Mediawan Originals, the Leading Producer of Prime-Time Television Drama in France
September 13 2018 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Mediawan (Paris:MDW) (Ticker: MDW - ISIN: FR0013247137),
an independent European audiovisual content platform is proud to
announce that its business unit Mediawan Originals, which is
dedicated to producing original, drama, and documentary content,
has topped the annual ranking for prime-time television drama in
France, published by the Ecran Total Magazine.The Originals
Unit, which has a portfolio of 13 companies that employ top talent,
has produced around 70 hours (in aggregate terms) of drama
broadcast on French television over the past 12 months.
The success of premium programmes such as Les Bracelets
rouges (Vema Production), Section de Recherches (Auteurs
Associés), Traqués (Storia) and Alice Nevers (Ego
Production), as well as Cherif (Making Prod), which thrill
several million viewers every time they are broadcast, make a major
contribution to the Originals Unit’s leading position.
Please note that Originals produces the three programmes that
achieved the highest audience on the Arte Channel, namely
Fierté (Scarlett Production), Maroni, les fantômes du
fleuve (Mademoiselle Films/Love My TV), and Mélancolie
Ouvrière (JPG Films).
La Rochelle 2018 TV Drama Festival: six television dramas in
competition and out-of-competition
To mark the 20th La Rochelle TV Drama Festival event, which is
held between 12 and 16 September, five programmes from the Mediawan
Originals line-up will be presented as part of the official
competition: Sous la peau (Storia Télévision) ; Deux
gouttes d’eau (Vema Production) ; Je sais tomber (Storia
Télévision) ; Les rivières pourpres (Storia Télévision) ; et
Dix pour cent (Mon Voisin Productions/Mother
Production).Furthermore, the Papa ou Maman (Endemolshine
Fiction/Chapter 2) blockbuster drama – an adaptation for television
of the films directed by Martin Bourboulon, starring Laurent
Lafitte and Marina Foïs, which attracted over 4.5 million cinema
goers – will be presented at the opening of the La Rochelle Drama
Festival.
Mediawan Originals is delighted with its productions’
broad representation at this major drama festival. The selected
programmes show the power and quality of the original works that
Mediawan Originals offers to the a wide audience.
Mediawan is consolidating its position as the leading
European producer of premium content on the back of these
successes. Mediawan will continue to develop high-quality
programmes that are backed by strong brands this year, while always
aiming to offer French and international audiences top-tier
original productions.
Official selection at the La Rochelle Television Drama
Festival:
Out-of-competition category:
- Papa ou Maman (Daddy or
Mommy)
Produced by: Endemolshine Fiction - Nicolas Coppermann; Chapter
2 - Dimitri RassamBroadcast on: M6Director: Frédéric
BalekdjianForma: 52’Distribution: Emilie Caen, Florent Peyre, Eye
Haïdara, Fanny Cottençon, Jean-Henri Compere, Marie Narbonne,
Nicolas Decroly, Charlie Paulet, Ben Riga, Sébastien Pierre, Martin
Swabey
Mini-Series Category:
- Sous la peau (Under the
skin)
Produced by: Storia Télévision – Thomas AnargyrosBroadcast on:
France 3 / RTS / RTBFDirector: Didier Le PêcheurFormat:
2x52’Distribution: Anne Marivin, Nicolas Gob
Single Category:
Produced by: Vema Production - Véronique MarchatBroadcast on:
France 2Director: Nicolas CucheFormat: 90’Distribution: Sylvie
Testud, Michaël Youn, Hugo Becker, Oscar Copp, Camille Aguilar,
Khalid Maadour, Marie-Christine Barrault
- Je sais tomber (Falling for
Love)
Produced by: Storia Television - Thomas AnargyrosBroadcast on:
ArteDirector: Alain TasmaFormat: 93’Distribution: Benjamin Voisin,
Margot Bancilhon
52’ Series Category :
- Les rivières pourpres (The
Crimson Rivers)
Produced by: Storia Télévision - Thomas AnargyrosBroadcast on:
France 2 – ZDFDirector: Julius BergFormat: 2x52’Distribution:
Olivier Marchal, Erika Sainte
- Dix pour cent (Call my Agent) –
Saison 3
Produced by: Mon Voisin Productions* - Dominique Besnehard,
Michel Feller ; Mother Production - Harold Valentin, Aurélien
LargerBroadcast on: France 2Director: Antoine Garceau, Marc
FitoussiFormat: 2x52’Distribution: Camille Cottin, Thibault de
Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Assaad Bouab, Liliane Rovère, Fanny
Sidney, Laure Calamy, Nicolas Maury
* Mediawan is in the process of purchasing this company
About Mediawan
Mediawan was incorporated in December 2015 as a Special Purpose
Acquisition Company (SPAC) by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel
and Matthieu Pigasse, and the following year raised €250 million
through an IPO on the Euronext regulated market in Paris. Mediawan
has carried out 7 strategic acquisitions since March 2017, thus
consolidating a new independent player in audiovisual content with
a leading position in Europe. The Group operates on 4 segments: the
production of original fiction and documentary content, the running
of animated brands, the distribution of audiovisual content and the
publishing of channels and digital services.
For further information, please visit the Mediawan website:
www.mediawan.fr
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