Roberta Allan, ABC’s head of programming, acquisitions and streaming speaks with Mediaweek about the MIPCOM marketplace in 2025 and ABC's programming achieving global recognition. As to an overall impression this year, Allan commented: “Every major distributor continues to have a strong slate. Which means we need to be more discerning than ever and smart with the deals.” As to what …
A poster of Three-Body displayed outside the MIPCOM venue. One of China's most popular sci-fi series, Three-Body — an online series adapted from Hugo Award-winning writer Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem — has been streamed around 11 billion times since its global debut earlier this year, said Sun Zhonghuai, vice-president of Tencent, during the ongoing MIPCOM event in Cannes, France. …