Mipcom 2020

Contents SPECIAL REPORT

IBERO-AMERICA

10 BOOKS THAT WILL BECOME PREMIUM SERIES 36

Q&A CJ ENM READIES THE NEXT BIG KOREAN FORMAT

Jangho Seo, SVP, Content Business Division at CJ ENM _16

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INSIDE MIPCOM ONLINE+

Laurine Garaude, Director of Television

at Reed Midem _20

VIS RESTARTS FILMING ITS ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS

Federico Cuervo, SVP and Director of Viacom International Studios Américas _58

“THE MARKET WILL EVOLVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION”

Kerim Emrah Turna, Executive Director of Kanal D International_64

MISTCO TAKES SEASON’S TOP TURKISH DRAMAS TO MIPCOM Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director at Mistco_66

INSIDE TV AZTECA’S NEW STRATEGY

Alberto Ciurana, Director of Content and Distribution at TV Azteca _78

SPECIALS

FILMS & SERIES _41 KIDS & TEENS _69

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CONECTA FICTION REBOOT 2020

ARTICLES

INTERVIEWS

STREAMING _/10 DISNEY+ TO LAND IN LATAM ON NOVEMBER 17

PRODUCTION _/57 MEDIAPRO DEVELOPS SECOND SEASON OF ‘THE HEAD’

September 1-3, Baluarte Pamplona Conference Center, Navarra, Spain

AN ALLY IN TIMES OF CONFINEMENT

Janel Downing, VP, Latin America at all3media International _24

INTER MEDYA READIES ‘SAYGI’, ITS SECOND ORIGINAL SERIES

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Can Okan, Founder and CEO of Inter Medya _28

THE CAN YAMAN PHENOMENON REACHES LATAM

Iván Sánchez, Director of Sales at Global Agency for Latin America _30

Listings_ 82

CALINOS PRESENTS TURKISH VERSION OF ‘THIS IS US’

José Luis Gascue, EVP of International Sales at Calinos Entertainment _34

ECCHO RIGHTS LAUNCHES THREE HIT TURKISH DRAMAS AT MIPCOM Lisa Wegscheider, Sales Executive at Eccho Rights for LatAm and Spain _62

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ATV PRESENTS A STORY FROM COLOMBIA TO TURKEY

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Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager at ATV _76

Korea is #MIPCOM 2020 Country of Honour! It becomes as such the first Country of Honour to be showcased on the new MIPCOM Online+ platform, making its flagship content accessible to television professionals around the globe.

Tweet by @mip announcing Korea as Country of Honour for its digital event Mipcom Online+

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Diego Lerner, President of The Walt Disney Company Latin America, presented the official catalog of exclusive series and films with which the streaming platform will arrive in the region on November 17.

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he Walt Disney Company officially confirmed that Disney+, its streaming platform that has already accumulated more than 60.5 million subscribers in the countries where it is present since its debut in the US on November 12, 2019 will arrive throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on November 17.

After its launch in the region, Disney+ will be the exclusive destination for the most complete and best selection of films and series from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic; in addition to exclusive original productions, thus becoming the only streaming platform where all available Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars films are accessible.

“We know that our Latin American audiences are looking forward to the launch of Disney+, the only streaming service that will offer exclusive access to all the premieres of available content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic. In addition, it brings together all the classic Disney animations for the first time in a unique and exclusive destination,” said Diego Lerner, president of The Walt Disney Company Latin America.

“The entertainment offer will be complemented by a robust offer of original Disney+ series and films, a self-produced label, with a variety of titles that can be seen only on our platform, as well as original content produced locally in various countries of the region for the most diverse audiences”.

“As of its launch in Latin America, Disney+ will become the first and only streaming platform with exclusive presence of all available cinematographic content from our brands. Disney+ will also be the only service to offer the complete catalog of all films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars with unlimited and permanent access for its subscribers.”

“Our audience will also be able to access on Disney+ all available TV content produced locally or globally in home video formats (series, TV movies, documentaries, shows, concerts, events and special programs), being the only digital destination that will have it all. I can say that the best and most relevant Disney content will be available for all members of the family, unlimited and permanently, only on Disney+. Soon we will share more details about our next Disney+ launch,” he concluded.

Bob Bakish,

President and CEO of ViacomCBS

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LATAM WILL BE HBO MAX’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TERRITORY WARNERMEDIA announced the appointment of Johannes Larcher to lead the international expansion of HBO Max. Larcher comes to the company after a long history in the OTT ecosystem, with four years of experience at Hulu. He is also the current managing director of the digital area of MBC Group, a Middle Eastern company where he supervised the launch of the OTT platform, Shahid, which currently has 1.4 million subscribers in the region. And as detailed from WarnerMedia, Larcher’s first big goal will be the launch of HBO Max in Latin America.

Then he will focus on other territories. To do this, they added, he will work jointly with Whit Richardson, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks in Latin America.

HBO Max was launched in the US last May. Since the platform was announced, there has always been talk of the goal of bringing it to the international market as well.

WarnerMedia, in fact, had set 2021 as its goal for the arrival of HBO Max in Latin America and Europe.

Johannes Larcher,

Head of HBO Max International

325.3 million

euros in TV exports were registered by France in 2019, according to the CNC and TV France International.

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VIACOMCBS RENAMES CBS ALL ACCESS AS PARAMOUNT+ AS BOB BAKISH had already revealed in February and then confirmed in May, ViacomCBS has long been planning a rebranding of CBS All Access, which will add content from the former Viacom catalog and original productions, in addition to expanding internationally.

In September, the company revealed that CBS All Access will be rebranded Paramount+. The name change will be effective in early 2021. Currently CBS All Access has about 8 million subscribers, a number that ViacomCBS plans to multiply with its international expansion.

In Latin America, for example, the launch is scheduled precisely for the beginning of 2021. “Paramount is an iconic brand and loved by consumers around the world. It is also synonymous with quality, integrity and world-class storytelling,” said Bob Bakish, president and CEO of ViacomCBS. “With Paramount+ we are excited to be able to offer a global streaming brand that will draw from the vast ViacomCBS catalog,” he added.

MIPCOM 2020

KOREA NAMED COUNTRY OF HONOR

new original sports documentaries are being developed by Amazon in Spain: one about Rafa Nadal and one about Spain’s win in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

27.16 million

paying SVOD subscribers will be registered in the MENA region by 2025, says Digital TV Research.

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dollars will be granted to the winner of the MIPCancun Formats Pitch Competition to develop their idea.

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viewers watched Turkish drama ‘Woman’ premiere on Antena 3 in Spain.

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countries, including Brazil and Mexico, are among the nominees for the International Kids Emmy Awards. ttv Magazine

FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT that this year’s Mipcom event will take place fully online, Reed Midem revealed Korea will become the first Country of Honour to be showcased on the new Mipcom Online+ platform, making its flagship content accessible to television professionals around the globe. The Korea Country of Honour showcase is sponsored by Korea Communications Commission (KCC), responsible for policies in Korean broadcasting and communications services. Korea’s exports of cultural content increased 8.4% in 2018 from the previous year, to US$9.55 billion, according to recent government figures. KCC reports that the total number of TV titles exported in 2018 rose to 122,962, for revenue of US$326.8 million. As a content showcase, the Mipcom Korean focus will feature four online conference sessions.

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MARKET WATCH EUROVISION TO BE ADAPTED IN THE US The traditional European singing competition will get its own US version titled ‘American Song Contest’.

NETFLIX LOOKS FOR THE NEXT HIT FORMAT Nat Grouille, director of Unscripted Originals and Acquisitions at Netflix, revealed the platform is now searching for the next hit format, focusing on talent and competition shows.

AMCNI-LA WILL BE ACORN TV’S COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN LATAM AMC Networks International - Latin America’s Affiliate Sales team is taking on the commercial representation of Acorn TV in the region.

ABC ANNOUNCES ‘EMERGENCY CALL’, BASED ON A BELGIAN FORMAT Produced by 8Hours Television and hosted by Luke Wilson, the docureality follows the dire stories that flood 911 call centers.

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THE FORMAT OF ‘LA CHICA QUE LIMPIA’, OPTIONED IN RUSSIA The format continues to garner international interest with the agreement now announced

by Glowstar Media with Space Production for Russia and CIS.

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‘CHESPIRITO’ GOES OFF THE AIR WORLDWIDE The franchises created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños were taken off the air due to legal and economic disagreements between Televisa and Grupo Chespirito.

SOCIAL MEDIA

ORACLE ACQUIRES TIKTOK IN THE US UNHAPPY WITH ITS BUSINESS, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order that threatened to ban TikTok in the country, unless its assets were sold before September 20. Thus, several tech and media giants raced to buy the successful video app, with Microsoft and Oracle leading the way. After Microsoft’s offer was rejected, it was finally Oracle who won the bid for the assets of the Chinese app, according to The Wall Street Journal. TikTok has more than 100 million monthly active users in the US. Being a technology provider for TikTok could mean that Oracle will offer its infrastructure in the cloud for the app to use, attracting huge potential customers, especially among younger users.

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MEDIACREST TO DEVELOP ‘DEMOKRACIA’, WINNER OF CONECTA FICTION SPANISH PRODUCTION COMPANY MEDIACREST announced that after reaching an agreement with the creators and scriptwriters of ‘Demokracia’, it will be in charge of developing the series. ‘Demokracia’ was the great winner of the Conecta Fiction Pitch, having obtained a development contract from RTVE. As detailed, the script, signed by Rodrigo Martín and Pedro García Ríos, is a thriller set in a Madrid police station in the late 1970s. The production company directed by Daniel Domenjó has Pablo Barrera in charge of its fiction team and is currently developing 14 projects.

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SEBASTIÁN ORTEGA NAMED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT TELEMUNDO GLOBAL STUDIOS

Sebastián Ortega, Director of Development at Telemundo Global Studios

TELEMUNDO GLOBAL STUDIOS, a division of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced -while celebrating the first anniversary of the acquisition of Underground Contenidos- the appointment of Sebastián Ortega to his new position as Director of Development of Telemundo Global Studios. “We are very proud to have been one year old since we acquired Underground. Despite the pandemic, this has been a year of many achievements and we remain optimistic regarding Underground’s growth opportunities in Argentina and for the rest of the Americas,” said Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo Global Studios.

Despite the pandemic, together with Underground the company has twenty-five projects in full development. Underground is not only working on direct projects for the Telemundo network in the US, but is also developing ideas and projects for Netflix, Amazon, MGM and Peacock.

Q&A

CJ ENM

Jangho Seo , SVP, Content Business Division at CJ ENM

CJ ENM READIES THE NEXT BIG KOREAN FORMAT The Korean giant is riding the wave of K-content’s recent international explosion, presenting a slate of innovative and trendsetting concepts and ideas. With a few already in development in Europe and the US, company is hoping to have “the next big hit.”

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“I think the wide variety of innovative content is what makes Korea such an appealing market to international buyers.”

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riven by recent hits such as the Academy Award-winning film ‘Parasite’, or the global success of music-game show formats such as ‘I Can See Your Voice’; K-content has become more popular in the past few years, with growing demand from new international markets.

Meeting this demand for new content shouldn’t be a problem for Korean producers, who are known for being trend-setters when it comes to TV concepts and formats.

“Korean content creators and providers have to be sensitive to trends and constantly looking to present something new to bring fresh ideas,” said Jangho Seo, SVP, Content Business Division at CJ ENM, who spoke to ttv about his company’s upcoming productions, including new projects across Europe and the US, and the new slate for Mipcom Online+, where Korea has been chosen as this year’s Country of Honor.

‘I Can See Your Voice’, the music mystery show which premiered in 2015 and now it is preparing for season 8 in Korea. This format has been commissioned in 12 different countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Thailand, the Philippines and more. Most recently, its US version made its successful debut on FOX with great results. We are proud of its global success and believe that ICSYV entertains

global audiences of all ages and together with their family.

Korean formats have been booming in the last couple of years. What makes them so special for the international market? Korean audiences are particularly trend sensitive, so Korean content creators and providers have to be sensitive to trends and constantly looking to present something new to bring

“Latin America and Spain are both a challenge and an opportunity in expanding CJ ENM’s global footprint.”

I-Land Format

What new titles will be CJ ENM be presenting at Mipcom Online+? CJ ENM is a horizontally integrated company and our content portfolio has been in such a wide variety of genres. Moreover, we have been expanding our reach beyond the Korean and Asian markets via our active finished and format sales business.

At Mipcom 2020, we will be presenting new scripted shows such as suspense romance drama ‘Flower of Evil’ and Sci-fi drama ‘Train’.

For the non-scripted formats, we would like to present ‘I-LAND’ which is music competition show to develop and produce the next generation idol group like BTS for the global stage, and the physical game show ‘Cash back’ that is co-developed by CJ ENM and Bunim/Murray productions.

Which are other titles would you highlight from CJ’s catalogue? We would like to highlight on our global mega hit format Flower of Evil Drama

fresh ideas. I think the wide variety of innovative content is what makes Korea such an appealing market to international buyers.

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CJ ENM also constantly comes up with new formats to meet the market. This has led to a very diverse library with many unique formats hence giving us big opportunities to meet worldwide audiences. With so much content available, people everywhere are looking for things they have never seen before and Korean content definitely offers a unique sensibility that is new and fresh to international viewers.

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“In these times, where more people are searching for new stories and content than ever, it’s a great honor to participate in Mipcom’s Country of Honour.”

I Can See Your Voice Format

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And what about Korean dramas? Do you think they can travel internationally? Or its scripted formats are still the best way to enter the Western Countries? We have seen great success with our scripted titles. In 2020, our Korean dramas like ‘Crash Landing On You’, ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ and ‘Record of Youth’ scored a huge ratings hit in Korea and also they are also drawing immense popularity with global viewers through Netflix. Along with other strong drama titles from various Korean channels and Netflix originals such as ‘Kingdom’, we can see the popularity of Korean drama rises outside Asian territory as well.

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Most recently, Studio Dragon formed a partnership with Hollywood company Skydance Media to jointly plan and produce the American version of ‘Hotel del Luna’. We have also seen more interest in our formats as well, particularly those in the action/thriller genre, such as ‘Voice’ and ‘Tunnel’. We have a couple formats in development across Europe and the US so we are hoping for a major hit.

What role do Latin America or Spain play within CJ’s international strategy? Latin America and Spain both serve as markets

full of potential that yet need to be ventured. They are both a challenge and an opportunity in expanding CJ ENM’s global footprint.

wide audiences, offering unique experiences and joy. We are working on meaningful scripted formats development in European territories and it could be announced soon.

Is international coproduction especially with Western countries or Latin America- something CJ ENM is looking for in the international market? Co-production is certainly one of the options that we are interested in, but it is important to note that CJ ENM is always open to other business opportunities with Western countries or Latin America as well.

This is a special year for Korea, given it was selected as a Country of Honour.

What does this mean for the Korean television industry? In these times, where more people are searching for new stories and content than ever, it’s a great honor to participate in Mipcom’s Country of Honour. This is a special opportunity for not only just CJ ENM, but also all Korean entertainment and media companies to promote K-content and we hope to make the most of it.

How is the integration of Eccho Rights within CJ’s family working out. Are there any changes to be announced in the near future? With the integration of Eccho Rights, CJ ENM has accelerated its global expansion strategy, helping its content business in markets including European territories, the Middle East and Latin America. We have great synergies strengthening our format business, content sales and distribution as well as developing the extensive catalogue.

Eccho Rights thrives in various regions to leverage our premium titles to reach world-

In 2020, the popularity of K-drama and K-formats is incessant, and more markets are looking into originality from Korea. Korean production is gaining in visibility thanks to global hit with the Academy Award-winning film ‘Parasite’ and recent global success of music-game show ‘I Can See Your Voice.’

We look forward to contributing to showcasing the excellence of the nation’s creativity and accomplishments at the global market.

Q&A

Reed Midem

Laurine Garaude, Director of Television at Reed Midem

INSIDE MIPCOM ONLINE+ Laurine Garaude, director of Television at Reed Midem, spoke to ttv to share details about what the virtual edition of Mipcom has in store, as it seeks to replicate the traditional event’s atmosphere and sense of community, online.

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ctober 12 marks the beginning of what will surely be the most atypical edition in Mipcom history. The traditional market was forced to cancel its physical edition this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and launched a virtual edition called Mipcom Online+, which will take place through an online platform designed especially for the occasion.

To find out more about this one-of-a-kind event, the new platform and its organization’s expectations, ttv spoke to Laurine Garaude, director of Television at Reed Midem.

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This will be a Mipcom like never before.

How is the organization preparing for it?

First of all, of course we are sad to not be in Cannes. But at the same time we are very excited about this Mipcom Online+ edition.

We are having a really great response. Today we have over 600 virtual exhibitor pages, over 2,000 buyers and hundreds of people signing up every day, so it’s looking really, really exciting.

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How will the market take place? Mipcom Online+ is in fact in three parts. The first one is the Mipcom Warm Up Week, which starts on Monday, October 5th. It is exactly what it’s called, a warm up. Therefore it is meant to

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prepare the market. It has a number of session of market intelligence; the Production Funding Forum, which is investors speaking about their strategy and also programming strategies; and then a number of other sessions. And of course, it’s a time to start scheduling all the meetings for the digital marketplace.

ating a whole new networking platform. So yes, it’s new and different from the online database that we’ve had in the past, because it’s really a more networking, social media, community feeling platform than a directory.

You can set up meetings, do video conferencing, meet new people, chat with people... It’s a new tool. And it also has a lot of content screenings and all the main stage events, all the keynotes. It’s really an online replicate of Mipcom.

How will it work in terms of networking?

You have to fill your profile really clearly, and

Then we have Mipcom week, from the 12th to the 16th. It is the digital market place, with the main stage conferences and all the screenings.

The third section is Mipcom Follow Up+, which takes place from October 17th to November 17th. And it’s exactly that: a time to replay all the content from the platform and also to continue networking on the platform.

I understand this platform will be completely new and different from the one used for Miptv. Is that so? We learned a lot from Miptv Online+ and it was quite successful. We had over 5,000 participants and 3,000 hours of content watched, as well as a lot of engagement. But the platform was done in a very short time, and it spurred our action into online.

For this Mipcom we’ve amplified what we are doing online by cre-

“We are delighted to celebrate 15 years of collaboration with TTVMedia, a loyal supporter of the MIP Markets: the global content markets Miptv and Mipcom as well as MIP Cancun the leading Latin America TV market, and look forward to our continuing partnership in the future.”

detailed, because the better you fill up your profile, the better response you will have in terms of recommendations and people finding you in a way that makes sense. You will get recommendations, the platform has AI and so it learns to know the different people and will personalize recommendations. So you can meet people by contacting them, chatting, seeing their interests and seeing if you match.

Has it been used already for another Reed Midem event? Yes, we already used it for Midem, the music event, and it was very successful. We are using it in a different way, customized for the TV industry now.

Will this be the same platform used for MIP Cancun? Yes, it’s the same, but used differently, in a way that make sense for MIP Cancun. It’s the same tool, but the functionalities will be different.

How many participants are you expecting for Mipcom Online+? It’s very hard to predict the total number because this is uncharted territory for us. There’s a huge amount of interest. We had 5,000 for Miptv.

I think we will probably have more, but we don’t know yet. But what really counts is the quality of meetings and that we are able to recreate an international community feel, which is so important for the nature of the industry.

What can you tell us about the keynotes and conferences? We have an amazing program. It’s exactly the program that we where going to have in Cannes. Ted Sarandos (Netflix) is speaking, Tyler Perry (actor, director), Jeremy Darroch (Sky) is receiving the first SDG Award (MIP Sustainable Development Goals Award), presented by Melisa Fleming from the United Nations. We will also have Matthew Cherry (filmmaker). We have a fantastic line-up.

Also, we are introducing the Global Upfronts, featuring some top companies like ViacomCBS, Discovery, BBC, ITV and many more. That’s a new feature of the event that will be available as of Monday, October 12th

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GLOBAL UPFRONTS 2020

Despite being 100% virtual this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Mipcom’s keynotes and conferences agenda has nothing to envy that of previous years, starting with the presence of Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s newly appointed Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer, who will open Monday’s conference lineup and receive the Variety Vanguard Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the global entertainment business, following a virtual conversation with Variety’s Business Editor Cynthia Littleton.

in the morning.

And lots of market screenings. We actually have over 60 screenings between market screenings, regional showcases and more.

And Korea is the Country of honour… Yes, Korea is the country of honour. We are very excited about that. A huge participation from Korea through content showcases, sessions and also matchmaking sessions with Korean producers.

Everything will be available and will be released every day at 9 AM CST. Then we have certain events like the keynotes and Fresh TV conferences that will go online at the Cannes time and then will be available on demand.

What do you think the event will look like from now on? I think this pandemic is changing the way people function.

For what I hear, I believe we all want to

The 2020 edition of Mipcom will feature a new segment promoted by Reed Midem and whose purpose is to provide a place for industry creators to showcase their new content: the Global Upfronts. The event will feature up to 14 studios, which will make a 20-minute presentation for buyers of their new programming, including a combination of finished series and series that are in production or in development. The objective, explained the Mipcom organization, is “to provide buyers with a new look at the most anticipated new programming from the world’s leading studios in all genres.” Participants include Beta Film, ITV Studios, A+E Networks, BBC Studios, Beta Film, Discovery, Inc., ITV Studios, Newen Distribution, ViacomCBS and ZDF Enterprises.

go back to in-person events. Our clients are missing the events and want to come back as soon as possible. But the digital transformation is real and some of it will remain. We will have to find the right mix between digital and physical. For sure some of the digital functions will remain. I think people may end up traveling a little bit less, choosing to travel for the most important business events and markets, and I think we are well placed for that.

