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Attendance at the 51st edition of MIPTV is expected to be up on last year’s milestone event, according to Laurine Garaude, director of Reed MIDEM’s television division, with 11,000-plus executives expected to attend. The number of buyers on site will be above 4,000, of which about 1,000 will come from …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of TV Europe. From their earliest days on the air, ProSieben and SAT.1 have relied on imported programming—mainly American movies and TV series. Rüdiger Böss, the senior VP of group programming acquisitions at ProSiebenSat.1, has been instrumental in finding product that …

As BSkyB celebrates its 25th anniversary, Sophie Turner Laing, the managing director of content for Sky’s portfolio of channels, speaks to World Screen about the value of putting customers first, delivering the best content and innovating continually. WS: Much of Sky’s success is due to the relationship it has with …

This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of TV Europe. European broadcasters are filling their prime-time grids with a mix of local dramas and adaptations of unscripted formats. Much of Europe remains economically challenged with advertising revenues in decline in many markets. The southern part of the continent—Greece, …

The city of Prague will serve as the new home for NATPE Europe this year, which is hosting the content market and screenings from June 23 to 26. Rod Perth, the president and CEO of event organizer NATPE, is enthusiastic about the move from Budapest. He notes that Prague is …

As the commercial arm of ZDF, the German public broadcaster, ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) does much more than sell a broad range of programs from the world’s largest German-language library. Besides distributing homegrown series, miniseries, TV movies, documentaries and children’s shows, ZDFE is charged with setting up international co-productions, representing third-party …

This article originally appeared in the NATPE Europe 2014 issue of TV Europe. Drama producers and distributors are tapping into tax breaks and other production incentives across Europe.    The globalization of television production has been a steadily growing phenomenon. The genie is out of the bottle. Hollywood is no longer …