A Note from the Editors About the MIPTV Edition

NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPTV issue, which marks the 30th anniversary of World Screen.

We’re always talking to content executives about what’s hot right now—or what’s coming down the pipeline in six months or a year’s time. We’re constantly having meetings internally about how we make the next issue better than the last one. It’s not often that we get a chance to look back at everything we’ve done in the past or look ahead to what the content business might look like five or ten years from now. We got to do both in our MIPTV edition.

This MIPTV issue marks the 30th anniversary of World Screen. To commemorate this landmark milestone, our group editorial director, Anna Carugati, dug into our deep archive of interviews to show how the media business has transformed more in the last five years than it has done over our entire history. In our special World Screen @ 30 report, you’ll hear from presidents and CEOs of major media companies on the big-picture shifts in content consumption, while showrunners, actors and programming heads weigh in on the new age of auteur television. There’s also our Top 10, where we collated quotes from the people involved in the ten most influential shows that we have featured in our pages over the last five years. You can see the 30th Anniversary special report here.

Given all of this reflecting on the past, we figured this edition of World Screen would be the perfect opportunity to look ahead. In our “What’s Next?” feature, Elizabeth Guider speaks with content production and distribution executives and programmers about how the business of making and selling shows will continue to transform in the years ahead. We then have one-on-one interviews with executives from all segments of the industry sharing their views on where the business is headed. This includes Thomas Rabe of Bertelsmann, a massive media company making the most of digital opportunities across its portfolio; Jeremy Darroch from Sky discussing the importance of TV Everywhere; Discovery’s David Zaslav on the role of brands, and content ownership, in this new landscape; Roy Price on how Amazon Studios has upended the traditional pilot system; Victor Koo on how Youku Tudou is leading the way in China, the world’s largest OTT market; Maker Studios’ Ynon Kreiz shares his perspectives on the future of short-form content; Cecile Frot-Coutaz talks about the digital opportunities being mined at FremantleMedia; AwesomenessTV’s Brian Robbins weighs in on catering to Millennials; David Attenborough discusses how technology has transformed documentary filmmaking; and futurist Jason Silva shares his opinions on making content for big and small screens and our connected-TV future.

You’ll find a full rundown of what’s in our MIPTV editions below. Follow the links to access our digital editions online, or get the Issuu apps for iOS and Android so you can read them on the mobile device of your choice.

World Screen

• Viola Davis talks How to Get Away with Murder, one of the buzziest new shows of the 2014-15 season.
• Ben Kingsley shares his experiences filming the new limited series Tut.
• Mariska Hargitay on the enduring appeal of Law & Order: SVU.
• On the heels of her Golden Globe win, we hear from Gina Rodriguez about her breakout role in Jane the Virgin.
• Foxtel is turning 20 this year, and we speak with Richard Freudenstein and Ross Crowley about the pay-TV platform’s commitment to top-notch content and services.
• Hernan Lopez discusses the latest developments at FOX International Channels.
• A Q&A with Televisa’s José Antonio Bastón.
• As TV Globo turns 50, we have an exclusive interview with Roberto Irineu Marinho, the head of Grupo Globo, Brazil’s most dominant media company.
• A spotlight on trends in the inflight entertainment business.

Read it here.

TV Europe

• Top buyers from across the continent are focused on value for money and negotiating for multiple windows.
• FremantleMedia’s Cecile Frot-Coutaz discusses the company’s commitment to drama, kids’ content and more.
• Kevin Lygo provides an update on the latest at ITV Studios.
• Spain has become a major content export hub in Europe.

Read it here.

TV Kids

• The ins and outs of the co-production model.
• On-demand and streaming platforms have become major players in the business.
• A host of beloved children’s properties from the past are being rebooted for a new generation of audiences.
• Claude Schmit reflects on 20 years of Super RTL.
• Three of the channels overseen by Lagardère Active’s Caroline Cochaux—Canal J, TiJi and Gulli—are celebrating milestone birthdays this year.
• Nancy Kanter talks about catering to preschoolers’ needs at Disney Junior.

Read it here.

TV Formats

• Is interactivity in formats just another buzzword or a critical component?
• Broadcasters across the globe are hungry for new twists on the cooking-competition genre.
• Paul Telegdy reveals his strategy for maintaining the success of NBC’s hit format adaptations and finding the best ideas from the global market.
• Jennie Snyder Urman and Gina Rodriguez talk about turning a Venezuelan telenovela into the hit U.S. show Jane the Virgin.
• A spotlight on the Got Talent format. 

Read it here.

TV Drama

• There’s a wealth of period drama being rolled out internationally.
• As AMC prepares to debut the last seven episodes of Mad Men, we have an in-depth interview with the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner.
• The showrunner and cast of Law & Order: SVU weigh in on the secrets of the show’s success.
• A look behind the scenes of FX’s critically acclaimed spy drama The Americans.

Read it here.

TV Real

• A spotlight on the latest developments in science documentaries.
• Networks across the globe are seeking out reality shows that help audiences improve their lives.
• David Attenborough shares his thoughts on returning to the Great Barrier Reef.
• BBC Natural History Unit’s Wendy Darke provides an insightful look at the challenges, and rewards, of making wildlife content.
• Jason Silva takes readers inside the National Geographic Channel hit Brain Games.

Read it here.

TV AsiaPac

• Localization, expansion and new competition are key concerns for Asia’s top pay-TV channel operators.
• Youku Tudou’s Victor Koo is firmly focused on innovation in technology, content production and monetization.
• Ricky Ow discusses navigating Turner through Asia’s competitive pay-TV landscape.
• Peter Bithos shares the strategy for Asia’s new OTT service, HOOQ.

Read it here.

TV MEA

• As new players enter the pay-TV business, we explore the fast-changing developments in the South African market.
• Carlos Tibi talks about the streaming service icflix. 

Read it here.

TV Latina

• An in-depth look at Spain’s leading content creators.
• Azteca’s Mario San Román talks about what’s new at the Mexican broadcasting group.

Read it here.

TV Listings

• Program highlights for 130 distributors attending MIPTV.

Read it here.

We have also published new editions of the World Screen Guide and the TV Formats Guide. Plus, we had a March/Pre-MIPTV edition, which featured an in-depth report on drama distribution and financing strategies and interviews with Lionsgate’s Kevin Beggs, FremantleMedia International’s Jens Richter, A+E Networks’ Joel Denton, Red Arrow’s Henrik Pabst and Aquarius’s Marty Adelstein and John McNamara.

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