MIPCOM Spotlight: Content Television

CANNES: Content Television is presenting the 90-minute special Elián (working title), which is executive produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney.

The title tells the story of Elián González, the 5-year-old Cuban boy rescued off the coast of Florida, and how the fight for his future changed the course of U.S.-Cuban relations. Content Television is also presenting a drama slate that includes the fourth season of the BBC police thriller Line of Duty.

The contemporary millennial drama Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope marks the first title to launch from Content’s exclusive first-look deal with Deadpan Pictures. The series “offers a fantastically fresh and distinctive character-driven story for prime-time schedules,” says Jonathan Ford, the executive VP of sales and distribution at Content Television. “Our programming slate for MIPCOM delivers a host of brand-new titles with wide audience appeal.”