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/RICH ROSS, PRESIDENT,
DISNEY CHANNEL WORLDWIDE / TO KEYNOTE AT MIPCOM
JUNIOR 2007
Paris, 12 September, 2007 - Rich Ross, President of
Disney Channel Worldwide, will present a keynote
address on the second day of MIPCOM Junior, the
specialist international screening marketplace and
conference for children's programming and
merchandising. The 15th edition of MIPCOM Junior
will be held on the 6 - 7 October at the Carlton
Hotel, Cannes.
Rich Ross, who has been with The Walt Disney
Company for 11 years, manages the company's
successful and burgeoning global kids' TV business,
a total of 67 channel feeds around the world. He is
a key member of the team behind 'High School
Musical' and its sequel 'High School Musical 2' -
the most watched basic cable telecasts of all time
and both parts of the blockbuster Disney Channel
Original Movie franchise. Rich Ross will share the
reasons behind the channel's phenomenal success
during his keynote speech at MIPCOM.
Other key conferences during the two-day MIPCOM
Junior include the Buyers' Summit, which will bring
together top programming executives from
international broadcasters to answer the
fundamental question: what do buyers want? The
Digital Kids! Panel will look at the latest
opportunities in cross-platform kids' entertainment
and social communities. Conference speakers include
leading executives from such companies as Warner
Bros., BBC, SuperRTL, ABC Children, Al Jazeera
Children's Channel, ZDF, Hasbro, Fisher Price and
Jetix.
Leigh Anne Brodsky, President of Nickelodeon &
Viacom Consumer Products, will be president of the
jury at this year's "MIPCOM Junior Licensing
Challenge." The competition will be held on October
6, and gives delegates the opportunity to put their
property forward to the TV community in the hope of
finding tomorrow's licensing star. A jury of
experts, predominantly toy manufacturers, agents
and broadcasters, will evaluate a total of five
non-aired projects selected on the basis of their
strong potential for licensing and merchandising
exploitation. This year a record 47 projects,
including 11 from the United Kingdom, have been
entered.
On October 6, participants are invited to attend
the "Kick-off Session: Improve your Pitch" for
personal guidance to perfect pitching skills.
Also on Saturday, in conjunction with the
"India Day" special country focus taking place at
MIPCOM on Monday 8 October, MIPCOM Junior will host
a panel of high level speakers from the Indian
entertainment industry who will discuss programming
produced in India and broadcast in both the
domestic and international markets.
For
further information about Reed
MIDEM
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ABOUT
MIPCOM Junior
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The number of programmes screened at the 2006
edition of MIPCOM Junior reached an all time record
with the easy-to-use digital video library launched
in 2004. A total of 42,848 screenings were
recorded compared to 39,134 in 2005. Once again
this new digital technology will offer optimal
screening conditions for all the programmes listed
in the MIPCOM Junior 2007 catalogue.
MIPCOM Junior 2006 welcomed, 829 participants from
529 companies and from 52 countries. 937
programmes were presented of which 562 were
new.
MIPCOM Junior is organised in partnership with the
International Licensing Industry Merchandisers'
Association (LIMA), the French consultancy agency
Kazachok, the Canadian magazine Kidscreen and the
specialised magazine License! Global.
For
the latest information on MIPCOM Junior
2007
For
more information, please contact:
REED MIDEM 03
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Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organizer
of professional, international tradeshows. Reed
MIDEM events have established themselves as key
dates in professional diaries. The company hosts
MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM
JUNIOR for the television and digital content
industries, AMAZIA devoted to the creation and
distribution television, music and gaming content
across all platforms, MIDEM for music
professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS
and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate
sectors, GLOBAL ASSET for asset management
professionals and GLOBAL CITY for urban management
specialists.
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the
world's leading organiser of exhibitions and
conferences delivering over 460 events in 34
countries and serving 52 industries worldwide.
For
further information about Reed MIDEM visit
www.reedmidem.com.
The MIPTV featuring MILIA 2007 database is now
online and will provide you with vital information
about participating companies, including their
contact details. Plan ahead and visit the database
regularly. Registered participants should
log in at the top of this page.
Not registered
yet?Click
hereto find out who is
already signed up for the event. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NOW ONLINE
Find out about the exciting array of events taking
place at MIPTV featuring MILIA 2006. From awards
and conferences, through to cocktails and
photocalls, this handy document contains all you
need to know! Updated
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/ A h h
h . . . Fall in Cannes no matter if
it's in the Spring or Fall, there's mild breezes
blow as the warm Mediterranean sun smiles over this
beautiful spot on the Cote d'Azur. There you can
feel a timeless sensuality, assuaging a nostalgia
for the Mediterranean which since as far back as
the 16th century has been a constant theme in many
a Northern European's
life.
"Now give us lands where the
olives grow," Cried the North to the South, "Where
the sun with a golden mouth can blow blue bubbles
of grapes down the vineyard row!" Cried the North
to the South. (to borrow a phrase from the English
writer Elizabeth Barret
Browning).
"Cannes," wrote Charles
Lentheric, the indispensable and erudite historian
of maritime Provence, in 1880, "is a town where you
feel no need to work," and "where the inhabitants
were not interested in the world that lay beyond
their shady gardens, or the sheltered balconies of
their hotels."
Now the world has come to
Cannes, chosen it to be their Mediterranean queen
for its annual events, and when you stroll along
the Croisette on some warm April day you will
hardly share Mr. Lenteric's sentiments. Voila!
Cannes! It has emerged so
cosmopolitan.
- Josie
Cory