“The digital transformation is real and some of it will remain. We will have to find the right mix between digital and physical.”

A STELLAR CONFERENCE LINEUP with the World Screen Trendsetter award in recognition of his contributions to the international television industry, following a virtual keynote interview with World Screen Group Editorial Director, Anna Carugati. In addition,

Alex Amancio, CEO and Co-Founder of Reflector Entertainment and one of the visionaries behind Assassin’s Creed, will also deliver a keynote address on Emerging Technology: Changing the

Boundaries of Creativity to Enhance Media Engagement and Experience.

Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the Sky group, will receive the inaugural MIP SDG Award for Climate Change and Protection of the Oceans in recognition

of the global impact of the innovative Sky Ocean Rescue initiative. The Media Mastermind Keynotes program is completed

by Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry, who will receive the TV Kids Trendsetter Award.

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In addition to Ted Sarandos, the event will also feature other prominent industry executives and talents such as Tyler Perry, playwright, writer, actor, producer, director and philanthropist; who will be honored

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Interview

all3media International

AN ALLY IN TIMES OF CONFINEMENT Janel Downing, VP, Latin America at all3media International

As millions of people around the world are spending more time indoors due to the pandemic, all3media International has been a fundamental partner for broadcasters and platforms in need of new content to entertain these audiences, offering a vast array of fiction series and entertainment shows, with brand new titles coming for the months ahead.

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“Broadcasters are looking for more content to fill production gaps and we have also found that audiences are broadening their palate.”

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s we continue to navigate and go through the global pandemic, our new reality can sometimes become overwhelming.

And with quarantine measures being taken in most countries, it’s no surprise that people are now spending more time in front of the TV, seeking to stay informed and be entertained.

“Dramas also continue to see demand”, she added, highlighting the company’s new political thriller ‘Roadkill’, starring Hugh Laurie; as well as two crime true crime dramas by the award-winning New Pictures: ‘White House Farm’, which looks at the largest mass killing in Britain, and ‘Des’, starring David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen, one of the UK’s most prolific serial killers.

It’s in this context that the demand for content has increased, as broadcasters are looking for more titles to fill the gaps caused by the halt in production; a demand that international distributor all3media has been able to satisfy, thanks to a vast catalog and a large production force.

Lastly, the VP also noted that the detective genre continues to retain its popularity within the company’s catalog, “with classics such as ‘Midsomer Murders’ complemented by exciting new shows such as ‘Van der Valk’,” she said.

“We have seen a tremendous surge in our output as demand for content has increased”, Janel Downing, VP, Latin America at all3media International, said to ttv.

“Yes, broadcasters are looking for more content to fill production gaps, but we have also found that audiences are broadening their palate.”

One of the genres that are now more in demand, as explained by the executive, is feel good factual content, where all3media titles such as the factual entertainment show ‘Dog House’ from Five Mile Films, or the travelogue series ‘Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip’, are now seeing increased interest.

Little Mix: The Search Format

Roadkill Drama

perfect format to produce in a Pandemic.

With everyone around the world staying at home watching TV on their sofas it captures the Pandemic zeitgeist perfectly,” she added.

Virtual Catalog, Virtual Connections With these and many more titles, all3media International is participating in the upcoming Mipcom Online+, ready to connect with partners and clients in a brand new way.

“While Mipcom is going to be virtual this year we are still looking forward to connecting with clients and showcasing our slate,” she said. “We will be holding a virtual Mipcom Upfront event which will be highlighting entertainment shows and formats that we’re excited about”, she said.

The slate includes the highly anticipated ‘Little Mix: The Search’, a new warm encouraging talent show fronted by the world’s biggest girl band, Little Mix; ‘The Cube’ and brand new gameshow ‘The Hustler’ which sees a team of contestants working together to uncover the hustler in the group.

“We will also be screening the Hugh Laurie fronted political drama, ‘Roadkill’. The brand-

“Now that we are back in production, we are looking forward to a fresh slate of content for the final quarter of the year.”

New Productions Now In The Works Being one of the leading distributors in the entertainment industry, all3media International was armed with this vast catalog of varied content to offer broadcasters in these unprecedented times. Yet, as many others around the world, the company did put its productions on pause, to prioritize the safety and well-being of its entire team.

“One benefit of being such a large production group has been that all our production companies can share best practices during this unprecedented time”, she added, sharing examples such as the recent series of ‘Celebrity Call Centre’ in the US and the latest series of the UK’s ‘Gogglebox’.

“Now that we are back in production, we are looking forward to a fresh slate of content for the final quarter of the year. There will be a focus on big entertainment formats as ‘The Cube’ returns and our new singing competition, ‘Little Mix: The Search’ premieres,” she revealed.

And while audiences wait for these new titles to hit the market, they can always turn to classic TV shows, which have also become a staple on TV screens this year. “I think there will continue to be a resurgence of classic TV shows. One of our most successful entertainment formats ‘The Cube’ has returned to screens in the UK and will be coming to the US next year,” she said.

“We have also seen a surge in commissions for ‘Gogglebox’ which has proven itself the

new four-part series starring the Emmy award winner alongside Helen McCrory and Pippa Bennett Warner in a story set right at the heart of British government. Laurie plays a charismatic government minister whose enemies are trying to bring him down,” she said.

“And we also have created a series of highlight reels across our scripted, non-scripted and format content which we will be presented and shared to our clients around the world”, she added.

Following Mipcom, the company will be participating at this year’s MIPCancun, presenting its 2020 Formats Pitch virtually. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the entries, of which there has been double the amount of entries from last year and from new territories including Panama and Ecuador. I will be chairing the judging panel joined by an esteemed group of TV industry insiders including COO of Filmpool Felix Wessler and Michela Giorelli, VP, Production & Development at Discovery Networks Latin America,” she concluded.

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“The main impact from the pandemic has been production delays and whilst many of our shows had completed principal photography a few will be delivering in 2021. It has taken productions some time to put in Covid-19 protocols to keep everyone safe on set,” the executive explained.

After this brief pause, the company was able to resume production for several titles back in August, including shows in the UK such as ‘Unstoppable’s the Drowning’ and shows in Australia including ‘Balloon’ and Every Cloud’s beautiful new drama, ‘Eden’.

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INTER MEDYA READIES ‘SAYGI’, ITS SECOND ORIGINAL SERIES Can Okan, Founder and CEO of Inter Medya

Can Okan, founder and CEO of Inter Medya, spoke to ttv about the company’s plans for Mipcom Online+, its focus on miniseries and its growing investments in original production.

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ith the goal of extending and diversifying its catalog, Turkish distributor Inter Medya continues to work on adding new, high-quality titles to its series, formats and feature films slates.

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Within these efforts, Can Okan, founder and CEO of the company, highlights two recent trends that have led him to raise the bar with two types of products: movies and miniseries.

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“Latin America has truly led the way for Turkish distribution in recent years.”

“In recent years, especially in the past few months, the Turkish feature film industry also started to attract great attention from all over the world. In addition, following the popularity of online streaming platforms, mini-series have been on the rise in general.

So this year, we have expanded our mini-series catalogue with new and international hits as well,” the CEO said to ttv.

A New Mipcom For Everyone With this in mind, the company is getting ready for a one-of-a-kind edition of Mipcom, where it will showcase its new titles, including the new miniseries ‘Interrupted’.

The romantic drama revolves around a young and idealist journalist named Ozan who loses his life in an unfortunate car crash, and his girlfriend Elif, who will go after the people who took Ozan’s life.

And in terms of movies, ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ is another one of its most successful titles.

“The feature film was watched by 5.2 million moviegoers in Turkey. Set during the early 1980s during Turkey’s coup d’état period, it tells the heartbreaking story of Memo, who lives with his beloved little daughter and grandmother in an Aegean town,” Okan explained.

In August, the Turkish film premiered in Mexico on Imagen TV, becoming the most successful movie in the network’s history, drawing in over 3 million viewers.

In addition, Inter Medya is also presenting its series ‘The Ambassadors’ Daughter’ at Mipcom, one of the most successful titles of the season, which was already acquired in over 50 territories.

Recently, the company sold the series in Spain, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Costa Rica, “and 5 more countries that we will an-

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nounce shortly,” the CEO revealed, and added: “We are sure interest in it will continue.”

ishing anytime soon. We recently sold ‘The Ambassador’s Daughter’ and ‘Bitter Lands’ in the country and hope that their success will pave the way for other countries.”

‘Ramo’ is another successful drama from the company’s catalog. Inspired by a real person, the drama encompasses the deep conflicts of family and love. And then ‘The Light of Hope’ is a daily drama starring Elizabeth Damla Güvenilir, the child actress from the acclaimed ‘Elif’, “which carries a strong Turkish DNA, with a story that can appeal to audiences everywhere”, he said.

Lastly, the company is presenting its successful drama ‘Bitter Lands’, which was also renewed for a third season and has already been licensed in over 55 territories.

Based on its solid commercial relationships and marketing strategies, Inter Medya senses a great interest in Turkish drama all over Europe, especially in Spain and Italy, but also in newer markets like Portugal. “And I think other countries like France and others in Western Europe will soon follow,” he concluded.

With its premium series ‘Behzat Ç’, in 2019 Inter Medya delved into highend fiction production through a deal with OTT platform, BluTV. And this year, the company continued down this road with the production of ‘Saygı’, a new premium series comprised of 8, 45-minute episodes, starring Nejat İşler, Boran Kuzum and Miray Daner. However, the global pandemic forced Inter Medya to delay production. “We made the decision to postpone the set start date of ‘Saygi’ by a few months,” Okan said. “We try to take the necessary precautions on set in order to protect our cast and crew members and are currently filming. In the meantime, we continuously use the power of social media to promote the title. We are quite excited to see its success both locally and internationally,” he concluded.

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“This online edition of Mipcom will be a unique experience for all of us,” the executive said. “The value of being together with our customers is completely different but we will continue to grow our international presence at Mipcom and also at the upcoming markets by finding new ways to connect with our international clients and promote our business.”

Expanding Onto New Markets In terms of fruitful markets for Inter Medya’s content, Okan highlighted Latin America, a region that “has truly led the way for Turkish distribution in recent years.”

In addition, Spain has also proven to be a market with notable potential for Turkish content. “With several Turkish dramas on air in Spain, we don’t see this trend dimin-

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“Even though the continent suffers from economic and social issues, we are in a good position for our business as our content is still attractive to Latin American viewers,” he added.

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Global Agency

THE CAN YAMAN PHENOMENON REACHES LATAM Iván Sánchez, director of Sales at Global Agency for Latin America, spoke to ttv about the distributor’s new slate for Mipcom+ and its latest sales, including several deals for ‘Daydreamer’ (‘Erkenci Kuş’) in the region.

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little over a year ago, the Divinity network (Mediaset) premiered the Turkish romantic comedy ‘Daydreamer’ (‘Erkenci Kuş’) in Spain. Aired under the local title ‘Pájaro soñador’, the series unleashed a true phenomenon in Spain, creating a major fan base for its leading star, Can Yaman.

Wrong’ (‘Bay Yanlış’), another romantic comedy produced by Gold Film and broadcast

by Fox in Turkey.

And now, as revealed to ttv by Iván Sánchez, director of Sales at Global Agency for Latin America, the phenomenon is about to expand across Latin America.

In terms of drama, the great premiere for the international market will be ‘Ariza’, also from O3 but for Show TV. “This series is doing very well in ratings right now. It only took three episodes,” Sánchez revealed.

Because according to the executive, the series has already been sold in “several” territories in the region, with two of them soon to premiere it: US Hispanic and Ecuador. “‘Daydreamer’ is a case study and not only because of its success on screen, but also on social media and the actor’s many fans.

It has caused a very big impact”, the executive said.

“In Latin America, some networks have already tried a couple of romantic comedies and, although it is true that so far the results are not the same as with the drama, ‘Daydreamer’, due to the power of seduction it has and the attraction to the protagonist, it can be a series that works very well,” he added.

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Along the same lines, the distributor is also presenting ‘Happily Ever After’ at Mipcom, another romantic comedy released just four weeks ago in Turkey. It’s an O3 production, broadcast on Star TV.

Lastly, in regard to fiction, the line up of new titles is completed with ‘Alef’, a short series broadcast on OTT platform, Blu TV which, according to the executive, could work on any Latin American platform.

At the same time, the company has continued to close deals for ‘Evermore’ (also from O3), especially with those channels that have already broadcast ‘A Part of Me’, from the same production company and with the same leading actor.

“In addition, and given the uncertainty that many channels are going through, many request reruns of series that have already been broadcast in the past. In this sense, we have closed the rerun of ‘1001 Nights’ in almost all of Latin America and the same thing is happening with ‘Magnificent Century’,” he explained.

“‘Daydreamer’ is a case study, not only because of its success on screen, but also on social media and the actor’s many fans.”

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”Due to the power of seduction it has and the attraction to the protagonist, ’Daydreamer’ can be a series that works very well.”

“We are already in talks for ‘Good Singers’ in Latin America.

We are talking to several countries such as Mexico, Colombia, US Hispanic, Chile, Argentina.”

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“They base their decision on questions, personality... there is a bit of playback. It is a very funny game show. If they get it right, the prize goes to a charity and if not, it doesn’t matter, because the idea is to have a good time. It is a very familiar format that for a time as sad or as unprecedented as the one we are experiencing now, is super positive”, he concluded.

In addition to Turkish dramas, a genre that Global Agency itself promoted around the world, the distributor also specializes in entertainment.

In this sense, the great new title for this year has been the ‘Good Singers’ format, broadcast with great success in France by TF1 and already sold to various territories internationally.

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“It is an entertainment format that has premiered this year in France and that was spectacular in ratings. They did two specials and we hope they do a full season now. We have also done licenses in countries like Russia and we have chosen it in Italy and Portugal”, he detailed.

The format features two celebrity teams, made up of three celebrities each, which have to distinguish the good singers from the bad ones among 12 contestants, without hearing their voices.

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“And we are already in talks in Latin America. We are talking to several countries such as Mexico, Colombia, US Hispanic, Chile, Argentina. Nothing has been signed yet, but there is a very high interest in the format”, he added.

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DISTRIBUTION

AUDIOVISUAL FROM SPAIN PRESENT AT MIPCOM ONLINE+ ICEX’s umbrella brand has confirmed its presence at the upcoming virtual event, representing Spain through companies such as Atresmedia Televisión, Filmax, Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group, Mediacrest, Movistar+, Onza Distribution, SimpleCloud and Wild Stories.

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udiovisual from Spain, ICEX’s umbrella brand for the international promotion of television content companies, returns to the world of the international markets with a virtual pavilion at Mipcom Online+. This year, the event will be held exclusively online from October 12 to 16, although from October 5 onwards, the contents will be available on the platform and Mip Junior’s online bookstore will be open.

In addition, access to the contents of the online edition will be extended through November 17.

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Companies such as Atresmedia, Filmax, Mediterraneo, Mediaset España Group, Mediacrest, Movistar+, Onza Distribution, SimpleCloud and Wild Stories have confirmed their attendance as exhibitors at the virtual market, through Audiovisual from Spain, in addition to a significant number of companies and regional bodies that will join the pavilion as participants.

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Mip Junior joins Mipcom online+ market where Spanish animation companies will be present. Some of the companies that have already confirmed their participation are All the kids, B-Water, Brands & Rights, IMC TOYS, Imira entertainment, Motion Pictures, Pangur Animation, Planeta Junior, Peekaboo and Zeptolab.

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The pavilion’s exhibitors share a desire to participate in this market because it is the most important of the year, as explained by Silvia Cotino, deputy director of Mediterranean sales for Mediaset España Group: “Mipcom is the flagship market at the international level, so we didn’t hesitate to participate. Our sales expectations are moderate for now, as we do not know how buyers will act because this is a new model for Mipcom”.

Nicolas Lecocq, Head of International Sales for Original Series Movistar+, which has organized its own virtual events in recent months, trusts Mipcom as “a must meeting point in the annual calendar. We anticipate meeting clients from around the world receptive to our content and to our desire to sale directly without a distributor”.

Carlos Garde, Managing Director at Onza Distribution, adds that “Mipcom is the largest television market, the vast majority of buyers attend it and we anticipate that buyers who did not used to attend due to the high cost it may have entailed will attend this virtual edition”.

Regardless, Diana Borbón, Sales Manager for Atresmedia Televisión says that for her company, virtual events have been in general “a very positive experience. At first we resigned ourselves to it because, of course, it isn’t the same and we were used to traveling and meeting people face to face, but later we all embraced it. We have participated in markets that we had not been to before, there have been new ones and they have all offered us a virtual space where we can show our new series, we can meet virtually and enjoy the added value of the traceability of our content”.

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Calinos Entertainment

CALINOS PRESENTS TURKISH VERSION OF ‘THIS IS US’ José Luis Gascue, EVP of International Sales at Calinos Entertainment

‘Better Together’, the Turkish version of ‘This Is Us’, is one of Calinos Entertainment’s big new titles for the international market, as revealed by José Luis Gascue, EVP of International Sales, to ttv.

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s ‘Woman’ continues to flourish in the international market, Calinos Entertainment is already beginning to look to the future, with the addition of new titles to its distribution catalog.

In this regard, one of the company’s biggest new titles is ‘Better Together’ (‘Bir Aile Hikayesi’), the Turkish adaptation of ‘This Is Us’, which comes from its alliance with Fox Turkey.

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“It’s an adaptation of the script for ‘This Is Us’ from the US. It will be more accepted

by Spanish-speaking audiences than the original is.”

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“Fox has been distributing it internationally, but following the Disney acquisition, all sales business was paused. And now we will be in charge of distributing the series,” José Luis Gascue, EVP of International Sales at Calinos Entertainment, said to ttv Produced by Med Yapim, the series’ cast is led by Celil Nalçakan, Songül Öden, Elçin Afacan and Olgun Toker, among others, and it aired in Turkey for two seasons in 2019.

“It’s a short series, with 55 episodes. It’s an adaptation of the script for ‘This Is Us’ from the US. It’s very well produced. It will be more accepted by Spanish-speaking audiences than the original is. Its characters and situations are more relatable for Latin audiences,” he explained.

According to the executive, it’s a series with a closed ending.

And while there’s also another “big new title” still in negotiations, the rest of Calinos Enter-

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tainment’s catalog is made up by some of its classic titles, starting with ‘Woman’, which has now been sold almost all over the world.

“It’s been sold in all of Latin America and Central Europe. There are still a few territories left in Central America: it’s only made it to El Salvador, Honduras and Panama. Now I would like for a network in Portugal to follow in Antena 3’s footsteps and air it. The same in Italy,” he explained.

Thus, the focus will now be ‘Forbidden Fruit’, which fell behind in terms of sales due to the groundbreaking success of ‘Woman’ and ‘Our Story’.

“It’s been scoring notable ratings in Turkey and it’s now in its fourth season. We still have some countries left to sell it in, because we had two very strong product ahead of it: ‘Woman’ and ‘Our Story’. There’s only a certain amount of product that networks can use at the same time,” he said.

In addition, Calinos is continuing with its format sales strategy, which in spite of the pandemic, continues to represent a good opportunity for growth.

“In Romania, we already adapted ‘Forbidden Fruit’ and we will start producing it now in Bulgaria,” he said.

“We would like to continue down this line. A lot of telenovelas have that ability to become formats. ‘Forbidden Fruit’ is perfect. I would

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love for someone in America to adapt it. I believe it would work extremely well,” he added.

In that case, would Calinos be a co-producer? “It’s not something we’ve ruled out, for us to be involved as co-producers if necessary.

But normally we are selling the format under the normal model, as international distributors, etc,” he said.

“I would like for a network in Portugal to follow in Antena 3’s footsteps and air ‘Woman’.”

The catalog of fresh new titles is completed by ‘No: 309’, a romantic comedy also from Fox, already sold in Spain and now waiting for its opportunity in Latin America.

“It’s a soft telenovela, a romantic comedy.

There are countries that lean more towards romantic comedies and other that prefer content that’s purely drama,” he explained.

“There isn’t a space dedicated to Turkish romantic comedy per se in Latin America, but I think it’s something that can be created. Every now and then there’s a season for comedy in the region, and then the usual drama returns. We have to find that moment,” he concluded.

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“There isn’t a space dedicated to Turkish romantic comedy per se in Latin America, but I think it’s something that can be created.”

CALINOS SIGNS VOLUME DEAL WITH ISRAEL’S ACHLA TV

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The Turkish distributor announced an agreement with Israeli channel specialized in Turkish dramas, Turkish Dramas + Channel, owned by Achla TV. Under the new deal, Achla TV will be able to select up to 450 hours of content from the extensive Calinos catalog to air on its network. The first titles set to air in Israel as a result of this agreement are the family drama ‘Forbidden Fruit’ (currently in its fourth season), the romantic comedy ‘No: 309’, starring Furkan Palalı and Demet Özdemir, and more than 25 Turkish films in a wide variety of genres.

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IBEROAMERICA

10 BOOKS THAT WILL BECOME PREMIUM SERIES Literature stands as one of the main sources of inspiration for TV series, with a recent rise in Spanish-language fiction series based on books. Personal discoveries, historic conflicts or journalistic investigations: up next, ttv highlights 10 projects from Latin America and Spain that will soon hit the small screen. ttv Magazine

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ble trends in Latin American fiction (along with co-production alliances and the export of scripted formats) the increase in series based on books, which already reached 9% of those produced in the region.

