MIPTV wraps its 60th edition with attendance in Cannes up over 20%

RX France announced that onsite participation in Cannes was up 22% versus last year for the 60th edition of the MIPTV Spring International Content and Co-Production Market. Figures released on the final day of the market confirmed 5.650 participants from 86 countries, including 5.510 delegates in person in Cannes – an increase of 1.000 onsite participants versus 2022 –, while 120 delegates joined the market through the MIPTV online platform.

According to the organizers, the increase in participation to this year’s market underlines a robust content sales and acquisitions climate, a rapidly developing international FAST channel business and positive response to the newly reformatted exhibition layout and schedule in the Palais des Festivals introduced in 2022.

“We have found the right format and scale for MIPTV and it is working. The increased attendance and robust exhibition confirm that the design and focus is paying off for all. The benefits to all of having the international industry in one place to discover, connect and acquire is magnified by trends such as increased licensing to third parties, the pace of growth for FAST channels internationally, and the ongoing hunger for, and necessity of, co-production partnerships – themes we will further build on at Mipcom Cannes in October,” said Lucy Smith, Director of RX France’s Entertainment Division and Director of MIPTV and Mipcom Cannes.

The next edition of MIPTV will take place on April 15-17, 2024, RX France confirmed during the final day of the event. Moreover, the organizers also announced today first details of Mipcom Cannes 2023, which will be celebrated once again at the Palais des Festivals from October 16-19, 2023, with MIPJunior returning to its pre-market spot from October 14-15 in the JW Marriott.

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Mipcom Cannes will move the Producers Hub & Lounge – the heart of Co-production, development and financing at the market – to a new and larger location on the Croisette Beach to accommodate more capacity and a broader programme. At the same time, there will be a re-opening of the Riviera 9 sea view exhibition hall in response to the market’s rebound and increased demand for premium exhibition space in the Palais des Festivals.

Furthermore, an October edition of the successful FAST & Global summit – building on the popularity of this week’s inaugural international FAST channel focus at MIPTV, was also confimed for Mipcom Cannes.

“Mipcom Cannes will again be the world’s greatest gathering of TV and entertainment executives on the planet. Confirmations have been streaming in early, plans are ambitious and all roads lead to Cannes this October,”  Lucy Smith added.