Philippe Soutter

Managing Director, PGS Entertainment

What are some of your top properties for MIPTV?
Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Tony Stark, heir to a billion-dollar corporation, lives in luxury, seeking extreme thrills, solving mysteries and creating inventions, but everything changes when Tony’s father is killed.
I.N.K.: Invisible Network of Kids: Centers on a group of kids at the coolest school on Earth trying to protect Pinkerton against their evil disciplinarian teacher, Miss Macbeth.
The Gees: The Gees’ boundless enthusiasm in exploring the human world is equaled only by their total clumsiness and their irresistible urge to do the wrong thing at the wrong time, setting a comedic pace aimed at a kids and family audience.
The Little Prince of St Exupery: A gigantic universal storm forces The Little Prince and his friends out of the Earth’s stratosphere and in finding their way home, the group experiences incredible creatures and amazing adventures on other planets.
Toob: The first animated weather forecast for kids gives fun, practical information about how to prepare for and enjoy the day, based on the daily report in each region.

Why will these programs appeal to buyers?
PGS represents well known brand-focused properties – Iron Man, The Little Prince, Marsupilami; shows with world class broadcast partners attached – League of Super Evil (CBBC, Cartoon Network), I.N.K.: Invisible Network of Kids (France 3, SuperRTL, Disney, Nickelodeon); innovative short formats – George & Barbara, The Gees and new formats, like Toobo. There’s something for everyone’s schedule.

What are your goals and expectations for MIPTV?
Our mission is to represent a benchmark of quality with the kids properties we are involved with, so at MIPTV we aim to continue to build on that reputation with our existing partners, through selected program partnership and continuing to expand on our output deals worldwide and fuelling global broadcasters’ appetite for top-notch independent production content.