Mansha Daswani

Warner Bros. Discovery is set to launch Max in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong on November 19.

Some 10,500 delegates from 110 countries attended MIPCOM in Cannes this week, organizer RX France says, including 3,240 buyers, down from last year's attendance of 11,000.

RX France’s Lucy Smith offered up new details about MIP LONDON, running from February 23 to 27, 2025, including the addition of a kids’ co-production summit alongside MIPDoc and MIPFormats, before sitting down for a Q&A with World Screen’s Mansha Daswani about the logistics of the new event, which takes place at the same time as the London TV Screenings.

Dan Cohen, the chief content licensing officer at Paramount, weighed in on new licensing models in his MIPCOM keynote conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati before being joined on stage by the stars of NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo.

At the Producers Hub at MIPCOM today, The Walt Disney Company’s Diego Londono and Paolo Agostinelli discussed the Disney+ commissioning strategy in Europe, co-productions and windowing innovation in conversation with World Screen’s Mansha Daswani.

The online video sector in Japan is set for a 7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), and will account for 45 percent of all screen revenues by 2029, up from 35 percent this year.

At MIPCOM today, Rakuten TV announced the launch of a new Enterprise Services division, allowing content owners and distributors to launch their own FAST channels and video apps.

As MIPCOM celebrates Spain as its Country of Honour this year, ICEX Spain Trade & Investment and Parrot Analytics have revealed that content from the country generated $5.1 billion in global streaming revenues over the last four years.

Adding 5.07 million net new subscribers in the third quarter to reach a total of 282.7 million members, Netflix saw its revenues rise by 15 percent in the period to $9.82 billion.

Mansha Daswani, World Screen's editor-in-chief, explores the big-picture trends that are impacting the international television business as the industry convenes for MIPCOM.