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Reed Midem confirm dates for 2021 MIPTV, MIPCOM

By Shaibu Husseini
10 January 2021   |   2:57 am
Reed Midem, organisers of MIPTV and MIPCOM, have unveiled 2021 activities for their flagship international television distribution markets, MIPTV and MIPCOM, as they look forward to gathering the industry together through online and in-person events. According to the outline, the 58th Spring International Television Market, otherwise called MIPTV, will hold online during the week of…

Reed Midem, organisers of MIPTV and MIPCOM, have unveiled 2021 activities for their flagship international television distribution markets, MIPTV and MIPCOM, as they look forward to gathering the industry together through online and in-person events.

According to the outline, the 58th Spring International Television Market, otherwise called MIPTV, will hold online during the week of April 12 to 16, 2021 and will encompass the MIPDoc and MIPFormats programmes. However, the organisers say that details of the all-new Digital MIPTV 2021, including enhanced, personalised one-to-one business meeting tools allowing the international entertainment content business community to connect, will be announced in the coming weeks.

Jerome Delhaye, Director of Reed MIDEM’s Entertainment Division had stated that the decision to hold MIPTV online is due to the ongoing uncertainty over Covid-19. However be clarified that if conditions improve sufficiently by early 2021, Reed MIDEM will look at holding a small, in-person screenings-based event in Cannes during the MIPTV week to complement the digital edition. “CANNESERIES Season 4 will hold in the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, from April 9 to 14, 2021,” Delhaye said.

In a related development, the 37th World’s Entertainment Content Market, otherwise dubbed MIPCOM, along with Kids Programming Market MIPJunior (9-10 October 2021) “will move forward as a live gathering in Cannes on the scheduled dates of October 11 to 14, 2021, welcoming the global distribution and production community back to the Palais des Festivals venue for the first major international television event since MIPCOM 2019.

A digital complement will run alongside the physical market. Speaking also on MIPCOM, Delhaye said: “We have learned a great deal in this extraordinary year. Two points stand out very clearly across all of Reed MIDEM’s events: the need for clear and, when possible, timely decision making, so our partners around the globe can plan for the year ahead; and the need to get back to doing business face-to-face. That is why we are confirming plans now for the two biggest events in the television calendar. We remain especially optimistic about the second half of 2021 and as such we are focusing all our energies on bringing everyone back to Cannes in October for the business reunion that the industry is so eagerly awaiting.

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is an organiser of professional, international markets that are essential business platforms for key players in the sectors concerned. These sectors are MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIPJUNIOR in Cannes, and others.

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