CANNES: With technology advancements, mobile lifestyles and changing viewer habits, the demand for new entertainment experiences to accompany linear viewing is rising, and Applicaster is here to help. “Entertainment is now served cross-screen, not only as lean-back but also as ...

CANNES: Looking Glass International has acquired the distribution rights for the documentary The Harem of Egypt's Sun King, from the U.K. indie TV6. The doc includes never-before-seen footage of excavations done by Basel University that unearthed a new tomb in Egypt. It is the first new tomb to be discovered ...

NEW YORK: Kino Lorber is launching its first slate of documentaries for international sales at MIPTV, including the Academy Award-nominated King: A Filmed Record. Elizabeth V. Sheldon, the company's senior VP of acquisitions and business development, is leading these international sales efforts. About a dozen programs that have been released ...

LOS ANGELES: The game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! have been renewed through 2017-18 in 80 percent of the U.S. market, including by the ABC Owned Television Station Group, Sinclair, Media General, Gray Television and other major groups. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are U.S. television’s top two game ...

CANNES: Prima TV in Romania has commissioned a 15-episode local version of the game show Trade Up from Keshet International. The trivia format sees two families go head to head for a chance to win their dream car. Only one family will be the winner, and in the end they ...

CANNES: Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Group and all3media international are co-developing a local version of the factual-entertainment format Gogglebox for China, with an initial order for 12 episodes. The Chinese treatment is expected to launch in the second half of this year on a first-tiered satellite channel. Additionally, all3meda ...

LONDON: Content Television has secured the international distribution rights for the feature-length documentary Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus, in which filmmaker Timothy Mahoney chronicles an archeological investigation in Egypt as his team attempts to corroborate the biblical text. From Thinking Man Films, the doc seeks to answer the question of ...

CANNES: Get ready for MIPTV's official opening tomorrow by picking up a copy of our MIPTV editions at a number of hotels on the Croisette, and download or update the World Screen app, delivering programming listings, news and a host ...

CANNES: Zodiak Rights is showcasing a range of newly commissioned factual programs at MIPTV, among them Fat Fashion Wars from Blast! Films. Fat Fashion Wars spotlights the booming demand for plus-sized fashion. The one-hour doc is part of the Zodiak Rights factual slate, alongside the fixed-rig titles Rookie Trawlermen (working ...

COLOGNE: For the first time ever, WDR mediagroup (WDRmg) is attending MIPTV as part of the German Pavilion, from which it is slated to showcase such titles as The Maus and Elefantastic. Recently added to the WDRmg catalogue are the WDR productions From Scratch to Pro, a format for kids ...