Organized by TV France International, this year’s Madrid Rendez-Vous kicks off on Monday, Jan 22, putting 29 French companies together with program buyers from Spanish television channels. Presented in collaboration with the French Embassy in Spain, the two-day event is expected to draw more than 50 acquisition execs to the Miguel Angel Occidental Hotel.
In 2006, the Spanish market represented more than 12.7% of French television sales in Western Europe, with acquisitions totalling approximately $9.14 million, That compares with roughly 8% and 5.34million in 2005. In the kids’ programming category, Taffy Ent.’s Code Lyoko achieved a 46.7% market share on TV Galicia and on K3-33, while Xilam’s The New Adventures of Lucky Luke managed a 44.2% market share.
Among the significant sales made during the Biarritz Rendez-Vous in September of 2007 were Catalan channel TV3’s purchases of Tafy Ent.’s Growing up Creepie, season two of Futurikon’s Chasseurs de dragons (Dragon Hunters), and Mediatoon International Distribution’s Time Jam. Xilam, Futurikon and Mediatoon are returning for this year’s event, joining 1such other top French production and distribution companies as Marathon International, Carrere Group, Celluloid Dreams, Europe Images International/M5 Films Distribution, MK2, RFO, ZED, Upside TV and Zorn Production International.
