{"id":5268,"date":"2015-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/2015\/10\/13\/mipcom-the-week-in-drama-3\/"},"modified":"2016-01-21T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:10:01","slug":"mipcom-the-week-in-drama-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mipcom-the-week-in-drama-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MIPCOM: The Week in Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV Drama Weekly recaps the deals that made headlines in the business of drama last week<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There was perhaps one overarching trend for the slew of drama news that came out of MIPCOM last week: the business is more international than it has ever been, with an array of cross-border collaborations and a never-ending parade of new players. Just look at the long list of celebs spotted along the Croisette\u2014and the variety of projects they\u2019re fronting. Kieran Bew, Ed Speleers and Joanne Whalley were in town to plug ITV\u2019s lavish Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands<\/em>, which nabbed a U.S. slot on new drama buyer Esquire Network ahead of the market. Brit Iain Glen was in Cannes promoting the Australian drama Cleverman<\/em>, repped by Munich-based Red Arrow International. The Monday night World Premiere TV Screening was the U.K.\/France co-pro The Last Panthers<\/em>, featuring Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim and Goran Bogdan. The Turkish power couple of Halit Ergen\u00e7 (Magnificent Century<\/em>) and Berg\u00fczar Korel (Karadayi<\/em>) were just two of several stars in town celebrating Turkey as the MIPCOM Country of Honour. Patrick Fugit came to Cannes to introduce Outcast<\/em>, Robert Kirkman\u2019s new drama commissioned by FOX International Channels for its 120-plus markets across the globe. Hong Kong action movie star Daniel Wu was on site at the Entertainment One (eOne) Television stand for AMC\u2019s highly anticipated Into the Badlands<\/em>. Also with eOne was James Purefoy, a British actor who plays a Texan in SundanceTV\u2019s Hap and Leonard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

SundanceTV continues to make a name for itself as a home in the U.S. for distinctive drama from around the world. Fresh off its broadcast of the German-language\u00a0Deutschland 83<\/em>\u2014which\u00a0FremantleMedia International has since sold into a slew of new markets<\/a>\u2014the AMC Networks-owned channel signed on for the\u00a0STUDIOCANAL\/Sky Vision series\u00a0The Last Panthers<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Zodiak Rights\u2019 RT\u00c9 drama\u00a0Rebellion<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deutschland\u00a0<\/em>83 wasn\u2019t the only non-English-language drama making news. Eccho Rights expanded its slate of Turkish drama via an\u00a0output deal with Surec Film<\/a>.\u00a0World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Anna Carugati moderated an informative session on\u00a0why Turkish dramas are doing so well internationally<\/a>, especially in Latin America, featuring Ay Yapim’s Kerem \u00c7atay, Kanal D’s Pelin Di\u00c5\u009fta\u00c5\u009f Ya\u00c5\u009faro\u00c4\u009flu, Moses Productions’s Kim Moses, ITV-Inter Medya’s Can Okan and Megavision’s Juan Vicente. ZDF Enterprises sold five series totaling 44 hours of programming to the\u00a0U.K.\u2019s new on-demand foreign-language drama service Walter Presents<\/a>, covering titles from Belgium, Sweden and Poland. ABC in the U.S. ordered a\u00a0pilot script adaptation of the Austrian crime series\u00a0Janus<\/em><\/a>, distributed by ORF-Enterprise. FOX International Channels (FIC) inked a global deal for the exclusive\u00a0first-window rights for the Israeli drama\u00a0False Flag<\/em><\/a>\u00a0from Keshet International.\u00a0Global Screen secured sales for its drama and crime series<\/a>, including the newest season of\u00a0The Weissensee Saga<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Indeed, a key trend out of the market was the rising prominence of European distributors as powerhouse providers of drama to the global market.\u00a0The Missing<\/em>\u00a0was among a portfolio of prime-time dramas\u00a0licensed by all3media international to broadcasters across Europe<\/a>. France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions acquired\u00a0Paul Abbott\u2019s\u00a0No Offence<\/em><\/a>\u00a0from FremantleMedia International (FMI). TANDEM Productions, a STUDIOCANAL company, optioned\u00a0Ken Follett\u2019s spy novel\u00a0Code to Zero<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for a TV adaptation. EuropaCorp Television Studios USA and Universal Television said they were teaming for a\u00a0prequel to the hit feature-film franchise\u00a0Taken<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for NBC. ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) sold a range of\u00a0British and American dramas to South African SVOD platform ShowMax<\/a>. Scripted has been at the heart of ITV\u2019s transformation strategy, chief executive\u00a0Adam Crozier revealed in his keynote interview<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Carugati. CANAL+, Capa Drama, Zodiak Fiction and Incendo said that the upcoming epic drama series\u00a0Versailles<\/em>, a CANAL+ Cr\u00e9ation Originale, has already been renewed<\/a>. Endemol Shine International clinched a high-profile\u00a0U.S. slot for\u00a0The Frankenstein Chronicles<\/em><\/a>, which is headed to A&E Network.<\/p>\n

U.S. drama from the Hollywood studios, meanwhile, also made plenty of headlines. Some 1,000 people waited patiently to get into the Grand Auditorium for the screening of episode one of FOX\u2019s new\u00a0The X-Files<\/em>\u00a0limited series and to hear from the show\u2019s creator, Chris Carter. Japan\u2019s WOWOW acquired the exclusive\u00a0Japanese broadcast rights for the U.S. series\u00a0The Player<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Zoo<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Crackle\u2019s first original drama\u00a0The Art of More<\/em>, which had its world premiere at MIPCOM<\/a>\u00a0with cast members Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes and Christian Cooke, was picked up by broadcasters in 25 territories, including the Middle East. CBS Studios International (CBSSI) licensed the first-window broadcast rights for the new drama\u00a0Limitless\u00a0<\/em>to Network Ten in Australia, FOX in Spain and TV2 in Norway<\/a>, among other broadcasters. The studio was also showcasing\u00a0Billions\u00a0<\/em>and a range of other premium programming from Showtime. In conversation with\u00a0World Screen<\/em>\u2019s Carugati,\u00a0Showtime\u2019s David Nevins and CBS Global Distribution Group\u2019s Armando Nu\u00f1ez<\/a>\u00a0discussed the expansion of the premium channel\u2019s brand and content across the globe in their Media Mastermind keynote.\u00a0Disney Media Distribution announced the sale of ABC Studios\u2019s\u00a0The Catch<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to 186 territories, including the U.K., where it will air on Sky Living,\u00a0which also acquired\u00a0Limitless<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Blindspot<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The booming drama business has prompted\u00a0Reed MIDEM to launch the MIPDrama Screenings<\/a>. Set to take place ahead of MIPTV, it will give buyers an exclusive first look at top scripted programming. An opening conference session will present the State of the Drama Industry, spotlighting breakout drama hits from major countries over the past six months, and offering an overview of the most successful imports. MIPDrama will then host screenings of curated new content with a particular focus on content from Europe, as well as other leading drama-producing territories.<\/p>\n

All this drama is certainly a boon for broadcasters, but the crowded market does not come without its challenges, as the 2015 World Screen Content Trendsetters\u2014Viacom\u2019s Katie Keenan, MTG\u2019s Jakob Mejlhede, FOX International Channels\u2019s Jason Simms and SVT\u2019s Christian Wikander\u2014revealed in the Acquisition Superpanel<\/a>. In conversation with Carugati, the four leading programmers discussed trends in drama, the battle for exclusive rights, the impact of OTT platforms and day-and-date premieres.<\/p>\n

Catch up on these stories and more on TVDrama.ws<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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