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Advertising woes, the conflict in Israel and Gaza, inflation and escalating production costs may have everyone on edge, but the mood in Cannes was less “the sky is falling” and more, as Lucy Smith, the market’s director, said at a closing press conference, “from challenges come opportunities,” as demonstrated by the plethora of keynotes and news throughout the week.
In a fireside chat moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani at MIPCOM, BBC Studios’ Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee showcased how the company is positioned to manage the disruption in the content business today.
Bolstering the Joyn streaming service and refocusing some of its content investments are key strategies for ProSiebenSat.1 as the company navigates challenging economic headwinds, Bert Habets, CEO, and Henrik Pabst, chief content officer at Seven.One Entertainment Group, told reporters at a press round table at MIPCOM.
Award-winning Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion is prepping a 45-minute special, One Day in October, about the Hamas attack on the music festival in Israel on October 7, with the film set to air on ZDF and ARTE within the next two weeks, filmmakers Duki Dror and Reinhardt Beetz tell World Screen Newsflash.
In a wide-ranging conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati in the Grand Auditorium at the Palais today, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler used his MIPCOM keynote to talk about the strengths of the “one-company” mindset and was joined on stage by Leah Hooper Rosa to share the European expansion plans for Max.