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Italy’s Nanni Moretto to preside the Cannes jury
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Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?
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Hotel Colette: Cannes newest 4-star hotel
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Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free
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6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
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Archive for the ‘mipcom’ Category
Public funding for Film and Audiovisuals
The news for people into film and TV production is that the grandly-named European Audiovisual Observatory has released its annual review of public funding sources for film and television in Europe. The Observatory collects, analyses and publishes information on public funding for the film and television industry in Europe. It has been working since 1993 [...]
EU unveils plans for “Creative Europe”
The EU has unveiled plans for a major programme called Creative Europe that would replace the MEDIA programme. The news is of significant importance to European film, TV and music professionals – as well as their international partners. What is the Creative Europe programme? The Creative Europe programme would support European cinema and the cultural [...]
Getting the most from Cannes for Midem, MIPIM and MIP
One particularity of Cannes is that it hosts the most important trade fairs in a number of different industries. Midem, MIPIM, TFWA, the Film Market, MIPTV, MAPIC and MIPCOM – to name a few – are the most influential trade fairs of their kind. This is not news, and in boom times, many people would [...]
Disney/ABC pres is MIPCOM personality of the year 2011
Despite the summer, business news rolls in. Anyone attending MIPCOM will be interested to hear the news that the 2011 personality of the year is a woman, Anne Sweeney. She is the President of Disney/ABC Television Group and co-chair of Disney Media Networks. “We are extremely pleased to honour Anne Sweeney as our MIPCOM 2011 [...]
Attend MIPCOM with Media at a special rate
If you qualify for support from the EU’s MEDIA programme, you can attend MIPCOM (October 3-6, 2011) at the special rate of €565 (€710 if you attend MIPJunior as well) and use the MEDIA stand for your appointments. The Media Stands team organises umbrella stands for independent European producers and their distributors at international film [...]
MIPTV and GSMA to launch “Connected Creativity” forum
With all the talk about multi-platforms at MIPCOM 2010, it’s hardly surprising that MIP should start getting even more cosy with the mobile world. So the news is that Reed MIDEM and the GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile industry and which also produces the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Congress events, [...]
Web TV: should we worry?
In the run-up to the MIPCOM 2010, there has been increased talk about Google’s move towards interfacing with the web. Should we worry about this? On the face of it, Google TV looks like a tempting prospect. Described in over-simple terms, it brings search facilities and web connections to the TV screen, creating a more [...]
MIPCOM: cross platforms and Wonder Girls
On the eve of MIPCOM 2010, one of the words that seems to be coming back repeatedly is cross-platform. The trend has been growing over the past few years and is now reaching maturity. Asked if he set out to be a pioneer in cross-platform content last year, writer/producer Tom Kring (“Heroes”) replied candidly, “No, [...]
Mad Men to show at MIPCOM Premiere World Screenings
The first MIPCOM World Premiere TV Screenings on October 4 in Cannes, France will open with a special screening of Lionsgate’s multiple Emmy® Award winning “Mad Men” and the international debut of “Running Wilde.” The MIPCOM World Premiere TV Screenings is a showcase for television and film companies to screen programmes to influential buyers, industry [...]
Lionsgate CEO nominated MIPCOM “personality of the year”
Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, is MIPCOM ‘s 2010 Personality of the Year. The Cannes event is recognising Feltheimer “for his leadership at the helm of Lionsgate and for driving creative productions and developing award-winning TV programs”. These include the recently successful “Mad Men”. Feltheimer will be honoured on 5 October during the [...]