International television market MIPCOM on Thursday canceled the planned in-person version of its 2020 event.
Organizer Reed Midem said the 2020 edition, set to run Oct.12-Oct. 14 in Cannes, will now be online-only.MIPCOM had been holding out hope that conditions would improve sufficiently to allow a physical version of the TV market. Reed Midem was forced toIn place of a physical market, Reed Midem will host a digital conference and online marketplace, MIPCOM Online+, on the original dates.
"Our motivation has always been to bring together the global entertainment community around the flagship week of MIPCOM in order to support content discovery and new business deals, whether online or in-person," said Laurine Garaude, director of Reed Midem's television division."We made clear [that] we would only hold the physical market if conditions permitted.
CanneSeries, the international TV festival that runs alongside MIPCOM, is going ahead with a scaled-back version of its physical event, from Oct. 9 through Oct. 14, and will also screen festival titles online on its new CanneSeries Live platform, Oct. 7-Oct. 21.
We are sick and tired and bored out of our minds with every damn thing being online or virtual. Get out & live. Free yourself from all this crap.
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