coverfloor 3-10-2011 16:58 Pagina 1 WWW.VIDEOAGEDAILY.COM DAY • 2 TUESDAY ® OCTOBER 4, 2011 FME’s FOX’s Reilly Rallies Cannes Netflix’s Big Slate U.S. TV Prez Prizes Int’l Biz Next Move etflix has been making the news a lot t yesterday’s FremantleMedia Press evin Reilly, president of domestic executive in foreign territory, lately, not only with its announce- Breakfast, CEO Tony Cohen reflect- comes to the festival to talk about cre- Entertainment at FOX in the U.S., ment that it was to spin off its DVD ed on a year he characterized as ativity in the interconnected age and N A hits the MIPCOM stage tonight K rental business as a stand-alone under the “challenging, but one which delivered how it is at the core of everything we do. with FOX stars Kiefer Sutherland and new brand of Quickster, while maintain- solid success.” He elaborated that “our “The age that we live in is intercon- Tim Kring (creator of Heroes) as he big franchises are still performing and nected in many ways. It’s no longer tra- ing its streaming business under the growing; Got Talent…is number one in delivers a keynote speech. Reilly, a ditional media or new media, it’s just Netflix brand, but also with the seven territories and X Factor [is number media,” said Reilly. “That has both announcement of major original produc- one] in five.” Looking to the future implications as [to] how our product tion House of Cards, starring Kevin Cohen reported that, in the year follow- will move through a system, but also Stacey. ing Fremantle’s acquisition of @radical, how global things will become.” The topic was explored at the Media the branded entertainment company has Reilly stressed that sharing interna- Mastermind Keynote yesterday, where opened offices in Berlin, Sydney and tional talent and properties has become both Mike Lang, CEO of Miramax, and Shanghai, with a London office due to more prevalent, and evidence of this can Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of open “shortly.” Also acquired a year ago, be found on FOX, from American Idol to Netflix, spoke. Montreal-based gaming company Ludia Hugh Laurie in House. He has found Explaining the move into original pro- has launched 15 new games; plus, Cohen that as an American buyer, it’s easy to sit duction, Sandros complained of “the dif- also announced a “doubling of invest- ficulty presented by so many output deals (Continued on Page 4) ment in our kids division in the coming (Continued on Page 4) years.” Alongside a commitment to increased investment in kids programs, David Ellender, CEO FME, also announced excellent progress in the group’s develop- (Continued on Page 4) DMD’s Pyne “THE KEY TO Missing Hit IMMORTALITY t the Disney Media Distribution tent, president of Global IS LIVING ADistribution, Ben Pyne, made sever- al announcements, including the ratings A LIFE WORTH success of the Turkish version of Desperate Housewives on Kanal D and the early international TV licensing agreements for REMEMBERING” the midseason ABC Studios drama series, Missing, starring Ashley Judd. Filmed this past summer in Rome, Prague, Dubrovnik and Istanbul, so far the series has been sold in over 80 territo- ries. Its World Premiere Screening at MIPCOM was held last night here in Cannes. Thus far, Missing has been picked up by partners including: Fox Channels Italy, Fox Channels Russia and Ukraine, ZXN (Continued on Page 4) INSIDE: LAZARUS FUND RUSSIA HOUSE MARTIAL ARTIST, PIONEER, FATHER, CHAMPION, HERO, THINKER, TEACHER, ENTERTAINER, ICON, LOVER, FIGHTER, INSPIRATION. I AM BRUCE LEE FACTUAL | 1 x 2 hours | A Network Entertainment production for Spike TV MIPCOM Stand RB1 Riviera Beach • Cannes www.fmescreenings.com MARTIAL ARTIST, PIONEER, FATHER, CHAMPION, HERO, THINKER, TEACHER, ENTERTAINER, ICON, LOVER, FIGHTER, INSPIRATION. I AM BRUCE LEE A Network Entertainment production for Spike TV coverfloor 3-10-2011 16:58 Pagina 2 U.K. and to Turner’s Latin American operation.” Netflix FME’s New Slate Sander Schwartz, president Kids and THIS JUST IN Family Entertainment announced Gorgjband from FreshTV for Teletoon (Continued from Cover) (Continued from cover) Canada, among other new series. Trish • Mediaset Distribution is now licensing entertainment formats, in and the fact that owners such as HBO Kinane, acting president, Worldwide ment of drama, reporting, “after two addition to its scripted content cata- and Starz don’t really want to sell to us!” years of development of U.S. drama we Entertainment, announced something He went on to announce exclusively at log. New format titles are That’s have sold 17 projects to 13 cable com- old and something new: new formats yesterday’s keynote that Netflix will be Talent, You’ve Got Mail and Date such as the Danish smash hit Hidden Me!, all from Italian production debuting Lillyhammer in the