MIPTV Spotlight: Mediaset Distribution

CANNES: Mediaset Distribution is offering the crime dramas The Final Act and Code Name Solo as scripted formats for the market.

According to Manuela Caputi, the company’s head of international sales, Mediaset Distribution has been eyeing expansion into the unscripted arena as well. For MIPTV, the catalog includes the game show The Phone Secrets. Caputi calls the series “controversial, provocative and very original” and reports strong interest ahead of the market. She says that the game show has “big drama” since it features couples going through each other’s personal messages, photos and mobile chats, revealing secrets along the way. The prize is an exotic holiday.

Mediaset Distribution also has some paper formats, including Breaking Love, Jail, The Bodyguard, Shock Therapy and My DNA.“We are trying

“We are trying to open the market for unscripted formats that were created with our own creativity,” Caputi says.