Kristin Brzoznowski

MIPCOM 2017 has lined up a record number of exclusive international screenings, including original crime series, a Russian period drama, a blue-chip wildlife series and some comedy shows.

David Lyle, whose 30-plus-year career in the TV industry included serving as head of National Geographic Channels and Fox Reality Channel, has passed away at the age of 67 after a long-fought battle with cancer.

Armoza Formats is bringing two new dramas from Canadian broadcaster TVA Group to MIPCOM: Eclipse and Refuge.

Propagate Content is teaming up with Emmy Award-winning executive producer and showrunner Charles Wachter to launch the new production company Hard Twenty.

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution (FNGCD) will debut more than 70 new titles across almost 550 new hours at MIPCOM this year, with highlights such as Deep State, Fox Networks Group’s first regional scripted commission for Europe & Africa.

Rebecca Campbell, the president of the ABC Owned Television Station Group and ABC Daytime, will assume the role of president of The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective January 1, 2018.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Stolen Picture, the new production banner founded by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and signed an exclusive TV distribution deal.

Entertainment Studios, led by Chairman and CEO Byron Allen, is launching a new direct-to-consumer global streaming OTT subscription platform, SPORTS.TV.  

Eccho Rights has sold the hit Ukrainian comedy Servant of the People into Korea, while the scripts have been optioned for a remake in France.

Australian media mogul Bruce Gordon has failed in his latest attempt to stop Ten Network's takeover by CBS.