Top Global TV Trends in 2022 Revealed at MipTV

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Marta Balaga In scripted content, or “The Godfather,” people should never take sides against the family. As proven by some of 2021 and 2022 top launches, from “Kin,” a RTE One No.

1 launch in Ireland, to South Africa’s “House of Zwide” (E.TV) and Fox’s “The Cleaning Lady,” family bonds continue to dominate no matter the genre.“The main reason for family being so strong in so many shows, is that if you really want to break out in a linear way, you have to create co-viewing potential,” observes Avril Blondelot, head of content insight at Glance, who co-presented on Monday In Cannes the conference session One TV Year in the World: Cracking Audience Trends.An analysis of global TV trends which marks one of the highlights at the first day of of the MipTV trade fair, the session was presented with Frédéric Vaulpre, Glance vice president, and Beatrice Rossmanith, Tape Consultancy clients service director.

Fathers struggling with their responsibilities marks another notable trend, Blondelot noticed. The trend is underscored by “Le Bonheur,” the best 2022 launch in French-speaking Canada so far – produced by Quebecor Content and Aetios Productions – and ITV’s upcoming “The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe,” distributed by All3Media International.The latter, based on the true story of ‘canoe conman’ John Darwin, sees Eddie Marsan as a man who suddenly disappears, faking his own death for insurance money and lying to everyone except for his wife, played by Monica Dolan.“We talk a lot about strong women, but there is another side of the story: Men who are not as strong as they used to be.

The difficulties these fathers encounter, struggling with the role of traditional family leader, are really interesting,” said Blondelot.But it’s.