Friday, October 11

Warner Picks Magnolia Network Titles; Series Mania Sets Buyers Upfront; Nippon Television Names Global Content Chief; Spy’s Novel Primed For Adaptation; Shibasish Sarkar Re-Elected– Global Briefs

Warner Bros International Television Production To Rep Magnolia Network Shows

Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) has actually struck an offer to representative formats from Magnolia Network, the joint endeavor in between its moms and dad, Warner Bros Discovery, and Chip and Joanna Gaines. This will see travelling of formats from Magnolia– Roller Jam Human vs. Hamster and 2nd Chance Stage — to MIPCOM next month. All 3 programs will introduce this fall on Max in the U.S. Roller Jamproduced by Nikki Boella and Brian Lando sees leading roller-skating teams dance to win a significant reward and contribution to their regional ice rink. Human vs. Hamsterfrom Ninja Warrior maker A. Smith & & Co., sees impressive animal hamsters go toe-to-toe with individuals in scaled-up obstacles that test speed, strength, dexterity and consuming expertise. 2nd Challenge Stagefrom The Intellectual Property Corporation, is a skill compensation in which participants who have actually pressed dreams aside for several years and even years get a possibility to carry out in front of skill scouts, representatives and manufacturers to win a prize money. WBITVP has complete worldwide rights to the trio, bar the U.S. Andrew Zein– WBITVP EVP, Creative, Format Development and Sales– stated “primetime formats that friends and families can take pleasure in together remain in big need at present, and these 3 titles, developed for both direct and streaming household audiences, are extremely initial and extremely amusing.”

Series Mania Launches Buyers Upfront

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Series Mania’s next edition will include an included temptation for purchasers. The European material occasion, next kept in late March 2025, will consist of a Series Mania Buyers Upfront occasion, which is being pitched as a “start to the Forum developed to supply purchasers with special access to highly-anticipated series and help with networking chances” with suppliers. The occasion will be hung on March 24 at the Chamber of Commerce in Lille, France, a day before the industry-focused three-day Series Mania Forum starts. The vent begins with an invitation-only breakfast followed by excerpts of twelve series that remain in post or near launch. A jury of purchasers from Mediaset Spain, Sky, Movistar Plus+, SVT and Arte will choose a winner, which will be revealed at the Forum’s welcome beverages the next night, followed by a red carpet screening. The Series Mania Festival is open to the general public and declares to bring in as much as 70,000 viewers throughout its 8 days.

Japan’s Nippon television Names Global Content Chief

Satoru Hiramatsu will be the next Managing Director of Nippon television’s Global Content Business department. Previously at the Japanese network’s direct and streaming programing system, he changes Mikiko Nishiyama, who has actually been called Executive Advisor of Nippon’s Global Strategy Headquarters. Hiramatsu will now report straight to Yuzo Kuwahara, the Chief Operating Officer and President of Nippon Television Content Business. The promo puts Hiramatsu in charge of Nippon’s worldwide material sales and promo group,

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