A&E Network Adds Live Rescue To
Its Live Documentary Series Portfolio
A&E has partnered with Big Fish Entertainment, an MGM Company, for the second time with the team behind the groundbreaking hit Live PD, to produce the new live documentary series, Live Rescue hosted by Ashleigh Banfield. Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&E, said: “Live Rescue is the next incarnation of our groundbreaking ... Read more

Autentic Distribution At MIPTV Showcases
The Last Treasures Of The Earth Communities
Beauty And Culture
Autentic Distribution attends MIPTV with over 200 program hours of new series and documentaries, for the international marketplace. Among its new series at MIPTV is Last Treasures of the Earth (90', 52'), a film from Filmtank that takes the viewer to the remote parts of the world and to the people who live there ... Read more

Gurinder Chadha’s Beecham House Has Its
World Premiere At CANNESERIES & MIPTV 2019
Beecham House, Fremantle, and Bend It TV’s new original series from director and creator Gurinder Chadha has its MIPTV World Premiere as part of CANNESERIES TODAY (7 April,) at 7.00pm in the Palais des Festivals (Grand Auditorium Lumière). Beecham House is set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi before the British ruled in that region. Beecham House depicts ... Read more

Moon Landings Documentary Lands At
Foxtel Australia And Mediawan France
David Hooper, Managing Director of Espresso Media International is handling the international rights on the Zig Zag’s 1 x 60’ documentary film that studies the conspiracy theories that persist surrounding the Apollo 11 moon landing. Prior to MIPTV, Foxtel in Australia and Mediawan in France acquired the film that coincides with 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission. ... Read more

Paving The Way & Setting The Bar In Their
Respective Fields Médailles d’Honneur
Recipients At MIPTV 2019
Ilene Chaiken, Writer, Showrunner and Producer (USA), is one of the four international executives to be honored with MIPTV’s 2019 Médailles d’Honneur. Chaiken is internationally known for creating the Showtime series The L Word, and has received an Emmy, among many other awards, for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale ... Read more

Wag Entertainment Launch Two New Series
Re-Writing The History Of WW2 At MIPTV
Wag Entertainment presents two new ground-breaking war series: WW2 In Numbers and War Factories for the first time at MIPTV. Janice Strangward, SVP Sales at Wag Entertainment says: “These shows take an innovative and surprising approach to a subject area which is still in high demand across the world. We’re setting out to refresh and reinvent the way these stories are told.” ... Read more

Turner Asia Pacific Secures A Sizeable
Investment In Super Shiro & The First
Regional Deal With TV Asahi
Turner Asia Pacific and TV Asahi are collaborating on a new animated series, Super Shiro. The partnership marks a sizeable investment from Turner and the first regional deal between the two parties. The agreement includes broadcast rights across Asia Pacific (excluding-China). Edward Barnieh, Director of Acquisitions ... Read more

Banijay Rights Arts Format Gets Second
Season On Danish Public Broadcaster DR1
Andreas Lemos, Vice President of Sales (North America) & Acquisitions at Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Group – as Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) gets a second season in Denmark – comments: “Portrait Artist of the Year and Landscape Artist of the Year (LAOTY) deliver hugely entertaining viewing that have proven to work as well on mainstream” ... Read more

Drive Delivers New Factual Content
To The International Market At MIPTV
Ben Barrett, Co-Managing Director of London based Drive, which co-funds productions and distribute globally, has acquired for distribution to the international marketplace a series of factual content from producers including Curve Media, Motion Content Group, October Films and the production arm of fashion retailer Mr Porter. Barrett, said: “We are delighted to be representing ... Read more