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  • Asia puts on a good show at MIPTV 2002

    Asia puts on a good show at MIPTV 2002

    MIPTV 2002 (International Television Program Market), which claims to be the spring’s leading international television programme market, saw the Asian region – particularly Japan and Korea – put up a strong showing. They were the 4th and 8th largest exhibiting nations. The event took place at Cannes from 15-19 April.

    Asia was also a strategic region for international sales. CCTV picked up BBC Worldwide’s The Blue Planet and Walking with Beasts and renewed an agreement for RDF’s challenge series Scrapheap Challenge. Korean broadcaster Daekyo Network Broadcasting acquired exclusive rights to EMTV’s Junior branded programmes for three years and committed to buy a minimum of 468 half-hours from the Junior library.

    China’s newcomer Tanglong International Media and HBO Korea acquired rights to E! Networks shows and blocks. Japan’s NHK, UBC Thailand and SBS Korea picked up Sesame Workshop and Pepper’s Ghost Productions CGI series Tiny Planets. Sony Japan took all rights to Hit Entertainment’s stop-motion animated series Pingu. MBC Korea and HBO Asia acquired rights to Alliance Atlantis series and films and Malaysia’s Astro TV picked up rights to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment specials.

    Canada was represented by 114 exhibiting companies (80 last year), Japan brought 46 exhibiting companies (37 last year), and 33 companies came from South Korea (13 last year). The number of exhibiting companies from Asia Pacific grew by 17.4 per cent this year (135 companies). A third of MIPDOC’s top 30 buyers (those who viewed the largest amount of programs) came from Asia.

    However, the overall figures showed a marginal decline from last year which an official release partly attributed to the dotcom crash. In all, 10,200 delegates representing 2,715 companies from 97 countries participated at the market. Last year 11,049 delegates from 2,827 companies and 90 countries attended. A total 1,209 exhibiting companies attended from 56 countries, while last year 1,228 companies from 55 countries took part in the market.

    Documentaries were prevalent among the deals made at MIP TV as well as MIPDOC, where buyers made a record 9,037 viewings. After the events of 11 September top-budget factual programming is increasingly scheduled into prime-time slots. At MIPTV Channel 4 and ZDF announced a major partnership to create and distribute a high-end documentary The Private Life of Pompeii. Beyond and S4C teamed up to produce a $900,000 three-part series about the Stone Age. BBC Worldwide sold over 200 hours of documentaries to Finland, Israel, and Portugal.

  • Asia puts on a good show at MIPTV 2002

    Asia puts on a good show at MIPTV 2002

    MIPTV 2002 (International Television Program Market), which claims to be the spring’s leading international television programme market, saw the Asian region – particularly Japan and Korea – put up a strong showing. They were the 4th and 8th largest exhibiting nations. The event took place at Cannes from 15-19 April.

     

    Asia was also a strategic region for international sales. CCTV picked up BBC Worldwide’s The Blue Planet and Walking with Beasts and renewed an agreement for RDF’s challenge series Scrapheap Challenge. Korean broadcaster Daekyo Network Broadcasting acquired exclusive rights to EMTV’s Junior branded programmes for three years and committed to buy a minimum of 468 half-hours from the Junior library.

    China’s newcomer Tanglong International Media and HBO Korea acquired rights to E! Networks shows and blocks. Japan’s NHK, UBC Thailand and SBS Korea picked up Sesame Workshop and Pepper’s Ghost Productions CGI series Tiny Planets. Sony Japan took all rights to Hit Entertainment’s stop-motion animated series Pingu. MBC Korea and HBO Asia acquired rights to Alliance Atlantis series and films and Malaysia’s Astro TV picked up rights to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment specials.

    Canada was represented by 114 exhibiting companies (80 last year), Japan brought 46 exhibiting companies (37 last year), and 33 companies came from South Korea (13 last year). The number of exhibiting companies from Asia Pacific grew by 17.4 per cent this year (135 companies). A third of MIPDOC’s top 30 buyers (those who viewed the largest amount of programs) came from Asia.

    However, the overall figures showed a marginal decline from last year which an official release partly attributed to the dotcom crash. In all, 10,200 delegates representing 2,715 companies from 97 countries participated at the market. Last year 11,049 delegates from 2,827 companies and 90 countries attended. A total 1,209 exhibiting companies attended from 56 countries, while last year 1,228 companies from 55 countries took part in the market.

    Documentaries were prevalent among the deals made at MIP TV as well as MIPDOC, where buyers made a record 9,037 viewings. After the events of 11 September top-budget factual programming is increasingly scheduled into prime-time slots. At MIPTV Channel 4 and ZDF announced a major partnership to create and distribute a high-end documentary The Private Life of Pompeii. Beyond and S4C teamed up to produce a $900,000 three-part series about the Stone Age. BBC Worldwide sold over 200 hours of documentaries to Finland, Israel, and Portugal.

  • Cannes readies for MIPTV 2002

    Cannes readies for MIPTV 2002

    MIPTV 2002, the annual international television programme market held in Cannes, France, will look at the new trends of television programming and the emerging types of programs shaping the industry this April.

    The event, to be held from 15 to 19 April will focus on the issues raised by the impact of digital technology on television and will explore the realm of new programming with Shaping Formats for the Future, a series of five high-key conferences. The series will look at how the development of interactive television services, thematic channels and Internet sites is opening the way to a whole new generation of programming which links established broadcasting with interactivity, according to a press release. In the opening keynote address What Will the Winning Program Formats Be? on 15 April, a top level industry player will outline the keys to create the successful programming of the future.

    Leading industry figures will show how thematic and new channels are offering producers more outlets on the second day of the event. A MIPNET case study will investigate the success formula behind the most exciting TV talent show ever Pop Idol, which was created with an impressive array of revenue sources. Five executives linked to this property will look at how it came to life and became a smashing hit. On 17 April, experts will turn to new production techniques and show how digital filming and virtual editing can impact production methods and costs. The MIPDOC Documentary Screenings will take place on April 13 and 14.

    The organisation has also decided to re-schedule the event next year – MIPTV 2003 will be held from 24 to 28 March instead of in April. The event will follow the MIPDOC Documentaries Screenings on March 22 and 23. Reed Midem, the organisers, have decided on these new dates after input from regular market participants from Asia, America and Europe. MIPTV scheduled in March will make it easier for producers and distributors to close deals before the summer. It will also allow professionals to have more time between MIPTV and other industry events in May, say the organisers.

    The event featured 11,049 executives, 2,827 companies from 90 countries including 1228 exhibiting companies on 481 stands, and 2,167 buyers in 2001.