U.S., panies, which has resulted in one new Stars and Don’t Stop Me Now, are joined company Fascino. Canada and Latin America. series, The Wedding Band, being sold to on the FM roster by revivals of classic • Canada’s Entertainment One has Turner.” When asked if he saw the recent move formats such as Through the Key Hole entered into a distribution financ- into original production as the first step Additionally, Ellender was also able to and The Villa. ing co-venture with Viasat for on the road that could lead to Netflix report “pre-sales to Channel 5 in the In other news, FME and Animation drama series The Firm. Rights have one day becoming a studio, Sandros Collective teamed up to develop con- been secured for 10 territories, replied, “Our DNA is that of a tech tent for the children’s and teen market. including Denmark, Norway and company, but we also want to be differ- According to the agreement, FME also Sweden. Pictured below is The Firm ent, for example, premiering multiple acquired worldwide sales and distribu- episodes of a series so audiences can tion rights across traditional and emerg- binge immediately. So, we’ll see how ing distribution platforms for things work out.” Animation Collective’s library of pro- He also suggested that the algorithms grams. Titles covered in the deal that underpin Netflix give it a major include: Dancing Sushi, Ellen’s Acres, advantage in that the company can tell Kappa Mikey, Three Delivery, Thumb which movies a subscriber views, which Wrestling Federation: TV content they are likely to enjoy, and T W F. vice versa, citing, “the huge success we In addition, FME had putting Spartacus Blood and Sand in picked up the global for- the hands of those who had watched mat, distribution and 300.” licensing rights to Happy Films’ preschool series Bookaboo. The global for- FOX’s Reilly mat and distribution rights exclude the U.K. (Continued from Cover) and Australia. Pictured above left back and let opportunities come in the FM’s Tony Cohen, David showrunner Lucas Reiter. In other door, but the best way to get things Ellender, Jeff Tahler, eOne news, the cast of Hell on going is to reach out. Sander Schwartz, Trish Kinane. Wheels is in Cannes (Colm Meaney, He elaborated that creativity is at the Disney’s Big News Below: FME Kids & Family Dominique McElligott, Anson core of what we do in our content but Entertainment’s Sander Schwartz, Bob Mount are pictured above). • Lionsgate TV International has also our thinking about how we Higgins, Andrew Berman. teamed up with Maryann Pasante’s approach the new age that we are in. (Continued from Cover) TISA for television distribution and Reilly said the new age is a challenge, acquisition activities in Latin but FOX has a tremendous opportunity Denmark in their respective markets. America. The new entity, called by taking a three-dimensional view. Leaving the European markets, Lionsgate-TISA TV International, “We’re adding the value now, we’re DMD has also licensed the series to air will focus on distributing Lionsgate’s not in a defensive posture anymore,” in countries across the Middle East. series and feature films, as well as said Reilly. “We’re more [interested] in Furthermore, in Asia, the series has features from Pantelion Films. maintaining the value of our product. been picked up for pan-Asian coverage • Starz Media Worldwide It’s moving across all media. It takes a by Fox International Channels (Asia) Distribution’s Gene George creative approach on business perspec- and has been sold to Youku.com and announced an international distri- tive and content perspective — creativi- Tudou.com in China, NextTV in bution deal with Steven Paul’s ty in an interconnected age.” Taiwan, and MioTV in Singapore. Crystal Sky for family series Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad Investigators. “There’s a tremendous amount of cre- Missing stars Ashley Judd, Sean Bean, Spain and Portugal, Mediaset Spain, Starz will represent the property for ativity around the world, anything we Cliff Curtis, Adriano Giannini, Nick all markets, excluding the U.S. RTE Ireland, AXN Central & Eastern Eversman, and Tereza Voriskova. It will can do to help our FOX product be bet- • U.S. cable network Veria TV has Europe, Digiturk Turkey, SBS TV (Kanal launch on ABC in the U.S. midseason ter received and more successful in other changed its brand identity to Veria territories is of equal importance to any- 5 Sweden), TVNorge Norway and SBS in 2012. Living, enhancing its focus on well- thing.” Pictured below is Marion ness programming. Veria has signed Edwards, president of Television yoga master, bestselling author and Distribution at Twentieth Century Fox. former male supermodel Yogi Reed Midem’s Cameron as host of its new series, A Laurine Garaude and Guru For You (working title).