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Mediawan Boss Talks “Smart” Commissioners, Turning Doc IP Into Drama & How Her ‘Count Of Monte Cristo’ Seller Is Being “Agile” – MIPTV
The head of the 'Count Of Monte Cristo' seller explained how her Plan B owner is being agile.
“Co-producing in between countries is a way to bring premium shows to our local customers but because [buyers] are only buying rights for one territory they can do this with a reasonable cost,” she added, citing Mediawan’s Count of Monte Cristo adaptation for France Télévisions and Rai, which stars Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons. “Agility” is the key to facing the current challenges instituted by the tricky economic headwinds and hangover from the U.S. labor strikes, she added, floating the desire to produce “high-quality impactful shows but without rising budgets.” According to Banijay content exec Steve Matthews, the book market has “shot up crazily” in response to buyers being “slightly more conservative and looking for more proof of concept than a few years ago,” as he concurred with d’Arvieu on the looser rights position.
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