Mip Cancun unveils Fast & Global: Americas Summit Line Up

MIP Cancun today confirmed a power line-up for the inaugural Fast & Global: Americas Summit, the first to focus exclusively on the explosion in FAST channels and programming opportunities across Latin America, the US Hispanic and Canada. “Fast & Global: Americas Summit could not be more timely or opportune,” MIP Cancun Director Maria Perez-Bellière said. “…an unrivalled line up of FAST experts taking a deep dive against the backdrop of accelerated deal-making and projected growth for the region means the sessions are ideally poised to help companies truly realise their potential in this area.” 

Fast & Global: Americas Summit is presented in association with Presenting Partner OTTera, Conference Partner Samsung TV Plus and in partnership with Prensario International. The summit, the latest in the Fast channel series at MIP Markets, will be staged across a special pre-market afternoon on Tuesday 14 November from 15:30 at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, Mexico ahead of content and co-production markets and matchmaking activity from 15-17 November. The summit forms part of a comprehensive Conference Programme at MIP Cancun comprising major keynotes, screenings and awards.

The summit will feature insights from players and specialists from the region’s free advertising-supported streaming world in back-to-back presentations, focusing on the considerable opportunities for content producers, IP rightsholders, buyers and commissioners. Speakers and contributors confirmed include Pablo Iacoviello from Amazon Studios, Fernandez Muniz from TV Azteca, Marie de Rosario Buil from BB Media, Felipe Osorio from Canela Media, Abel Tamayo from Ole Broadcasting and Distribution, Daniel Padilla from One Play, Stephen Hodge and Adrian Frias from OTTera, Eddie Arias from Pluto TV, JP Gracia from Runtime Media, Aline Jabbour from Samsung Electronics and Kristen Bedno from VA Media, amongst others, with the summit chaired by Prensario’s Nicolas Smirnoff. 

It follows a packed and positively-received international FAST&GLOBAL summit held at last week’s Mipcom Cannes, where a slew of FAST-related industry deals were announced, and new research unveiled which projected significant revenue growth for the Americas, with FAST-related revenues forecast to rise by 275% in Brazil, over 300% in Canada and by more than 400% in Mexico by 2028, when overall revenues in the U.S are estimated to reach $11 billion.

Established across the last decade, and famed for its signature pre-scheduled matchmaking program, November’s MIP Cancun is set to welcome back a community of up to 1000 delegates from over 40 countries, spanning buyers, producers and distributors from global studios and major players internationally and from across the Americas, convening for a comprehensive four-day conference programme in the world’s largest production hub for Spanish-language content.