Ben Silverman returns to reality at MIPTV

Ben Silverman is going back to his career roots as an international reality formats specialist as he heads to Cannes under his new banner, Electus, an operating business of Barry Diller's publicly traded IAC conglom. The former NBC programming chieftain has also partnered with another key global player, Elisabeth Murdoch and her Shine Group, to launch Electus Distribution, which is coming to market with a dozen projects in the nonfiction arena.