MIPCOM CANNES 2023 | NEWS
Leading Distribution Partners opens for business in Cannes VETERAN producers Howard Braunstein, Alexandre Coscas, Michael R Goldstein and Ben C Silverman have teamed up to launch a new sales company that will directly license both original and third-party TV movies, series and feature films. Launching at MIPCOM CANNES, Leading Distribution Partners (LDP) will be led by Gavin Tyler Reardon, with Braunstein, Coscas, Goldstein and Silverman serving as partners. Tyler Reardon joins LDP from Canadian producer and distributor Incendo, where he headed up sales and co-productions. He said LDP is “ideally positioned to be an ongoing and go-to supplier of top-quality TV movies and additional content
to buyers across the world”. He added: “We look forward to meeting with potential new partners at MIPCOM and to continue curating a slate of top-class content across multiple genres for the long term.” LDP’s launch slate includes Hallmark Original mystery titles Curious Caterer: Grilling Season and Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows; romcoms Game Of Love, A Winning Team and Sealed With A List, and holiday movies Holiday Road and Norwegian Holiday. Among the Lifetime titles on offer are thriller movies Abducted By My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story and Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story. Reardon has held leadership positions at IM GlobalTelevision, …and
action! Distribution and GRB Entertainment over his 40-year career. Emmy Award-winning Braunstein has produced hundreds of TV movies and series for networks including TNT and Lifetime. Coscas produces and develops content based on formats, books, graphic novels and other IP, alongside independent films. Goldstein is an independent producer who has projects in development with Fox, Bravo, Netflix, Hulu, The Disney Channel and The Hallmark Channel. Silverman is a founding partner in LA-based literary-management company Navigation Media Group, president of Vancouver-based Integral Artists Agency and executive chair of Canadian film distributor Level Film Inc.
Studio 100 takes stake in 3Doubles STUDIO 100 Media has acquired a stake in 3Doubles Producciones, based in the Canary Islands. The two players have already successfully collaborated on projects including the new feature film Giants Of La Mancha, and the acclaimed Mia And Me: The Hero Of Centopia movie. “This acquisition is an important next step for the expansion of Studio 100 Media’s European slate of animated series and movies. It will further strengthen our close co-operation with LA-based Viva Kids, who also acquired a stake in 3Doubles earlier this year,” said Studio 100 Media’s CEO, Martin Krieger. “We are thrilled to work with such exceptional partners and to be part of a major force in creating and distributing innovative content for the international market.” The three companies are aiming to produce new movies and series together, which will be distributed by
Studio 100 Media internationally while Viva Pictures is set to take on North American movie distribution. “As a newly added shareholder, Studio 100 Media is the perfect match for Viva’s and our collaboration with the aim of becoming a global powerhouse,” adds Darío Victor Elizalde of Viva Pictures (left), 3Doubles Producciones’ Dario Sanchez, and Studio 100 Media’s Martin Krieger
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Sanchez, CEO and producer at 3Doubles Producciones. Victor Elizalde, managing partner of Viva Pictures, said: “Collectively 3Doubles, Studio 100 Media and Viva Pictures will have a footprint on par with the major motion picture studios.”
Gavin Tyler Reardon
QUINTUS SALES GERMANY-based distributor and channel owner Quintus Studios has unveiled 100 hours of factual programming sales on the eve of MIPCOM CANNES. Channel 5 UK, Warner Bros. Discovery in Italy, AMC Networks International Central & Northern Europe and RTL/NTV Germany have all acquired season four of Maximus Film-produced Behind Bars – The World’s Toughest Prisons (6 x 60 mins). The firm also announced that WBD has acquired Supercar Tech for Italy and AMCNI CNE has acquired Beyond Borders for Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Elsewhere, The Czech Republic’s iPrima has acquired 70 hours of programming.