MTV Studios has unveiled a partnership with Facebook Watch to reimagine the ground-breaking series MTV’s The Real World for three all new seasons debuting Spring 2019. Drawing on Facebook’s global platform, the new seasons will be native productions in Mexico, Thailand and the United States, respectively, to explore friendship, and the cultural and social environment in each. Available exclusively on […]
Spain has become a key market for Netflix. The vice president of International Content, Erik Barmack, has now confirmed that the company will produce between 10 and 12 TV series a year in the country. Recently, Netflix announced the opening of its fourth European office in Madrid (after Amsterdam, London and Paris) and signed an […]
Declaring himself to be “really passionate about UK creativity”, Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, has suggested that the unit’s success will come from a focus on British-driven creativity, “absolutely” looking for the finest premium content. “We’re a global company, but we’re powered by British creativity,” he asserted. “We are very, very focused on high-end, […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro is consolidating its position in the Latin American market following an alliance with Vice Studios to develop and produce original TV series for the continent. The first TV series as part of the deal is Border Republic, which is about the conflict between US and Mexico concerning the migrants and with […]
Oscar-winning film producer, Lord (David) Puttnam and University of the Arts London (UAL) have launched a major new educational initiative for the screen industries including film, television, animation, post-production, visual effects, sound and music for moving image, games and immersive realities. The initiative will be delivered by UAL’s London College of Communication, a specialist in […]
Asian media entertainment group WebTVAsia has agreed a new MTV short-form content collaboration deal with Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc, aimed at delivering short-form videos to engage China’s Generation Z. Under the agreement, WebTVAsia will have exclusive streaming rights to select made-in-China short-form content from the MTV library to be streamed […]
BBC One has commissioned Dracula from the co-creators of hit BBC drama Sherlock. It will be produced by Hartswood Films and is a co-production between BBC One and Netflix. The mini-series is written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel. It will premiere on BBC One in […]
Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of ITV, has confirmed that the UK public service commercial broadcaster will launch an SVoD service at some stage in 2019, and would be enhancing its existing its existing ITV Hub AVoD service. Delivering a Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM, McCall said the service would be separate from the ITV Hub […]
BBC Studios is launching BBC Earth Tribe, a brand new BBC Earth fan community with the leading ISP in China, Tencent, as well as a co-production partnership for BBC Studios’ latest natural history landmark, Dynasties. The signing of the co-production agreement with Tencent for Dynasties is part of a larger multiyear partnership between BBC Studios […]
Fifteen TV and film trade associations from around the world have come together at MIPCOM in Cannes, to form the Global Creative Alliance (GCA), a new partnership to encourage more effective international collaboration between producers and increase opportunities for co-productions. Trade bodies from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, […]