MIPCOM Spotlight: Mediaset Distribution

September 28, 2012 World Screen Top Stories

CANNES: The international-distribution arm of Italy’s Mediaset, Mediaset Distribution, comes to MIPCOM with a slate of both finished programs and scripted and unscripted formats.

 

On the scripted-formats side, there is The Chosen—originally titled Il tredicesimo apostolo—a 12×50-minute suspense thriller. As far as unscripted formats go, the company is showcasing Date Me! (Uomini e donne), a daily daytime dating show that has been adapted in Spain, and You’ve Got Mail (C’è posta per te), an emotional weekly prime-time show that has versions in 14 countries. “We’re [focusing] this year on our scripted- and unscripted-formats business, [which] has been, until now, quite a success, having closed options and adaptations in many different countries, including the U.S.A.,” says Manuela Caputi, the international sales manager at Mediaset Distribution.
 
Mediaset offers the mafia series Antimafia Squad and A Matter of Respect as finished shows as well as formats.