International Insider: MIPTV Comes To A Close; BBC Blows Hot & Cold On AI; ‘Toxic’ Hot Docs Exodus
deadline.comBonjour and hello, Insiders. This was the week in which the end of the historic MIPTV Cannes confab was confirmed after six decades.
Jesse Whittock with you. Let’s begin, and sign up for the newsletter here. So long, MIPTV: Phrases like ‘the end of an era’ and ‘part of the furniture’ are used all too readily, but in the case of MIPTV’s closure, we have found the correct application.
On Monday, Stewart — someone who has been attending MIPTV and its larger sister MIPCOM for two decades and knows the market inside out — revealed event organizer RX was indeed closing the confab and planning a new one for 2025 in London.
This confirmed his original scoop from February and ended the will-they-won’t-they chatter that dominated executive chat at Berlinale Series, the London TV Screenings and Series Mania.
Read more on deadline.com
