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MIPTV Featuring MILIA 2008 - The world's audiovisual and digital content market

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MIPTV featuring MILIA is the global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. Deals, volume and business are the essential ingredients which have made MIPTV number one for 45 years! With *$10 billion in transactions made at our TV markets annually, you simply can't afford to miss out on the action! Meet all the global players at one time in one place including over 4120 buyers and over 1500 exhibitors. And also enjoy a range of events that highlight the newest trends of the industry*. Discover just a few of this year's highlights below... We look forward to welcoming you to the event. The MIPTV Team. source: Variety


	TELCO GIANT DELIVERS MIPTV KEYNOTE Didier Lombard, chairman and CEO of France Telecom Group - owners of mobile and internet operator Orange - will deliver the keynote speech on 9 April. MIPTV participants will get a fascinating insight into this giant Telco’s “TV Everywhere” service and multiplatform expertise offering television wherever and whenever, across all screens, with on-demand content, interactive services and personalised advertising. Full session details here!


	MATTEL HEADS MIPTV’S BRAND FOCUS Richard Dickson, SVP, Worldwide Marketing, Media & Entertainment for Mattel Brands' keynote (April 8) will be a major highlight of MIPTV 2008's focus on branded entertainment. Dickson will notably discuss how Mattel is leveraging premium brands such as Barbie to form partnerships within the entertainment sector to engage the digital consumer. Full details...


	JAPAN DAY Japan is an important and growing force in the international entertainment content marketplace. MIPTV’s Focus On Japan will celebrate the land of the rising sun’s position as a key international player in television and digital media. Highlights include a market overview with Masao Takiyama of Sony Pictures Entertainment/Animax Broadcast Japan.


	CONTENT 360 FINALISTS REVEALED... The BBC, BCC (ex-KBC), NFB, and Ogilvy Interactive have selected 27 finalists from the 380 entries in this year’s Content 360 competition. MIPTV participants will get to see these innovative creators pitch their ideas to a prestigious line-up of digital commissioners in the Content 360 conferences. Find out how leading broadcasters, brands, and agencies select the winners at the Zapping Show on 10 April, 5.30-6.30 pm , Audi Esterel. Hosted by Ray Cokes.


	COUNT DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE EMMY® AWARDS Celebrating the array of interactivity offered to TV viewers worldwide via cable, satellite, mobile phones and broadband, the 3rd annual International Interactive Emmy® Awards at MIPTV will announce the winners at a VIP gala event on April 8 hosted by British comic Brian Conley.


	PREVIEW ONLINE NOW! The MIPTV Preview magazine is now online! As ever, it not only details everything you need to know about the show's key conferences, events and products on offer; it also boasts a wealth of features that help you increase revenues now! Start reading here...




GET INTO THE SPIN OF MIPTV 2008 Dive into the enclosed interactive presentation to find out why you should join more than 13,500 participants at our unique conference, exhibition and networking forum: to discover future trends and do business on a global level now.	MIPDOC PREVIEW ONLINE NOW! Read the online MIPDOC Preview and connect with all the MIPDOC 2008 key conferences, key players and this year’s keynote speaker, director of Academy Award-Winning, Alex Gibney... Also, don’t miss our annual Co-production Challenge & Trailblazers events. MIPDOC 2008 - recognizing creative talent and innovation in docs, and much more...	AMAZIA AMAZIA is the first Asian business-to-business exhibition and international conference dedicated to the creation and distribution of entertainment content across all delivery platforms.