10 Six TV Trade Shows in Five Countries Replace the Old MIPTV in Cannes Content Europe, a new TV market that took place April 21-23, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, was announced on August 22, 2025, by British trade publisher and TV market organizer C21. A few months later, on November 5, 2025, New York City market organizer Questex announced its first Stream TV Europe, which took place April 13-15, 2026, at the Epic Sana Hotel in the Amoreiras district of Lisbon, Portugal. Stream TV Europe attracted 1,000 participants from 30 countries. Next year’s event is set for April 20-22, 2027, at the Estoril Congress Centre, a new venue outside Lisbon. Content Europe will return next year on April 18-20, 2027, at the same venue. Around the same time that these events happened in Lisbon, Rai Com staged a screening of its own content between April 14 and 17 in Assisi, Italy, for some 100 buyers, while Canneseries, in Cannes, France, took place April 23-28. Moving to North America, Toronto’s Hot Docs was held from April 23 to May 3, 2026, and the NAB Show was held April 18-22, 2026, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. There was also the Festival of Animation Films (FFAA), which began on April 28 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The month of April has obviously become a hotly contested period for TV markets, and Lisbon is now a hot destination after the closing of MIPTV in Cannes, France. However, the various April TV markets and events are not expected to affect the anticipated success of this year’s L.A. Screenings, set for May 14-20 in Los Angeles, with an extended schedule at all the U.S. studios, and confirmed participation by many independent exhibitors at the SLS Hotel (see full story on page 18). Content Europe was held at the Marriott Hotel in Lisbon, some 5.4 kilometers from the Baixa city center. The three-day event consisted of a Marketplace, Screenings, and a three-track conference program: The Future Formats Forum, The Content Acquisitions Summit, and The Kids Content Summit; plus a Format Pitch. In total, there were 53 speakers for 25 conference sessions. The whole event took place across two floors of the Marriot Hotel, and the marketplace offered booths and meeting tables to content distribution companies. The event accommodated 800 participants, including 271 international content acquisition executives who visited the 71 exhibiting companies. “All the major international TV companies are here,” reported Maria Chiara Duranti, who’s a format expert and publisher of FormatBiz. Among the big distributors were Warner Bros. Discovery, ITV Studios, All3Media, Fremantle, Banijay, and Dori Media, plus Turkish content distributors such as ATV, Kanal D, and Global Agency. “The [Content Europe TV] market has potential,” said Sangerim Zhakhina of Turkey’s Kanal D International. “It’s better than expected for the first edition. Good panels and time to network.” In total, Content Europe drew over 800 participants, and organizer C21 explained that “buyers from platforms and channels registered for free.” As David Jenkinson of C21 Media explained, the goal was to fill the spring market gap left by the disappearance of MIPTV in Cannes: “We knew there was a gap in the market... We wanted to create something positive, inclusive, affordable, cost-effective, and creative.” (Continued on Page 12) Rai Com Screenings in Assisi At Content Europe (l. to r.): Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Laura St. Clair, consultant Lisette van Diepen, Paramount International’s Laura Burrell, NBCUniversal’s Hannah Mabruk, FormatBiz’s Maria Chiara Duranti The registration area at Stream TV Kanal D’s Mesut Ozkececi at Content Europe VIDEOAGE May 2026 April TV Markets Review
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