In fact, in its Fresh TV Drama conference at MipCancun 2019, consulting firm The Wit highlighted as one of the three most nota-

Faced with unprecedented levels of demand for new series, the commitment to best-sellers, classic works or unknown gems can mean, on the one hand, saving

iterature, a classic source of stories for audiovisual fiction, has experienced a revival in recent years as part of the avalanche of series in Spanish announced by production companies or screens.

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PATRIA

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Book: Patria, by Fernando Aramburu (2016) Country: Spain Producer: Alea Media Screen: HBO Europe

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8 50-minute episode series. The highly anticipated original production by HBO Spain tells the story of the Basque Country, which for three decades was threatened by ETA’s separatist terrorism. Through its protagonists -two families divided by the consequences of terrorism- the fiction narrates how ordinary people live in the context of a conflict that, despite being local, has many elements in common with any confrontation in many parts of the world.

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time and taking a more measured risk, and on the other, having an audience in advance, as there is already a community of expectant readers.

In the following report, ttv presents 10 outstanding projects of Ibero-American series that are in different stages of development or production, and that are inspired by literary works.

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INÉS DEL ALMA MÍA

Book: La auténtica Odessa: la fuga nazi a la Argentina de Perón,

by Uki Goñi (2002) Country: Argentina Producer: BTF Media Screen: TBD

Book: Inés del alma mía,

by Isabel Allende (2006) Country: Chile, Spain Producer: Chilevisión, RTVE, Boomerang TV Screen: Amazon Prime Video, TVE, Chilevisión

The book is the result of a long investigation by Goñi, who had access to archives of the Argentine, Swiss, American, British and Belgian governments. It narrates the way in which Nazi high command found refuge in Argentina, and how way the escape mechanisms were organized, with the enthusiastic support of President Juan Domingo Perón himself.

In 8 episodes, the series tells the story of Inés Suárez, a young and audacious woman from Extremadura who sets sail for the New World in search of her lost husband on the other side of the Atlantic, with dreams of having a life of adventure.

In the Indies she will discover the true love of her life, the famous Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia. Together they will embark on an adventure that will make them the main architects of the birth of a nation. Her vital journey will transport the audience in time and space from Plasencia in the 16th century to the colorful viceregal Peru of Pizarro, through the wild jungles of Panama and the desolate beauty of the Atacama desert in Chile.

“Along with co-production alliances and exports of scripted formats, the increase in series based on books was highlighted

by The Wit as one of the three main fiction trends in Latin America.”

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DIME QUIÉN SOY

Book: El filo de tu piel,

by José Ignacio Valenzuela (2006) Country: LatAm Producer: Sony Pictures Television Latin America Screen: TBD

Book: Noticia de un secuestro, by Gabriel García Márquez (1996) Country: Colombia Producer: Invercine & Wood, AGC Television Screen: Amazon Prime Video

Book: Dime quién soy, by Julia Navarro (2010) Country: Spain, US Hispanic Producer: DLO Producciones, Telemundo International Studios Screen: Movistar+, Telemundo

An innocent trip to New York changes the life of Diego Valderrama, who in this city meets Ulises, a Puerto Rican who has survived the madness of the nights in Chelsea, the seductive New York neighborhood. What for Diego seems, at last, like he’s finding his place in the world, is transformed into a telluric love, which will lead him to rethink his self-esteem and his destiny. A novel that delves into a love disguised as definitive and a man in search of his identity.

Limited series of 6 one-hour episodes, based on the non-fiction bestseller by the legendary Gabriel García Márquez.

It tells the thrilling, suspenseful story of the ordeal of a small group of individuals captured in 1990 by Colombian drug lords, and the extraordinary efforts of their loved ones to free them.

Series of 9 50-minute episodes. Through a book that he receives at his small publishing house, Javier will learn about the turbulent biography of Amelia Garayoa, a woman who, driven by her ideals, leaves her entire life behind to fight for freedom. Due to the encounter with the four men who mark her life, Amelia will be involved in the most relevant events in the history of the 20th century, from the Franco uprising to the liberation of Berlin; going through the communist rise in Stalin’s Moscow, the barbarism of the Warsaw of the ghettos, the Rome of the last years of the Duce or the decline of Nazi Germany in occupied Athens.

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Book: Corazón sicario,

by Gibrán Valle Alarcón (2016) Country: Mexico Producer: Infinito Studios, Ledafilms Screen: TBD From an altar boy he becomes a santero, until he thinks he has found his place as a hitman for Sebastián, one of Mexico City’s drug trafficking leaders. For the first time, he does not feel alone. Sometimes life leads you to believe that you can find happiness in unexpected places and circumstances.

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IOSI, EL ESPÍA ARREPENTIDO

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Book: Book: Iosi, el espía arrepentido, by Horacio Lutzky and Miriam Lewin (2015) Country: Argentina Producer: Oficina Burman (The Mediapro Studio) Screen: Amazon Prime Video

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Series of 8 one-hour episodes, based on true events. This thriller follows the story of a young Argentine intelligence agent, on a mission of redemption after he infiltrates a Jewish community for many years to gather information that is said to have later been used to carry out two of the worst terrorist attacks in the country. history of Latin America, leaving more than 100 dead.

EL DIRECTOR Book: El Director: Secretos e intrigas de la prensa narrados por el exdirector de El Mundo,

by David Jiménez (2019) Country: Spain Producer: Fremantle Spain Screen: TBD In 2015, David Jiménez was appointed editor of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, after two decades covering conflicts, revolutions and natural disasters around the world. What seemed like an exciting challenge soon turned into a battle to defend independence against the political and economic establishments determined to bring it down. 366 editions of the newspaper later, he was fired. It would be the beginning of an unprecedented legal battle in which the author challenged the system and broke a code of silence, exposing an alliance of political parties, large corporations and media executives working to suppress press freedom in the country.

LA COCINERA DE CASTAMAR Book: La cocinera de Castamar,

by Fernando J. Múñez (2019) Country: Spain Producer: Atresmedia Studios Screen: Antena 3, Atresplayer Premium Set in Madrid in 1720, it tells the story of Clara Belmonte and Diego, the Duke of Castamar, both with a painful past, but whose lives will change when they meet.

They will have to fight against one of the great obstacles of the time if they want to be together: the difference between classes, in addition to facing Enrique de Arcona’s thirst for revenge.

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CANAL+ ACQUIRES ‘PATRIA’ FROM HBO SPAIN

HBO SPAIN SERIES ‘Patria’ has secured its first international screen. As revealed by C21, the fiction based on the novel by Fernando Aramburu will premiere on French pay TV through Canal+. HBO premiered the series on September 27 simultaneously in the 21 territories in which HBO Europe operates, including Spain. In Latin America, it will air on HBO in 40 countries and will be available on HBO Go. In the US, it will be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand, HBO Latino and other partner streaming platforms.

LATIN AMERICA

‘DIGNITY’ TO PREMIERE ON AMAZON

MEGAMEDIA, the most important communications holding company in Chile, and Amazon Prime Video announced the premiere of ‘Dignidad’ (‘Dignity’), a ChileGermany co-production that is arriving in Chile and Latin America. Set in Southern Chile, the series tells the story of a mysterious Germanic cult called Colonia Dignidad, founded by a former Nazi soldier, the late Paul Schäfer, and the complicated challenge for a young lawyer to bring him to justice. It has eight episodes and is directed by the Chilean Julio Jorquera. The fiction was made in Chile by film and television production company, Invercine & Wood, and by German production company Story House Pictures, in co-production with the TV fund CNTV and the Mega channel. Its international distribution is in led by Red Arrow Studios.

AWARDS

HBO AND ‘SCHITT’S CREEK’ SWEEP HISTORIC EMMYS THE 72ND EDITION OF THE EMMY AWARDS will go down in history for several reasons. The most obvious: it was the strangest gala ever held.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted a ceremony that connected with video calls to more than 100 different locations. But these Emmys also offered other facts that will remain in history. The most striking has a name: ‘Schitt’s Creek’. In its sixth season, the Canadian series created by Daniel Levy achieved the impossible. With a total of 7 awards (which were added to two other Creative Arts Emmys), it marked the first time that a single series won in all comedy categories: best series, best leading actor, best leading actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best director and best screenplay.

The other big prizes went to two HBO series: ‘Succession’ excelled in the drama categories, including wins for best series and best actor for Jeremy Strong; while ‘Watchmen’ was voted best limited series.

In addition, it was the title with the highest number of awards: 11.

‘SÚBETE A MI MOTO’ SETS PREMIERE DATE ON AMAZON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO announced that ‘Súbete a mi moto’, the 15-episode series about Puerto Rican group Menudo, will premiere on October 9. Produced by Somos Productions, Endemol Shine Boomdog and Piñolywood Studios, the series will be available to Prime Video subscribers in Mexico and Latin America as an Amazon Exclusive. With 15 60-minute episodes, the series was shot in Puerto Rico and Mexico with the participation of Yamil Ureña and Braulio Castillo as Edgardo Díaz, Sian Chiong as Joselo Vega, Marisol Calero as Doña Panchi, Josette Vidal as Julieta Torres, and Rocío Verdejo as Renata Torres.

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Over the last few years, revivals of classic series -whether with the same characters and actors, or through completely new versions- have become a solid trend in the US, as well as in Spain. In LatAm, while there are a few examples, there is plenty of untapped potential.

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CLASSIC IPS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOREL The Queen of the South Telemundo

“In Latin America, these days the nostalgia effect is becoming evident in the surprising results registered by reruns of classic series on broadcast TV screens in countries like Chile, Argentina and Colombia.”

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evivals of successful franchises, years after their original broadcast, is not something new on TV. However, the explosion of streaming platforms in recent years generated many new productions in this genre and caused the trend to spread from the US to other countries.

Thus, we are witnessing more and more updated versions of iconic series, whether in the form of revivals (a continuation of the original story, with the same characters), reboots (same premise, story and different characters) or remakes (an adaptation that’s faithful to the story original, usually in another territory).

In the US, the phenomenon covers practically all genres and screens.

Because while linear TV seemed to be the creator of this boom -as a way to retain/ win back viewers in the face of new digital offers-, and we saw examples such as ‘Roseanne’(ABC), ‘The X-Files’ (Fox), ‘Will & Grace’ (NBC), ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ (Showtime) or ‘Mad About You’ (Spectrum); the wave quickly engulfed the streaming world as well, with examples such as ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ (CBS All Access), ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ (Netflix), ‘Veronica Mars’ (Hulu), ‘Amazing Stories’ (Apple TV+), ‘Punki Brewster’ (Peacock), and many others.

At the same time, new streaming services are using strong IPs to add subscribers. As a paradigmatic case, HBO Max has heated up its arrival with the promise of a special meeting of ‘Friends’ and the announcement of a new episode of ‘The West Wing of the White House’, to encourage voting in the US presidential elections.

In May, during the presentation of its new series for the 2020/21 season, the Hispanic network announced two other new versions of past series.

On the one hand, Telemundo Global Studios will produce ‘Buscando a Frida’, inspired by

Univision, meanwhile, has also commissioned several new versions of old classics in the US, led by Televisa, which did the same in Mexico.

The bet was part of the launch of the ‘Fábrica de sueños’, an anthology of 12 serial dramas produced by Televisa Estudios, which aims to “revive and update the most successful telenovelas of the last decades”, in short format (25 episodes), with current plots and a leap in audiovisual quality.

Thus, in 2019 ‘La usurpadora’, ‘Cuna de lobos’ and ‘Rubí’ were released. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Patricio Wills told ttv that in 2020 they would be followed by ‘El privilegio de amar’, ‘Los ricos también lloran’ and ‘El maleficio’, but surely we will have to wait a little longer to see them on screen.

Spain is no stranger to the phenomenon.

Atresmedia leads the way, with three expected returns in production.

This August, Globomedia (The Mediapro Studio) began filming the revival of ‘Los Hombres de Paco’, a series that Antena 3 premiered in 2005 and its success led it to continue on screen until 2010, for nine seasons.

With the same protagonists, the new series will return to Antena 3.

“Perhaps it is time for the Latin American region to bet on updating and bringing back some of its great and most beloved fiction series.”

In addition, Globomedia and Buendía Estudios (the new joint venture of Atresmedia and Telefónica, which absorbed all the productions of Atresmedia Studios) are producing the reboot of ‘El internado’, a youth phenomenon on Antena 3 between 2007 and 2010, which returns with other characters and plots (it’s titled ‘El internado: Las Cumbres’), and it will be an Amazon Exclusive.

Lastly, Buendía Estudios confirmed the miniseries ‘FoQ: el reencuentro’, a revival of ‘Física o Química’ series, another of the great teen classics aired on Antena 3, for the OTT platform Atresplayer Premium. In this case, the new fiction will bring back the same characters.

FRANCHISE VALUE + NOSTALGIA: While creators might be accused of a lack of creativity, the reality is that there are plenty of advantages to betting on a successful classic franchise.

It will always be a lower risk to resort to an IP that has already proven to be robust, that has a community of followers already established, and with the expectation generated through the years.

And that’s where the so-called “nostalgia effect” comes in. That community, which has aged a few years, turns to those worlds and those characters to feel, even for a moment, that those wonderful times are not as far away as they thought.

Iván Escobar, Spanish showrunner behind hits like ‘Vis a vis’ or ‘El barco’, summed up this phenomenon to ttv: “There are platforms that launch 20 or 30 series a week (…)

Yet, when we are overwhelmed, we turn to our beloved series, to titles that have accompanied us in our childhood and whose universes remind us of when, I don’t know if we were, but we thought we were better”.

In Latin America, these days the nostalgia effect is becoming evident in the surprising results registered by reruns of classic series on broadcast TV screens in Chile, Argentina and Colombia, which came as a solution to the halt in production caused by the pandemic.

Perhaps it is time for the region to bet on updating and bringing back some of its great and most beloved fiction series.

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And, in the US Hispanic market, Telemundo has also been betting on reviving old powerful brands. In 2019 they premiered ‘Betty in NY’, a renewed version of the classic ‘Ugly Betty’, as well as the very successful ‘The Queen of the South’, which continued the story eight years after having finished its first season.

the popular ‘¿Donde está Elisa?’, which will narrate how the disappearance of a 16-yearold girl unmasks a high-class family that is far from being perfect. And, on the other hand, the NBCUniversal network is running a modern adaptation of ‘Café con aroma de mujer’, 26 years after it became a television phenomenon around the world. Produced

by RCN Colombia, the new fiction will star William Levy and Carmen Villalobos.

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Zasha Robles, General Director of Spiral International

BEHIND THE SCENES OF ‘TODA LA SANGRE’ In the following interview with ttv, Zasha Robles, General Director of Spiral International, shares details about the development and production plans for ‘Toda la sangre’, StarzPlay’s original Mexican series, produced in alliance with Fremantle and Pantaya.

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his year, Spiral International announced the project ‘Toda la sangre’, an original series of 10 episodes in alliance with streaming services StarzPlay in LatAm and Pantaya in the US.

companies that have a very great knowledge to create an international story that has legs that go outside of Latin America and travel to Europe and the rest of the world.

Then, the announcement took on a new dimension, by confirming Fremantle Mexico as the production house of the project and Fremantle International as an international distribution partner, except in the Americas.

We are simply the vehicle as this agreement is due to content. To the wonderful novel by Bernardo Esquinca, a Mexican author who has sold more than 100,000 copies in Mexico and has created this saga of the character Casasola.

In dialogue with ttv, Zasha Robles, CEO of Spiral International, shares details about the development and production process that this psychological thriller will take, based on the Casasola saga by Mexican author Bernardo Esquinca.

How did the ‘Toda la sangre’ project come about? The project was born with my reading of the novel. When reading the work we immediately began to think about how to create a proposal and take it to the author to take the novel to the small screen. We develop the idea internally and start making the sale until we get to these screens to make it come true.

What does this deal with StarzPlay mean for Spiral, Pantaya? For us it is an honor to be able to work for one of the premium TV brands in the US in its international digital platform that today reaches more than 50 countries in the world, which is StarzPlay; in conjunction with Pantaya, which offers a selection of highly curated content for the US Spanish-speaking audience.

This first announcement has been joined by the alliance with Fremantle Mexico and Fremantle International as co-producers... We needed a strong partner to carry this series forward locally and who could also bring international knowledge.

That’s where Fremantle International comes in. Pantaya leads the distribution in the US, Starz / Liongsate leads the distribution -through StarzPlay- in Latin America and Fremantle will carry the international distribution in the remaining countries outside the Americas.

“We developed the idea internally and began to pitch it until we reached these screens to make it come true.”

It is an important announcement for us because it marks a milestone in the history of Spiral, working with these types of large

What phase is the project in? We are in full development stage. It is a long process due to the density of the material. There is a lot of content that talks about pre-colonial history.

All Aztec mythology. With a ritual assassin as the main character. We are planning a series of 10, 50-minute episodes, which is the right number of episodes to capture the story we want to tell.

Fremantle Mexico is going to take it forward with its new fiction team, led by Coty Cagliolo, who runs the Mexico operation and runs it like a Swiss watch. We have worked with her before and she is a crack as she runs her operation. And from the hand of the talented Manuel Martí who just joined the group about 7 months ago. They are both great executives in the industry. So far it has been a delight to work with them.

How is the writing team of the project integrated? The author is one hundred percent involved in the development of his novel. He is a leader who is helping us investigate the psychology of his characters who are incredibly rich in complexity. To join the team of scriptwriters we had the Mexican writer Rodrigo Ordoñez [‘This is not Berlin’]; together with another great writer, Santiago Roncagliolo, author of the novel Abril Rojo that won the Alfaguara Prize.

‘Toda la sangre’ is part of a saga, why did you decide on this third installment in particular? The third novel has some elements that are very suitable to get us into the world of Mexican culture, where the Mexican is really proud of an ancient history.

It integrates all this culture within the psychological thriller.

Taking into account the current situation, what is the estimated production plan and schedule? The production will be in Mexico City, which is where the story is born and where it has to develop. How long and when do we plan to start? It’s anyone’s guess. We typically have a development and delivery period of about 18 months. Today we have all these uncertainties that we have to decipher.

Ideally we would like to start filming in early 2021, to deliver it by the end of 2021. We have been ‘lucky’ to have all this time to develop and redevelop the whole story to have something completely finished and start filming.

ect in Latin America. In terms of international production it was our fourth project. He had already participated as executive producer of the series ‘The Hundred Code’ with Bobby Moresco that won two Oscars… We have worked on drama series before. We were lucky that the first series in Latin America was awarded the Emmy award.

“Latin American content has something very interesting to offer, because in Latin America, like the US, there is the concept of a melting pot; of a pot with a lot of cultures cooking together.”

What is the current state of the distribution business? This year has been complex.

I believe that the pandemic has been an accelerator of everything that was about to happen five years from now. It has brought the future to the present. Nobody is prepared for what is going to happen. It can be estimated, but nobody is prepared. This year has been a learning experience for all and, especially for us.

We have been fortunate to have a lot of new material in the library, along with partners who supply us with that content, both animation and fiction and non-fiction. And we have managed to close certain agreements that help us to have a little oxygen. Distribution is an important business line for us as well as post-production.

Returning to the ‘Toda la sangre’ project, what are the elements that make the story have the potential to travel internationally? First of all, Latin American content has

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How does the process of defining the technical team and the cast come about?

We are in the middle of the interview process and defining who will be the members from the technical and artistic side, outside of the members from the writing part.

Is Spiral International involved in all the project processes? As with the ‘Falco’ experience, we take projects from the beginning.

We are present from the pre-financing, the development and all the different stages of production, the final delivery and after the sale and distribution.

In this sense, ‘Falco’ was Spiral’s first premium series project in the region and won an International Emmy. How do you evaluate the experience and what lessons have you learned? ‘Falco’ was our first proj-

When you talk about the keys to producing, you have to find a topic that you are passionate about, surround yourself with a firstrate team, and know how to listen to your partners. All we can do is assemble a team, from the members of our Miami office to the members and partners who have decided to bet on this story. For us, less content is more and that is why we like to get involved in a project from start to finish.

something very interesting to offer, because in Latin America, like the US, there is the concept of melting pot; of a pot with a lot of cultures cooking. This story adds an ancient concept. Mexican culture goes in parallel with other cultures such as Egyptian. And these stories intrigue everyone. And when you bring out all this culture, you not only touch the heart of those who know it, but also the interest of the rest of the cultures.

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Today there is a real battle to get hold of the best talents in the region... Yes, the industry is definitely in a production boom in Latin America and we have to sell at all levels. The sale did not end after we placed the series, but we have to continue selling it to those who will be part of the team. It is not an easy subject. What does help is once the team has been formed, that brings more names and more interesting people. It is like a snowball. It is something that takes time.

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n a truly one-of-a-kind year for the TV industry, international distributor Snap Media is strengthening its content offer and making it more flexible, to be able to meet international buyers’ needs, especially from free TV networks.

“This has been a special year for everyone.

Not only because of the pandemic and its consequences, but also because of how the industry has changed and evolved towards on-demand, making the distribution business change notably,” Ariel Tobi, CEO of Snap Media, said to ttv.

In this context and keeping in mind how fast the entertainment industry is changing in general, the executive said digital platforms “have compensated for the drop in free TV.”

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Snap Media is strengthening its 2020 catalog with big series and independent films, in addition to adding new titles from MarVista Entertainment and Hemisphere Media Group.

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“There was a significant increase in platforms and this makes distribution grow. We believe this trend will continue and there generate a distribution circuit, mainly on the pay TV sector,” he explained.

