TV conferences and markets around the world are being postponed amid concerns over the spread of Coronavirus. Italian broadcaster Rai confirmed it was not moving ahead with Cartoons on the Bay, which had been due to take place in Pescara, Italy between 2-5 April. Organisers said that “in relation to the spread of the COVID-19 […]
MIPTV has been cancelled following the Coronavirus outbreak in France. Reed MIDEM, the company which operates MIPTV, said the event, scheduled to take place March 30 -April 2 in Cannes, had been cancelled “due to concerns related to the Coronavirus (Covid-19)”. MIPDoc and MIPFormats, programmed for March 28-29, have also been cancelled. Season 3 of CANNESERIES, […]
MIPTV organiser Reed Midem is “monitoring developments” as the annual market – due to take place in four weeks time – faces considerable disruption amid the Coronavirus outbreak in France. The revamped event in Cannes, which attracted almost 10,000 delegates from around the world last year, appears to be in the balance after the French […]
Speaking at MIPTV, Soumya Sriraman, president of the North American iteration of ‘best of British TV’ SVOD service BritBox, said it was too early to say how her division would work with the UK version of the service – coming in late 2019. Asked if the two services would pool commissioning budget, she said discussions […]
Telefonica’s Spanish premium PayTV service Movistar+ has unveiled a strategic alliance at MIPTV with Germany-based studio Beta Film. Under the terms of the ambitious partnership, the companies will produce a substantial, annual number of productions across a variety of genres, budgets and settings. These will be aired on Movistar+ in Spain and distributed worldwide by […]
Virtual reality success won’t happen overnight with the market still lacking a high volume of high-quality content, delegates at MIPTV heard this week. On a panel titled ‘True VR: gearing up for an interactive watching experience’, VR industry insiders addressed a range of issues surrounding this new medium, including the hype cycle around virtual reality […]
Air and rail strikes are taking place across France, which may cause disruption for MIPTV delegates. A range of air service providers have warned that there may be delays over the next week due to an Air Traffic Control strike. Currently, there may be disruptions on April 7 and 8 as well as April 10 […]
TF1 is working with partners in new ways to bring content to digital platforms, but remains wary about the ambitions and strategies of global internet giants, according to chairman and CEO Gilles Pelisson. Speaking at MIPTV in Cannes, where he was presented with Variety’s 2017 Achievement in International Television Award, Pelisson said that TF1 had […]
Amazon Prime Video will increasingly focus on original international content with market-specific appeal to drive up subscriptions and sustain its base globally, according to Roy Price. In a keynote interview at MIPTV in Cannes yesterday, Amazon Prime Video’s head of global content said “there are no global customers so you have to provide a ‘multi-local’ […]
Traditional broadcasters have to “make up their mind” about what they want to be, at a time when TV viewing is beginning to decline and new forms of entertainment are on the rise, according to Jorgen Madsen Lindemann. Speaking at MIPTV in Cannes the president and CEO of Modern Times Group said that the decline […]
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