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The Palais des Festivals in Cannes would ordinarily be gearing up to host MIPTV, and the town getting ready to welcome throngs of TV executives. Instead, in a stranger than fiction twist, streets are empty, the beach is closed and inhabitants are under lockdown due to the coronavirus. In striking images, the Palais…

Seeing as TV execs can't attend MIPTV this year, organizers will instead attempt to bring MIPTV to them. The annual content market in Cannes run by Reed MIDEM, which was one of many events to be cancelled recently due to the coronavirus pandemic, is launching an online service that it hopes will stimulate…

The chaotic impact of the coronavirus is affecting every sector of the cultural and entertainment scene – "an equal opportunity disaster," in the words of one CEO. Giant companies are canceling events and re-aligning strategies worldwide. The openings of major movies like the appropriately titled James Bond film No Tim…

Armoza Formats, creator of Fox entertainment series The Four, is launching ArmozaFest, a virtual sales event, in the wake of the cancellation of Mip TV. The company, which was acquired by ITV in July 2019, will launch the 'screen-to-screen' service for international buyers in order to showcase their upcoming…

The cancellation of MipTV due to the Coronavirus outbreak is raising questions over the viability of the Cannes Film Festival and market, which take place in the same location only six weeks later. MipTV was scheduled to take place March 30-April 2, while the film festival and adjoining market are slated for May…

MipTV, one of the leading international television conferences and markets, has been canceled due to concerns related to the coronavirus. The event was scheduled to take place March 30-April 2 in Cannes. Organizers Reed Midem said Wednesday that all of the events surrounding MipTV, including Mip Formats, Mip Doc and…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Silverman and Howard Owens' Propagate is set to attend MipTV next month with an expanded international distribution team and television slate following its recent acquisition of Electus. The company has also set new format sales ahead of the market that runs April 8-11 in Cannes. Led by Propagate…

EXCLUSIVE: A relatively quiet MipTV is about to get a little bit noisier with the possibility of another TV mega-merger. The word on the Croisette is that ITV is one of a number of major television groups considering acquiring Endemol Shine Group. Sources at ITV tell me that the British commercial broadcaster, which…

Nickelodeon International has greenlit live-action kids series The Covurts. This is the first original co-production for Nickelodeon with Nutz Productions, the producing arm of Israel’s Ananey Communications in which Nick parent Viacom acquired a minority stake last year. Israeli cable network HOT is also in the mix…

Marking its inaugural acquisition of a UK-based TV production entity, eOne has taken a majority stake in non-scripted outfit Whizz Kid Entertainment. The deal builds on a recent partnership between the two companies under which eOne has adapted a U.S. version of Whizz Kid format Ex On The Beach for MTV. Further U.S…

Beta Film and Red Bull Media House are launching high-end scripted project The Net. Inspired by true events, the ambitious series is planned as five standalone seasons of eight episodes each. It uses the world of soccer as a backdrop for the characters who experience the beautiful game not only as a dream factory, but…

In their first SVOD deal, Cineflix Rights and Hulu have pacted on Cineflix Media’s new Canadian crime drama Pure. Under the agreement, the series will air exclusively on the streaming service in the U.S. The Michael Amo-created Pure launched at MIPTV earlier this month and recently premiered on the CBC, winning its…