Disney Plus, HBO Max & New Streamers Descend on U.K. Screenings

, once the haphazard market piggy-backing off the glam BBC Showcase, has at last become an establishment in its own right.

Agapy Kapouranis, president of international television and digital distribution for Lionsgate, is screening the first two never-before-seen episodes of the Anna Kendrick-fronted HBO Max series “Love Life” next week to buyers from around the world. Stuart Baxter, president of international distribution for Entertainment One, stresses that timing is absolutely key for Disney Plus and HBO Max, who are “actively engaging to identify and come on board projects at an early stage.”

Ruth Berry, managing director of global distribution for “Snowpiercer” and “Vigil” firm ITV Studios, agrees that both Salto and Joyn are “ambitious services” that allow the distribution giant to target “two major European markets.” Tim Mutimer, head of Banijay Rights, notes that AVOD is a “key right that people are thinking long and hard about.”

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