Because of this, Snap Media has been cautious and meticulous in terms of curating its content catalog.

“We were very careful when confirming acquisitions for new titles to distribute. And we are now preparing a new slate to present in

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the upcoming markets, mainly at Natpe Miami 2021,” he revealed.

And for this year and the upcoming months, Snap Media has added a total of 20+ new hours of shows, including titles such as ‘Adventure of a Boy Genius’, ‘The Magic Kids - Three Unlikely Heroes’ and ‘Four Enchanted Sisters’.

This, in addition to a selection of MarVista Entertainment productions, including ‘7 Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss’, ‘Love at Look Lodge’, ‘The Christmas Ball’, ‘Going for Gold’, ‘Next Level’ and ‘Lift Me Up’.

Furthermore, the company is presenting Hemisphere Media Group titles such as ‘Chaparreando’, ‘Dos veces tú’ and ‘Que Leones’, the second film for Puerto Rico’s Ozuna.

And to complement its catalog of TV series and productions, Snap Media is also offering a vast collection of family films. “We are working on an alliance with a film distributor to be able to offer more mainstream titles,” he said.

Ariel Tobi,

CEO of Snap Media “We are very in tune with free TV networks’ content and financial needs, to be able to become an ally during these difficult times,” he concluded.”

“We see networks are starting to renew their slate after a difficult year. We see free TV networks slowly beginning to get ready for 2021 and look for content for the near future. We are very in tune with their content and financial needs, to be able to become an ally during these difficult times,” he concluded.

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Margie Moreno, Head of LatAm Originals at YouTube and Arturo Yépez, CEO of Touché Films

ENCHUFE.TV LAUNCHES ‘MORTAL GLITCH’ The Ecuadorian YouTube channel launched its first original fiction series, made up of 5 30-minute episodes, available worldwide as of September 2nd.

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of the creation of the first YouTube Originals production in Ecuador, starring Antonella Valeriano, Orlando Herrera and Diego Ulloa.

As an introduction, how did Enchufe. tv and Touché Films come about? Arturo Yépez (AY): Touché Films was born nine years ago from four youngsters recently graduated from Film School who wanted to create different content. In Latin America we have positioned ourselves as producers of auteur cinema, that festival cinema, very niche; and not as producers of entertainment, especially humor.

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“Work began on this idea of the universe of video games, where a secondary character comes to life and goes against their programming to search for something else, in the universe of 16-bit video games.”

MARGIE MORENO,

HEAD OF LATAM ORIGINALS AT YOUTUBE

“There is no standard for how we distribute content.”

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n September 2, YouTube Originals and Touché Films, the production company behind Enchufe.tv, one of the most important comedy channels in Latin America, launched ‘Mortal Glitch’, a fantasy and humor series of five 30-minute episodes, full of excitement and adventure.

In dialogue with ttv, Margie Moreno, Head of LatAm Originals for YouTube, and Arturo Yépez, CEO of Touché Films, shared details

They worked on the Enchufe.tv project, a series of sketches, and presented it to all the TV channels in Ecuador and, one by one, they rejected the project. And they found on YouTube that opportunity to generate content without anyone telling them how to do it and with a very own and local idea, telling those stories as we young people in Latin America speak.

Enchufe.tv began to grow rapidly on YouTube, a platform that allowed content to be processed and monetized in order to reinvest in it. A very close relationship is generated with YouTube, which takes great care of its creators at the moment that Enchufe. tv becomes an important channel with an important community.

There was always the idea of making a movie. In 2015, work began on the project of the feature film Dedicada a mi ex, which was filmed in 2017 and premiered in 2019 in Latin America. This is Enchufe.tv’s first premium product. And at that point, Enchufe.tv begins an approach with YouTube Originals.

How many subscribers does Enchufe.tv have today? AY: There are 23.4 million as of today.

How did the ‘Mortal Glitch’ project come about? AY: The director and creator of ‘Mortal Glitch’ is Christian Moya, one of the founders of Touché Films and a fan of video games. He was one of the sketch directors, very close to the creative area. And he proposes something with the spirit that Touché always had to break with what we were doing. Work began on this idea of the universe of video games, where a secondary character comes to life and goes against his programming to search for something else, in the universe of 16-bit video games. I think it is a metaphor for what a teenagers experience in today’s world.

How does this project get to YouTube Originals? Margie Moreno (MM): We began to have conversations with Enchufe, which we already knew as a great channel on YouTube, when they proposed the ‘Mortal Glitch’ project to us under the idea of taking the universe of video games from the vision of someone who loves video games 90’s and create it with a different perspective.

From the YouTube Originals side, it allowed us to do an interesting new project with creators who are loved on YouTube and who have never been presented in this way to their fans. I’m talking about a great production, with great sets and great visual effects, but based on the strength of Enchufe.tv, which is comedy.

What we are always looking for is how to take an idea born from the creative talent of the region and that speaks for the region, but that also allows it to grow towards an international audience. We are very excited about the concept and decided to invest as partners in the development of Enchufe and Touché project.

Two elements that were fundamental in the story and that there is not yet a large capacity installed in Ecuador, is that of visual effects and risk scenes. We found the 3DAR company in Argentina with whom we made the visuals and the Rolling Stunts company in Colombia who sent the professionals for the stunts. It was a collaborative process where it was always essential that the creative part be born in Ecuador, relying on the technique, knowledge and experience of these companies.

How many talents are participating on screen? AY: There are about 35 actors who have lines in the series and about 250 extras who participated in the massive scenes of the series.

The launch will be on September 2. In what modalities will it be available on YouTube?

MM: Last year we started with a new distribution model. We were making things available for free to anyone with access to YouTube, under an advertising model: 2 billion subscribers worldwide with access to YouTube Originals content. As for the launch, if you are a YouTube Premium subscriber, you can watch all the episodes on the same launch day, September 2. Otherwise, you can wait for the release of each episode on Tuesdays.

What stories does YouTube Originals seek to develop in Latin America? MM: We are obviously looking to make the region grow.

The type of content we are looking for is that the concept is relevant to audiences.

It can be scripted, it can be a documentary or a short format. One of the unique things about YouTube Originals is that there is no definition.

We can do content like the one we did with Justin Bieber a few weeks ago, where we have 5 or 10 minute episodes. There is no standard for how we distribute content. At the same time, we can create an event like we did in Mexico with Aislados. It can be a unique event to talk about topics that are relevant to the region and tell it from a special perspective.

The two most important things about YouTube Originals is that we are looking for voices that tell unique and new stories, but with the flexibility to do so in different ways, especially when it comes from the talent available in Latin America. I believe that it is an incredible opportunity for the type of content that you want to create in the region and make it available to larger audiences.

How has ‘Mortal Glitch’ been promoted at the launch? AY: We have done an interesting campaign together with YouTube. We did the launch of a promo, then we released the trailer that tells a little more about the story

and the tone, and we made a real adventure game within the virtual world, where we put several tests to the audience so that they could get to know the elements and the story’s characters.

How has the feedback been to date? AY: It’s really funny because Enchufe.tv’s audience is extremely frontal. When we launched the promo there were comments like: Is it a movie? A series? Much curiosity and conversation. It’s really nice to see how people start to respond to the quality of the trailer. There has been a very nice reaction.

What other fiction projects does Touché have in development? AY: In 2019, we set up a development area and set ourselves the goal of generating IPs and projects for premium series and movies. After the premiere of ‘Mortal Glitch’ we will announce a couple of projects that are already closing with other platforms. It has been an interesting year.

We have managed to draw attention to what we can do.

How do you see Latin America and its ability to satisfy the demand for glocal content by big players like YouTube? MM: It is a very exciting time. Those of us working in the region know the incredible talent that is available and the quality of content that can be developed. Now there are more platforms that are investing in the region, not only focusing their content strategy, but also opening offices that are allowing local content to grow in the territory and how to make it grow in the international market. As Arturo said: before Latin America was known for its films; It is now recognized for having a business model with all types of content and that grows in all markets. Now the little creators are having their chance.

What is the strategy to discover those creators? MM: We are very lucky because YouTube has offices throughout Latin America.

We have what we call Partner Managers who work with local talent, channels and media that we talk to on a daily basis. They bring us ideas based on the conversations they have in the region. It is very important to know what kind of stories are relevant in the region. That is an advantage YouTube has over other companies. And at the same time, like other traditional platforms, they send me projects from all over Latin America.

What other local projects is YouTube Originals developing? MM: We have a new project that we are going to announce in about three weeks. More recently, we made the documentary Isolated, which was made in the middle of the quarantine, from the perspective of different Latin American content creators who live in different countries of the world. We work with music artists like Maluma. Those are some examples.

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The series has a very interesting visual component. How was the production process and, in particular, the post-production process? AY: Ecuador is a diverse country, with amazing landscapes and we had the technical and artistic capacity to conceive what was being proposed on paper. The project closed at the beginning of 2019 and we filmed in November and December and some scenes in January of this year. We started post-production just two weeks before the pandemic hits and locks us all in, and we entered this process of doing the post remotely.

Is the cast Ecuadorian or is there also participation from countries in the region?

AY: The majority of the talent is Ecuadorian.

We have three cameos from youtubers in which 2 are international and the other is a gamer from Ecuador called Raptor Gamer, but the talent is Ecuadorian. The base of the audience connects with the faces of Enchufe. tv. We also did a nationwide casting looking for theater, TV and film actors. The protagonist Antonella Valeriano comes from cinema and theater. It was a very long and meticulous process to find the actors.

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BURDEN OF TRUTH (Drama - 10 x 60’) Burden of Truth follows Joanna Chang (Kristin Kreuk, Smallville), a ruthless, big-city corporate lawyer as she tackles high profile cases with ties to her small hometown of Millwood.

Alongside her former high school classmate Billy Crawford (Peter Mooney, Rookie Blue, Heroes Reborn), Joanna fights for her clients whilst also unearthing dark secrets from her past.

NURSES (Drama - 10 x 60’) Nurses is a high-stakes, ensemble medical drama set in the emergency unit of St. Mary’s Hospital. Five newly appointed nurses must navigate the traumatic and emotional rollercoaster of modern nursing while trying not to let their personal lives seep into their life-and-death work.

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James Mill, Sales and Marketing Executive

After her husband’s suicide, a woman and her daughters move to Brigida, a small town that is about to bring back the pagan festivities of Ivana Kupala, which had been banned 30 years before. But terrifying events, along witha dangerous ritual of transmigration of souls, unsettle the community and bring to light the secrets of a crime that ties three families’ destinies through time. In this supernatural thriller full of mysticism, the mysteries mount up in a complex puzzle until the shocking revelation of what connects them all.

ARUANAS (Telenovela - 10 x 60’) Three idealistic friends set up Aruana, an NGO that investigates the activities of a miningcompany operating in the Amazon rainforest. It is a place of harsh reality where strange events occur. The activists, each one following their own investigative leads, have come up with a plethora of evidence revealing environmental crimes.While these women unravel a dangerous web of crimes and secrets, they also must deal with their own ghosts and personal dramas.

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Vanessa Cruz, Manager, International Distribution

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Xavier Aristimuño, VP, Licensing

James Mill, Sales and Marketing Executive

Angella Colla, Sales Director

UNSOUL (Series - 10 x 60’)

HBO LATIN AMERICA

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Carolina Den Baas, Director, Sales, International Distribution, Central Europe & Russia

The Bronze Garden

BLOODLANDS (Drama - 4 x 60’) Created by new writer Chris Brandon and executive produced by acclaimed showrunner Jed Mercurio. When an expensive car is pulled from the sea, veteran Northern Ireland police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt - The Missing, Cold Feet) instantly sees the connection to an infamous cold case that holds enormous personal significance for him. Bloodlands follows Tom Brannick’s obsessive campaign to identify and unmask the semi-mythical figure behind the case – code-named Goliath, after the giant shipyard cranes, Samson and Goliath that dominate the Belfast skyline. It contrasts an aspirational urban landscape of new buildings and up-market restaurants with a beautiful, timeless and sometimes unforgiving landscape.

KATE & KOJI (Drama - 6 x 30’) From the creators of Outnumbered and What We Did on Our Holiday, comes this entertaining studio sitcom series, starring Golden Globe winner Brenda Blethyn (Vera, Secrets & Lies). Kate (Brenda Blethyn) runs a small café in a neglected seaside town.

Once a thriving concern, the cafe is now on the brink of going under. Kate develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with highly-educated, African doctor, Koji (Jimmy Akingbola – In the Long Run) who is seeking asylum. Although from very different worlds, a symbiotic relationship is born between this oddest of odd couples.

THE BRONZE GARDEN (Drama - 8 x 60’) Based on the book of the same name by Gustavo Malajovich, ‘The Bronze Garden’ follows the desperate struggle of architect Fabián Danubio to find his daughter, Moira, who has disappeared inexplicably and without a trace.

Getting no answers from the police, Fabián decides to take matters into his own hands, conducting the search investigation himself.

In the second season, the plot follows Fabián and Moira’s life after reuniting. They each struggle to fight their own internal battles following everything they’ve been through, while Fabián decides to take on another case.

THE BUSINESS (O NEGÓCIO) (Drama - 13 x 60’) The Business follows the daily lives of Karin, Luna, Magali and Mia, four luxury escorts who come together with the common goal of revolutionizing the world’s oldest profession.

With the use of different marketing strategies to gain territory in the market, and establishing their own company, “Oceano Azul,” these girls deal with the most unexpected situations, while dealing with their own internal conflicts.

SR. ÁVILA (Drama - 10 x 60’) The International Emmy award-winning series Sr. Ávila follows the story of Roberto Ávila, a tormented man living a double life as a criminal and a family man. A very complex character, Ávila gets involved in an underground web of contract killings and ends up appointed the head of the organization.

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Adventures Of A Boy Genius

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The Rurik Dynasty

Dos Lagos

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STAR MEDIA

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Bld. 1, 31 Nizhniye Polia Str., Russia, Moscow (+7 499) 356 54 00 www.starmediafilm.com

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Diana Coifman, VP Sales & Distribution Sonia Stanko, Sales Executive

Ksenia Kalistratova, Head of Sales, Russia William J Peck, Head of Sales, UK

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Ariel Tobi, SVP Production & Distribution

Vlad Ryashin, CEO

The Internationals… Connection Buenos Aires

TV AZTECA INTERNATIONAL Periférico Sur 4121, Col. Fuentes del Pedregal, C.P. 14140, México, CDMX (+5255) 5166 2330 jrico@tvazteca.com.mx tvaztecainternacional.com

THE RURIK DYNASTY (Drama - 8 x 52’)

Emmett is a popular junior at Heart High School. He also happens to be a highly imaginative twelve-year-old genius. After his brother Luke, also a junior and Emmett’s best friend, is accused of being involved in a rash of thefts at school, Emmett must find a way to prove his innocence before their mom ships Luke off to boarding school.

Conquest and the struggle of power, victory and defeat, love and betrayal, the rise of culture and the ashes of conflagration – these are just some of the elements of the Rurik dynasty.

FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS (Family - 97’)

Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals. Yakov is a materialist, and his relationship with Anna is very complex in the beginning. However, in time their rivalry transforms into friendship, and later, into love.

Four sisters with magical powers, but only together they are strong enough to fight against Glenda, mistress of the black arts, who tries to separate the sisters and wants to take over control of their home, Cantrip Towers, and it’s magical fountain.

MAGIC KIDS - THREE UNLIKELY HÉROES (Family - 90’)

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Three magical losers - a vampire who can’t take the sight of blood, a fairy with a fear of flying and a werewolf allergic to animal hair - square up against an infernal opponent and win the greatest of all possible victories: accepting themselves as they are.

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DETECTIVE ANNA (Drama - 56 x 50’)

COLD SHORES (Drama - 8 x 52’) A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday’s intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together.

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Dulce Avila, Sales Manager Melissa Pillow, Sales Representative for Africa, rest of Europe (including France, Spain and Portugal), USA and its territories, UK (clients related to Africa) Andrés.R.Payá, Marketing

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VIACOM INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS

Patricia Jasín, VP of TV Azteca International

DOS LAGOS (Series - 12 x 60’) Dos Lagos is a series that tells the story of three families who live in the same house in three different times in history (1944, 1975 and 2015). In addition to living in the same house, the three families “share” a chilling presence: the spirit of a girl who died strangely in 1944 and who will not rest until the mystery of her death is solved by the inhabitants of the house in Dos Lagos.

EL CÉSAR (Serie - 26 x 60’) ‘El César’, the chronicle of a country that saw an idol fall and a man rise, is a dramatized biographical series about Mexican and international boxing legend, Julio César Chávez.

For 13 years, 11 months, and 14 days, Julio was undefeated and had it all: family, fame, handfuls of money, and legions of fans. Julio entered a privileged world that led him to associate with dangerous drug gangs, to have affairs with famous television stars, to rub shoulders with the highest echelons of Mexican political power, and to become involved in a whirlwind of addictions to alcohol and drugs. Drugs that would end his career and almost cost him his life. Rehabilitated and active in boxing, Chávez returns with ‘El César’, an exciting 26-hour-long series that follows the stormy life in and out of the ring of the Great Mexican Champion, as he travels the difficult path that will make him a legend.

Elena Antonini: Director Content Sales & Co Production Natalia Delmas: Manager Content Sales & Co Production

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Guillermo Borensztein, VP Content Sales & Co-Productions, VIS Americas

THE INTERNATIONALS… CONNECTION BUENOS AIRES (Drama - 8 x 60’) In 1991, Fausto was a member of Colombia’s best band of thieves. His ingenious heists around the world, with no violence or weapons, made him a legend. But it all went wrong. Fausto broke a sacred code within “Los Internacionales”, when he became involved with Mafe, his partner’s lover. On that same night, the cheated husband was murdered by the police and Fausto ended up behind bars for the confusing and deadly incident.

Eleven years later, he is free and decides to put together a new band of internationals.

He summons a group of young people and seeks to instill in them the ancient codes. They travel together to Argentina in the midst of the biggest crisis in the country’s history. The reason for this choice is to get a hold of the dollars on the street. Fausto’s secret objective is to find Mafe, and meet his son.

SPELL KEEPERS (Teen Telenovela - 50 x 22’) Spell Keepers is a fun, exciting, mysterious and fantastical suspense series. It focuses on two strong and determined heroines –Kirki and Laila, fraternal twins who were separated at birth and have set out to perform their crucial roles in the world. As they strive to save humanity, they must choose between their own personal happiness and fulfilling their destinies, while facing an inevitable collision between good and evil.

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resent at Contecta Fiction, Ran Tellem, Director of International Content Development at The Mediapro Studio, spoke about his duties within The Mediapro Group studio, the projects he is currently working on and the international business model he promotes.

“Mediapro is a very large company in Spain, so my role is more to feed and work on the ideas and productions that are developed outside of Spain. And I do this by working with Mediapro’s international offices around the world, creating alliances and seeking

MEDIAPRO DEVELOPS SECOND SEASON OF ‘THE HEAD’

The Head Series

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As revealed by Ran Tellem, director of International Development at The Mediapro Studio, the idea is to turn ‘The Head’ into an anthology series, ‘True Detective’-style.

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“I think it is a very peculiar project, because it is very international, it does not belong to any nation.”

In regard to the current situation with the global pandemic, the executive said that unfortunately, just when his unit’s first projects were about to see the light, the global crisis paralyzed everything.

“We have grown very quickly, Covid really came when we were starting to explode, so to speak. We hope it will be a short break and that we can once again work at full capacity”, he said.

These first projects include ‘Kosta’ (Spain-Finland co-production) and ‘The Head’, an ambitious international thriller that was born with screens such HBO Asia and Hulu Japan already secured and that has been sold to almost 30 territories.

“The journey started three years ago, when we met with the writers. We already knew how the first 15 minutes of the series were going to be, because we had pitched them at Series Mania. But we had to invent the rest,” he recalled.

“There we established the pillars of the project. It is a survival thriller, it is a murder mystery, but there is no police investigation,” he added.

Already released in Japan, Asia, Spain and about to reach new territories, Telem is certain that it is a project capable of traveling around the world.

“I believe that we all identify with the dilemmas in the series and those dilemmas can travel the world. I think it is a very peculiar project, because it is very international, it does not belong to any nation. It is not related to a specific country, but it does speak of something very human,” he explained.

Asked if there will be a second season, Telem revealed that the idea for there to be one. In fact, he announced that they are already working on the development of it, which would transform the project into an anthological series in the best ‘True Detective’ style.

“I don’t want to spoil it, but there are a lot of characters that don’t end up alive, so this presents a creative problem about what to do in season two. We are brainstorming season two and the direction that the writers and the management team are taking is to keep those central elements of the thriller and the police in an isolated place... Somehow we are thinking of a project like ‘True Detective’, which even if it is a limited series it return with similar themes, but different characters,” he said.

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Viacom International Studios Américas

Federico Cuervo, SVP and Director

of Viacom International Studios Américas

VIS RESTARTS FILMING ITS ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS In September, Viacom International Studios Americas began the process of resuming production for its many projects, including ‘Backdoor’ and ‘El asesino del olvido’, the adaptation of the Ay Yapim Turkish drama, ‘Persona’, both in Mexico.

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the sketches based on the original content of ‘Porta dos Fundos’ that we released last year. Also something that we have not mentioned yet: we have already started filming ‘El asesino del olvido’, which is the adaptation of the Ay Yapim series from Turkey, ‘Persona’.

Its leading actor won an International Emmy last year for his role in the series.

lmost six months after audiovisual production was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, Viacom International Studios (VIS) Americas, is gradually resuming filming for some of its projects in Mexico (Backdoor and ‘El asesino del olvido’) and Spain (Parot), while it hopes to do the same soon with others in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina.

