MIPCOM CANNES RENDEZVOUS will be held in a tete-a-tete talks delegates in special areas for meetings, workstations equipped. The event will take place in areas Ambassadeurs Riviera and the Palais des festivals in Cannes. During the operation of the market will be complied with all the necessary security measures and conditions for the provision of social distance. Exhibitors who have already booked a stand for MIPCOM this year, will be able to choose to return the money spent or “freeze” them to participate in the following markets MIP. The children’s content market MIPJunior, who had previously been on site at the Marriott in the format of the networking and business program, which includes screenings of the projects this year will be held at the Palais des festivals in Cannes parallel to c major television and film market.
“Our goal is to help the international television community to get back to work and business, and combines the format of a physical event MIPCOM in Cannes RENDEZVOUS and online forum MIPCOM Online + gives us the opportunity. Those who are unable to attend Cannes this year, will be able to join the market in an online format. The new rules of sanitary safety greatly complicated the situation and increased costs for exhibitors and their booths, so we decided that the exhibition stands will not be,” says Laureen Harod, the Director of the television division of Reed MIDEM.
“As the experience of recent months, the online format gives you the opportunity to stay connected and negotiate, but cannot completely replace personal communication in the framework of major events. The new hybrid format MIPCOM CANNES RENDEZVOUS will provide industry the ability to work safely and efficiently, both physically and online, despite the uncertainty. This action will allow interested participants, among them many Russian companies to avoid financial losses in the case of closed boundaries, but will also give the opportunity to choose the most convenient option,” comments Alexander Modestova CEO “Ekspokontent”, official representative in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS largest international markets of audiovisual content, organized by Reed Midem.
What you need to know for those who decide to participate in a real or virtual European content market in the fall. RENDEZVOUS at MIPCOM CANNES awaits them exclusive program for buyers, which will include MIPCOM GLOBAL UPFRONTS, screening projects, as well as the business forum and panel session covering industry trends and analysis industry. Award Diversify MIPCOM TV Excellence in TV and SDG MIP Awards will be the Central elements of the previously announced program of Change for Good – industry forum on global social change. Participants MIPJunior will be available a special program and a private work area in the renovated exhibition hall, where you will have access library of online shows, conferences and meeting space. Everyone is interested in what will happen with the third season of the festival series CANNESERIES? It will be held in parallel with MIPCOM CANNES RENDEZVOUS.
Online platform MIPCOM Online+ will begin its work on October 5 and will be available to participants before mid-November. It is, as is clear from the above, will complement the full-time program and a working platform for those who do not drive to Cannes. The program Global Upfronts, screenings, projects and main session of the conference in Cannes will be available to delegates at the market and other participants around the world. Extended database will facilitate online communication, allowing users to organize the video-meetings between distributors and purchasers of content.
“For many of us, MIPCOM CANNES RENDEZVOUS will be the first international television market, which will be held in person after the pandemic COVID-19. We will meet again and welcome the representatives of the television industry in Cannes in October, virtual and those of our colleagues who are not able to leave,” says Laureen Gared.
security Measures in a pandemic COVID-19 for the internal format of the content market will be carefully observed, say the organizers.
