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MIPCOM is the leading international content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the key decision makers in the television, film and digital content production and distribution industry with a unique global market, conference and networking forum.

Key Facts

  1. MIPCOM 2007 attracted 13,370 delegates, the largest number at any Reed MIDEM television tradeshow.

  2. 13,370 delegates from 105 countries participated at MIPCOM in 2007, the largest number ever.

  3. 4,585 companies attended MIPCOM in 2007.

  4. 211 global media outlets attended MIPCOM in 2007.

  5. The MIPCOM conference provides a speaking platform for more than 150 leading industry innovators.

  6. All MIPCOM print communication is on recycled paper.

  7. In 2007 MIPCOM's country of honour was India, which generated a 392% increase in Indian participation.

  8. 180 companies from 38 countries entered the MIPCOM Mobile TV and Internet Awards.

  9. The annual MIPCOM Personality of the Year Award is one of the highest honours given to pioneering executives in the TV industry.

  10. 2008 is MIPCOM’s 24th edition.

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MIPCOM Preview Magazine 2007
In Focus: Personality of the Year

LESLIE Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, is recipient of the MIPCOM 2007 Personality Of The Year award. He will receive the award from Reed MIDEM CEO Paul Zilk at a gala dinner at the Carlton on Tuesday, August 9. The day before, Moonves will give the MIPCOM Opening Keynote, in the Grand Auditorium at 17.00.

Speaking exclusively to MIPCOM Magazine, Moonves explained why the award was important to him at this period in the industry’s evolution. “The television world has really evolved into to truly a worldwide adventure. I’ve been going to MIPCOM for many, many years, and the world marketplace is very important, so to be honoured like this by a group of international broadcasting people is very important to us,” He added: “MIPCOM is clearly important to us too, and with Armando’s (Nunez) guidance there, a lot of our products have been sold throughout the world.”

Before the CBS-Viacom split in 2005, Leslie Moonves was co-president and co-COO of Viacom, and chairman of CBS. Today, as president and CEO of CBS Corp., he oversees all operations of the company, from CBS Television Network, to CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), and from CBS Paramount International Television, Showtime, and CSTV Networks, to CBS Outdoor, Simon & Schuster, and CBS Feature Films.

For Moonves, one of the keys to the success of CBS is the strong team of executives with which he works – some of whom have been with him for almost 20 years. “We’ve been through a lot of battles together,” he said. “I think loyalty is very important and the team ethic means a lot to me.”

Many industry observers credit Moonves with an innate understanding of what makes good television. “I still am actively involved in the creative process with my team in California,” he said.

 

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