And then there’s also the announcement that was made at Conecta [Fiction] about the beginning of filming in Spain for ‘Parot’, a series of 10 one-hour episodes with Onza and RTVE. This is just the beginning of a year-end that at the production and filming level will find us extremely active, but which is a continuity of everything we have been working on these past few months.

In dialogue with ttv, Federico Cuervo, SVP and director of VIS Americas; shared details about these productions, as well as a total of more than 50 other projects, among which are ‘Los enviados’ and ‘Outlaw’, both from their first-look deal with Juan José Campanella and 100 Bares.

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How did VIS adapt its original production scheme? In mid-March we decided as a studio and company to put some of the productions that we had started on hold and not to start others that were about to start, mainly to take care of all the people who work in the studio and the talents. For us, people are the most important thing. And throughout these months the machine continued to work at full capacity anyway, with the plan to resume these productions, with the development of new ones and with agreements with third parties to face new projects.

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Now in recent weeks we have restarted production for some of our projects, obviously all under a very strict security protocol that we are complying with, both from ViacomCBS as well as complying with all the regulations of each of the countries.

Can you list the productions that are now in the works? In Mexico, for example, we have already started filming for ‘Backdoor’,

“In Mexico, for example, we have already started filming for ‘Backdoor’, the sketches based on the original ‘Porta dos Fundos’ content that we released last year.”

When do you think ‘El asesino del olvido’ will be complete? If everything goes as we plan, in about a month and a half we should have finished filming. We had already completed almost half of the filming at the beginning of the year, so we were missing the other half. From there the post-production begins, which will take us about four months. It is all within the plans that we set for ourselves during quarantine. We are excited about how filming is going, what we are seeing is super good. The Mexican team is carrying out a high quality production and the actors are super involved. We are very happy with the result that is being achieved thus far.

Where is filming taking place? ‘El asesino del olvido’ is filmed entirely on location.

There were some scenes shot in the countryside and now it’s all mainly in Mexico City.

Did you have to modify the story because of Covid? No. The way of producing it was

“We have already started filming ‘El asesino del olvido’, which is the adaptation of the Ay Yapim series from Turkey, ‘Persona’.”

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redesigned, but the story remains the same as it was developed in Turkey. No major adaptations were made. Some minor things were rewritten simply to adapt it to the new methods of production, mainly what was rethought was production and all the necessary security methods that were put in place to carry it out.

2021. We are working with Juan and his team at 100 Bares, in a very oiled -so to speak- way, making a lot of progress. Regarding ‘Outlaw’, we are also making progress in developing the writing together with Juan and an author from the US.

What about the series ‘Mentiras pasajeras’, to be developed with Spain’s El deseo by Pedro Almodóvar? We are moving forward with the development of the first season of the series together with El deseo and the writers. It is progressing very well. I think we have a long way to go and hope to finish it soon.

What other projects are about to start filming? Our idea is to start the second season of ‘Club 57’ as soon as possible in Colombia, together with The Mediapro Studio.

Progress is being made with the construction of studio sets, but it will also depend on the dynamics of the country. We are also about to start filming in Brazil some projects that we had pending.

There are several projects to resume in the four and a half months of the year that remain and that will be extended to 2021.

There are many projects scheduled for next year and we will continue to develop others at a fast pace, and that is what we were focused on during this time.

Some of the bigger projects announced

by VIS in May were Los enviados and Outlaw, both from the first-look deal with Juan José Campanella. What can you tell us about them? Those two projects continue to move forward. For ‘Los enviados’, the idea is to be able to go into production in

What can you tell us about other first look deals with creators like Santiago Segura, Frida Torresblanco and Ariel Winograd?

All three are moving forward. Each one on different stages, but there are already projects and ideas on the table. What we are doing is developing them to announce them shortly and, once we announce them, have the content ready to launch on the market.

Both with Ariel, as with Frida and Santiago; we already have the first projects identified and are now working on them.

In May of this year VIS also announced the development of new series based on the Paramount Pictures bookstore, already started with ‘To Catch a Thief’. What can you share in this regard? The situation is the same. We have 4 titles selected. We are working on development and adaptation and to see with what talents we associate them.

Just as with ‘To Catch a Thief’ we teamed up with Javier Olivares as showrunner and writer, here we are also at this stage. They are all part of the announcements that we hope to be able to make between now and the end of the year in terms of development.

During the 2019 LA Screenings, VIS announced the acquisition of the rights to the books 38 estrellas and ‘Entre mi hijo y yo, la luna’. Have these projects gotten the green light? They are projects based on great, important period books. They take time, but they are moving forward. There is interest in both titles. The might take longer than others, but we hope to announce something soon.

How do you think the 2021 schedule will be in terms of original production? I think the schedule is quite rearranged. We already know how we have to produce now, what things we have to take into account that did not exist before. Now we are entering this “new normal” to produce and we will follow those paths.

These first productions that are being resumed will help us know more about those details that we need to make productions more efficient and to be able to carry them out, but from ViacomCBS and, from the studio in particular, this is the situation that we have to live through and we will carry on moving forward to continue producing quality content.

The audience, clients, partners; they demand more higher quality productions. We look forward to 2021 with many projects underway to meet this demand.

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How many projects would it be in total? If I have to give you a number, more or less we have more than 50 projects in the works. Obviously from there to when they are going to be produced there is another step. That is more or less the volume of development that we are handling, in different models and different stages.

They are two projects that we are very excited about, with Juan’s imprint and quality in development and, eventually, as director. We are very excited. It is part of the first-look deal that we announced in May of last year in Los Angeles. These are the first two projects that appeared, which we hope will be the first of many more with Juan and 100 Bares.

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1. In-person panel, Rebooting Audiences: The Win Win Music And Fiction). / 2. From her home in Los Angeles, actress and producer Kate del Castillo is interviewed by Rodrigo Ros, Editor in Chief at TTV, for the “Connecting with� panel). / 3. Producer Alex Berger during the virtual interview hosted by Steven Bawol as part of the activities with a focus on France). / 4. Part of the in-person Cross Talk workshops). / 5. One of the in-person Cross Talk workshops). / 6. Inperson presentation of The Wagner File). / 7. The Jury of the International Emmy Awards.

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Eccho Rights

ECCHO RIGHTS LAUNCHES THREE HIT TURKISH DRAMAS AT MIPCOM Lisa Wegscheider, Sales Executive at Eccho Rights for LatAm and Spain

Lisa Wegscheider, Sales Executive at Eccho Rights for Latin America and Spain, spoke to ttv about the new slate of Turkish dramas the company is presenting at Mipcom Online+.

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n addition to its vast catalog of Turkish dramas, Korean content and European series, Eccho Rights is ready to attend a new, unique edition of Mipcom with a strong lineup of new titles from Turkey.

The three new Turkish dramas the company will be presenting in October are currently leading the ratings’ race in Turkey, making them a guarantee for success for international screens.

The first title is the drama ‘The Red Room’, produced by OMG Pictures for TV8 in Turkey.

The series premiered on Friday, September 4 as a ratings’ leader in the AB and ABC segments, with a 19% share. The following week it led the ratings overall on all demos.

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“It is a series that we have high expectations for, because it has been a brutal success in ratings. In addition, we believe that it is a special series, because it talks about the wounds that we all have, about things that have happened to us in the past and how they influence our present and future and sometimes we are not even aware,” said Lisa Wegscheider, Sales Executive at Eccho Rights for Latin America and Spain and part of the team led by Barbora Suster.

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‘The Red Room’ is based on the real experiences of the famous psychiatrist and writer Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu and focuses on the stories of her patients and the dramas experienced by her team of therapists in real life.

It stars Binnur Kaya, Tülin Özen, Burak Sevinç, Meriç Aral, and Halit Özgür Sarı, while being directed by Cem Karcı.

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According to Wegscheider, the series takes place in a psychologist office shared by five therapists.

“And the story combines a plot throughout the season, which are the conflicts within the office. And then there are cases that begin and end, which are not resolved in a single episode, but rather in several,” she explained.

The second big new title is ‘My home, My Destiny’, another OGM Pictures production for TV8, on the air since last December 25th.

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“We are already seeing that there is a passionate community of fans of the addictive love story in ‘My Home, My Destiny’.”

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“We are already seeing that there is a passionate community of fans of this addictive love story. And in Turkey it is having a lot of success on TV8. In fact, it had been the most successful drama in the history of TV8 until ‘The Red Room’ arrived. We have very good expectations and we have already closed several agreements”, he assured.

“In Latin America we have already received several offers and we are in negotiations. We will surely announce the first agreements shortly,” she added.

However, Zeynep decides to return to her birth home, where she rediscovers various lessons and surprises and meets the love of her life.

Like many Turkish daily dramas, it centers on the story of a child. “It is very similar to other stories that have worked super well like ‘Elif’ or ‘Wounded Birds’, so we are very happy with this release. The production quality is spectacular and the first week has worked great.

We are projecting 255 episodes. We are sure that it is a very good bet for customers,” she said.

Archive Titles Continue To Sell In addition to these three new series, the executive pointed out that this year and given the particular situation experienced, buyers are asking more than ever about catalog titles, especially dubbed ones.

And there are three that continue to attract attention: ‘Cennet’, ‘Wounded Birds’ and ‘The Promise’. “’Wounded Birds’ in both Colombia and Mexico was programmed as ‘Elif’s successor and it is working very well. In Colombia it is even in its final stretch, I think it will end in November. And ‘Cennet’ is doing very well too.

Right now it is airing in Mexico and ended in Uruguay and US Hispanic, where it was first in ratings with its final episode on Telemundo,” she explained.

“And ‘The Promise’ we have just closed it in another territory and we are still waiting for its premiere in Latin America, but it is already closed in 11 territories and I think that when it opens it will explode even more. We are convinced that many more agreements will be reached because it is the series that is working the best in Turkey on a daily basis and is starting its third season with Kanal 7”, she concluded.

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Starring Demet Özdemir (‘Daydreamer’) and İbrahim Çelikkol (‘Iffet’), the series tells the story of Zeynep, a girl born into a humble home with few opportunities. Her luck will change when the wealthy family where her mother works as a cleaner offers to adopt the girl. Years later Zeynep becomes an intelligent, educated and beautiful young woman who will marry a man of high society.

The third big show for Mipcom is ‘Legacy’, which premiered on September 7 on Kanal 7.

“It’s a daily drama from producers Karamel Yapim, who specialize in daily dramas like ‘The Promise’ and ‘Prisoner of Love’. We have been looking forward to it because we believe it is a very strong bet that can become a long-running hit for our clients,” Wegscheider said.

“‘Legacy’ is a daily drama from producers Karamel Yapim, who specialize in daily dramas like ‘The Promise’ and ‘Prisoner of Love’.”

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Kanal D International

Kerim Emrah Turna,

Executive Director of Kanal D International

“THE MARKET WILL EVOLVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION” Kerim Emrah Turna, executive director of Kanal D International, spoke to ttv about how he believes the TV industry will evolve following the Covid-19 pandemic, the company’s relationship with Latin America and its promising future with Spain.

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few weeks ahead of the start of the most challenging edition of Mipcom, the TV industry’s biggest annual market, Kerim Emrah Turna, Executive Director of Kanal D International, spoke to ttv about his expectations for the one-of-a-kind market and his outlook on Turkish content’s current popularity in key markets.

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globally. And I guess we had a great success in that regard. We were able to understand the needs of our clients. We were able to respond very quickly in order to feed those needs. And thanks to our open communication with our clients, we have evolved the organization into a new era.

So in the second quarter, I was imagining a decreased demand due to broadcasters’ need to figure out the situation, whether they would be able to produce or not, whether they would be able to keep advertisement on their screens, and so on. But in spite of the all those problems, they continued demanding content, both in means of finished content, formats sales, and of course our own brand Kanal D Drama.

What are your plans for this unique Mipcom edition? Are you going to participate in Mipcom Online+? Yes, we will be attending Mipcom Online+ and thanks to the great know-how that Reed Midem has, I guess this will probably be the most successful online market. Since March, most of the market and exhibition companies were switching to online markets, but unfortunately, not everyone was so successful. I hope that Mipcom Online+ will be successful.

In a previous interview back in May, you told us Q1 2020 had been amazing for Kanal D. What about Q2? Yes, as I said back then, Q1 was amazing for us. Actually, we were able to reach our targets easier than we thought.

I have seen some small examples of what the tool will look like, and from what I have seen so far, it will be better than all the other online markets that I’ve seen so far. Therefore, my expectation is very high for Mipcom Online+. I also believe that this will allow us to have more meetings with our clients and access them easier. So it will be more efficient for us, and I hope that it will be also more efficient for the buyers.

Especially after we had the Covid-19 in our lives, we tried to analyze what was going on

Therefore, I believe it will also affect the future of physical markets. Because if this is

“If this edition of Mipcom Online+ is efficient and successful, things will evolve in a different direction.” efficient and successful, things will evolve in a different direction. But, of course, I totally believe in face to face physical meetings.

What do you mean by a “different direction”? Do you think there will be fewer markets? Yes, I do. Globally, there are a lot of markets, a lot more than needed. But somehow, the market conditions force you to be there, to attend all of them, not always with the best outcome in terms of investment.

So therefore, I guess it will be affecting our financial side on an efficient way. If this Mipcom Online+ edition is successful, it will be affecting us positively.

Which titles will Kanal D be presenting at Mipcom? As you know, we’re not only a distribution company. Kanal D International is the global business arm of a huge media company. Therefore, we represent not only Kanal D, but also other brands like, for example, CNN Turkey or teve2, which is our sister channel, and our production companies as well. So we have a very broad catalog.

I guess we are one of the luckiest distribution companies from Turkey. Since we are feeding our channel, we are getting a lot of new titles for our distribution company.

’New Life’ is one of them. This is one of our precious drama titles. It is very exciting for us. We have already aired two episodes so far. I’m really excited about this title. It has a lot of drama elements in the story, it’s a brilliant title. ’Hekimoğlu’ is the title that we launched the previous season and now we are airing the second season. It is also a very exciting story and exciting title, which is a remake of ‘Dr House’.

And one of the new titles that we have launched during the summer season, which was very hard because we started production during Covid-19, is ‘Romance Next Door’.

It is a romantic comedy.

And in addition to those fresh titles, we will have other new titles in the upcoming period. In addition to that, we also have a huge, huge library that we already have distributed all over the world.

Is Latin America still a fruitful market for you? Are there any signs of saturation? I guess we have to analyze and read the big picture very carefully. Before Covid-19 came, we were expecting a financial global crisis in 2020, but Covid-19 erased that and now we have a new agenda.

So: expected financial crisis, Covid-19, the shift from linear television to nonlinear viewership… there is even a decrease in production costs in terms of technology, but an increase in production costs in terms of fees that you pay actors and actresses. So all those factors have a lot of influence in the industry.

We have built a great relationship with Latin American audiences. I believe that they don’t see Turkish drama as a foreign production. It comes from somewhere they are familiar with and we understand each other very well. We have the same problems: sociological problems, financial problems, and family is extremely important for both cultures. Therefore, I believe that the demand will be there, it will still exist.

Turkish dramas, it’s different. It’s more real-life content, while OTT content is more of a fantasy.

What do streaming platforms represent in your distribution business nowadays?

Especially in Asia, streaming platforms are growing like crazy. And there is a huge demand from Asia for content from streaming platforms. This is a transition time from linear to nonlinear. But of course, the transition will be limited. I mean, not all audiences will shift from one day to another to nonlinear platforms. Plus, it will be impossible for someone to have multiple platforms. You might have the ability to pay for 5 or 6 different platforms, but there is no time to be able to watch all of them simultaneously.

So therefore, a small number of platforms will survive. And most of them will still try to get the attention from the conventional TV audience. Due to this, I believe that the streaming platforms will still show interest in our drama.

So, it’s not so much that you have to adapt to the platforms by producing short premium drama, but that maybe they will have to adapt to you, because the audience will still demand traditional drama.

Absolutely. We all have to adapt to what audiences want. Of course content is still king. But audiences are also king, because they are the ones who are deciding what we should produce.

but it is the first European country that has acquired a huge volume of Turkish content, and I’m really proud of being a part of this success.

I guess we have built a similar synergy with the Spanish audience. I believe that this will continue, because we’re talking on a daily basis with our clients from Spain and most probably, this success will lead us to provide our content to alternative platforms in Spain as well.

Because what is different in Spain in comparison to most of the conventional markets is that in Spain we distribute content in volumes. And Spain is not an emerging market, it’s a mature market in means of economy.

In the United States we are also licensing a lot of content to the main channels, but they are Hispanic channels, meaning they don’t represent the main market. Of course the market that we’re talking about is enormous, but in comparison to this success in Spain, it’s different. Spain presents the only mature market in our content distribution.

An other example from Spain is that, in the whole of its viewership, there is also a huge percentage of young people. So this is also something that also encourages us and I think we will be seeing a good success in the upcoming future as well.

Spain is a market that’s opened its doors to Turkish content. Kanal D International was a pioneer with ‘Fatmagül’. Now, almost three years later, what does Spain mean for your strategy? Spain is really important for us. It’s not the first European country that has acquired Turkish content,

You will distribute Alba, the Spanish adaptation of ‘Fatmagül’. What does this mean to your company? ‘Fatmagül’ was the first Turkish title ever that was aired in Spain, and we really pushed this title to the Spanish networks. And I’m also extremely happy that we were able to collaborate with Atresmedia in the remake of ‘Fatmagül’, ‘Alba’. It’s very exciting for me, even personally, that we will be distributing ‘Alba’ globally.

New Life Drama

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“We are one of the luckiest distribution companies in Turkey, because since we are feeding our own channels, we are getting a lot of new titles for our distribution business as well.”

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Of course there will be a shift to digital, but not now, because both in Turkey and in Latin America, if we talk about the core drama content consumer, the telenovela consumer, it’s different. It’s different from the viewers that are watching dramas on OTTs like Netflix or Amazon. I also personally consume a lot of that type of content. But when I watch

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Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director at Mistco

MISTCO TAKES SEASON’S TOP TURKISH DRAMAS TO MIPCOM Led by ‘The Innocents’ and ‘The Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice’, which have already become two of the current season’s most successful Turkish dramas, Mistco’s catalog for Mipcom Online+ is one of the most coveted ones in the market, where it will surely begin its journey towards global expansion.

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@GonzaloLarrea

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Would you say ‘The Innocents’ is a traditional Turkish drama? ‘The Innocents’ is based on real-life experiences, basen on the novel by famous psychologist Gülseren Budayicioglu. I would say the series is a typical drama. Han is very successful businessman, he’s very educated, but as in every family, his family has different problems. And the main problem here is that all the children in the family had a very traumatic childhood. And all the family members suffer from some kind of OCD. For instance, Safiye’s OCD has her cleaning everything three, four times.

She also has a great fear that she might lose Han someday, and that is why she will get in the way of his love with Inci. It’s a typical drama.

he beginning of a new TV season in Turkey this past September has given Turkish distributor Mistco more than one reason to celebrate. On the one hand, its new drama ‘The Innocents’, produced by OGM Pictures for TRT, has become the highest-rated drama.

And on the other, its new historical drama, ‘The Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice’, produced by Akli Film also for TRT, registered the season’s best premiere.

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Given that these two series lead the distributor’s catalog, it’s no wonder that the company has high expectations for the rest of the year ahead. “With the addition of these two strong dramas, we believe that we will have great success for the entire season,” said Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director at Mistco, who spoke to ttv about these and other titles that the company will be presenting at Mipcom Online+.

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Which new titles is Mistco presenting at Mipcom Online+? We will be presenting several new titles at this year’s Mipcom.

The first is ‘The Innocents’ (‘Masumlar Apartmanı’). It’s the highest-rated drama of the season in Turkey, airing on TRT1 on Tuesday nights, and produced by OGM Pictures, which is one of Turkey’s leading producers.

The series is an extraordinary love story between Han and Inci. But Han’s sister Safiye, who was OCD as a result of a childhood trauma, will be the biggest obstacle for their love. It has also amassed a huge fan base on social media as well.

“We are presenting ‘The Innocents’, which is the highest-rated drama of the season in Turkey.”

How many episodes will the series have?

Are more seasons in the works? We’re expecting 100 international episodes for the series. Actually the series is having a huge success. As I mentioned, it’s become the highest-rated drama on Tuesday nights, which is a very challenging night in Turkey, with competition from other very strong dramas. And when we see these results, we believe that it will continue for years. Because it tells a very similar story to our own lives. And whether it’s in in Latin America and any other region, people will find something from their own lives in it.

Especially now, because of the coronavirus, we have all become a bit obsessive about cleaning and washing our hands. I believe that regardless of the territory, this series will grab audiences’ attention with its unique story.

“Whether it’s in Latin America and any other region, people will find something from their own lives in ‘The Innocents’.”

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In addition to ‘The Innocents’, which other titles will Mistco be presenting at Mipcom?

We have a very strong slate of historical dramas from TRT. As you know, TRT has a vast know-how for producing historical dramas, and they invest in this genre more than any other TV station in Turkey. Now they’re offering a brand new drama, which Mistco will be offering at Mipcom as well: ‘The Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice’ (‘Uyanis Büyük Selcuklu’). It tells the story of Sultan Meliksah, who was the most courageous Sultan of the Seljuk dynasty. The series is produced by Akli Film and broadcast on TRT1 on Monday nights, and it became the best premiere of the season in Turkey.

