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Gaggl, a new company that licenses and distributes TV shows to content creators for them to watch with their communities on social platforms, has been founded by former Twitch and TV executives.

TV Asahi and Youngest Media Group have collaborated on the physical game-show format Celebrity Fight Club.

The Manchester-based Saffron Cherry Productions, creator of The Madame Blanc Mysteries, has named Trinidadian-born British actor Don Warrington MBE as executive producer.

FilmRise has acquired the AVOD and FAST rights to the Corner Gas sitcom, along with Corner Gas: The Movie, in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand and Australia.

The Stupid House has won this year's MIPFormats Pitch, sponsored by ZDF Studios, which was moderated by World Screen's Kristin Brzoznowski this afternoon.

K7 Media's Tracking the Giants survey was unveiled at MIPFormats this weekend, with Michelle Lin, head of data and analysis at the research firm, highlighting the strengths of the sector, the emerging trend of adventure reality and last year’s most successful rollouts, with All3Media International’s The Traitors taking the crown of “Format of the Year” for its 11 new adaptations in 2023.

Factual commissions have held up better than other genres, MIPDoc’s opening session revealed yesterday, but the segment is facing its own share of disruptive shifts, including the need to explore branded entertainment and other funding models and audiences’ desire for immersive experiences.

MIPFormats this weekend hosted a screening and showcase of ZDF Studios’ brand-new Skydive Quiz format, with VP Unscripted Ralf Rückauer and the show’s creator, Mário Daniel, discussing its global rollout potential in conversation with World Screen’s Kristin Brzoznowski.

Documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter, founder of Trilogy Films, shared her creative processes in a MIPDoc keynote.

LOOKSfilm's The Last Days of Kabul—Life and Death of a Republic has been chosen as the winner of this year's MIPDoc Pitch.