PRODUCT NEWS FZ ENTERTAINMENT
CONABLUE (52 x 13 mins), an original animation from China’s FZ Entertainment, is due for delivery in 2019 and the company is at MIPCOM to negotiate with international broadcasters, channels and buyers. The stories concern little dolphin Columbus and his friends as they explore and protect their ecosystem. CoNaBLUE has already received investment from Tencent, a deal which includes the utilisation of Tencent’s promotion resources and mobile platform.
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EBS
KOREA’s EBS returns to MIPCOM with a new wildlife documentary series, Livestock (4 x 50 mins). Livestock explores the impact of animal domestication on human history and investigates the most desirable humanlivestock relationships. It explores the diversity of roles played by livestock in the lives of humans, from a historical, anthropological and archeological point of view.
Livestock (EBS)
CAKE
HONG DANG MOO
AS A sister series to the WotWots franchise, Kiddets (32 x 11 mins), introduces five new WotWot characters, young space cadets in training at a play-school space academy on planet WotWot. Under the watchful eye of SpottyWot and DottyWot who are based on Earth, Patches, Dapper, Bounce, Stripes and Luna learn skills they need to embark on their mission to a new world. Kiddets is coproduced by Pukeko Pictures and Guangdong Huawen Century Animation Company and Cake has worldwide distribution rights excluding Australia, New Zealand and Greater China.
ANIMAL RESCUE (52 x 11 mins) is brought to Cannes by Korea’s Hong Dang Moo. The new 3D series is a story about animal heroes and one adolescent girl working to help the animals as well as the environment. Targeted at ages six to 10, delivery is scheduled for the end of 2018.
Kiddets (Cake)
Animal Rescue (Hong Dang Moo)
CoNaBLUE (FZ Entertainment)
ITV STUDIOS (ITVS)
ITV STUDIOS’ (ITVS) unscripted slate for MIPCOM is headlined by its dating format, Love Island. This year series three aired on ITV2 in the UK, and the show recently launched on RTL2 in Germany. Other new formats include: Big Star Bigger Star, in which parents of famous faces reveal what they were really like growing up, while the celebrities try to work out which embarrassing stories have been revealed; CelebAbility, in which a team of five friends go head-to-head with five celebrities across five rounds; comedy panel quiz show Cram; Dress To Impress, in which a singleton chooses a partner by their style; Eat, Shop, Save, where a team of experts help a family change their lifestyle habits without breaking the bank; Eighteen, following a group of young adults; Keep It Or Cash It; valuation game show Name Your Price; and Made In… in which a celebrity is stripped of everything they own that has not been made in their home nation. They are then challenged to go on a shopping trip to find the best of their home nation’s products.
LINEUP INDUSTRIES
Quiz Champion (Lineup Industries)
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DUTCH distributor Lineup Industries is at MIPCOM with new game show format Quiz Champion from ZDF Enterprises — one of three ZDF titles on the Lineup slate following the companies’ recent formats distribution agreement. Quiz Champion sees challengers pitching themselves against five celebrities, each an expert in their field. Five different categories await them, chosen from topics including sports, literature, music, history and food. Two further ZDF titles on its formats slate are 4 For Family and The Game Begins.