A Note from the Editors

NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews, including with celebrities and top-level executives, and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPCOM issue, which, at a whopping 732 pages, is our biggest ever.

All of us at World Screen know that watching TV is a bit of a prerequisite for our jobs. We also happen to be fans—proper, die-hard, “Did you see that episode last night?” watchers of so much of the great content being created across every genre today. So, this edition was quite the treat, as we were able to spotlight a slew of actors and actresses lighting up screens across the globe.

As the ink was still drying on our ambitious MIPTV edition—which featured Emmy winner Viola Davis on the cover and our powerful 30th Anniversary Report—we set ourselves a lofty challenge for the MIPCOM issue. Could we secure interviews with the stars of ten of the hottest shows today, across broadcast, cable and digital? As it turned out, we could, and we topped ourselves by landing interviews with 13 of TV’s biggest names: Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones—which is fresh off its record Emmy wins—The Good Wife’s Julianna Margulies, Masters of Sex’s Michael Sheen, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln, Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi, Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany, American Horror Story’s Kathy Bates, The Affair’s Dominic West, Transparent’s Jeffrey Tambor, Gotham’s Ben McKenzie, Madam Secretary’s Téa Leoni, The Catch’s Mireille Enos and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra. Accompanying this set of Q&As is an insightful report by Elizabeth Guider on how broadcasters, agents and producers are managing talent in this new golden age of television.

And our star power doesn’t stop with drama; we hear from pop star and fashion icon Gwen Stefani in TV Kids; and Brian Cox, Bear Grylls and Idris Elba in TV Real. We also have some big behind-the-scenes names, including Greg Berlanti, who has six network shows this season; British screenwriter Andrew Davies; and The Amazing Race’s co-creator, Bertram van Munster.

You’ll also find our signature in-depth, comprehensive interviews with the media industry’s top executives, including Time Warner’s Jeffrey Bewkes, Fox’s Dana Walden and Gary Newman, ZDF’s Thomas Bellut and many others.

A full rundown of what’s in our MIPCOM editions is below. Follow the links to access our digital editions online, or get the Issuu app for iOS and Android so you can read them on the mobile device of your choice.

WORLD SCREEN
·      Jeffrey Bewkes is confident that Time Warner’s focus on producing and distributing film and TV content for all platforms will ensure a prosperous future for the company.

·      Fox Television Group’s Dana Walden and Gary Newman, MIPCOM Personalities of the Year, weigh in on how they’re running both a studio and a broadcast network.

·      Sophie Turner Laing talks about managing creativity and consolidating operations at Endemol Shine Group.

·      Ed Carroll on international expansion at AMC Networks.

·      Paul Anderson and Beverley McGarvey reflect on 50 years of Network Ten.

·      Modern Times Group’s Jakob Mejlhede, FOX International Channels’s Jason Simms, Channel 5/VIMN U.K.’s Katie Keenan, Amazon’s Jason Ropell and SVT’s Christian Wikander are this year’s World Screen Content Trendsetter Award honorees.

·      Globo’s CEO Carlos Henrique Schroder on the Brazilian broadcaster’s content-production prowess and preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

·      Tim Davie highlights the latest developments at BBC Worldwide.

Read it here.

TV EUROPE
·      Tax incentives for high-end TV are boosting the U.K. production business.

·      Turkey is being celebrated as the Country of Honour this MIPCOM.

·      An overview of the movements in the French media market.

·      Thomas Bellut discusses ZDF’s positioning in Germany.

·      Darren Childs shares what's driving the gains at UKTV.

Read it here.

TV KIDS
·      A look at trends in preschool programming.

·      Distributors are expanding their offerings of movies and specials.

·      Changes are under way in the Canadian kids’ sector.

·      Viacom’s Cyma Zarghami reflects on Nickelodeon’s success.

·      Dan Povenmire & Jeff “Swampy” Marsh talk Phineas and Ferb and their new series Milo Murphy’s Law.

·      Rob Sorcher talks about what’s in the works at Cartoon Network Studios.

·      Gwen Stefani tells us about the new animated series Kuu Kuu Harajuku.

·      Iginio Straffi on what’s happening at his Italian animation powerhouse, Rainbow.

·      Deirdre Brennan reveals her strategy at ABC TV in Australia.

·      Dan Good shares what inspired him to create Wissper.

·      Jean-Philippe Randisi offers insight into the recent restructure at Zodiak Kids.

·      A Q&A with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch.

·      A special report on the 10th anniversary of Cyber Group.

·      A special report on Mondo TV at 50.

·      In our Brand Licensing Europe special report you’ll find a feature on L&M trends and an interview with Arad Productions’s Avi Arad.

Read it here.

TV DRAMA
·      Leading commissioners weigh in on what they’re looking for.

·      A look at the wealth of reboots, remakes and sequels on offer.

·      Greg Berlanti talks about his six U.S. network shows.

·      Andrew Davies and Simon Vaughan on adapting War and Peace.

Read it here.

TV FORMATS
·      Format buyers discuss their wish lists.

·      Game shows are a hot commodity.

·      Bertram van Munster talks about the enduring appeal of The Amazing Race.

·      We hear from Rob Clark about FremantleMedia’s thriving format business and its new offerings.

·      Ken Mok on how America’s Next Top Model has been adapted across the globe.

Read it here.

TV REAL
·      Insights from programming directors at documentary channels and strands.

·      Motoring, adventure and other male-skewed shows are in demand.

·      Brian Cox on the importance of making complex scientific theories understandable to audiences.

·      Bear Grylls talks about his survival shows.

·      Idris Elba provides an inside look at his documentary Mandela, My Dad and Me.

·      Courteney Monroe is leading the charge toward higher-profile programming at National Geographic Channel.

·      Anthony Geffen delivers an in-depth look at Atlantic Productions’s use of new technologies in documentary filmmaking.

Read it here.

TV ASIAPAC
·      The OTT business is growing rapidly across the region.

·      Yoshio Okubo talks about how Nippon TV has become Japan’s leading broadcaster.

·      Charo Santos-Concio shares her growth strategies for Filipino media group ABS-CBN Corporation.

Read it here.

TV MEA
·      Pay TV continues to expand across the Middle East and Africa.

·      David Butorac reveals what’s driving the gains at OSN.

Read it here.

TV LATINA
·      What’s new in Latin American drama.

·      A Q&A with Andrés Parra, the star of Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord.

·      Fernando Barbosa on the latest at Disney Media Distribution Latin America.

Read it here.

TV LISTINGS
·      Comprehensive information and stand numbers for 155 distributors heading to MIPCOM.

Read it here.

We have also published a new edition of the TV Kids Guide and the first-ever TV Drama Guide.

Plus, we had a September/Pre-MIPCOM edition, which featured an in-depth report on trends in international drama and interviews with The Player’s Wesley Snipes, South of Hell’s Mena Suvari and Magnificent Century’s Halit Ergenç, as well as Red Arrow’s Jan Frouman, Tele München Group’s Herbert G. Kloiber and Herbert L. Kloiber, and Starz’s Carmi Zlotnik. There are also Q&As with Deutschland 83’s Jörg and Anna Winger and the talent in front of and behind the camera of A+E Networks’s UnREAL and all3media international’s Partners in Crime.

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of World Screen at the Palais, or in a number of hotels in Cannes.