Growing Roster of MIPCube Speakers

Growing Roster of MIPCube Speakers

PARIS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MIPCube, the two-day high-level networking and live learning experience for the business and creative architects driving the future of TV, is proud to announce an exceptional and growing line-up of speakers and participants. MIPCube will take place in Cannes on 30-31 March, just ahead of the 2012 edition of MIPTV (1-4 April).

Following CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld.comCindy Gallop's Visionary Talk ("Smashing Through The Screen: How To Rewire Television For The New World Order,") Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of MachinimaAllen DeBevoise will address the MIPCube audience ("Hollywood's Biggest New Media Company Is Completely Virtual") and will be interviewed by Robert Tercek, Founder of General Creativity and former Senior VP of Digital Media at Sony Pictures Entertainment. Machinima's global content network reaches over 116 million gamers monthly and delivers over one billion video views a month.

Other MIPCube speakers and companies to-date include: Tony Wang, General Manager UK,Twitter; Steve Henry and Ali Blackwell from Decoded; Vincent Morisset, director of Arcade Fire's interactive videos and founder of AATOAA; Danny Zappin and Lisa Donovan, Co-Founders, Maker Studios; Lisa Hsia, Executive Vice President, Digital Media,Bravo; and key companies such as: Samsung, Discovery, MBC Group, National Film Board of Canada/ONF, Vodafone, ZDF, YouTube, Google...

MIPCube's 2012 Digital Minds Summit, the exclusive invitation-only closed-door event held on 31 March, will gather 50 heads of digital from production companies and broadcasters, as well as online platforms, social media and technologies, including: Gary Woolf, VP Business Development and Digital Media, Sales & Distribution, BBC Worldwide (UK); David Ripert, VP Content, Dailymotion (France); Ammar Bakkar, Head of New Media, MBC Group (United Arab Emirates); Matt Locke, Founder and Director, Storythings (UK); Marco Ferrari, CEO, Zodiak Active (UK/Italy); Olgierd Cygan, COE Managing Partner, Digital One (Poland); Sandrine Dufour, EVP Innovation and Deputy CFO, Vivendi (France); Pierre-Mathieu Fortin, Creative Head, Radio-Canada (Canada); Bruno Patino, VP, Strategy & Digital France Televisions Groupand Director,France 5 (France); John Honeycutt, EVP and COO, Discovery Networks International (USA); Eli Uzan, Founder and CEO, The Box (Israel).

MIPCube's TV Hack Day will gather 15 developers and creative talent to produce innovative new TV apps live in a one-of-a-kind, 48-hour creative marathon.

The MIPCube Supersession, held on the first day of MIPTV, will feature the winners of the TV Hack Day, MIPCube Lab and Content 360 competitions. The MIPCube pass includes access to the first day of MIPTV, the world's largest gathering for TV and media with over 11,500 participants and 4,000 buyers from more than 100 countries.

Connected Devices and Connected Audiences will be the big focuses for the first day of MIPTV, kicking off with a market overview by Ben Keen, Chief Analyst, ISH Screen Digest. Major industry executives featured include: Christian Bombrun, Deputy Managing Director,M6; Dan Saunders, Head of Content Services, Samsung Electronics Europe; Jed Simmons, Director, YouTube Next EMEA; Christian Witt, Strategic Partner Development Manager,Google TV.

"Leading up to MIPTV, MIPCube is the only international high level networking and live learning experience where the key players of the new TV ecosystem -- major media networks, content production companies, brands and agencies -- will join with the leading internet platforms and social networks, tech start-ups and digital media leaders to form the community that will shape the future of TV in all its forms," said Laurine Garaude, Director of the Television Division, Reed MIDEM.

Vivendi, the world leader in music and video games, international leader in telecoms and French leader in pay-TV, is the creative partner and global sponsor of MIPCube 2012.

Key media partners include GigaOM, TheNextWeb and StrategyEye

MIPCube At-a-Glance programme
MIPCube Website
MIPCube on Facebook
MIPCube on Twitter

For more information about MIPTV, visit www.miptv.com

About MIPCube

MIPCube is a two-day high-level networking and live learning experience exploring the game-changing innovations affecting the TV industry. MIPCube will open in Cannes on Friday 30 March, just ahead of the 2012 edition of MIPTV (1-4 April).

Building on the 2011 success of Connected Creativity at MIPTV, MIPCube will bring together the architects of the future of TV: influential players in the television business, key innovators in the digital and social media space and forward-thinking producers to shape the evolving world of TV, in all its forms.

MIPCube: Friday 30 - Saturday 31 March 2012,
Cannes, France

MIPTV: Sunday 1 - Wednesday 4 April 2012,
Palais des Festivals, Cannes

SOURCE Reed MIDEM

Reed MIDEM

CONTACT: REED MIDEM PRESS CONTACTS: Jane GARTON, Entertainment Press Director, +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39, jane.garton@reedmidem.com; Philippe LE GALL, Press Events Manager, +33 (0)1 41 90 46 48, philippe.legall@reedmidem.com; Jean LARMOYER, Press Officer, +33 (0)1 41 90 49 95, jean.larmoyer@reedmidem.com

Web Site: http://www.miptv.com

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