Some 11,000 international television executives, including between 3,000 and 4,000 buyers, will attend the Mip TV market in Cannes, which kicks off this weekend.
It’s expected to rain all week and there’s the inevitable French transport strike but the organizers hope that these will not put a dampener on the event, which is going through a number of changes to ensure its relevance in an ever-changing global TV market.
Although non-scripted formats and documentaries will dominate the weekend’s agenda, this year’s event will offer an even greater focus on high-end drama. Reed Midem is working closely with the inaugural Canneseries event to bring flashy premieres to the port city and has adapted its Mip Drama screenings to focus on projects that are at an even earlier stage than usually promoted at the market.
A number of titles including Sky Vision’s Finnish terror thriller Bullets, Wiedemann & Berg’s Bridge-esque...
It’s expected to rain all week and there’s the inevitable French transport strike but the organizers hope that these will not put a dampener on the event, which is going through a number of changes to ensure its relevance in an ever-changing global TV market.
Although non-scripted formats and documentaries will dominate the weekend’s agenda, this year’s event will offer an even greater focus on high-end drama. Reed Midem is working closely with the inaugural Canneseries event to bring flashy premieres to the port city and has adapted its Mip Drama screenings to focus on projects that are at an even earlier stage than usually promoted at the market.
A number of titles including Sky Vision’s Finnish terror thriller Bullets, Wiedemann & Berg’s Bridge-esque...
- 4/6/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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