{"id":18681,"date":"2023-05-16T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:27:16","slug":"lionsgates-agapy-kapouranis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgates-agapy-kapouranis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate\u2019s Agapy Kapouranis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As president of international television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, Agapy Kapouranis has structured a broad range of complex global and regional licensing deals with digital and linear platforms around the world. She tells <em>TV Drama <\/em>about the bespoke approach to taking Lionsgate\u2019s programming across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong> What\u2019s driving Lionsgate\u2019s strategy for 2023?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/img\/2023-05-16-Agapy-Kapouranis.jpg\" alt=\"***Image***\" width=\"177\" height=\"206\" \/><strong>KAPOURANIS:<\/strong> Lionsgate is one of the leading third-party suppliers of premium scripted series in the world, and we are agnostic to platform, so we don\u2019t take a \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d approach. Our entrepreneurial nature enables us to be flexible and pivot when challenges arise.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we will focus on continuing to open up new markets with existing platforms and those new to the international space. We closed a deal with Paramount+ for the streamer to acquire several of our shows, such as hit comedies <em>Home Economics<\/em> and <em>Son of a Critch<\/em>, for audiences in the U.K. and Ireland, and we will continue to create similar opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Lionsgate has become one of the few studios with series on every one of the main free-TV broadcasters in the U.K., placing the Emmy Award-winning series <em>Ramy<\/em> on Channel 4, the hit anthology series <em>Love Life<\/em> on BBC and more. We are now replicating this successful strategy across other European markets, including France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong> What are buyers looking for?<br \/>\n<strong>KAPOURANIS:<\/strong> Buyers are always looking for premium content driven by strong storylines and acclaimed casts. We offer a diverse slate that includes some of our newer series, such as the CIA thriller <em>Gray<\/em>, starring Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson, and top films from our library, including <em>The Hunger Games<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>We licensed a large package of premium films and series to support the European relaunch of MGM+, reaffirming the value of our content for buyers throughout the ecosystem. This deal made MGM+ the new home of Lionsgate and STARZ\u2019s most popular series in key European countries, including the <em>Power<\/em> franchise, <em>Mad Men<\/em>, <em>Nashville<\/em> and <em>Black Mafia Family<\/em>, and hit movies ranging from <em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em> and <em>Halloween<\/em> to the <em>John Wick<\/em> franchises, <em>Twilight<\/em> and beyond. We are also now selling <em>Power Book II: Ghost<\/em> in Scandinavia and Japan and <em>The Great <\/em>in France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV DRAMA:<\/strong> How much more complex is the windowing you must work out with clients nowadays?<br \/>\n<strong>KAPOURANIS:<\/strong> Complex windowing remains key to our licensing strategy and provides the ability to maximize library value across multiple rights lines, including SVOD and AVOD. While streaming services within a company are often unable to share rights, at Lionsgate we\u2019re able to work with each customer separately, creating value for both partners while addressing their respective windows and licensing needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of international television and digital distribution on the bespoke approach to taking the company\u2019s programming across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,70],"tags":[6722,211],"class_list":["post-18681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-interviews","category-top-stories","tag-agapy-kapouranis","tag-lionsgate","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate\u2019s Agapy Kapouranis - 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