MIP TV STARTS TODAY

Mip TV, the leading market for television programming commenced today in Cannes, France. The conference has a major focus on Japanese television with speakers highlighting the changes taking place in the business on 13 April. This is to be followed by another session on variety programming and show formats. A strong Latin American delegation of 85 buyers and sellers such as Telefilms and TV Azteca is slated to attend the festival.

This apart, executives from a few channels and broadcasting companies in Latin America are also slated to throw light on the television environment in the region.

On 14 April Mip TV will play host to a Europe Meets Asia Forum dedicated to cultural and educational networks in the two regions. The meeting is organized jointly by the Europe Asia Foundation (ASEF), ARTE, Europe's cultural channel, La Cinquième, a channel dedicated to training, knowledge and discovery, and Singapore Television Twelve (STV 12), a cultural and educational service. The forum aims at fostering contacts between television channels from the two continents and developing relationships between professionals operating in the field of cultural and educational television.

More than 10,000 participants are expected to attend MipTV.