Lille Diaries

From producing local versions of its U.K.-originated dramas and comedies to fostering new talent and supporting authentic, locally resonant IPs, BBC Studios is scaling its scripted output across EMEA.

Some 112,000 attendees were present for Series Mania this year, including 5,200 at Series Mania Forum, with a record 97 exhibitors at the Lille Grand Palais.

New research from Omdia, revealed at Series Mania, projects that YouTube will reach 3 billion users worldwide next year, while Netflix is expected to reach more than 1 billion MAUs.

France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Georgia, Montenegro, and Poland are the first nine countries to join the new Council of Europe Convention on series co-production, which was signed in…

Banijay Entertainment has announced further activity in the vertical video space, with Banijay Productions Germany developing a slate of microdrama formats.

New data released by Digital i research says that women aged 35 and older are leading viewership of microdramas on YouTube, with "significant" under-viewing from men in all age groups.

Banijay Entertainment's Banijay Iberia is prepping a trio of microdramas, while Banijay Finland is producing a video mockumentary for Yle that will be available as both 9:16 and 16:9.

R91, a six-part French thriller from Next Episode being distributed by SND Groupe M6, won the second edition of the Series Mania Buyers Upfront.

Amid a constricted commissioning environment for scripted in the post-peak TV age, producers and distributors of the genre should be prioritizing efficiency over “high-budget spectacle,” lean into streamers’ new acquisition-first…

Beta Film is set to distribute Queen Silvia (w.t.), telling the love story of Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath, King and Queen of Sweden, from Pyjama Pictures (Germany) and…

The scheduled Fremantle keynote at Series Mania Forum, set for Wednesday, has been postponed "due to a very serious personal matter that has arisen over the weekend within Jennifer Mullin’s…

Ahead of Series Mania Forum's official kickoff, ScreenMDM Talks catches up with Dan March, founder and managing partner at Dynamic Television, on negotiating the scripted financing jigsaw and leaning into…

Banijay Entertainment arrives in Lille this week with an extensive slate of high-end drama series from multiple international territories to showcase at Series Mania Forum.

A wealth of Asian content companies will be at Series Mania Forum, looking to capitalize on rising interest in scripted IP from the region, particularly South Korea and Japan.

Ahead of heading to Lille for her first Series Mania Forum, Studio N CEO Mikyung (Michelle) Kwon shares with ScreenMDM insights on making hit series out of successful webcomics, a…

ZDF Studios heads to Series Mania Forum next week with a slate of new and returning scripted titles across crime, romance, and period, including a buddy cop for Sky New…

Alain Berset, Council of Europe's secretary general, is heading to Series Mania Forum to chair a ceremony to open for signature the organization's new series co-production framework.

Sphere Abacus (SA) is set to showcase a slate of French-language scripted series at Series Mania, with two being featured in the Coming Next from Québec session, while its U.K.…

Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan (BEAJ) and Empire of Arkadia (EOA) have put together a spotlight on Japanese content and opportunities for co-production for Series Mania Forum, with “Coming…

Series Mania Forum is hosting the second edition of its Buyers Upfront, inviting top-tier programmers to screen a curated slate of ten projects, with selections hailing from across Europe, the…