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Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel, co-founders & CEOs at France’s APC (About Premium Content), join TBI editor Richard Middleton as they explore the rise of global drama and provide tasters of some of their latest hits, including SBS’s glamorous heist drama The Unusual Suspects, TF1 thriller Gloria and Arte/ZDF action spy thriller Algiers Confidential.

Guilbart & Boissel also reveal how APC is making the most of the surging demand and explore recent successes such as Man In Room 301 and Operation Buffalo.

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Sameer Nair, CEO at India’s Applause Entertainment, joins TBI editor Richard Middleton to discuss the huge opportunities emerging in his country as streamers such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon join regional players to create a hugely competitive sector.

Nair also reveals Applause’s international strategy, its financing potential and its desire for more global partnerships, as well as the company’s expansive slate and its work with companies such as BBC Studios and TF1 on scripted format adaptations of shows such as Luther.

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Julia Dick, consultant executive producer for Banijay Rights – and recent winner of TBI’s Outstanding Contribution To Content award – has worked on reality format Survivor for almost two decades. Here, she shares some behind the scenes secrets from the show with TBI editor Richard Middleton and considers what has contributed to the format’s longevity, as well as revealing which member of the Trump family featured on the show.

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Cineflix Rights CEO Chris Bonney joins TBI editor Richard Middleton to discuss some of the highlights of the company’s slate, which straddles both scripted and unscripted – including kids cooking competition format Step Up To The Plate, factual special Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o and returning thriller Marcella. The exec also reveals what 2021 has in store for him as he prepares to leave the company, after more than three decades in the industry to date.

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Cineflix Rights, Banijay’s format Lego Masters and Canadian drama Transplant were among the standout winners at this year’s Content Innovation Awards, which was broadcast on 3 December and is now available online.

An array of international companies were among prize winners at the sixth edition of the annual awards, which were this year revealed via a virtual ceremony as judges and the TBI team honoured finalists across an array of categories.

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Monica Levy and Jean-Michel Ciszewski, Federation Entertainment co-heads of international for drama, join TBI editor Richard Middleton to unveil the French company’s expansive new scripted slate, including recent CANNESERIES winners Partisan and Red Light.
Levy and Ciszewski also discuss new drama highlights including French series Cheyenne & Lola and Israeli hit Blackspace, and reveal the latest production news for their hugely ambitious new English-language series Around The World In 80 Days.

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Vuulr CEO & founder Ian Mckee joins TBI editor Richard Middleton to discuss how the digital marketplace is enabling buyers to find a wider selection of content and sellers to uncover new markets for their shows.

Mckee also reveals the countries that have been quickest to adopt digital distribution, as well as how the service is making the acquisition process more efficient for the biggest and the most boutique distributors.

Learn more about Vuulr here: www.vuulr.com

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Federation Kids and Family’s international sales chief Monica Levy tells Richard Middleton how the French company is navigating the fast-changing TV landscape and outlines why shows such as ‘Find Me In Paris’ have been such a success. She also details how Federation is working with partners on new projects, including live-action series, and discusses ‘The Star of Andra and Tati’, an animated special that tells the true story of two sisters who were deported to Auschwitz as children.

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Endemol Shine Group, Sky and Kew Media were among the stand-out winners at this year’s Content Innovation Awards, which took place during a lavish ceremony prior to MIPCOM in Cannes.

At a packed event at the Majestic Hotel, Sky’s epic series Chernobyl beat off finalists including Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Patrick Melrose and Bavaria Fiction’s Das Boot to take home the coveted Best Debut Drama Series prize.

The awards, which are now into their fifth year, also saw Endemol Shine take home the Entertainment Format of the Year trophy for its culinary veteran MasterChef, while the Best Documentary Series prize was won by Kew Media Distribution for Leaving Neverland, about the two men who alleged they were sexually abused by pop icon Michael Jackson.

Watch video highlights from the event and find out the full list of winners here: http://bit.ly/CIAWARDS19WINNERS

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Media Ranch president Sophie Ferron discusses the Montreal-based producer-distributor’s top formats, including divorce show The Expert, as well as her ambitions for a more IP-driven and global-facing future. Ferron also outlines plans for a new formats incubator out of Quebec, and how Media Ranch is thriving in a shifting Canadian media landscape.

Watch the trailers:

The Expert
https://vimeo.com/296454938/7911c852d5

The Judas
https://vimeo.com/296454717/e3523cfae0

The Vault
https://vimeo.com/296454868/112518f6bf