends Georgia and Holly as they begin their city she discovers she has a gift for singing and www.onelifestudios.in courses at the University of Edinburgh. When befriends a girl who suffers from agoraphobia. Holly gets pulled into an elite clique she begins to Heidi is back again in Heidi Bienvenida act erratically. al Show where she embarks upon new Factual entertainment series World’s experiences; she even discovers a passion for Ugliest Pets is on a mission to present the most perfume-making. Her next challenge is to unattractive furry friends and have them compete help her friend Coco learn to sing and dance in in a contest for the grand title. public. Dancer and the Robots is a documentary Yoohoo & Friends are on a mission to following performer Akram Khan on a journey to explore the magical island of YooTopia and help fi nd the most amazing robots of today and how not only endangered animals on the island but they are changing the world as we know it. also on Earth. A story unfolding in reverse, with a title that Robot Trains features five special trains should also be read backwards, Rellik is a drama who can transform into robots. The five friends series that trails a serial killer who is committing bravely face anything thrown at them. gruesome murders. Detective Markham is on a It’s rabbit versus fox in new series Invention mission to fi nd the truth. Story. Set in fictional Carrot Town, a Stand P3.C10 freethinking rabbit and a clever fox butt heads www.all3mediainternational.com in coming up with the best inventions. Animated Sissi the Young Empress follows the love story between rebellious Sissi and the Emperor’s son Franz. It’s a story mixed with adventure, love and magic. Animated series Cuby Zoo is about cube- Fashion Heroes at shaped animal characters that are regular toys around people. But when humans are away they Bomanbridge suddenly come to life and their role in the world is more important than we might expect. ingapore-based Bomanbridge Media offers Stand P-1.N1/P-1.M2 a slate topped by an all-new reality gaming www.mondotvgroup.com Sseries, Gamerz. The show features the best video game talent in the world as they compete for the chance to become eSport professionals. The Award-winning kids animation series allows viewers to witness matches every OddBods is a non-dialogue comedy night as competitors are watched around the clock. that captures the crazy antics of Competition format The Fashion Hero Oddbods Fuse, Pogo, Zee, Jeff, (pictured) presents the new faces of fashion by Bubbles, Slick and Newt. allowing contestants with dreams of becoming In Delicacy Hunter (bilingual in models and brand ambassadors to compete and English and Chinese), Chef Jamie become the front of The Fashion Hero global endeavors to explore the endless movement. gastronomy across China’s Silk Road. Documentary Morocco From Above, directed Animation program Claude by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, shows viewers a whole follows the comic adventures of a rib- new way to experience the African country. tickling little dog and his loyal sidekick Wild Bear Rescue tracks the lives of rescued Sir Bobblysock. cubs from their original life-threatening conditions Stand P-1.E18 18 to their healthy releases the following year. www.bomanbridge.tv

October 17, 2017 GLOBAL TV FARE

Emperor Porus Escape Into Befriend Heidi Leads One Life All3Media with Mondo TV ased in Mumbai, India, One Life Studios he U.K.’s All3media International is heads to Cannes with a programming roster offering a wide range of drama and factual Bfronted by Porus (pictured), a historical Tentertainment titles. drama series that tells the story of Emperor Porus’s Factual series Escape features a group of battle against Alexander the Great to defend his capable engineers stranded in a disaster zone motherland. and expected to fi gure their own way out. It’s up Dropout is a fast-paced competition format for to them to generate enough power and provide enough food, water and shelter to survive and entrepreneurially minded contestants who must escape. perform real-world business challenges and build Transporting viewers back to 17th century a skillful start-up team. Amsterdam, The Miniaturist is an eerie thriller In Hip Hop Homeland, Mumbai’s millenial set in an extravagantly lavish house. But scratch and youth culture take part in India’s fl ourishing the surface and its true colors of forbidden taly-based Mondo TV Group entertains underground hip-hop scene where they express passions and secrets begin to show. young viewers with a roster of animation Six-part psychological thriller Liar, starring themselves through rap, dance, and visual arts. and live-action series. Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd, gives an I Scripted comedy series Bachelors follows four Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa (pictured) follows inside look at a seemingly normal date that men who bond over the humorous daily struggles a friendly girl who moves from her rural life to somehow has disastrous consequences. of bachelorhood. Thriller Clique (pictured) follows the lives of an unfamiliar environment in a new city. In the Stand P-1.F19 best friends Georgia and Holly as they begin their city she discovers she has a gift for singing and www.onelifestudios.in courses at the University of Edinburgh. When befriends a girl who suffers from agoraphobia. Holly gets pulled into an elite clique she begins to Heidi is back again in Heidi Bienvenida act erratically. al Show where she embarks upon new Factual entertainment series World’s experiences; she even discovers a passion for Ugliest Pets is on a mission to present the most perfume-making. Her next challenge is to unattractive furry friends and have them compete help her friend Coco learn to sing and dance in in a contest for the grand title. public. Dancer and the Robots is a documentary Yoohoo & Friends are on a mission to following performer Akram Khan on a journey to explore the magical island of YooTopia and help fi nd the most amazing robots of today and how not only endangered animals on the island but they are changing the world as we know it. also on Earth. A story unfolding in reverse, with a title that Robot Trains features five special trains should also be read backwards, Rellik is a drama who can transform into robots. The five friends series that trails a serial killer who is committing bravely face anything thrown at them. gruesome murders. Detective Markham is on a It’s rabbit versus fox in new series Invention mission to fi nd the truth. Story. Set in fictional Carrot Town, a Stand P3.C10 freethinking rabbit and a clever fox butt heads www.all3mediainternational.com in coming up with the best inventions. Animated Sissi the Young Empress follows the love story between rebellious Sissi and the Emperor’s son Franz. It’s a story mixed with adventure, love and magic. Animated series Cuby Zoo is about cube- Fashion Heroes at shaped animal characters that are regular toys around people. But when humans are away they Bomanbridge suddenly come to life and their role in the world is more important than we might expect. ingapore-based Bomanbridge Media offers Stand P-1.N1/P-1.M2 a slate topped by an all-new reality gaming www.mondotvgroup.com Sseries, Gamerz. The show features the best video game talent in the world as they compete for the chance to become eSport professionals. The Award-winning kids animation series allows viewers to witness matches every OddBods is a non-dialogue comedy night as competitors are watched around the clock. that captures the crazy antics of Competition format The Fashion Hero Oddbods Fuse, Pogo, Zee, Jeff, (pictured) presents the new faces of fashion by Bubbles, Slick and Newt. allowing contestants with dreams of becoming In Delicacy Hunter (bilingual in models and brand ambassadors to compete and English and Chinese), Chef Jamie become the front of The Fashion Hero global endeavors to explore the endless movement. gastronomy across China’s Silk Road. Documentary Morocco From Above, directed Animation program Claude by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, shows viewers a whole follows the comic adventures of a rib- new way to experience the African country. tickling little dog and his loyal sidekick Wild Bear Rescue tracks the lives of rescued Sir Bobblysock. cubs from their original life-threatening conditions Stand P-1.E18 to their healthy releases the following year. www.bomanbridge.tv 19

October 17, 2017 20