International Digital Content at MIP TV

The annual TV conference in Cannes usually draws people form the TV business internationally, this year, as well for the past few years digital has taken a stronger presence at one of the best TV markets in the world.
Digital's presence could be seen from the caliber of the trade show booth showcasing new technologies and innovations from Yahoo on their new widget channel, to Zillion TV, to Discovery Channel, Comcast, et al... and the list goes on. The market included great keynote's from the advertising, TV, feature, and digital technology world on the future of content and the screens that we will be watching on, and the future revenue models of the future.

Each country had a contingent of distributors and channel's selling content, with events designed to showcase new TV formats and programs, as well as digital focused projects. Being it was my first time attending MIP, and that MIP has always been an international TV market, I was very impressed and surprised to see the new and flourishing markets, especially in digital, coming out of the middle-east and Africa.

While many people stated that MIP attendance was down, the deals were still strong with lots of new revenue platforms presenting themselves for next and new platforms and markets that are becoming the key revenue generators for the years to come.