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MIPCOM 2016 DAY 3 ™ October 19, 2016 My 2 Cents: Digital MIPCOM Third Hub for Japan Gets Top media and the LATAM Television Biz MIPCOM Honor ‘point of purchase’ Page 3 he number of Latin American & Spirited Sake buyers attending MIPCOM INSIDE: Tincreases every year, with the his year, Japan is MIPCOM’s South Cone still sending the largest country of honor. Under Cannes Visuals — contingent of total buyers. New Tthe theme “Spirit of entries are represented by Central Imagination,” the market kicked MIPCOM Photo Report America and the digital platforms, off with a Japanese producer Page 13 while pan-regionals are maintaining workshop and co-sponsored Press a steady level. Breakfast, along with the 4K HDR It is estimated that over 100 world premieres of WOWOW’s Cold LATAM News: LATAM buying companies are Case Japan and Moribito from NHK. A review of Jornadas now circulating in the Palais. In Plus, the Opening Party featured addition to direct buyers, there are live performances from Japanese de Cable 2016 15 meetings a day. The U.S. studios a large number of Latin American DJs and musicians. In addition are LATAM buyers’ priority, whether Page 6 distributors who attend MIPCOM to the festivities, conferences on or not they have deals with them. to buy LATAM rights in order to day one of MIPCOM included a Second on their list are LATAM replenish their distribution pipes. Japanese market analysis headed by VideoAge companies, followed by non-LATAM On average, sellers meet with a senior consultant from Mistubishi 30 to 50 total buyers (representing sellers, especially for formats. Daily Research Institute and format- some 25 buying companies) while Azteca’s Margarita Black reported focused Treasure Box Japan, which on the go buyers tend to have between 10 and that 20 percent of her agenda is (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Road to Discop Africa Paved with TV Sales hile preparing for Discop Johannesburg there are Wsome fi gures collected here in Cannes that are good to keep in mind. The Sub-Saharan region covered by Discop has 48 countries looking for fi lms, TV series, Bollywood and Nollywood content, game shows and sports. Program acquisition prices range from U.S.$100 an hour up to U.S.$5,000. In the region, some 97 million people speak French even though English is gaining ground, with English the offi cial language in 26 African countries. Other languages spoken in the region are Portuguese (fi ve countries) and Spanish (one country). About 200 buying African companies, represented by some 500 executives, attend Discop in Johannesburg at the Sandton Convention. The market offers 180 booths accommodating some 250 companies, including the Chinese Pavilion and a new entry this year, 1 (Continued on Page 6) BOOTH R7.N11 SONARENT.COM 2 SONAR_VideoAgeDaily_SPREAD.indd All Pages 9/27/16 9:45 PM BOOTH R7.N11 SONARENT.COM 3 SONAR_VideoAgeDaily_SPREAD.indd All Pages 9/27/16 9:45 PM Cover Stories (Continued from Cover) offering dramas from Turkey, Greece, India, Spain, Poland and other countries, as well as Discop Africa series and movies.” Country of Honor Hugo Treviño, Logistics and Events for the American Umbrella. The pavilion consists Televisa, reported that MIPCOM “is a very busy highlighted the latest trends in formats. Kazuo of stand space and the umbrella of just meeting week for all our sales teams from Latin America, Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation, tables. Each exhibitor is expected to meet, on Europe, Africa, Asia, and MENA.” lead the opening keynote. average, eight to 12 buying companies a day. Esperanza Garay, senior vice president Sales Yesterday, the program featured a Japanese Contracts with local TV stations are usually documentary showcase with works presented Latin America for Telemundo Internacional, said written in order to obtain 50 percent of the by broadcasters, production companies that at MIPCOM she meets “fi ve to seven clients license fee before getting material, with the and independent fi lmmakers, conferences a day from Latin America; we focus on Mexico, balance paid up to 60 days after delivery. There Japanimation Out of the Box, about the future are reports that collections are slow and some Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, of Japanese animation, and Japanese Drama small TV outlets pay in local currencies (instead Panama, Uruguay and Peru.” Beyond Borders, focused on Japanese dramas of the preferred U.S. dollar or euro) also due to And Jesús Iriépar, International Sales Europe that have succeeded on the international market. currency exchange issues. and Middle East at Caracol, meets “with mostly In celebration of Japanese culture, people In terms of the market’s outlook, the Sub- clients from the Middle East and Europe. More or in traditional geisha clothes served sake and a Saharan region is served by 250 TV broadcasters less 12-15 daily, but the meetings are a mix.” matcha tea ceremony from the Japanese Plaza. (80 percent privately owned) offering some 400 Pictured on the cover is the Disney Media There was also a Japanese umbrella, and a Japan TV channels to 58 million TVHH. Of these, 14 Distribution Latin America team. Pavilion where the sake tasting was courtesy of million receive TV via satellite and 11 million are Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. pay-TV subscribers, who generate the equivalent of U.S.