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MIPTV to remain virtual in 2021 as Reed Midem outlines plans Reed Midem is preparing for an online-only version of MIPTV in 2021, but has confirmed that it is hopeful of launching a physical MIPCOM in Cannes later in the year. The April tbivision.com/2020/12/18/mip… #VideoExSeries

Reed Midem unveils plans for MIPTV & MIPCOM in 2021 Reed Midem is preparing for an online-only version of MIPTV in 2021, but has confirmed that it is hopeful of launching a physical MIPCOM in Cannes later in the year. The April edition of tbivision.com/2020/12/18/ree… #VideoExSeries

TBI Weekly: TBI’s favourite shows of 2020 With lockdowns and travel restrictions throughout 2020, we’ve all probably watched more content than ever before. Fortunately, the industry has been in fine form and delivered an array of tbivision.com/2020/12/18/tbi… #VideoExSeries

Commissioning round-up: Showtime orders ‘Yellowjackets’; BBCS & Bilibili announce ‘Ancients’; Viaplay takes ‘We Children From Bahnhof Zoo’ Showtime orders ‘Yellowjackets’ ViacomCBS-owned US network Showtime has given a series tbivision.com/2020/12/18/com… #VideoExSeries

Exclusive: SPT rejigs EMEA distribution as Mark Young & John Rossiter take new roles Sony Picture Television (SPT) has rejigged its distribution and networks business, with Western Europe exec Mark Young taking on a wider remit and John tbivision.com/2020/12/18/exc… #VideoExSeries

Tiger Aspect appoints David Simpson as comedy head Banijay-owned UK prodco Tiger Aspect has promoted Man Like Mobeen exec producer David Simpson to head of comedy. Reporting to Banijay UK executive chairman Peter Salmon and CEO Lucinda tbivision.com/2020/12/18/tig… #VideoExSeries

eOne appoints Jacqueline Sacerio to become EVP of scripted TV Hasbro-owned Entertainment One (eOne) has promoted Jacqueline Sacerio to become EVP of scripted TV. Sacerio, who was previously SVP of scripted TV, has been behind survival drama tbivision.com/2020/12/18/eon… #VideoExSeries

NBCU’s acquisitions & strategy president Frances Manfredi exits after two decades NBCUniversal’s president of content acquisitions & strategy Frances Manfredi is departing after more than two decades with the company. Manfredi was tbivision.com/2020/12/18/nbc… #VideoExSeries

TBI Wrap 2020: Off The Fence’s Ellen Windemuth; Cottonwood’s David Michel; Green Inc.’s Stephen Stewart; NENT Studios UK’s Richard Halliwell As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs from all corners of the tbivision.com/2020/12/18/tbi… #VideoExSeries

Mark Miller on Great Pacific’s scripted move, a factual boom and writing words vs cheques Great Pacific Media’s Mark Miller tells TBI deputy editor Mark Layton about the company’s move into scripted, why factual content is about to boom and tbivision.com/2020/12/18/mar… #VideoExSeries

Disney+ to raise $4bn from US subscribers by 2022, report suggests Disney+ is set to surpass $4bn in revenue from US subscriptions alone by 2022, according to eMarketer. The firm noted that the streamer, which launched in 2019, amassed $130m tbivision.com/2020/12/17/dis… #VideoExSeries

ITV’s Paul Moore named chair of Creative Diversity Network The Creative Diversity Network (CDN), which aims to increase diversity on and off screen within the UK’s television industry, has named ITV exec Paul Moore as its new chair. Moore, tbivision.com/2020/12/17/itv… #VideoExSeries

News round-up: TVN snags Fremantle’s ‘kindness’ format; Eccho sells ‘Legacy’; Can’t Stop’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel TVN takes Fremantle’s Great Giveback Poland’s TVN has ordered a local version of a reality format originally created by tbivision.com/2020/12/17/new… #VideoExSeries

TBI’s 2020 Wrap: Fox’s Michael Thorn; Yes Studios’ Danna Stern; CuriosityStream’s Clint Stinchcomb; Nippon TV’s Mikiko Nishiyama; TikTok’s Rich Waterworth As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs from all tbivision.com/2020/12/17/tbi… #VideoExSeries

What Spanish hero ‘El Cid’ can teach us about global production Jose Velasco, founder & president of Spain-based iZen Group, tells TBI about his company’s epic new drama El Cid for Amazon Prime – and why the show’s tbivision.com/2020/12/17/wha… #VideoExSeries

Kids round-up: Quintet launch heralds ‘Ivor The Engine’ return; Sensical preps streamer; Wildbrain goes DTC with Samsung Quintet launch heralds Ivor The Engine return Quintet Pictures – a cross-platform production company focusing on the tbivision.com/2020/12/17/kid… #VideoExSeries

Saudi Arabia’s MBC Group re-appoints Sam Barnett as CEO to replace Marc Antoine d’Halluin Saudi Arabia’s MBC Group has rejigged its senior team by appointing Sam Barnett as its CEO to replace Marc Antoine d’Halluin, with the former tbivision.com/2020/12/17/sau… #VideoExSeries

Charlie Mackesy forms prodco, links with Bad Robot to adapt ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse’ The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse author Charlie Mackesy has launched a new production company with producer Cara Speller, which tbivision.com/2020/12/17/cha… #VideoExSeries

The TV Collective, Fremantle & Indigo launch Breakthrough Leaders program UK-based networking organisation The TV Collective (TVC) has linked up with Fremantle and Indigo Talent to launch a program designed to identify 50 people from Black, tbivision.com/2020/12/17/the… #VideoExSeries

BBC Studios to launch culture-skewing SVOD in US & Canada in 2021 BBC Studios (BBCS) is expanding its North American SVOD offering with a new streamer set to launch next year that will target “independent thinkers”. BBC Select tbivision.com/2020/12/16/bbc… #VideoExSeries