As Mipcom Pivots Online, 10 Sales Chiefs Tell Us How Coronavirus Has Changed TV Distribution Forever

Mipcom is the biggest international TV get-together of the year, but the 2020 event was a different beast due to COVID-19. While there were hopes the Cannes affair could take place in person this October, organizer Reed Midem revealed in September that the market would go virtual — and judging by the fast-rising COVID-19 count in France and toughening restrictions, that was probably a wise idea.

Neil Lennon will be transfixed on the East Dunbartonshire vista in the coming days as his international stars return after a week to forget. Ryan Christie is out of Saturday's crunch clash with Rangers as he continues to self-isolate after Stuart Armstrong's positive test.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSND, the commercial arm of French TV network M6, is set to kick off international sales this fall on “Kandisha” and newly-acquired family movie “Pil’s Adventures,” beginning at the Sitges Film Festival and the virtual AFM market.“Pil’s Adventures” is a CGI animated feature produced by TAT Productions, the well-established French banner behind “The Jungle Bunch” and “Terra Willy” (pictured).

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, co-CEO of chief content officer at Netflix, weighed in Monday on the streaming giant’s growth in global markets during the past five years and the controversy stirred in the U.S.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorItalian firm Indiana Production, German outfit SquareOne Productions and French company SND (Groupe M6) have revealed details about their Italian-language mafia series L’Ora (Ink Against Bullets).The 10-part returning mafia origin series is inspired by the real-life investigative endeavors of the Sicilian newspaper of the same name.The series is directed by Piero Messina, best known for Netflix Original series Suburra, Ciro d’Emilio and Stefano Lorenzi.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNewen Group, the Paris-based international production and distribution company owned by French’s biggest TV network TF1 Group, is rebranding its distribution activities and rejigging its structure under the banner Newen Connect.The new organization, which will be spearheaded by Rodolphe Buet, will bring together Newen Distribution, TF1 Studio and Reel One Intl. to streamline their processes and operations.

Wenger told French outlet L’Equipe.“I would like it to be that there is no offside so long as a (single) body part which a player can score with is in line with the defender.“This could be too much of an advantage for an attacker because that obliges the defenders to play higher up.”Other changes being considered are perhaps more controversial though, as he has shared his vision to change corner kicks and throw-ins late in the game.“We are also considering other things: an in-swinging corner

foundation, lipstick, face oil, self-tanner, face masks, wrinkle treatments, face wash, eye cream, teeth whitener, eyelash serum, sunscreen and face cleanser it is easy to forget to moisturize as much as you should.Moisturizing your skin is kind of like brushing your teeth: It's generally a good idea to do it twice a day in order to get the best results, no matter your skin type or skin tone.Most people have the same end goal for their face: plump, soft, younger-looking skin with no signs of

Kenzo Takada, the Japanese-French designer and founder of Kenzo, has died from complications of COVID-19 at the age of 81, a spokesman confirmed to The Guardian. He died in the American hospital in Paris."Kenzo Takada has, from the 1970s, infused into fashion a tone of poetic lightness and sweet freedom which inspired many designers after him," Bernard Arnault, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of LVMH said in a statement.

fashion designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the brand Kenzo, has died of coronavirus at the age of 81.Takada passed away on Sunday 4 October in Paris, the city he called home since he moved to France in 1965 to start his fashion career.Known for his use of bright colours and for bringing Japanese prints and textiles to Europe's catwalks, Takada was one of the defining fashion designers of the 70s and 80s.Born in 1939 in Himeji to hotelier parents, Takada struggled to realise his dreams of

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Aus/NZ rights out of the Toronto virtual market to Maisie Williams (Game Of Thrones) horror The Owners and Aus/NZ rights to Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch) thriller Lost Girls & Love Hotels.The deals were negotiated by the company’s Director of Acquisitions and Development Elizabeth Williams.Directed by French filmmaker Julius Berg (Netflix’s The Forest and Osmosis), home invasion chiller The Owners is is

Kenzo Takada has died at the age of 81 after contracting coronavirus.The founder of the global Kenzo brand died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on Sunday, his family said in a statement to French media.Takada was born in Japan but moved to Paris in 1964, where he began his fashion career.He launched Kenzo in 1970, which was was later purchased by luxury conglomerate LVMH in 1993.Takada retired from the company in 1999 to pursue a career in art.The company's current

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work. "It’s not just a number.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC Studios has closed a raft of global deals for Steve McQueen’s hotly-anticipated anthology drama Small Axe, which will premiere on BBC One in the UK and Amazon in the U.S.Australia’s Foxtel, France’s Salto, Spain’s Movistar+, Russia’s KinoPoisk, and Greece’s Cosmote TV are among the territories to have picked up the show.