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Turner Laing to keynote at MIPCOM

Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing will keynote at Cannes trade event MIPCOM in October. The event on Monday, October 5, will mark the first major industry she has presented at after taking on the top job at the merged Endemol, Shine Group and Core Media at the turn of the year. MIPCOM organiser […]

Reed MIDEM plots MIPCancun expansion

Event organiser Reed MIDEM is planning on an expanded second edition of Latin American-focused market MIPCancun. Following the Cancun, Mexico-based event’s launch last year, the 2015 edition will be held on November 18-20, with what Reed MIDEM describes as an “expanded” line-up. Fifty-one buyers from 16 countries such as Brazil, Canada and the US are […]

MIPTV attracts 11,000 delegates

The organisers of last week’s MIPTV said that 11,000 delegates were in Cannes for the international TV market. The number is flat year-on-year and the same as that reported for the 2012, ’13 and ’14 editions of the event. There were, Reed Midem said, 4,000 buyers in town 1,000 of whom were acquiring for digital […]

YouTube, Seibert set for Junior@MIPTV

The second Junior@MIPTV event on Tuesday, April 14, will feature YouTube’s global head of family and learning and animation veteran Fred Seibert. Malik Ducard, who is overseeing the launch of the YouTube Kids app, will appear at the event’s Future of Kids TV Summit. Seibert, the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons will also appear alongside […]

MIPCancun buyer line-up takes shape

Around 40 buyers from across Latin America have committed to Reed MIDEM’s new event, MIPCancun. Those confirmed to attend include Argentina’s Construir TV, Encuentro Channel, Fox Latin American Channels and TELEFE, Unitel TV from Bolivia and Brazil’s TV Bandeirantes, Encripta, RedeTV and Telecine. Mexican networks set for the event are Cadena Tres, Canal 22, TV […]

Reed Midem launches Latin MIP market

The organisers of MIPTV and MIPCOM are launching a new market for the Latin American market, MIP Cancun. The inaugural market will take place 19-21 of November and be situated in the JW Marriott Cancun Hotel, in the Mexican city. Reed MIDEM said that acquisition execs from 15 Latin countries, representing 40 channels, will attend […]

Simon Cowell named MIPCOM personality of the year

MIPCOM organisers Reed Midem have named Simon Cowell the personality of the year for this year’s market. Cowell’s Syco makes series including The X Factor and Got Talent. He will give an on-stage interview at MIPCOM on October 13, the first day of the market, before receiving the personality of the year award at a […]

MIPCOM opens up to film commissioners

Reed Midem has added another new conference strand to the MIPCOM line-up in October. It has created a ‘Film Commissions’ day, which will run all day on the Tuesday of the market. The new series of sessions is designed to highlight how the TV and film worlds are increasingly working in tandem. It will cover […]

MIPCOM reaches out to channels with ‘distribution day’

Reed Midem is introducing a new conference strand designed specifically to lure channel operators and their clients. The Global Distribution Day will run on the Monday of this year’s MIPCOM market, wrapping in time for James Murdoch’s keynote at the end of the first day of the event in Cannes. “Channel distribution is a growing […]

Thunderbirds to tread inaugural MIPJunior red carpet

Reed Midem is introducing a premiere screening for kids shows for the first time at MIPJunior, with the new Thunderbirds Are Go! series the first to get the red carpet treatment. “We did it for buyers and also as a way to create anticipation around a show beyond the market and reach consumers and create […]