All the latest news from the global content industry on Tuesday, 16 June

 

Mipcom to host expanded YouTube presence

YouTube is expanding its presence at Mipcom this year after its debut in 2025 with a mainstage keynote from EMEA chief Pedro Pina, as well as multiple workshops and panels.

Pina will be joined throughout the event by vice president Justin Connolly, head of media & sports at YouTube, alongside more than 10 media partners which will share how they work with the Google-owned company.

Twice-daily workshops and panels will take place in the Hi5 Theater that will look to help companies find out more about YouTube’s publishing and monetisation potential.

YouTube will also take part in MipJunior (10-11 October 2026), exploring how to build fandoms, scale IP and secure viewers. Mipcom runs running 12–15 October 2026.

 

Undercover Lover lands on Prime Video

Prime Video in the Netherlands has greenlit Undercover Lover, a reality show from Banijay Benelux label SimpelZodiak.

The format follows five couples who are taken to South Africa and split into two groups. One of each couple must then pretend to be single and avoid detection by other singletons while living a villa, as their partners watch on from a second villa. The winner takes home a cash prize.

Local host Robbert Rodenburg fronts the show with influencer Kelly Mexy, with the show slated to debut later this year.

 

Albatross World Sales acuired by Autentic

Factual outfit Autentic has acquired fellow German distributor Albatross World Sales.

The move sees Autentic adding more that 600 hours of shows to its slate, with genres ranging from blue-chip nature and wildlife shows to science, travel and history series. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

Anne Olzmann remain managing director at Albatross and will continue to lead acquisitions.

 

Sky creates head of YouTube role for ents

Sky’s YouTube activity has been ramped up following the launch of Saturday Night Live UK

Sky is recruiting a head of YouTube for its entertainment team to ramp up existing IP and originals commissions on the video-sharing platform.

Sky Entertainment Group is currently seeking someone with significant YouTube experience for the newly created role, to lead the launch of new genre-led channels including Sky Arts and Sky Comedy, to maximise the impact of Sky entertainment IP with audiences.

The pay-TV broadcaster has created the role as part of a phased “test and learn” approach, planning to use YouTube as a lower‑risk environment to inform its commissioning strategy, discover digital talent and develop future formats that could become part of the paid proposition over time. Read more

 

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