I had the honour of speaking this year at the annual mipJr market in Cannes as part of mipcom. For the uninitiated, mipcom is the global market for tv shows…it’s how your favourite television show gets to your screen. It was great to see so many friendly faces there! Mipcom Seminar Saturday 15 October 2016 – […]
If you’ve been following my twitter feed, you’ll know I’ve been down in Cannes, France for my very first MIPCOM market. MIPCOM is like a huge bazaar of TV shows; it’s probably where your favourite shows have emerged from (bought, sold, financed, packaged, etc) and it’s nothing short of overwhelming. But I was in town […]
I’ve got my TV hat on today. Well, actually, I’m not wearing a hat and if I did, it’d be my Blue Jays cap….but that’s another blog. For now, I’m heading down to Cannes, France to dive in to the world of TV. This is my very first MIPCOM, and I’m going because as a […]
I’ll be speaking at MIPCOM this year, as part of the MIP Junior program co-programmed by London Book Fair. All of the details are here. It’ll be bright and early, but hope to see you on Sunday morning (8:30 am Cannes time!) for a discussion about books as brand platforms. I’m told there will be […]
In the Spring of 2007, I attended my very first Bologna Book Fair (the global marketplace for buying & selling children’s book rights) with an eye towards finding hidden gem publishing properties to turn into television shows. At the Simon & Schuster stand, I stumbled upon a brand new (as yet unpublished) book series from […]
