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Cannes

Mipcom 2020 Goes 100% Digital

While the organization intended to host a hybrid event, the spread of the coronavirus forced them to have to cancel the Mipcom Rendezvous Cannes. The entire event will be hosted on the Mipcom Online+ virtual platform.

International

Korea Named Mipcom 2020 Country of Honour

Korea will become the first Country of Honour to be showcased on the new Mipcom Online+ platform, making its flagship content accessible to television professionals around the globe.

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Latam

VIS Restarts Filming for El asesino del olvido

Federico Cuervo, SVP and director of Viacom International Studios Americas, spoke to TTV Digital Preview about the process of resuming production for its many projects, including Backdoor and the adaptation of the Ay Yapim Turkish drama, Persona, both in Mexico.

Colombia

Caracol Reignites Pipeline of Premium Series

Dago García, VP of Production at Caracol Television, spoke to TTV Digital Preview about the different premium series projects the Colombian group has in store, including El cartel de los sapos, Chichipatos, No llegaron solos, and two musical biopics.

Latam

Behind the Scenes of Toda la sangre

Zasha Robles, General Director of Spiral International, spoke to TTV Digital Preview about the development and production plans for Toda la sangre, StarzPlay’s original Mexican series, produced in alliance with Fremantle and Pantaya.

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International

The New Challenges TV Is Facing in 2020

This year, traditional broadcasters have had to redesign their content production, acquisition and scheduling strategies, in order to provide both entertainment and information during these unprecedented times.

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Mexico

TV Azteca Launches Virtual Experience

With the help of virtual marketing agency, Latte Marketing, TV Azteca is launching a platform where members of the entertainment industry can access the channels, content, events and the group's different business units.

12 Must-See Dramas for Mipcom 2020

The following is a selection of the new contents to be presented by international distributors at the hybrid edition of Mipcom 2020.

Eccho Rights

My home, my destiny

Drama / 95 X 45'

Zeynep is born into a poor family and has few opportunities in life. Her fortune changes when the family that employs her mother as a cleaning lady offers to adopt the young woman. The poor and innocent Zeynep becomes an intelligent, educated and beautiful young woman, committed to marry a dream man from high society. However, this fairy tale will have a shocking ending.

Viacom International Studios

The Internationals

Drama / 8 x 60'

The Internationals tells the story of notorious Colombian criminals who decide to travel to Argentina to carry out robberies and dismantle the assets of a society on fire, during the 2001 crisis. The band of thieves take advantage of the chaos to carry out their robberies throughout the country coveting money, jewels, destroying families and their possessions, and in their wake becoming infamous crime legends.

Madd Entertainment

A miracle

Drama / 100 x 45'

A distinguished surgical unit turns upside down when a strange new resident joins the team. Ali has savant syndrome, making it hard for him to communicate with other people, even though he is a phenomenal doctor. The other doctors can’t stand him at first, but his sincerity and dedication wins them over. In this hospital, Ali finds the family he's always longed for.

Disney Media Distribution Latin America

One Against All

Drama / 32 x 60' (4T)

One Against All is a drama series produced entirely in Brazil. The first season was directed and written by Breno Silveira and stars Júlio Andrade and Julia Ianina. The series shows the story of Cadu, a humble lawyer who sees his life turned upside down in a terrible way after being mistaken for a drug dealer and taken to jail. The story itself represents a complaint about everything that’s wrong with the judicial system.

Record TV

Jezabel

Drama / 84 x 45'

Set in Israel, the telenovela tells the story of a Phoenician princess who uses her power of beauty and seduction to achieve everything she wants. She married King Ahab to become queen, but she suffered strong opposition from the Israelite people as she tried to impose worship on the pagan gods Baal and Asherah on everyone. Stubborn and unshakable in her convictions, Jezebel is a woman capable of anything to achieve her goals and destroy her enemies.

Kanal D International – Thema America

Hekimoglu

Drama / 14 x 120'

The local version of the hit US scripted series House M.D. starring Timuçin Esen as Ateş Hekimoğlu who is an acclaimed infectious diseases and nephrology physician. Casting Okan Yalabık, Ebru Özkan, Kaan Yıldırım, Damla Colbay and Aytaç Şaşmaz; the series follows the life of this anti-social, witty and arrogant medical doctor. The original title won five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and a Peabody Award.

HBO Latin America

Patria

Drama / 8 x 60'

Patria is the adaptation of the book of the same name by Fernando Aramburu and deals with the Basque conflict and the ETA attacks. The story takes place over three decades in the Basque Country. Through its protagonists - two families divided by the consequences of terrorism - the series shows how ordinary people live in the context of a conflict that, despite being local, has many common elements with any confrontation in many parts of the world.

Inter Medya

The Ambassador's Daughter

Drama / TBA

The Ambassador's Daughter is about two lovers who went on their separate paths in life, always longing for one another. The highly acclaimed series distinguishes itself with its star-studded cast, compelling storyline and high production quality.

Global Agency

Mr Wrong

Drama / En producción

A lifetime of betrayal destroys Ezgi’s hopes of ever finding Mr. Right and when she meets the womanizer Ozgur it seems a recipe for disaster, but fate, and nagging mothers, conspire to seek a happy ending.

Global Agency

Melek

Drama / 120 x 45'

Produced by Üs Yapım and aired on TRT1, the drama focuses on the difficult situation of a mother who sacrifices everything for her kids in her fight to protect them. The series follows Melek (Nehir Erdogan, The Foreign Groom), the daughter of the Karadag family, and Halil (Kutsi; Second Chance), the son of the Sirhan family, who are supposed to get married.

ATV Distribution

Hercai

Drama / 160 x 45'

Hercai is a MIA Yapim production, distributed by ATV Distribution. It stars Akin Akinözü and Ebru Sahin, and the story mixes ancestral customs from the south of the territory with the values of modern Turkey and family revenge.

Calinos International

Woman

Drama / 27 x 60'

Woman is the story of Bahar, a young woman living alone with her two children. Bahar, who was abandoned by her mother when she was eight years old, later suffers deeply again when she loses her grandparents too. When she thinks she is all alone, she meets Sarp and falls madly in love.

Bitnami