World Screen

FilmRise will be at MIPCOM looking to acquire new content.

During his RTS Cambridge Convention keynote, Tony Hall, director-general of the BBC, set out why, at a time of change and uncertainty, public service broadcasting is more important than ever.

Channel 4’s chief executive, Alex Mahon, delivered a keynote at the RTS Cambridge Convention in which she discussed the important role and relevance of the channel in the broadcasting landscape at an increasingly competitive time.

At the RTS Cambridge Convention, Jeremy Darroch, the group CEO of Sky, discussed the need to disrupt yourself and partner with competitors in order to succeed in an increasingly competitive world.

Set in Victorian London, A+E Networks’ Miss Scarlet and The Duke centers on Eliza Scarlet, the female heir to a detective agency, and her unlikely business partner “The Duke,” DI William Wellington of Scotland Yard.

Seasons one and two of Almost Never, a live-action series about a boy band called The Wonderland, are on Dynamic Television’s kids’ content slate at MIPCOM.

From first-time feature film director Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and her daughters, writer Madelyn Deutch and producer Zoey Deutch (who both star in the movie), comes the MarVista Entertainment highlight The Year of Spectacular Men.

Celebrities are given makeovers to transform their appearance before going incognito to take care of kids who are unaware that they are spending the day with one of their idols in the Global Agency reality-entertainment format Babysitter Celebrity Undercover.

The RTS Cambridge Convention featured an International Keynote from David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery, who talked about the move to direct-to-consumer; the company’s ambitions to serve global audiences through verticals across sport, lifestyle and factual; and the subjects that inspire him personally.

Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV, set the scene for the RTS Cambridge Convention 2019 with a wide-ranging look at the challenges and opportunities for the television industry in a fast-changing world.