$3.5 billion a year in total revenues. South Africa is the largest TV market. •NBC has picked up the rights to Telefe’s Un año MIPCOM Floor Bits para recordar. The network will adapt the Argentine The pay-TV market is mainly controlled by series, which will be called A Year to Remember. Capital a few players: DSTV, StarTimes, Azam TV and • Mediaset Distribution, Malaysian pay TV broadcaster Entertainment and Telefe USA will be in charge of the Zuku TV. Plus, Nigeria is also covered by a few Astro and Global Station have inked a production and series’ production, making it the fi rst project run by the local pay-TV services. distribution deal for Mediaset series Tuscan Passion. Argentine channel since it arrived in the U.S. Additionally, 10 pan-regional networks are The series will be active in the region. They are mostly part of U.S. adapted for Malaysian •Animation studio Rainbow has announced that the TV groups, which also acquire content from and Southeast Asian Russian version of Regal Academy will feature Alisa Kozhikina singing the theme song. Kozhikina won the independent distributors. audiences, and marks fi rst season ofThe Voice Kids Russia in 2014. In addition, Even though local production is increasing, the fi rst collaboration between Astro and Rainbow has sold Regal Academy, Maggie & Bianca imports make up most of the local TV schedules. Fashion Friends, and World of Winx to Russia’s Karusel. Mediaset. Astro has also Excluding sports and news, which takes a big closed an agreement chunk of airtime, 90 percent of programming •Telemundo’s super series El Chema, Sin Senos Sí for Mediaset’s original Hay Paraíso and Guerra de Ídolos, among others, will schedules comes from imports: both regionally series Intelligence, For premiere exclusively on Netfl ix in Latin America, and outside Africa. Regional production imports Love Alone, Beyond including Mexico and Brazil, and will also be available come mainly from South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory The Lake and Kissed exclusively in Spain and in the U.S. The deal also Coast, Senegal, Tanzania and Kenya. By Love, which are includes multi-territory on-demand rights for series set to premiere in including La Reina del Sur and Pasión de Gavilanes. El the coming months. Chema will be exclusive to Netfl ix after it premieres on Pictured: Mediaset’s Manuela Caputi, Comarex’s Martha Telemundo in the U.S. LATAM at MIPCOM Contreras, 2b-tube’s Hugo Tapia. • Mondo TV as secured a production agreement for • Televisa and Somos Distribution closed a deal on three new animation projects in 3D CGI with China’s Greek telenovela Stolen Dreams from Mega TV. Somos Henan York Animation, to be completed by November devoted to LATAM companies, while for 8 Star has been characterized by marketing dramas from non- 2020. The companies are currently partners on a project traditional producers (Turkey, India, Greece, Poland Entertainment’s Cida Goncalves, her focus is connected to animated TV series Invention Story. The among others) in Spanish-speaking territories. LATAM sellers. From Uruguay, Cecilia Presto will fi rst 3D production project (working title The Rowly be “meeting with U.S. studios, as always.” Powlys) will be targeted to preschoolers and begins • RAI Com, along with Planeta Junior, DQ production this November. Pictured: Henan York’s However, LATAM sellers based in Miami would Entertainment and Gruppo Alcuni, has introduced Sophia Song, Eric Song and Mondo TV’s Matteo Corradi. prefer meeting buyers who are based in Florida 3D CGI comedy Pio Rocks! – The Series at a special (like, for example, the pan-regionals) in their event during this year’s MIPJunior. The series, aimed offi ces, and save their schedule at MIPCOM for at 5-8-year-old digital natives, follows the adventures non-LATAM buyers instead. Similarly, buyers do of Youtube star Pulcino Pio at music school. Pictured: not meet with sellers from their same countries Gruppo Alcuni’s Francesco Manfi o, Ignacio Segura of while in Cannes. VideoAge estimates that there Planeta Junior, RAI Com’s Gian Paolo Tagliavia and are over 200 sellers from LATAM, which makes DQ’s Taapas Chakravarti. In addition, RAI Com has MIPCOM the best venue to promote Reed Midem’s appointed Castalia Communications as its distribution MIP Cancun market scheduled for next month. agent for its All’Opera productions in Latin America.