World Screen

Nat Geo’s Hamish Mykura, Foxtel’s Hannah Barnes, Canal+’s Isabelle Antraygue and ORF’s Andrew Solomon weighed in on acquisition and commissioning trends in a MIPDoc session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Factual Trendsetter Award.

Susan Levison, a former VH1 executive, has been named senior VP of alternative programming at CBS Television Studios.

Executives from ZDF Enterprises, NHNZ, PBS, CCTV9, ARTE France and ZDF weighed in on co-productions in a MIPDoc keynote superpanel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati ahead of the premiere of the blue-chip series Big Pacific.

The diverse range of programming that DW Transtel has to offer from Deutsche Welle is on full display at MIPTV.

CANNES: Are you attending MIPDoc this weekend? Make sure to get your copy of TV Real, visit TVReal.ws, access our Twitter feed, and peruse listings of numerous new shows via our Screening Rooms for MIPDoc.

CANNES: The holy month of Ramadhan is the focus of Salam Ramadhan Korea and Salam Ramadhan UK, which Silver Wolf International is offering to MIPTV buyers.

CANNES: Rive Gauche Television is presenting Egg Factor, a show that takes viewers along on the journeys of people who turn to egg donors in order to have children.

CANNES: Directed by acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War, a highlight from PBS International, is a ten-hour documentary film series that was six years in the making.

CANNES: The female artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her usage of vivid colors and polka-dots, is profiled in NHK Enterprises’ Yayoi Kusama: My Eternal Soul, which was shot in 8K and is also available in 4K.

CANNES: The current investigation into the Nazi looting of artwork, gold and more that occurred during World War II is under the microscope in Hunting Nazi Treasure, on offer from TCB Media Rights.