Dan Rose Paris – MIPCOM has announced that Facebook’s Vice President, Partnerships, Dan Rose will give a keynote address on October 7, 2013 as part of MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind Keynote Series. Each night in the U.S., between 88 and 100 million people visit Facebook and many of them are talking about TV. As more and more people turn to social media to discuss what they are watching on TV – including more than one billion monthly active users on Facebook – … [Read more...] about MIPCOM: Facebook’s Dan Rose to keynote
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MIPJunior: Sprout, AwesomenessTV and Mind Candy to open keynote line-up
Paris - MIPJunior announced that Sandy Wax, Head of U.S. pre-school channel Sprout, Brian Robbins, CEO of multi-channel network AwesomenessTV, and Michael Acton Smith, CEO of Mind Candy, the creators of Moshi Monsters, will deliver three MIPJunior keynotes on October 6, 2013, as part of the Digital Kids conference programme. Sandy Wax, President and General Manager of Sprout, is the leading children’s television expert at NBCUniversal, which co-owns … [Read more...] about MIPJunior: Sprout, AwesomenessTV and Mind Candy to open keynote line-up
MIPTV: Beyond Distribution to launch 180 hours of content
Beyond Distribution is heading to MIPTV with 180 hours of premium factual, crime and children’s series. Key series include Mother of the Bride, BBQ Crawl, Hidden In America, History Hunters, Junior Vets, Love It or List It Vancouver and Totally Rubbish. Buyers can also expect to find plenty of popular returning series, with new episodes available from Income Property, MythBusters, Animal 999, World’s Weirdest Restaurants and Dark Minds. Factual and lifestyle titles launching at MIP … [Read more...] about MIPTV: Beyond Distribution to launch 180 hours of content
MIPJunior: Yoga for children wins MIPJunior International Pitch
An elated Diana Rico (right), after being handed the winner’s certificate by Reed MIDEM’s Laurine Garaude (left). Pictured in the centre is Richard Decaillet from 4Direcciones Audiovisual Cannes, France - 4Direcciones Audiovisual's director and producer Diana Rico’s winning pitch for Ooommm-Mmmooo, Yoga for Children is a 7-minute series where animated cows, each with a distinct character, teaches a bunch of children just how to stretch it out – Yoga style. Funnily, … [Read more...] about MIPJunior: Yoga for children wins MIPJunior International Pitch
MIPCOM hosts luncheon for 100 of industry’s most influential women
Paris – MIPCOM, in partnership with Lifetime Networks, has announced that it will bring together 100 of the most influential women executives from international television and entertainment for the industry’s first ever “Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch,” a new senior-level networking event on October 8 at the Carlton Hotel. The by-invitation gathering on day one of MIPCOM aims to create the first-of-its-kind global platform for women in entertainment … [Read more...] about MIPCOM hosts luncheon for 100 of industry’s most influential women
News@MIPTV: The transformation of TV
Cannes – New platforms and expanding global markets are driving new blockbuster TV content deals ranging from formats, scripted series and international co-productions to factual and experimental media. With 11,000 executives, including 4,000 buyers from more than 100 territories in town representing all aspects of the new eco-system of the entertainment business, the global transformation of TV was clearly visible at this year’s MIPTV and offered a multitude of new business … [Read more...] about News@MIPTV: The transformation of TV