Why do you think this new drama has been so successful already? We’ve already had great success with titles such as ‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’. And this onehas such a great cast featuring Buğra Gülsoy (‘My Little Girl’), Ekin Koç (‘Magnificent Century’), Hatice Şendil, Gürkan Uygun and many other talented actors; as well as a strong story about such a big hero from history. So I believe that, same as ‘Ertugrul’, this series will achieve great global success.

All those broadcasters that have already acquired ‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’ stand as potential clients for ‘The Great Seljuks’?

Yes. What we saw for ‘Ertugrul’ was that when it was launched in Turkey, it was seen as a different kind of drama. Our clients know us for our traditional dramas. But ‘Ertugrul’ was a different genre. So we started to sell it after it’s third season, because it was so unique.

But now, it’s become one of our best-selling titles. Everyone got used to the genre and I believe we will get a much quicker response for ‘The Great Seljuks’. It will be distributed and broadcast in many territories worldwide.

Will the company be presenting any other titles at the event? Yes, we will be offering ‘Melek: A Mother’s Struggle’. It’s now in its second season, which will focus more on Melek and Halil’s love. We will see how their love

though the pandemic affected our lives and our business, we’ve sold ‘Melek’ in many countries such as Israel, Iran, North Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro... It is still expanding in other territories as well.

2020 has been an unprecedented year for everyone due to the global pandemic.

How has it affected Mistco’s business and strategy? I can say that 2020 has been quite a good year for our company in terms of international sales. Our titles such as ‘Melek’, ‘My Champion’, ‘The Circle’, ‘Golden Cage’ or ‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’ are receiving interest from the international market and they have traveled around the world. And now with the addition of these two strong dramas, we believe that we will have great success for the entire season as well.

Even though we are attending all the virtual markets, we are missing the old days and we are looking forward to meeting our clients and partners face to face in a short time.

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It’s a great production. TRT invested a major budget on it and success comes along with it. In addition to great action, there’s also the traditional romantic element. Because if you are telling a real story, the life of a hero, love is always a part of it. You can’t ignore it, it’s part of our lives. The focus could be different, but of course the series features a love story. You know the saying, “Behind every successful man, there’s a strong woman”. We will see many strong women in this story as well.

comes to life again after the years go by.

With ‘Melek’, we are always reminded of the importance of being a family. And this new season will remind us of that fact, and overcoming life’s difficulties together. We have had good sales results for this title, even

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OPINION IS THE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCING A DEJA VU? Special for ttvnews (*)

The “streaming wars” that are now intensifying in Latin America are beginning to look a lot like what happened during the early days of pay TV. Is the past repeating itself?

By Alex Lagomarsino CEO of MediaBiz,

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which represents writers, showrunners and producers; and advisor for audiovisual and communication industry leaders in the region.

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30 years ago, when pay TV first landed in Latin America, networks competed to attract and retain subscribers. Competition was fierce and channel growth was skyrocketing.

At the beginning there were only one or two channels per theme, such as news, kids, sports, documentaries, music or movies. Eventually, however, the first thematic networks appeared and the offer multiplied: they reached 150 and many anticipated they would grow to over 500.

Faced with such a vast offer, the solution was simple: subscribers could build their own channel packages, according to their tastes and home compositions.

There was the basic package, of course, which included the broadcast networks, a couple of news networks, movies and a few sports channels. From there, the puzzle was put together: the Sports Package, the Music Package, the famous HBO and, of course, the long-awaited Children’s Packages with Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon and/or Discovery Kids.

Although with notable variations by countries (and by the price of the dollar), a family was paying around 50 dollars on average for the basic package, along with one of the other packages. A number that, before the appearance of Netflix for a monthly fee of 8 dollars, suddenly seemed too high.

But in this new OTT era, the industry seems to be experiencing a similar process. Netflix, the great pioneer, has managed to position itself as a necessity in the public and impose a new way of watching entertainment.

But it was soon followed by others such as Amazon, Hulu and VOD platforms launched

by Turner, Sony, HBO, Disney or A&E, which added a + sign to their name and got rebranded to become platforms.

And in light of this new scenario, it seems that we are living a great deja vu.

Analyzing the offer and the positioning of each of the platforms, I dare to say that Netflix is the equivalent of the basic package from before, producing a large amount of content and offering a large volume of movies across f all genres: from family to children’s, and with a huge variety in quality, stories and structure.

Meanwhile, Amazon aims to produce higher-budget series and more defined stories for its target audience. Of course, its core business is retail and that, ultimately, is what Amazon Prime Video seeks to push.

Then there’s Disney, which recently bought Fox for more than 80 billion dollars (equivalent to the GDP of Costa Rica or Uruguay!) and which will soon launch its OTT platform in Latin America.

Disney concentrates all the most powerful kids’ content, from its animated classics to its family movies, now adding brands such as ‘The Simpsons’ or ‘Star Wars’.

Of course, there’s also Turner, now converted into WarnerMedia and who will soon bring HBO Max, which will surely offer an extraordinary catalog of great films from its studios and the enormous volume of series production that they are carrying out in Latin America.

Furthermore, tech giant Apple has also joined the battle with

its Apple TV+ service, which has not yet revealed its strategy or progress in Latin American productions. We will surely hear from them soon.

Then there’s also the upcoming launch of Hulu, which in the US is focused on a well-defined audience, and we have already heard about the launch of A&E Plus, Discovery Plus and Paramount+. Other second-generation and regional OTT platforms will surely emerge as well.

Given this wide o ffer, it is clear that not all households will be able to access all OTT services or pay for them. It is estimated that each household will subscribe to, on average, three paid services. And here is the deja vu: They will surely choose to acquire Netflix or Amazon as a basic service; if there are children in the house they might also sign up for Disney Plus, Fox Play or NickSplat. If they’re movie fans, they’ll probably add a platform like HBO Max as the premium package.

It remains to be seen how the sports content will be distributed. Amazon is already acquiring rights for its broadcast, as are other platforms. Surely A&E, Discovery and the others will find, given their high quality of content, a place on the household’s grid.

Just like it happened in the past, it will be possible to have free channels thanks to AVOD (Advertising Video On Demand) such as Pluto TV. And what about the price? Well, in the end we will end up paying, more or less, those same 50 dollars.

It is undoubtedly a very interesting moment in the entertainment industry and each one of us - the players - will have to define our strategy to participate in this new era, where big players compete to hold on to subscribers.

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Mondo TV Iberoamerica

MORE ANIMATION AND NOW, DOCUMENTARIES

Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO of Mondo TV Iberoamerica, spoke to ttv about the company’s new initiatives and content ahead of Mipcom 2020, including new series ‘MeteoHeroes’, already aired in Italy and Eastern Europe.

By Gonzalo Larrea

@licabreram

glarrea@todotv.tv MeteoHeroes Animation

“Until now, the Canary Islands studio was a 2D pre-production and animation studio. Now we will be able to add 3D projects in all their phases.”

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f there’s one industry that has managed to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic it’s certainly animation, which not only was able to continue producing content, but actually saw an increase in its demand due to the quarantine measures.

And animation is precisely Mondo TV Iberoamerica’s specialty, which continued to develop content from its studios in Canary Islands, as well as its headquarters in Italy.

Thus, the company is arriving at Mipcom Online+ with a vast catalog of new titles and library content; a powerful tool in these current times. ”One of our big new titles for Mipcom is ‘MeteoHeroes’, which we are now wrapping up production for. It’s already on air on Cartoonito in Italy and on several networks in Eastern Europe. We continue to produce it because we have to complete 52 episodes, but it’s already premiered in Italy and it’s doing very well,” Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO of Mondo TV Iberoamerica, said to ttv.

The series premiered in Italy in April of this year as part of the Earth Day celebrations, when the first four episodes aired. Its regular broadcasts began later in May and have continued uninterruptedly since then.

“It’s registering excellent ratings. We hope to be able to sign the deals we were negotiating in Europe and Latin America,” she added.

In addition, the company is also presenting its new co-productions that come from its studios in the Canary Islands.

The studio in Canary Islands is new in itself, as it has recently been expanded to add 3D capabilities.

“The Canary Islands studio was until now a 2D pre-production and animation studio.

Now we will be able to add 3D projects in all their phases, from pre-production to animation production. This is a very important challenge that we started before the summer with the plan to open the studio in mid-October”, she explained.

“We already have a service contract that we are about to sign and it is the contract that has allowed us to start this adventure in the 3D studio. From there we will look for more 3D projects to co-produce and offer service to third parties”, she added.

Two projects based on ideas by Myriam Ballesteros and produced together with MB Producciones also stand out.

“One is ‘Annie & Carola’, which was presented to the Cartoon Forum last year and now has RTVE as a co-producer. And the other one is ‘Masked Cinderella’, which has been selected in this year’s Cartoon Forum,” the executive said.

Library Content and Documentaries This new titles join Mondo TV’s extensive catalog, which has over 1,000 hours of animations produced in 50 years and which has seen an increase in its demand in these unprecedented months of 2020.

“Because during the pandemic, several TV networks found themselves without new content, or with a greater need for kids content to entertain families having to stay at home. Our catalog is our heritage, we have about 1,000 hours of cartoons, produced over 50 years,” she said.

“And we also have a wide catalog of animations dubbed into neutral Spanish,” she added.

Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO of Mondo TV Iberoamerica

“One of our big new titles for Mipcom is ‘MeteoHeroes’, which we are now wrapping up production for.”

Thus, classic series and series with little air time, or that never been sold before, have found new life these past few months, reaching new broadcast TV screens, pay TV and, above all, streaming platforms, “which are the ones that need this type of content the most”.

“There has been a lot of movement, and not only with kids programs, but also content for adults. For example, there has been an increase in the demand for documentaries.

We have been contacted by some clients who asked us for documentaries, which we have gone to look for in Latin America. We have presented them and now they are under evaluation. That is one more window that has been opened to us due to the halt in production,” she explained.

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The first is ‘Nina and Olga’, a preschool series with Enanimation in Italy. “And they have RAI as Italian co-producers. We are working on the pre-production in Canary. It’s a beautiful series based on the books by Nicoletta Costa, an Italian author that’s known around the world,” she said.

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EMMY KIDS AWARDS 2020

BRAZIL STANDS OUT AMONG WINNERS By ttvnews

ulating the outstanding teams behind the winning programs.

These programs entertain, educate and enlighten, with the high quality standard that we expect for our children and their communities in general”.

Representing Latin America, Brazilian production ‘Nosso Sangue, Nosso Corpo’, produced by Fox

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n March 31, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the eighth edition of the International Emmy Kids Awards.

The announcement was made on the Academy’s website and through its social media platforms, after the cancellation of the 2020 Miptv edition.

“We decided to keep the announcement of the winners on the same day that the awards ceremony would have been held in Cannes,” said International Academy President, Bruce L. Paisner.

“The International Academy and our partners Miptv, TV Kids and Ernst & Young, join us in congrat-

Lab Brazil and Your Mama, won in the Factual category.

Other notable winners include ‘Zog’ (Animation, UK), ‘Like Meg’ (Digital, Norway), ‘Nachtraven’ (Format, Belgium), ‘Bluey’ (Preschool, Australia), ‘The Rules of the Floor’ ( Series, Netherlands) and ‘Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy’ (TV Movie, UK).

THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS Animation ‘Zog’ (Magic Light Pictures, UK) Digital ‘Lik Meg’ / Like Me (NRK Super, Norway) Factual ‘Nosso Sangue, Nosso Corpo’ (Fox Lab Brazil / Your Mama, Brazil) Format ‘Nachtraven’ (De Mensen / Ketnet (VRT), Belgium) Preschool ‘Bluey’ (Ludo Studios / ABC Australia / BBC Studios / Screen Australia / Screen Queensland, Australia) Series ‘De Regels van Floor’ (NL Film & TV / VPRO, Netherlands) TV Movie Miniseries ‘Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy’ (BBC Children’s In-House Productions / CBBC, UK)

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ZDF ENTERPRISES SELLS 350+ HOURS OF CHILDREN’S CONTENT

CHANNELS AND SVODS THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA AND IBERIA have snapped up hundreds of hours of top German Children’s programming from ZDF Enterprises. ‘School of Roars’, ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘The Worst Witch’ are just some of the popular shows that have been licensed to the likes of Globoplay, Chile’s VTR and TV3 in Spain respectively. The deals were brokered by Christophe Goldberger.

LATIN AMERICA

DISCOVERY KIDS PLUS REACHES 2.2 MILLION USERS

DISCOVERY KIDS PLUS, THE DISCOVERY KIDS APP, is growing stronger in the digital market after having reached 2.2 million unique users in Latin America in May. The sustained growth of the app places it as one of the favorites among big kids’ content brands. In fact, Discovery Kids Plus ranks among the longest-lived brands in its segment. Discovery Kids Plus, available only in Latin America, is designed to promote interaction between adults and children and provide fun and inspiring content through the brand’s main characters and shows such as ‘Mini Beat Power Rockers’, ‘Peppa Pig’ and ‘El mundo de Luna’, among others.

USA MOBIUS.LAB KIDS’ ‘ANIMALFANPEDIA’ AVAILABLE ON UNIMÁS SINCE AUGUST 2, US audiences can enjoy ‘AnimalFanPedia’, a new, fun series created by Mobius.LAB Kids, the kids’ content production unit of Cisneros Media. The series airs every Sunday at 8:00 am (ET) on UniMás, Univision’s sister network. ‘AnimalFanPedia’ is a dynamic program that educates and promotes a respectful view of wildlife. The first season is composed of 26 11-minute episodes and is produced in high definition.

‘TAINÁ AND THE AMAZON’S GUARDIANS’ ADDS SALES IN LATAM EMMY AWARDWINNING FRENCH ANIMATION PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DANDELOOO announces sales for the new preschool adventure CGI series ‘Tainá And The Amazon Guardians’, produced by Brazil production company Sincrocine, in association with animation studio Hype and Nick Jr Brazil. Onboard to trek through the Amazon rainforest with Tainá is Netflix in Latin America, Brazilian

public television networks TV Brazil and BAND TV, Nick Jr Brazil and Latin America, Turkish pay platform D-Smart and kids content distributor Neo Content, China. Based on the successful Brazilian films of the same name, which took millions of people to the movies in Brazil and around the world, Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians has won 23 national and international awards and is being broadcast in more than 40 countries.

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DISTRIBUTION

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Listings Mipcom 2020

Jorel’s Brother

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Bravest Warriors

CAKE 5th Floor, 76 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4QS +44 (0) 207 307 3230 info@cakeentertainment.com www.cakeentertainment.com

EXECUTIVE

Ed Galton, CCO & Managing Director

TOP EXECUTIVE

Ed Galton, CCO & Managing Director

MeteoHeroes

Adventures Of A Boy Genius

CORUS ENTERTAINMENT

MONDO TV IBEROAMÉRICA

SNAP MEDIA

Corus Quay 25 Dockside Drive, Toronto, Ontario 416.479.7000 stella.moolayil@corusent.com www.corusent.com

Calle Álvarez de Baena 4, Madrid, Spain +34 913992710 www.mondotviberoamerica.com

EXECUTIVES

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Dimitri Papanikas, International Sales & Coproductions Manager

Colin Bohm, Executive Vice President Content and Corporate Strategy

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Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO

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Doug Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer

JOREL’S BROTHER (Animation - 104 x 11’ and 18 x 2’) Jorel’s Brother follows the everyday adventures of an awkward and nameless 9-year old boy, who is overshadowed by his more infamous sibling. Jorel’s brother tries to be as popular as his older brother Jorel, but while he ultimately lives to fail, he always finds an absurd solution when dealing with his unusual and eccentric family. Produced

by Copa Studios and Cartoon Network Brasil, this multi-award-winning Brazilian comedy is now in its fourth season and has enjoyed huge success in Latin America with its third season nominated for an International Emmy for Best Animated Series.

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TISH TASH (Pre-school Animation - 52 x 5’)

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Tish Tash follows a young bear called Tish, her bear family and her larger-than-life imaginary friend Tash, as they learn about the world around them, embarking on fun adventures while inspiring imaginative play and problem solving in young children. A collaboration between South Korean animation shop Studio Gale, Singapore-based August Media Holdings, Philippines media group Synergy88 Entertainment and BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning UK based Karrot Entertainment has given Tish Tash a truly global approach.

Bonpland 1281 / 1291 / 1293, 2nd Floor, CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina +5411 4773 8826 dcoifman@snaptv.tv / sstanko@snaptv.tv

EXECUTIVES

Diana Coifman, VP Sales & Distribution Sonia Stanko, Sales Executive

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Ariel Tobi, SVP Production & Distribution

METEOHEROES (Comedy, Educational - 52 x 7’)

ADVENTURES OF A BOY GENIUS (Family - 91’)

‘Bravest Warriors’, an animated teen sci-fi comedy series, follows best friends Chris, Beth, Danny, and Wallow as they navigate their ever-changing emotions while warping through the universe to uphold their sworn oath to save all adorable creatures from galactic do-badders.

‘MeteoHeroes’ addresses issues like climate change, ecology and respect for nature through the amazing adventures of six children – each of whom can control a weather phenomenon. It’s an important message but it’s delivered in a fun, engaging way that both entertains young viewers and helps them understand the issues and how they can help the planet.

Emmett is a popular junior at Heart High School. He also happens to be a highly imaginative twelve-year-old genius. After his brother Luke, also a junior and Emmett’s best friend, is accused of being involved in a rash of thefts at school, Emmett must find a way to prove his innocence before their mom ships Luke off to boarding school.

MYSTICON (2D - Season: 1 - 40 X 22’)

ANNIE & CAROLA (Comedy - 52 x 11’)

A contemporary urban fantasy series about four girls from different walks of life who are transformed into the legendary Mysticons.

Arkayna, Zarya, Emerald and Piper are drawn together by a Prophecy to battle evil and protect the realm -unexpected heroes who together become epic warriors as well as the closest of friends.

Carola, a nerd with no social skills, builds her own robot clone as a friend – someone who can share her love for science and who will be her ally against a teen world that she doesn’t understand and that scares her.

But an accident turns her clone into a crazy, uninhibited friend who drags her into all the kinds of situations she fears the most.

BRAVEST WARRIORS (Animation/ Sci-FI/2D - Seasons: 1 - 26 x 22)

BAT PAT S2 (Comedy - 52 x 11’) In this spooky adventure-comedy, Bat Pat and the Silver siblings, Rebecca, Leo and Martin, try to find out more about the scary creatures that lurk in and around their home town of Fogville. Lovable creepy characters, eccentric inhabitants and Bat Pat – who’s always getting into trouble – add up to a lot of delightful – and slightly weird – fun.

FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS (Family - 97’) Four sisters with magical powers, but only together they are strong enough to fight against Glenda, mistress of the black arts, who tries to separate the sisters and wants to take over control of their home, Cantrip Towers, and it’s magical fountain.

MAGIC KIDS - THREE UNLIKELY HÉROES (Family - 90’) Three magical losers - a vampire who can’t take the sight of blood, a fairy with a fear of flying and a werewolf allergic to animal hair - square up against an infernal opponent and win the greatest of all possible victories: accepting themselves as they are.

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ATV PRESENTS A STORY FROM COLOMBIA TO TURKEY Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager at ATV

Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager at ATV, spoke to ttv about the company’s new catalog for Mipcom, led by ‘Maria and Mustafa’ (‘Maria ile Mustafa’), a story that takes place between Colombia and Turkey.

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ith ‘Hercai’ as its flagship series, Turkish distributor ATV is participating in the online edition of Mipcom 2020 with a brand new third season, along with the drama ‘Maria and Mustafa’ (‘Maria ile Mustafa’) as its big new title.

The latter is a love story that takes place between Colombia and Turkey, with a Colombian leading lady who falls in love with a Turkish man.

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Produced by NTC Medya (‘Orphan Flowers’, ‘Love and Hate’), the series premiered in September in Turkey with notable ratings results, which paint a good picture for its international potential.

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“Latin America can connect with it very well, but also Spain and other parts of the world.”

It stars Turkish-Brazilian actress Jessica May and Turkish actor Hilmi Cem İntepe as Maria and Mustafa, respectively.

“It is very different from other projects we’ve done before, because we have a character that comes from Colombia. Maria is a Colombian girl who travels to Turkey and falls in love with a local man,” Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager at ATV, said to ttv.

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“We wanted to add some international feel to the series. The main character was born in Turkey from a Colombian mother, but her father was Turkish. And then she moved back to Colombia with her mother. After her father dies, she goes back to Turkey to find her roots and that’s when she falls in love with a Turkish man,” she added.

The series features landscapes from Colombia and a few lines in Spanish.

“Maria speaks some Spanish in the series.

When she doesn’t know how to say something in Turkish, she talks a bits in Spanish, but she can speak Turkish quite well,” the executive explained.

“It’s doing quite well on Sundays in prime time. The ratings are stable and will probably increase more in the upcoming weeks,” she added.

With this track record, the series seems ideal for the Latin American market. And, according to Muge Akar, it’s also suitable for any territory.

“Latin America can connect very well with it, but also Spain and other parts of the world,

A BET ON VIRTUAL EVENTS Being unable to travel and participate in international events, Muge Akar believes virtual events are definitely a good substitute as long as the pandemic is still happening. “We are attending the online edition of Mipcom, and I think it will give us that Mipcom feeling, even if it is online,” she said. “There is a need for some kind of platform where any one can gather. It should be beneficial for everyone. Mip Cancun will also be online and we will be there as well. We will be focusing on online events for now. It’s an opportunity for everyone to check out what’s new in the market.”

