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Sex and the City creator Darren Star is to give a keynote at the Mipcom event in Cannes. Star, who also created TV Land's Younger, will speak with Jill Offman, Executive Vice President of Paramount Network International and Comedy Central International at the event, which runs October 14-17. Star recently wrapped the…

WarnerMedia's Bob Greenblatt is to be named Mipcom Personality of the Year 2019 and will give a keynote address at the Cannes TV festival. Greenblatt, who is Chairman WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, will also be honored at a gala dinner at the event, which runs October 14-17. In his keynote…

Patrick Dempsey is heading to Mipcom in Cannes for the world premiere of his Sky-backed Italian drama Devils. The Sky Italia financial thriller, produced by Lux Vide and Orange Studio, funded by Sky Studios and distributed internationally by NBCUniversal Global Distribution, will launch in the Palais on Monday October…

Reed Midem is to make a number of changes to international TV confabs Mip TV and Mipcom designed to ensure the long-term security of the Cannes-set events. This comes after a raft of Hollywood studios and major international distributors including Endemol Shine Group, BBC Studios and Fox Networks Group Content…

Bernard Chevry, founder of the Mip TV and Mipcom television market, has died aged 96. Chevry, an instrumental figure in the world of international television, died last week. He launched MipTV in 1963, ostensibly to help his friend Bruno Coquatrix sell tapes of his live concerts from the Olympia music hall, before…

Endeavor Content is lining up more non-English language premium dramas to expand on Damien Chazelle's Netflix series The Eddy after a "phenomenal" Mipcom. The company, which is run by Co-Presidents Chris Rice and Graham Taylor, is currently working on the eight-part musical series, which is being shot in French…

Love Island is heading back to Australia for a second season and is in "active" pre-production in the U.S. as the reality entertainment format wowed buyers in Cannes this week. The ITV Studios format was one of the most talked about entertainment formats at Mipcom, helped largely by six of the international cast…

There was certainly a buzz in the air at this week's Mipcom. The market felt genuinely busy and a raft of A-list talent such as Ben Stiller, Issa Rae and Jenna Coleman gave it a spark of glamor. Some 13,800 delegates, including 4,800 buyers from 110 countries attended the international television market, which was…

Eurythmics co-founder and producer Dave Stewart and The Voice executive producer Audrey Morrissey told Deadline that they're glad they cleared up the legal issues around Songland after scoring an 11-episode order. The pair are in Cannes to promote the format internationally with NBC Universal launching the show to…

The Real World is heading to Facebook after MTV and Bunim-Murray Productions struck a deal with the social media giant. The show will launch on Facebook Watch as part of a landmark deal with MTV Studios and the Banijay-owned indie. This comes after Deadline revealed in June that The Real World was being rebooted for a…

A musical adaptation of Fuji Television’s hit Japanese series Train Man is in the works for the U.S. by Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal and writer-executive producer Tucker Cawley, with Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Step Up) attached to direct and executive produce. The project, the first American remake by…

EXCLUSIVE: British producer Synchronicity Films is already lining up the next project from author Helen FitzGerald as Jenna Coleman-fronted drama The Cry is still on the air in the UK. The BBC One drama, which tells the story of two parents who find themselves in the middle of a tragedy, has become the British public…