MIP London announced that more than 80 companies representing distributors, buyers and producers from 30 countries have already confirmed their presence for the inaugural MIP London content and networking market to be held February 23-27 2025 at the Savoy Hotel and IET London conference center in London’s West-End. Among the 80 plus companies confirmed for the market are Armoza Formats, BETA Film, FilmRise, FOX Entertainment Global, Global Agency and PBS Distribution, including companies sending buyers from Al Jazeera, AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe, Canal Plus, CBC/Radio Canada, France Televisions, ITV, M6, MBC, National Geographic, Netflix, Nine Network Australia, NRK, ORF, RTL Hungary, Seven One Entertainment Group, Sky, Telefonica, TF1, Thai Public Broadcasting Service, The Walt Disney Company, TV3 Group Baltics and ZDF amongst others.
MIP London has a singular aim of attracting more international content companies and encouraging more business in London during a key week in the global TV industry calendar. The market provides a central destination offering versatile meeting spaces, high tech theaters and dedicated buyer and delegate lounges, alongside a five-day programme of networking, screenings and genre-specific summits.
“More people coming to London means more business done in what has become the must-attend content week in February,” said Lucy Smith, Director of MIP London and MIPCOM Cannes. “Whether you are a company already hosting a screening event, planning to visit for the first time, or simply there to see more people, with this new MIP market our aim is to be complementary to existing events by providing additional opportunities to meet, showcase or discover content across the week. Plans for our centrally located hub and programme are really taking shape and we are hugely encouraged by MIP London’s early momentum.”
MIP London also announced further details of the programme line-up including MIP’s signature FAST & GLOBAL Summit and the first London Edition of the WIT’s FRESH TV presentation hosted by Virginia Mouseler.
As previously announced, MIPDOC and MIPFORMATS launch in London in 2025 with the leading international television business markets for the global documentary, factual and format communities set to deliver additional content and networking opportunities within Unscripted starting on February 23.
FOX Entertainment Global is confirmed to join the line-up of MIPFORMATS as presenting partner of the first-ever London Edition of the MIPFORMATS Pitch, which will seek through a worldwide call for entries to discover concepts for new entertainment formats. Submissions and full details of the MIPFORMATS Pitch will be announced in October, and finalists will be invited to pitch their project to a FOX jury on stage in London on February 24. Also confirmed for the MIPDOC line-up are London editions of the MIPDOC Pitch and the MIPDOC CO-PRODUCTION Summit, which will again explore the future–facing commercial models for partnerships specific to the Documentary and Factual genres.
Advisory Boards are now in place to shape the agenda for these first MIPDOC and MIPFORMATS London Editions, comprised of Unscripted executives from ARTE France, Banijay, Curiosity Inc., FOX Entertainment Global, Fremantle, National Geographic, Nine Network Australia, Off The Fence, PBS Distribution, Quintus Studios, RTL Hungary, The Bridge, TF1, TV4 and ZDF Studios.
MIP London is produced by the team behind MIPCOM Cannes, the entertainment content market for the international TV industry, attended by over 11,000 delegates from over 100 countries in 2023. The 40th edition takes place in Cannes October 21-24 2024 with over 300 exhibitors already confirmed. MIPJUNIOR, the annual meeting point for the Kids sector, returns to its traditional slot ahead of the market on 19-20 October with a pre-opening afternoon on October 18.