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“We will also be presenting our best-selling series, ‘Hercai’, with its third season.”

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“Maria and Mustafa is very different from other projects we’ve done before, because we have a character that comes from Colombia.” because it features a foreign character who is very relatable to any country,” she explained.

al broadcasters. With the second season it will be easier,” she explained.

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season. They were waiting for it. In Spain, ‘Hercai’ is the number one show on Nova TV. We will deliver them the episodes as soon as they are broadcast in Turkey,” she added.

Another exciting title in the company’s catalog for Mipcom is definitely the third season of ‘Hercai’, which recently premiered in Turkey and has already been sold in countries such as Spain.

“We have four new deals for ‘Hercai’: Macecodnia, Slovakia, Georgia and Bulgaria. And for the third season, there’s Spain for sure, Croacia, Georgia and more, which are in the process of negotiations,” she said.

“We will also be presenting our best-selling series, ‘Hercai’, with its third season. Its ratings are very good. Its our best-selling series now, specially during the pandemic period, we have signed many deals for it. It’s been sold in 33 countries at the moment,” she said.

The last new title is ‘The Ottoman’, which is now in its second season.

In addition, same as it’s happened to many distributors, the pandemic led to a rise in sales for its library titles. When it comes to ATV, ‘Orphan Flowers’ and ‘Love and Secrets’ saw a notable rise in demand.

“The second season will start very soon. We have many countries on board for it; Albania, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan are the latest. And we are expecting new deals for the series soon. The first season was a bit shorter because of the pandemic. We had 85 episodes, which is a bit short for internation-

“The demand for our finished products was quite high during the pandemic. We have a very large library with best-selling shows.

We had deals for ‘Orphan Flowers’ and ‘Love and Secrets’. Clients were asking for something already complete. We saw a growth in the demand for both,” she said.

“Most of the countries that bought seasons one and two will continue with the third

“It’s the number one show on Wednesdays in prime time, with almost 30% share. The new season started in October. The expected number is more than 100 episodes, from October to June,” she added.

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TV Azteca

Alberto Ciurana, Director of Content and Distribution at TV Azteca

INSIDE TV AZTECA’S NEW STRATEGY Alberto Ciurana, director os Content and Distribution at TV Azteca, spoke to ttv about his outlook on the current TV content production and distribution industry, and shared details about the company’s upcoming lineup of shows, including new seasons of ‘Exatlon’, ‘MasterChef’ and the debut of ‘Don’t’.

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example ‘The Voice’, which would normally have started in March, started four months later.

ith extensive experience in the media industry, Alberto Ciurana has been responsible for carrying out the content and distribution business in the new era of TV Azteca for a few years now, led by its CEO, Benjamín Salinas.

But in some way it also benefited us, because we concentrated the strongest content we have for the second semester. In general, at the audience level, we are going to close the year well. Obviously the audience changed its habits. During the pandemic there was a very important period where the screen was shared. That upset the business a lot. Now people have come out of this new normal and habits are returning to how they were before.

In dialogue with ttv, the executive shared details about the current state of TV Azteca’s business and its channels Azteca Uno and Azteca 7, in addition to offering his vision of the new reality and how it’s affecting linear TV, streaming platforms and emerging media.

Azteca 7 stood its ground very well. It’s a solid channel with taped content and it was a lot easier to stick with the strategy. And it’s bringing magnificent results this year. And Azteca Uno has regained its leadership. We are going to close the year very similar to last year.

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How is the broadcast TV business doing in these unprecedented times? I believe that today we are living a reflection of what society lives. The pandemic, not only in our country but throughout the world, has altered business plans, models, formulas and investments. Yet, we are still on the air. We are an essential industry; we had to keep working the entire time. We continue to do so because we are still living through the pandemic in Mexico.

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What we have done is entertain and inform with the same responsibility as always. We see a difficult year for 2021. However, we have to move forward, supporting the channels, the programming, the entertainment... because that is our obligation, serving viewers in the best and most efficient way.

How were the Azteca Uno and Azteca 7 programming lineups adapted? Azteca Uno is Live TV. Of course, it was affected because much of the content requires an audience and as we were not able to have one for many months, everything was halted. For

“Co-production is the formula and business model we are interested in.”

How is prime time designed for the channels? Since I arrived, with the team that accompanies me at Azteca, with both Sandra and Adrián, and hand in hand with Benjamín Salinas, we changed TV Azteca’s strategy. For 25 years Azteca Uno had telenovelas and fiction. We wanted to evolve, to do something different. We didn’t want to be a bad copy of someone who makes telenovelas and does them well. We wanted to be disruptive in the market. The audience has always rewarded Azteca when it becomes an innovation leader. We closed the production of telenovelas to move on to live content, reality shows and game shows. And that has tripled our audiences.

Our largest property is ‘Exatlon’, which occupies a fairly wide strip of time. With this

TV AZTECA LAUNCHES VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE Together with Latte Marketing, a certified virtual marketing agency and owner of this technology, TV Azteca launched its own virtual experience and development platform, where business partners, colleagues, as well as the entertainment industry as a whole, can peek inside the universe of TV Azteca and learn about its broadcast and pay TV channels, content distribution and different business units. At the same time, the “Virtual Experience” allows users to access exclusive conferences, events, concerts, showrooms, premieres and many things that will be generated in the agenda that TV Azteca will share with clients. “With this launch, buyers, the media and the international entertainment industry will have quick and effective access to all the information on TV Azteca,” said Patricia Jasin, VP of TV Azteca Internacional.

Patricia Jasin, VP of TV Azteca Internacional.

strategy, Azteca Uno began to compete not only with the local market but also with streaming. You have to watch the content live as if it were a football match. This is how ‘Exatlón’, ‘Survivor’ or ‘The Voice’ are meant to be watched.

On September 21, TV Azteca premiered the local adaptation of Banijay Rights’ ‘Don’t’. How are you working to create this and other local formats? With Endemol Shine we have ‘Don’t’, this new format that premiered on ABC two months ago

The Voice Azteca Uno

and soon became the number one show on Thursdays in the US. We are the second country in the world that we is premiering it. The host is Adal Ramones.

genre. TV Azteca’s audience is young. More than 50% are under 40 years of age. The contents we offer reach the whole family, but are attractive for young people and children and for all social classes, such as ‘Exatlón’ or ‘Survivor’. So we look for things that are innovative and disruptive.

On the other hand, ‘Survivor’ is produced by Acun Medya on an island in the Caribbean and it has worked very well for us. Acun Medya produces a large part of the prime time content. We have agreements with Endemol with whom we make ‘MasterChef’, a franchise that has been very successful in Mexico with TV Azteca.

Since the formula of the telenovelas is not that of TV Azteca. What about short fiction, and in particular the co-production model? People who are 40 and un under, rather that watching telenovelas, they choose series of 30 or 60 episodes. That is the product we have been focusing on, even for the next few years we are going to focus on our own production.

For example, three years ago when ‘Exatlon’ was not a thing, no one would have imagined that a high-performance competition would be in prime time of such an important channel for three hours, every day and be successful and replace fiction. Today, ‘Exatlon’ has four very successful seasons. Why? Because the audience in Mexico said: this is innovative and disruptive.

Don’t Azteca Uno

With regard to co-production, that is the formula and the business model that interests us. We are very open to any proposal. We did it for years with Sony, for example, ‘Rosario tijeras’, with great success. At the time we did it with Disney with ‘A corazón abierto’. The trend is to strengthen the original fiction in Azteca 7 with allies; obviously with our own producer Dopamine and with any supplier that brings a good idea and a good business model.

What can you tell us about new projects? There are several projects that are already underway, which were stopped due to the pandemic. I can’t share much.

The idea is for some of them to see a screen towards the second half of 2021.

What kind of genre are you looking for in the market? We don’t stick with one

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On the other hand, Azteca 7 is the one that we have been feeding with fiction. We have Turkish telenovelas, reruns of successful Azteca telenovelas. Prime time is two hours, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with the iconic ‘Ugly Betty’, which we are showing again and it’s giving us magnificent results. In addition to fiction, sports, everything that has to do with football, boxing and the great Disney movies.

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APPOINTMENT

ALEJANDRO SAMANES, NEW HEAD OF MEDIAPRO PERU

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URUGUAY’S CANAL 10 TO PREMIERE ‘JESUS’ PREMIERED IN 2018 on Record TV in Brazil, the biblical drama ‘Jesus’ had an incredible “resurrection” in recent months in Latin America, with its premiere in several countries in the region. Argentine channel Telefe was the one who started the trend, followed by Chilevisión in Chile, Televisa in Mexico and, now,

Canal 10 in Uruguay. The telenovela premiered on September 15 at 11:00 pm. It is broadcast from Tuesday to Thursday. The Uruguayan network had already broadcast other biblical dramas, including ‘Moses and the 10 Commandments’ and ‘Joshua and the Promised Land’.”

THE MEDIAPRO GROUP welcomed Alejandro Samanes, former CEO of Secuoya for Latin America, to their team. The executive joined Mediapro as Head of Mediapro Peru, a country they seek to consolidate as a reference for audiovisual production in the region. With extensive experience in the audiovisual sector, in addition to his time at Secuoya in Latin America, Samanes directed the Autonomous Television of Murcia, was founder and CEO of Trece (13 TV) and general director of the Nacional Popular TV network.

In addition to Peru, Mediapro is very present in the American continent through its centers in Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Cuba, the United States and Canada.

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DRIVE NAMES SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE FOR LATAM AND IBERIA DRIVE, the production-funding and distribution agency, announced Eniela Bella, former Twofour Group VP of Sales for EMEA, Latin America and Canada, has joined Drive as Senior Sales Executive.

Her role will see her oversee sales in France, Italy, Germany, Iberia and Latin America, working closely with company founders and co-MDs Lilla Hurst and Ben Barrett

Listings Mipcom 2020

Roadkill

Fists Of Fate

ALL3 MEDIA INTERNATIONAL

ABS-CBN CORPORATION

Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7AA +44 (0)20 7845 4350 international@all3media.com www.all3mediainternational.com

10/F, ELJ Communications Center, Lopez Drive,Quezon City 1103,Metro Manila 6323 415 2272 internationalsales@abs-cbn.com www.abs-cbn.com/internationalsales

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Sally Habbershaw, EVP, Americas

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Janel Downing, VP Sales, Latin America

Pia B. Laurel, Head of Sales

Hugh Laurie stars as a charismatic politician who expertly walks the high wire between glory and catastrophe as he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down.

JC and Aris are fraternal twins who share a strong bond of brotherhood. But while Aris is a strong and athletic boy, JC has a heart condition that slowly worsens each day. As a result, their parents, Joan and Eugene, shower JC with more attention causing Aris to be a little envious. Unfortunately, reality soon sinks in with time running out to come up with the money needed for JC’s immediate treatment. In an act of desperation, Joan makes the heavy decision to give Aris up for adoption, and receives a hefty sum in return.

JC’s operation ends up being successful, but he soon learns about what it took to save his life and blames himself for what he believes happened to his brother. Aris, however, escapes from the people who adopted him, but becomes a thieving street kid just to survive.

One day, he crosses the path of a syndicate boss named Ulysses, who sees the potential in grooming him as an heir and later adopts and renames him “Leo”. Years pass, and JC grows up to be a moral law enforcement agent while Leo becomes the head of his own crime syndicate. When JC is soon assigned to investigate a prostitution ring, little does he realize that this path will reunite him with the brother he lost.

DES (True Crime - 3 x 60’) A true crime drama from the producers of White House Farm focusing on the one of the UK’s most infamous serial killers, Dennis Nilsen.

THE SAVOY (Documentary - 5 x 60’) The series takes a behind the scenes look at London’s most iconic hotel, with exclusive access it provides a unique and intimate portrait of the prestigious establishment.

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FISTS OF FATE (Drama, Action - 80 x 45’)

A dramatised true crime story based on extensive research, interviews and published accounts, looking at the mystery behind what happened at White House Farm, Britain’s most infamous mass killing.

The Pursuit Of Love

ATV Turkuvaz Medya Merkezi, Güzeltepe Mah. 15 Temmuz Şehitler Caddesi, 34060, Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey +90 212 381 28 48 info@atvdistribution.com www.atvdistribution.com

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Pia B. Laurel, Head of Sales

ROADKILL (Drama - 4 x 60’)

WHITE HOUSE FARM (Drama - 6 x 60’)

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Maria And Mustafa

Emre Görentaş, Content Sales Deputy Manager

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Müge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager

MARIA AND MUSTAFA (Drama - 45’ - In Production) Maria and Mustafa’s path intersects at the series of unfortunate events and coincidences while they are on their way to Cappadocia.

They were impressed by one another so much that they decide to go to Ürgüp together, not knowing the fact that this will be the road to a life altering love.

THE OTTOMAN (Drama - 45’ - In production) The people of Anatolia was forced to live under the circumstances of the danger caused by the presence of Byzantine empire while suffering from Mongolian invasion.

Kayı tribe is a frontiersman that remains its presence at Söğüt. Because of where the tribe is located to face the Byzantine danger, they are in a continuous state of red alert. Giving the conditions and the sickness of Ertuğrul Ghazi, there was a power vacuum. The power struggle caused by this war of principality is between Osman who is heroic and brave is the youngest child of Ertuğrul Ghazi and the uncle of Osman; Dündar and Gündüz who is good at statesmanship. Dündar, is the most succesfull man in the field of politics after his elder brother Ertuğrul Ghazi. After his brother’s sickness emerged, his hunger towards power has increased. Dündar is born ready to defeat whomever is against him on this path to power.

Karina Dolgiej, VP de Ventas de Contenido, BBC Studios Latin America / US Hispanic

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Karina Dolgiej, VP de Ventas de Contenido, BBC Studios Latin America / US Hispanic

THE PURSUIT OF LOVE (3 x 60’) Consumed by a desire for love and marriage, the two women are on the hunt for the ideal husband. Their friendship is put to the test as Fanny settles for a steady life and Linda decides to follow her heart, to increasingly wild and outrageous places. As social and political divisions split the nation, their diverging choices raise personal questions that remain intensely relevant today – questions about freedom, about love and sex, and the mystery of the human heart.

THE NORTH WATER Set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax (Farrell), the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world.

Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

Don’t

Better Together

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Veronique Verges, SVP LatAm, Miami

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Michelle Wasserman, SVP LatAm, Miami

Ana’s Revenge

CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT

CARACOL TELEVISIÓN

Kavacik Mah. Ekinciler Cad. Necip Fazil Sok. Calinos Plaza No:6 Beykoz Istanbul, Turkiye +90 216 999 49 99 info@calinosentertainment.com www.calinosentertainment.com

150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1250, Coral Gables, FL 33134 (305) 960 2018 dccontre@caracoltv.com.co www.caracolinternacional.com

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EXECUTIVES

Goryana Vasileva, Sales Executive, International Formats

Lisette Osorio, VP International Sales

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Henri Ringel, VP, Acquisitions and Content Sales Barbara Lorenzo, Manager, Content Sales Fabiola Bovino, Director, Marketing

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BETTER TOGETHER (Drama) Four people who turn 35 on the same day.

All four of them are about to go through the most important day of their lives. No matter what happens to them, these people know something: Kindness will save the world. The starting point will be to love someone. As real and as complicated as life. This show will touch the hearts of people of all ages; people whose first love was their parents, people who miss their childhood. Whenever it moves us to tears, it will also comfort us. It will remind us of the meaning of the words such as family, compassion, friendship, love and fidelity.

FORBIDDEN FRUIT (Drama) Yıldız and Zeynep are two sisters, who are very close but have very different characters and life goals. Zeynep is a girl who strictly adheres to her ethical values, aims to have a successful career and strives for it; while Yıldız believes that she deserves more and considers happiness to be a marriage with a rich man, who would save her from her low-income life.

Yıldız’s life is about to take a new turn when she meets Ender Argun. Ender’s aim is to divorce her husband Halit, without losing her position within Istanbul’s high society circle.

She comes up with a plan to set him up with a girl and consequently blame him for infidelity, which would get her a high compensation in court: Yıldız. On the other hand, Zeynep starts working at Halit’s partner’s firm.

ANA’S REVENGE (Drama - 56 x 60’) Analía is a beautiful young woman who decides to take revenge against her mother’s murderer, the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Guillermo León Mejía. She will become the candidate’s most important political advisor and right hand; she will place him in the first place in the polls, and then tear him down by bringing to light his corrupt past. She will make him lose the presidency and even freedom. However, she does not know that the man she hates so much is her own father.

BOLIVAR (Drama - 70 x 60’) The story of the hero before he became a legend. His name became a symbol of leadership, justice and passion that led him to form an army of soldiers and common people that believed in the ideal of a free land. A fervent man, in the battlefield and in his personal life: the series portrays the details of his stormy love life; his mother’s death when he was a child; the death of his first wife a few months after they married; his multiple lovers, when he stopped believing in love; and finally, his passionate love affair with Manuelita Saenz, who played a major role in his revolutionary contend. Bolivar gave his life for his people, crossing borders and leaving an indelible legacy in the hearts of all those who believe in union, fraternity and freedom.

THE FAVOURITE (Drama, Sci-Fi - 104’) Early 18th century England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

BREAKTHROUGH ‘Breakthrough’ is based on the incredible true story of one mother’s unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith’s adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John’s recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction.

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Great food is the key to a mother’s heart. Dinner For Mom is a heartfelt cooking show with one essential ingredient: a big pinch of gratitude.

Celebrities pay tribute to their mothers by cooking them delicious 3-course meals with generous assistance from a top chef. Each episode features one celebrity who collaborates with an accomplished chef to plan a menu that evokes meaningful childhood memories while finding inspiration from their mother’s own cooking repertoire. After preparing the meal together, celebrity and chef sit down with mum to enjoy the feast and take a walk down memory lane. The chef steers the conversation, asking questions that encourage the celebrity and their mother to reminisce about the past and share the memories that correlate to each course of the meal. Stories are recounted, childhood photos are displayed and, in the end, the celebrity reads aloud a moving thank you letter to his mother, giving the audience an intimate glimpse into their personal life.

Two Alhambra Plaza 9th Floor, Coral Gables, FL33134, USA (+1) 305-567-3700 (+1) 305-774-3913 www.disneymediadistribution.tv

Fernando Barbosa, SVP, GM Media Distribution &Production LATAM & US Hispanic

DON’T (Format)

DINNER FOR MOM (Format)

DISNEY MEDIA DISTRIBUTION LATAM

Lisette Osorio, VP International Sales

Duda Rodrigues, Sales Manager, LatAm

From Hollywood superstar and Executive Producer, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), and host Adam Scott (Parks And Rec, Big Little Lies) comes a new show where families can win money by following one simple rule: DON’T. Each week one family of four navigates a gauntlet of directives from the ingeniously small to the ridiculously giant: Don’t Blink…

Don’t Play With Matches… Don’t Get Tired…

Don’t Beat Yourself Up… Don’t Play Ball In The House. It’s the ultimate test of mind, body and family bonds.

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Listings Mipcom 2020

The Red Room

Mr. Wrong

Orphans Of A Nation

ECCHO RIGHTS

GLOBAL AGENCY

GLOBO

HBO LATIN AMERICA

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Abdi İpekçi Cad. Parque 19-1 Planta: 3 Nişantaşı, Estambul, Turquía (+90) 212 - 241 26 93 Email: info@theglobalagency.tv www.theglobalagency.tv

Avenida Brasil, 1.594, Jardim América 01430-001, São Paulo, Brazil (+ 55 11) 5112- 4559 www.globo.com/screening

396 Alhambra Circle, Suite 400, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA (+1 786) 501-8317 internationalsales@hbo-la.com

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EXECUTIVES

Pablo Ghiglione, Sales Director, Latin America Isadora Filpi, Sales Executive, Latin America Marina Melo, Sales Director, North America Paula Ventrum, Sales Executive, North America

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EXECUTIVES

Fredrik af Malmborg, General Director Lisa Wegscheider, Sales Coordinator and Format Sales

Ivan Sanchez, Sales Director Latin America

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THE RED ROOM (Drama - 95 x 45’) Brand new drama series that has taken audiences in Turkey by storm, telling stories of vulnerable women and men who pass through an Istanbul therapist’s practice to get treatment and handle their traumas and problems. The series tells us various striking stories, which are built around the fact that our past experiences can have a major impact in our future. The Red Room has been the most watched drama series in Turkey during this hugely competitive autumn season.

MY HOME MY DESTINY (Drama - 115 x 45’) The year’s biggest romance, which won huge audiences and a dedicated worldwide fan group through its first season broadcast in early 2020. Zeynep and Mehdi have had very different lives but when their paths cross, she finds herself pulled back into a world she thought she had left behind. Their chemistry is palpable and their love grows, but their difficult backgrounds mean trouble is never far away.

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LEGACY (Drama - 255 x 45’)

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From the producer who created the international hit series The Promise and Prisoner of Love, comes a brand new family drama. When Yusuf is orphaned his aunt promises to protect her sister’s legacy. But his father’s brother has other plans. Though each has the boy’s best interests at heart, a family feud ensues which can only be resolved by an unlikely romance...

Vanessa Cruz, Manager, International Distribution

TOP EXECUTIVE

TOP EXECUTIVE

Izzet Pinto, CEO

Barbora Suster, Sales Executive for Latin America

The Bronze Garden

Xavier Aristimuño, VP, Licensing

Angella Colla, Sales Director

MR. WRONG (Dramedy - In production) A lifetime of betrayal destroys Ezgi’s hopes of ever finding Mr. Right and when she meets the womanizer Ozgur it seems a recipe for disaster, but fate, and nagging mothers, conspire to seek a happy ending.

