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OKIDOKI OKAY WITH KIDS IN GERMANY KIDS CHANNEL Okidoki is now available to Amazon Prime members on OTT platform Amazon Channels in Germany. Okidoki has over 20 properties/licenses and delivers over 1,000 episodes of curated, safe, ad-free content to German-speaking children via a one-click monthly subscription. Okidoki’s original selection of animation, live-action and educational programmes for threeto 10-year-olds, is curated and aggregated by Alchimie and is refreshed monthly. Shows available include favourites such as Molang, Tom The Truck, Hilltop Hospital and Corneil & Bernie. “Our creative data-driven approach keeps a young audience’s attention by offering content that’s relevant to the viewers’ interests, as well as being safe and fun,” said Nicolas D’Hueppe, CEO of Alchimie.
Okidoki: “relevant, safe and fun”
FORCES TV PLANS TO SPREAD ITS WINGS FORCES TV plans to collaborate with UK and international TV companies and distributors, to bring its armed forces-themed, archive broadcast content to a wider global audience. Forces TV is showcasing its latest production, 100 Years Of The RAF (1 x 100 mins/2 x 50 mins), this week in Cannes. The documentary is produced by Andromedia in association with Octopus TV. Narrated by Sir Martyn Lewis, this documentary celebrates the centenary of the RAF by tracking the planes and the people described by Sir Winston Churchill as “The Few”. Pre-sale deals for the documentary have already been concluded in several territories, with UK and Ireland rights secured by Signature Entertainment. A home entertainment release is planned for 4 June in the run-up to Father’s Day.
Next-gen platforms offer a world of new possibilities THE FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) services, the next-generation of digital platforms, are providing rights owners with new distribution choices, according to international video-content owners. Canada-based BroadbandTV (BBTV), one of the original YouTube multi-channel networks (MCNs), has seen its international footprint grow since it became part of Germany’s RTL Group in 2013 and formed a multi-year agreement with production juggernaut FremantleMedia in 2014. BBTV already operates in 11 languages in 32 territories and has recorded 341.14 billion views so far. Founder/CEO Shahrzad Rafati, said the FAANG platforms meant it could expect a greater reach in the future. “We’ve seen a significant emergence of the FAANG businesses, and I think everyone is an-
ticipating that they will continue to go from strength to strength this year and beyond,” she said. “As YouTube’s No.1 partner, this puts BBTV in a very strong position and we also have existing and growing partnerships with the other players.” Keshet Digital Studios, a subsidiary of Israeli legacy-TV operation Keshet Media Group, has seen its short-form video productions reach a growing number of young digital-native viewers thanks to next-gen platforms like Facebook, go90 and Snapchat. “This generation wants content which differs from the traditional offering, so this is a fantastic opportunity to tell more specific, niche and left-of-centre stories to underserved audiences that some broadcasters would shy away from,” said Sebastian Burkhardt, senior vice-president, acquisitions and digital, at Keshet International.
BBTV’s Shahrzad Rafati
Dimoba is game on for Cannes debut
Dimoba’s Laurent Alexandre (left) with French presenter Julien Lepers and Dimoba’s Yves Merillon
MIPTV News 1 • 46 • 9 April 2018
MIPTV first-timer Dimoba has created the Bethewone gamification platform, which brings together TV and mobile phones to enable live, synchronised and customised trivia formats. The company produces daily trivia shows in France for the more than 220,000 players who downloaded the company’s trivia app. Every two minutes a new game starts offering trivia fans the chance to pit their wits against other players and the chance to win cash and other prizes. A team from the company will demonstrate Dimoba’s game formats including E-quiz live shows, Quizine, E-terview, and Quizik, on the stand. The demos will feature a mix of text and pictures plus a live feed from the company’s own studio featuring French presenter Julien Lepers.