Key trends to watch from Mipcom: social TV, virtual reality and remaking classics
Science and children’s TV also the talk of industry conference, which highlighted these top five trends
October 2014
Would you watch a talent show for toilet rolls?
Stuart Heritage: From naked dating to competing for a chance to clone your dog, some of the world’s worst trashy telly is up for sale at the annual Mipcom programme market in Cannes
October 2013
Mipcom: TV bosses upbeat as technology opens new opportunities
Stuart Dredge: Executives praise original shows commissioned by the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu – and look to fresh platforms
Facebook goes hard on hashtags to tempt TV execs away from Twitter
'More than any other platform, Facebook mirrors the way people have always engaged in conversations about TV," VP of partnerships Dan Rose told MIPCOM. By Stuart Dredge
BuzzFeed president: 'We feel strongly that traditional media have given up on young people'
Apps blog
Social TV apps: 'second screen is what you'd call a lawyer's paradise'
FremantleMedia CEO on X Factor and TV talent shows: 'They're still big, just not as big as they used to be'
October 2012
Harvey Weinstein and Michael Flatley team up for World Dance Awards
'The movie business to some extent is shrinking, and we have to look for new horizons,' Weinstein tells Mipcom audience. By Stuart Dredge
October 2011
Apps blog
Disney's Anne Sweeney says digital has 'unleashed' TV, not disrupted it
Apps blog
More than half of Netflix's streams are TV shows, not films
October 2009
Monkey goes to...
Monkey goes to... Mipcom
Media Monkey: Cannes goes Simpsons crazy for its 20th birthday, meanwhile there's blood on the Croisette
Jerry Seinfeld teams with Oprah producer for comedy panel show
Mipcom: The comedian and Ellen Rakieten launch show in which comedians and celebrities sit in judgment on people's marriages. By Stephen Brook
Sir Ian McKellen and former Doctor Who team up for mockumentary
Mipcom: Oscar-nominated actor McKellen to play his fictitious brother in one-off drama The Academy. By Stephen Brook
October 2008
Organ Grinder
Mipcom round-up: Day three
The annual Mipcom programme market has kicked off in Cannes. MediaGuardian.co.uk's Leigh Holmwood is there with all the latest news and gossip
Organ Grinder
Mipcom round-up: Day two
The annual Mipcom programme market has kicked off in Cannes. MediaGuardian.co.uk's Leigh Holmwood is there with all the latest news and gossip
Organ Grinder
Mipcom round-up: Day one
The annual Mipcom programme market has kicked off in Cannes. MediaGuardian.co.uk's Leigh Holmwood is there with all the latest news and gossip