ALEPH (Crime drama - 8 x 60’) Detectives Kemal and Settar pursue a dervish serial killer who sets a series of mysterious clues, launching them on a quest that will make them confront their pasts in a series enriched with traces of Ottoman and Islamic history.

RISE OF EMPIRE: OTTOMAN (Historic drama - 6 x 60’) This landmark, event co-production from Hollywood and Turkey will showcase the drama and the history of the rise of one empire and the fall of another. The miniseries unfolds like a real-life ‘Game of Thrones’ as it chronicles Mehmed II’s fabled rise from 12-year-old child Sultan to ruler of the Ottoman Empire and the founder of Istanbul. With epic visual effects, a stunning cast and the insights of world leading academics, one of the key moments of the last millennium will be brought to life in stunning clarity.

ORPHANS OF A NATION (Telenovela - 90 x 60’) Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheik in exchange for money to save her little brother’s life.

However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheik sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her.

This forbidden love will be tested when the sheik’s daughter decides to take revenge after her father’s mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.

SWEET DIVA (Telenovela - 135 x 60’) Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother’s humble origins.

Afraid that her parents’ reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria’s fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria’s optimism must be stronger than Jô’s ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter’s dangerous secrets.

THE BRONZE GARDEN (Drama - 8 x 60’) Based on the book of the same name by Gustavo Malajovich, ‘The Bronze Garden’ follows the desperate struggle of architect Fabián Danubio to find his daughter, Moira, who has disappeared inexplicably and without a trace.

Getting no answers from the police, Fabián decides to take matters into his own hands, conducting the search investigation himself.

In the second season, the plot follows Fabián and Moira’s life after reuniting. They each struggle to fight their own internal battles following everything they’ve been through, while Fabián decides to take on another case.

THE BUSINESS (O NEGÓCIO) (Drama - 13 x 60’) The Business follows the daily lives of Karin, Luna, Magali and Mia, four luxury escorts who come together with the common goal of revolutionizing the world’s oldest profession.

With the use of different marketing strategies to gain territory in the market, and establishing their own company, “Oceano Azul,” these girls deal with the most unexpected situations, while dealing with their own internal conflicts.

SR. ÁVILA (Drama - 10 x 60’) The International Emmy award-winning series Sr. Ávila follows the story of Roberto Ávila, a tormented man living a double life as a criminal and a family man. A very complex character, Ávila gets involved in an underground web of contract killings and ends up appointed the head of the organization.

Interrupted

Hekimoglu

INTER MEDYA Istanbloom Offices, Kore Sehitleri, Caddesi 16/1 Zincirlikuyu, 34394, Istanbul, Turquía +90 (212) 231 0102 info@intermedya.tv intermedya.tv

EXECUTIVES

Beatriz Cea Okan, VP, Sales & Adquisitions Sibel Levendoglu, Sales Executive Pelin Koray, Sales Executve Elena Pak, Sales Executive Sinem Aliskan, Sales Executive

TOP EXECUTIVE

A Miracle

The Innocents

KANAL D INTERNATIONAL

MADD ENTERTAINMENT

DTV Haber Ve Gorsel Yayincilik A.S., Demioren Medya Center 100. Yıl Mah. 2264. Sk. No:1 34204, Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turquía (+90) 212 - 413 56 66 sales@kanald.international www.kanald.international

Esentepe Mahallesi, Kore Sehitleri Caddesi Nº:5 D:3 34394 Sisli, Istanbul / Turquía (+90) 212 - 273 24 34 info@madd.tv www.madd.tv

EXECUTIVES

Mikaela Perez, Sales Manager, LATAM & Spain Selim Türkmen, Sales Manager, West Europe & MENA Ekin Koyuncu, Sales Manager, CEE Salmi Gambarova, Sales Executive, CIS Gamze Utma, Sales Executive, Asia

EXECUTIVES

Ozlem Ozsumbul, Sales Manager Deniz Cantutan, Sales Director Alaa Elabasy, Sales Senior Manager

MISTCO Murat Reis Mah, Yeni Ocak Sokak, No. 35, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey (90-21) 6695-1300 nfo@mistco.tv www.mistco.tv

EXECUTIVES

Maria Fernanda Espino Noguez, Sales Representative for Latam and Iberia Zeynep Kayrak, Marketing

TOP EXECUTIVE

TOP EXECUTIVE

Aysegul Tuzun, VP Sales and Marketing

Ates Ince, General Director

Can Okan, Founder & CEO

TOP EXECUTIVE

Kerim Emrah Turna, Executive Director

A MIRACLE (Drama - 100 x 45’)

INTERRUPTED (Drama/Romantic - TBA) A young and Idealist journalist Ozan loses his life in an unfortunate traffic accident. But not everything is finished for him just yet. He gets a second chance in life. He’ll come back to life and find answers to the question marks he left behind his mysterious death. But he will not be in his own body. When Ozan uses his chance to come back to life, he’ll find himself in Kadir’s body. Meanwhile Ozan’s girlfriend Elif who is also a journalist will already be after the people who took Ozan’s life. The two lovers who have crossed paths again will have a stranger’s body between them.

Kadir. In Kadir’s body, Ozan, tries to unveil the mystery of his death together with Elif.

Not only does he suffer facing the woman he loves in a different body, but also encounters with Kadir’s past. Not just adapting to a new body, adapting to a whole new life will not come easy for Ozan.

BITTER LANDS (Drama - HD)

The local version of the hit US scripted series House M.D. starring Timuçin Esen as Ateş Hekimoğlu who is an acclaimed infectious diseases and nephrology physician. Casting Okan Yalabık, Ebru Özkan, Kaan Yıldırım, Damla Colbay and Aytaç Şaşmaz; the series follows the life of this anti-social, witty and arrogant medical doctor. The original title won five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and a Peabody Award.

ROMANCE NEXT DOOR (Drama) Romance Next Door is the love story and also the story of friendship between 4 young people from different social classes and cultures, whose characters are opposite to each other. These 4 young people; Ateş Avcı, Ayşen Yılmaz, Demir Yılmaz and Yasemin Çetin will not only fall in love but also build a strong friendship based on a “cheerful lie”.

Adapted from the memories of Psychiatrist Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu, the story is based on real-life experiences, it tells the lives of Han’s (Birkan Sokullu) family and the love story between him and İnci (Farah Zeynep Abdullah) who has her complicated relationships with family and friends.

THE GREAT SELJUKS: GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE (Drama) It follows Sultan Meliksah, the most courageous Sultan of Selcjuk Dynasty. The series, produced by Akli Film, invites the audiences for a visual feast with its breathtaking scenes.

Starring Buğra Gürsoy (My Little Girl), Ekin Koç (Magnificent Century: Kosem) and Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu (Heart of the City).

MELEK A MOTHER’S STRUGGLE (Drama - 100 x 45’) Melek follows the story of a mother who sacrifices everything for her daughters, and her fight to protect them.

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‘Bitter Lands’ cuenta la historia de un amor legendario que comienza en Estambul durante la década de 1970 y continúa en las tierras fértiles del sur de Turquía, atravezando las pruebas del mal, la ambición y la tiranía. La serie se pregunta si el amor es eterno contra las realidades de la vida y pone a prueba la resistencia del amor y la bondad del corazón humano en medio de una serie de eventos turbulentos.

HEKIMOGLU (Drama)

Ali is a young autistic savant medical school graduate who had a difficult upbringing. He is quite the genius, but has trouble communicating with people because of his condition.

His biggest dream is to become a surgeon.

Ali’s godfather, Adil is the chief physician at the Anka Private Hospital. When Ali ranks high in TUS, he wants to hire him as an assistant doctor to the surgeon unit of the hospital he is a chief physician of. However, Adil faces a huge resistance at the hospital. The other doctors do not believe that an autistic person can be a doctor, and are biased against him before they ever meet Ali. They fear that he will make many mistakes and jeopardize the clean sheet record of the great hospital. At last, Adil is left to hard-line these fears and says “Take him in for a six-month trial period, I will resign if he makes a single mistake” to the hospital board of directors. And this way Ali is hired.

THE INNOCENTS (Drama)

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Listings Mipcom 2020

MeteoHeroes

Jezebel

MONDO TV IBEROAMÉRICA

RECORD TV

Calle Álvarez de Baena 4, Madrid, Spain +34 913992710 www.mondotviberoamerica.com

Rua da Várzea, 240 - Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil (+55 11) 3300 - 4022 emendes@recordtv.com.br www.recordtvnetwork.com

EXECUTIVES

EXECUTIVES

Dimitri Papanikas, International Sales & Coproductions Manager

Edson Mendes, International Sales Manager

TOP EXECUTIVE

Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director

Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO

METEOHEROES (Comedy, Educational - 52 x 7’)

JEZEBEL (Telenovela - 84 x 45’)

‘MeteoHeroes’ addresses issues like climate change, ecology and respect for nature through the amazing adventures of six children – each of whom can control a weather phenomenon. It’s an important message but it’s delivered in a fun, engaging way that both entertains young viewers and helps them understand the issues and how they can help the planet.

Set in Israel, the telenovela ‘Jezebel’ tells the story of a Phoenician princess who uses her beauty and seduction power to achieve all she wants. She marries King Ahab to become queen, but she suffers strong opposition from the Israelite people in attempting to impose on everyone the worship of the pagan gods Baal and Asherah. Stubborn and unwavering in her convictions, ‘Jezebel’ is a woman capable of anything to achieve her goals and destroy her enemies. She has Elijah as the greatest adversary, a powerful prophet whose sole mission is to spread the word of the One God and to defend the Israelis. The telenovela ‘Jezebel’ will take the international market to an ancestral age, with a history full of fervent wars, love stories and intriguing prophecies!

Carola, a nerd with no social skills, builds her own robot clone as a friend – someone who can share her love for science and who will be her ally against a teen world that she doesn’t understand and that scares her.

But an accident turns her clone into a crazy, uninhibited friend who drags her into all the kinds of situations she fears the most.

BAT PAT S2 (Comedy - 52 x 11’)

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In this spooky adventure-comedy, Bat Pat and the Silver siblings, Rebecca, Leo and Martin, try to find out more about the scary creatures that lurk in and around their home town of Fogville. Lovable creepy characters, eccentric inhabitants and Bat Pat – who’s always getting into trouble – add up to a lot of delightful – and slightly weird – fun.

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Adventures Of A Boy Genius

RUSSIA TELEVISION AND RADIO - SOVTELEXPORT

SNAP MEDIA

37 Shabolovka str., Moscow 115162, Russia +7 495 955 89 20 Ref.ste@vgtrk.com sales.vgtrk.com

Bonpland 1281 / 1291 / 1293, 2nd Floor, CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina +5411 4773 8826 dcoifman@snaptv.tv / sstanko@snaptv.tv

EXECUTIVES

Diana Coifman, VP Sales & Distribution Sonia Stanko, Sales Executive

EXECUTIVES

TOP EXECUTIVE

ANNIE & CAROLA (Comedy - 52 x 11’)

On The Edge

TOPÍSSIMA (Telenovela) ‘Topíssima’ is a contemporary telenovela that delves into the feminine universe and brings the struggles of a modern woman to the surface: work versus love life; independence versus solitude; maternity versus career; aging versus aesthetics; illegal abortion versus deaths; among others. Beside issues inherent to the feminine universe, we have an ongoing police investigation full of twists and turns involving the main characters. The plot is built on four pillars: romance, police investigation, drama and humor.

Maria Dorokhina, Head of International Sales Ekaterina Grigorieva, Head of Sales, CIS and Baltic States Elizaveta Shcherbakova, International Sales Manager Karina Soldatova, International Sales Manager, CIS and Baltic States

TOP EXECUTIVE Julia Matyash, Director

ON THE EDGE (Adventure/Drama - 8 x 49’-52’) Three completely different young women ended up hopeless prisoners of the Caliphate.

They would’ve never met, if it hadn’t been for blinding love that brought them to hell…

Once on the edge, Lena, Katya and Amina realize that there is only one chance of survival - to escape, risking their lives…

THE BLOOD WIDOW (Thriller/Historical Drama - 16 x 52’) Spine-chilling series about the most notorious female serial killer in Russian history.

Widowed early in life, she got rejected by her lover, and turned into a monster. To have her revenge on men, she tortured and murdered tens of innocent serfs. The blood widow got caught, stripped of all her titles, and sentenced to life in a monastery prison.

She died there 40 years later.

TOP EXECUTIVE

Ariel Tobi, SVP Production & Distribution

ADVENTURES OF A BOY GENIUS (Family - 91’) Emmett is a popular junior at Heart High School. He also happens to be a highly imaginative twelve-year-old genius. After his brother Luke, also a junior and Emmett’s best friend, is accused of being involved in a rash of thefts at school, Emmett must find a way to prove his innocence before their mom ships Luke off to boarding school.

FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS (Family - 97’) Four sisters with magical powers, but only together they are strong enough to fight against Glenda, mistress of the black arts, who tries to separate the sisters and wants to take over control of their home, Cantrip Towers, and it’s magical fountain.

MAGIC KIDS - THREE UNLIKELY HÉROES (Family - 90’) Three magical losers - a vampire who can’t take the sight of blood, a fairy with a fear of flying and a werewolf allergic to animal hair - square up against an infernal opponent and win the greatest of all possible victories: accepting themselves as they are.

The Rurik Dynasty

Dos Lagos

STAR MEDIA Bld. 1, 31 Nizhniye Polia Str., Russia, Moscow (+7 499) 356 54 00 www.starmediafilm.com

EXECUTIVES

Ksenia Kalistratova, Head of Sales, Russia William J Peck, Head of Sales, UK

TOP EXECUTIVE Vlad Ryashin, CEO

TV AZTECA INTERNATIONAL

Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals. Yakov is a materialist, and his relationship with Anna is very complex in the beginning. However, in time their rivalry transforms into friendship, and later, into love.

COLD SHORES (Drama - 8 x 52’) A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday’s intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together.

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS

WAG ENTERTAINMENT

Cuyo 1844, Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina vis-americas@vimn.com www.viacominternationalstudios.com

EXECUTIVES

EXECUTIVES

Dulce Avila, Sales Manager Melissa Pillow, Sales Representative for Africa, rest of Europe (including France, Spain and Portugal), USA and its territories, UK (clients related to Africa) Andrés.R.Payá, Marketing

Patricia Jasín, VP of TV Azteca International

THE RURIK DYNASTY (Drama - 8 x 52’)

DETECTIVE ANNA (Drama - 56 x 50’)

Weird Earth

Periférico Sur 4121, Col. Fuentes del Pedregal, C.P. 14140, México, CDMX (+5255) 5166 2330 jrico@tvazteca.com.mx tvaztecainternacional.com

TOP EXECUTIVE

Conquest and the struggle of power, victory and defeat, love and betrayal, the rise of culture and the ashes of conflagration – these are just some of the elements of the Rurik dynasty.

The Internationals… Connection Buenos Aires

DOS LAGOS (Series - 12 x 60’) Dos Lagos is a series that tells the story of three families who live in the same house in three different times in history (1944, 1975 and 2015). In addition to living in the same house, the three families “share” a chilling presence: the spirit of a girl who died strangely in 1944 and who will not rest until the mystery of her death is solved by the inhabitants of the house in Dos Lagos.

EL CÉSAR (Serie - 26 x 60’)

EXECUTIVES

Samuel Masters, Executive

Elena Antonini: Director Content Sales & Co Production Natalia Delmas: Manager Content Sales & Co Production

TOP EXECUTIVE

Janice Strangward, SVP Sales & Acquisitions

TOP EXECUTIVE

Guillermo Borensztein, VP Content Sales & Co-Productions, VIS Americas

THE INTERNATIONALS… CONNECTION BUENOS AIRES (Drama - 8 x 60’) In 1991, Fausto was a member of Colombia’s best band of thieves. His ingenious heists around the world, with no violence or weapons, made him a legend. But it all went wrong. Fausto broke a sacred code within “Los Internacionales”, when he became involved with Mafe, his partner’s lover. On that same night, the cheated husband was murdered by the police and Fausto ended up behind bars for the confusing and deadly incident.

Eleven years later, he is free and decides to put together a new band of internationals.

He summons a group of young people and seeks to instill in them the ancient codes. They travel together to Argentina in the midst of the biggest crisis in the country’s history. The reason for this choice is to get a hold of the dollars on the street. Fausto’s secret objective is to find Mafe, and meet his son.

SPELL KEEPERS (Teen Telenovela - 50 x 22’) Spell Keepers is a fun, exciting, mysterious and fantastical suspense series. It focuses on two strong and determined heroines –Kirki and Laila, fraternal twins who were separated at birth and have set out to perform their crucial roles in the world. As they strive to save humanity, they must choose between their own personal happiness and fulfilling their destinies, while facing an inevitable collision between good and evil.

WEIRD EARTH (10 x 60’) Captured on camera around the world, this powerful series reveals weather phenomena that can’t be explained. From sinister lightning shooting up from the earth, to logic-defying horizontal tornadoes… this is weather that is spectacular, frightening, and defies rational explanation. Each gripping one-hour episode of Weird Earth features four weird weather events that the experts can’t explain. A gripping combination of interviews with eyewitnesses, incredible CGI, location filming, experiments (aimed at proving or disproving theories), and expert testimony from senior scientists trying to rationalise these freak events and phenomena.

WHAT ON EARTH? (Seasons 1-6 - 92 x 60’) Circling high above the earth at 17,000 miles an hour, satellites uncover startling mysteries invisible to observers on the ground. With high magnification optics, infra-red scanning, and advanced ground-penetrating radar, they capture images that lead us on startling journeys into hidden worlds, revealing the secrets of the past and astonishing natural phenomena. Some of these images are breath-taking, but some are bizarre. One could be a vital clue to the location of the Garden of Eden, another might reveal the legendary golden city of El Dorado. What is the terrifying truth behind the massive tsunamis seen from space that disappear without trace, and the sinister blood-red lake in war-torn Baghdad?

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‘El César’, the chronicle of a country that saw an idol fall and a man rise, is a dramatized biographical series about Mexican and international boxing legend, Julio César Chávez.

For 13 years, 11 months, and 14 days, Julio was undefeated and had it all: family, fame, handfuls of money, and legions of fans. Julio entered a privileged world that led him to associate with dangerous drug gangs, to have affairs with famous television stars, to rub shoulders with the highest echelons of Mexican political power, and to become involved in a whirlwind of addictions to alcohol and drugs. Drugs that would end his career and almost cost him his life. Rehabilitated and active in boxing, Chávez returns with ‘El César’, an exciting 26-hour-long series that follows the stormy life in and out of the ring of the Great Mexican Champion, as he travels the difficult path that will make him a legend.

2D Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London, N1 3QP www.wagentertaiment.com

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IN NUMBERS 100+ million

SVOD subscribers will be registered in Latin America by 2025, says Digital TV Research.

50%

of TV viewers claim streaming services are their first option for entertainment, says Hub Entertainment Research.

34%

of US streamers’ time is devoted to Netflix, according to a Nielsen report.

253,000

people are subscribed to Atresplayer Premium in Spain, while Mitele Plus has 163,000.

APPOINTMENT

HERNÁN GRIPPO, NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR HOTGO MEDIA CLAXSON, the media company specializing in the production and distribution of high-quality entertainment content for multiple platforms in Latin America and Iberia, announced the appointment of a new Marketing Director for its HOTGO Media division. Hernán Grippo, current Digital Marketing Manager, has been appointed Marketing Director of HotGo Media, with the aim of leading, developing and executing the comprehensive Marketing plan for the entire company. Among his responsibilities will be to promote the growth of pay TV, HOTGO.TV and generate new digital businesses.

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series and 4 movies were made available for free

by Netflix in its Watch Free section, which will change periodically.

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editions of Jornadas Internacionales will be celebrated at this year’s event in November.

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EXECUTIVES

BANIJAY LAUNCHES NEW COMMERCIAL DIVISION, BANIJAY BRANDS BANIJAY ANNOUNCED the launch of Banijay Brands, a division dedicated to all areas of commercial activity. Led by newly-appointed Chief Commercial Officer, Owain Walbyoff, Banijay Brands will encompass brand licensing, merchandising, gaming, gambling and music. The operation will represent an extensive and diverse portfolio covering entertainment, scripted, animation, game shows and kids, which offer a wide range of commercial opportunities. Following the recent acquisition, Jane Smith, Group Director, Brand Licensing will lead the licensing area, overseeing key brands from the world’s largest international content catalogue, comprising of 88,000+ hours of original programming. She will also work with the network of teams in local markets to further expand the business. Smith joined Endemol Shine in 2018, where she has substantially driven the growth of properties such as MasterChef, Peaky Blinders and Simon’s Cat within licensing and merchandising. Banijay Brands will launch at the Festival of Licensing with senior executives available for meetings at the virtual conference.

STREAMING

PEACOCK REACHES MORE THAN 15 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

AT THE END OF JULY THIS YEAR, Comcast announced that its new OTT, Peacock, had already added 10 million subscribers in the US. And in September, Brian Roberts, president and CEO of Comcast, revealed the platform had surpassed 15 million customers. “I am encouraged by the early days of the service,” said the executive, revealing that in Comcast broadband households, Peacock is already number 2 behind Netflix, while in households with the Xfinity TV service platform X1, it is number 3 behind Netflix and YouTube, but “closing in” in second place. NBCU has said that it expects Peacock to attract between 30 and 35 million monthly active accounts by 2024. This result is in addition to the 500,000 broadband subscribers that Comcast Cable will add at the end of the current quarter, the executive added.