Hello Insiders, the big international chatter this week came from Cannes, but there’s been plenty of film and TV stories elsewhere.
Jesse Whittock here guiding you through. Sign up here. Another MIP In The Cannes “A fun run”: Stewart, Jake and Max returned from Cannes yesterday following another invigorating few days at MIPCOM. (I was holding the fort back in Blighty, or the UK to most of you.) This year’s international TV market hit a milestone as MIPCOM turned 40, and it also became the first that will not be followed by MIPTV in April (more on that later).
The team was on the ground for talks from some of the TV industry’s biggest names including Warner’s Channing Dungey and outgoing Sony Pictures Entertainment chief Tony Vinciquerra. “It’s been a fun run and it’s time to do something different,” said the latter, as he teased a potential private equity move during one of the busiest sessions.
Star power was present in the form of NCIS actors Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly, along with the delightful Sir David Suchet.
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