Today Mipcancun 2021 officially opened in-presence in Cancun and there were severals events and conferences.
The Wit offered its second session of MIPCancun focused on formats: Fresh TV Formats, presented by Caroline Servy. She highlighted that Banijay Rights, which recently acquired Endemol Shine, is the company that has imposed the most globally numbers of formats sales.
Regarding the most popular genres talent shows are still the most demanding programs: "The United Kingdom is a great exporter of formats with just over 30% share" - said Servy, who also mentioned USA (17.5%), the Netherlands (6.2%) and South Korea (4, 8%). The countries that most import formats are The Netherlands and Germany.
Another emerging trend is dating formats and she mentioned:
Date or Drop (Dis: All3media International - Germany).
Por amor o por lie (Dis: Acun Entertainment - LatAm) dating that premieres on Telemundo at the end of November.
I like the way you move (Dis: BBC Studios - United Kingdom), a series that mixes dating and dance, which has already been renewed for a second season in this market.
Love Van (Dis: MediaRanch - Canada), Canadian format that mixes dating with road stories.
She also talked about the guessing games trend and how they are taking different variations, here some titles:
Welcome to the family (Dis: Be Entertainment - Netherlands) series that will debut on BTM in Belgium.
Who is the phantom? (Dis: RedArrow International - Germany)
A simple sight (Naked Eye Game) (Dis: Mediterraneo - Spain)
Moneybags (Dis: BBC Studios - UK), adaptation of a Spanish format
Help Me Mama (Dis: Global Agency) cooking show
Blind Duets (Dis: Global Agency), a talent format that will debut in France at the end of 2021
Así se baila (Dis: NBCUniversal Formats) dance format that will premiere soon on Telemundo
The Covers (Dis: MGE - Chile), a music format that recently debuted on Mega in Chile.
Startruck (Dis: Banijay Rights - UK), renewal of the format I am called by Banijay and which debuts on ITV in UK in 2022.