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Shine sells Minute To Win It to China
Mipcom: Shine Group has signed a double deal with Chinese commercial broadcaster Shanghai Media Group.
CITV signs Ninja Turtles
Mipcom: ITV has picked up the rights to air Nickelodeon’s CGI version of classic cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Twofour to make splash for ITV
Mipcom: Twofour is set to produce ITV1’s latest big entertainment hope - a celebrity high diving competition.
YouTube: create content for us, or get left behind
Mipcom: YouTube’s Robert Kyncl claims that its skippable ads are generating the same per-hour ad revenues as US cable networks – and that producers who do not create content for the platform will be left behind.
BBCW ties up with PBS
Mipcom: BBC Worldwide has sealed a double deal to co-produce period dramas The Paradise and The Lady Vanishes with PBS’s Masterpiece.
Cineflix signs distribution deal with LMNO
Mipcom: UK distributor Cineflix Rights has secured the rights to distribute US producer LMNO Productions back catalogue of programming.
Arrow Media engineering doc first for TCB Media
Mipcom: Arrow Media is making a Group M factual series for Channel 5 that will be the first title to be distributed by Paul Heaney’s new TCB Media Rights.
Rightster buys stake in Charlie Bit My Finger stars
Mipcom: The stars of viral sensation clip Charlie Bit My Finger are to feature in new videos following the acquisition of a stake in talent management business Viral Spiral by online video network Rightster.
Catchphrase returns to ITV1
Mipcom: ITV1 has commissioned a series of the revamped quiz show Catchphrase.
Zodiak sets aside $50m for US acquisitions
Mipcom: Zodiak Media Group has allocated a $50m war-chest in a bid to supercharge its US operations.
YouTube reveals 60 channel partners
Mipcom: YouTube has revealed a raft of UK indies which have been selected to produce over 60 channels for the Google-owned site.
ITV buys producer of Finland’s Dragon’s Den
Mipcom: ITV has taken the next step in its plan to create a Scandinavian creative hub by buying Finnish fact ent and reality specialist Tarinatalo.
International sales of UK formats up 9%
Mipcom: International appetite for UK formats continued to grow over 2011 with revenue from UK TV exports up by 9%, led by shows such as Love Production’s The Great Bake Off.
Alison Rayson launches content JV with DLT
Mipcom: Alison Rayson, the founder and former chief executive of Target Entertainment, has resurfaced as head of a new content management and content creation company DLT/Raydar Media.
Banijay snaps up France's H2O Productions
Mipcom: Banijay International has acquired French company H2O Productions – its second acquisition within a month.
TV is the "Wild West" for talent, says House of Cards writer
Mipcom: TV has become the “Wild West” for talent offering more opportunity to try out new ideas than the film industry, according to House of Cards showrunner Beau Willimon.
Fremantle eyes digital future
Mipcom: Fremantle Media chief executive Cecile Frot-Coutaz has hailed the “really meaningful business” the company is doing in the digital space after it signed a deal to distribute content created by multiplatform studio Vuguru.
YouTube chief to reveal content partners in Mipcom keynote
YouTube global head of content Robert Kyncl is set to use his keynote speech at Mipcom to reveal the partners that have landed up to £500,000 to produce content for the Google-owned platform.
Harvey Weinstein to deliver Mipcom keynote
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is to deliver the keynote address at the Mipcom market in Cannes next month.
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What to see at Mipcom 2012
Children’s classics, Scandi drama, globetrotting gameshows and the story of the men who built America are among the must-see properties on La Croisette this year. Robin Parker reports
What to see at Mipcom 2012: Factual
The story of the men who built America are among the must-see properties on La Croisette this year.
What to see at Mipcom 2012: Entertainment / Fact Ent
Globetrotting gameshows are among the must-see properties on La Croisette this year.
What to see at Mipcom 2012: Scripted
Scandi drama is among the must-see properties on La Croisette this year.
What to see at Mipcom 2012: Children’s
Children’s classics are among the must-see properties on La Croisette this year.
