From Banijay and the BBC to YouTube, microdramas, brands and AI, this year’s MIPCOM line-up reflects an entertainment industry whose old boundaries are disappearing fast MIPCOM CANNES Cannes in October has traditionally meant one thing: television people buying and selling television. That description feels increasingly inadequate. When MIPCOM CANNES returns to the Palais des Festivals from 12–15 October 2026, the familiar machinery of the global content business will still b

Why UK producers believe ownership helped create Britain’s television advantage - and why streamer deals are changing it. EdTV Festival - Why is the UK so creatively good in unscripted? At the Edinburgh TV Festival, Patrick Holland, Jane Root and Dimitri Doganis discussed with Matt Belloni why the UK has produced so many successful television formats, how public-service broadcasting helped create that system, and why streamer economics are changing it. Holland oversees Banija

Inside Copenhagen TV Festival, the conversation moved from commissioning to creators, YouTube, financing and the fight for attention. CPH TV Festival 2026 Copenhagen felt less like a celebration of television than a room full of people trying to work out what television is now. The same tensions kept resurfacing: broadcasters building on YouTube while protecting their own platforms; streamers talking more openly about shared financing; creators being treated less like marketi