Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier will give a keynote address at Mipcom in October as the event prepares to bring back several US and UK studios after a pandemic-induced absence.
The event, renamed Mipcom Cannes in recent weeks, will take place from 17 to 20 October at the Palais des Festivals, with Collier taking the stage on the first day to deliver a Media Mastermind speech to an audience of television executives from around the world. and creative
Collier provides insights into Fox Entertainment’s business, explains its growth strategy, and discusses broader industry issues. He directs the overall creative and commercial vision of the Murdoch family-owned operation, which includes the Fox broadcast network, the in-house no-script Fox Alternative Entertainment and the scripted group Fox Entertainment Studios; the culinary and lifestyle business studio Ramsay Global, the animation studio Bento Box Entertainment; TMZ entertainment platform; creative media and technology company Web3 Blockchain Creative Labs; the streaming platform Tubi; and the global studio MarVista Entertainment, whose CEO and founding partner, Fernando Sevi, is one of the most important faces of MipTV and Mipcom.
MarVista will have a key exhibition at the event.
Prior to joining Fox, Collier was president and general manager of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios, overseeing the creative and commercial operations for all three divisions. He joined AMC in 2006 and was promoted to president in 2008. Under his leadership, AMC has produced series that defined an era as judicial proceedings, breaking Bad Y Living Dead. Prior to AMC, he worked at Court TV, Oxygen Media, A + E Networks and TeleRep.
“For nearly four decades, being one of the television industry’s largest annual exchanges of ideas and opportunities, Mipcom has never stopped leading the conversation and agenda in our industry,” said Collier. It is a great honor to be a keynote speaker this year. And I don’t add to this …[continues in French] It has faced some problems in the majority age and in part it is not only Fox Entertainment that is adapting to the model and forging new partnerships, innovating alor that are parallel to our constructions notre prochain chapitre. J’ai hâte de vous voir nombreux ”.
The organizer of the event, RX France, says exhibitors from over 40 countries have already confirmed their participation in the event. Earlier this week it was revealed that BBC Studios would be returning to the event after giving up last year and will be named the inaugural Studio of Distinction.
In total, more than 10,000 delegates are expected to attend the market, which is closer to the experience expected before the pandemic. The event returned last year, but at a greatly reduced level.
Lucy Smith, Divisional Director of RX France Entertainment, said: “Mipcom Cannes will definitely be back in full swing by 2022. The US studio stands are in line with the pre-pandemic period and their creative leaders are back on the conference stage. We look forward to warmly welcoming Charlie and learning more about FOX Entertainment’s strategy and future thinking. “
Source: Deadline
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