MIPTV is back in the real world after being held for two years as a virtual format due to the ongoing pandemic. The 2022 version picks up where 2019 left off, with A-list speakers and high-level conference sessions taking place in the Palais des Festivals as delegates from all over the world get back to doing business face-to-face. The 59th annual MIPTV is going to take place in Cannes from 4-6 April 2022.
Here’s the interesting itinerary:
– The introduction of a reformatted three-day schedule that will also see MIPFORMATS and MIPDOC, previously held the weekend prior to the market, rolled into the main MIPTV programme in the Palais des Festivals.
– MIPDRAMA, the seventh edition of the annual premium showcase of the most anticipated high-end drama series (all genres including comedy), providing international buyers an exclusive first look at a curated selection of upcoming drama series at early-stage of production to take place on 3 April.
– The physical return of the International Format Awards in association with C21Media, FRAPA, MIPFORMATS & Entertainment Masterclass.
– Season five of CANNESERIES (1-6 April), the international TV series Festival.
– Esports BAR, the esports industry’s largest global B2B gathering, running alongside the market – bringing esports leaders, global brands (and synergies) of an international content development market and one of the entertainment world’s fastest growing sectors to Cannes.
– A transformed layout featuring a new exhibition floor plan alongside newly curated flexible meeting spaces within the Palais des Festival.
“It is both hugely exciting and very timely to be able to now realise our ambitions for reshaping MIPTV. We believe the MIP community needs the MIPTV platform this Spring more than ever as the global meeting point for their business. My role is to make sure that the MIP experience continues to excite and deliver as we evolve and streamline the format,” said MIPTV and MIPCOM RX France’s director Lucy Smith.
Smith added, “The overriding feedback from MIPCOM was that Cannes is irreplaceable in the hearts and minds of the international television community. The personal side of our business has never been so missed and the opportunity to meet again collectively has never been so valued. Whilst models may change over time, this remains a constant with MIPTV poised to welcome more companies back to Cannes as further countries lift restrictions. Our progressive plans build on all that is loved about Cannes, and its standing as the red-carpet capital of the world, whilst evolving to give greater flexibility, cost efficiencies and a broader canvas of opportunities at a key time in the industry calendar.”
MIPTV did learn from the previously-held MIPCOM, the first major market to be staged in person since the pandemic. MIPCOM saw over 4500 delegates, including 1200 buyers and 145 stands from 35 countries returning to Cannes.
See you at Riviera 8 in the Palais des Festivals on 4 April from 7 pm!
