#MIPCOM: Banijay Launches Program to Support Women Creatives in the Non-Scripted TV Business

#MIPCOM: Banijay Launches Program to Support Women Creatives in the Non-Scripted TV Business

Leading independent production company Banijay has launched a global accelerator program designed to support women creators in the non-scripted television business. Sharon Levy, CEO of Endemol Shine North America, announced the new program together with Banijay Chief Content Officer James Townley, at the international television conference MIPCOM Cannes on Tuesday. The program, Banijay Launch, will…

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#MIPCOM: EbonyLife CEO Mo Abudu Calls on Studios, Streamers to Put Real Money Into Telling “African and Black Stories”

#MIPCOM: EbonyLife CEO Mo Abudu Calls on Studios, Streamers to Put Real Money Into Telling “African and Black Stories”

Efforts to diversify the global television industry have fallen short, argued Nigerian-British Media Mogul Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Media, in a keynote on diversity and inclusion at global film and television industry at the MIPCOM Cannes on Tuesday. Despite much-ballyhooed D&I attempts by studios and streamers, Abudu said she still sees a startling lack…

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#MIPCOM: ITV Studios’ Cattleya Sets Up Production Company With ‘Gomorrah,’ ‘Django’ Writers

#MIPCOM: ITV Studios’ Cattleya Sets Up Production Company With ‘Gomorrah,’ ‘Django’ Writers

ITV Studios-owned Italian production company Cattleya is joining forces with Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, Italian writers whose credits include such cross-over TV series as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero and Django to launch Dedalus, a new production company which will develop drama projects for the big and small screens. Dedalus has two projects far along in the…

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