Paris – Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairman, The Weinstein Company, will give a keynote address at MIPCOM on October 8. Organised by Reed MIDEM, MIPCOM will take place in Cannes, 8-11 October 2012.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein launched The Weinstein Company (TWC), a multimedia production and distribution company, in 2005. They previously founded Miramax Films in 1979 and during their tenure at Miramax and The Weinstein Company, they received 303 Oscar nominations and won 75 Academy Awards.

Weinstein’s keynote speech at MIPCOM this year comes on the heels of the launch of TWC’s International Television Sales Division. After many years of success with their television division, TWC continues to develop and renew many TV series including: the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series Project Runway; VH1 reality series Mob Wives; and the critically-acclaimed HBO comedy/crime series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

The company is currently in pre-production on the martial arts epic Marco Polo for Starz. During his keynote at MIPCOM, Harvey Weinstein will also announce the company’s new slate of TV shows for 2013.