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LONELYGIRL15 CREATOR JOINS MIPCOM MOBILE & INTERNET TV AWARDS GRAND JURY – 32 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 3RD EDITION

MIPCOM, the international audiovisual content market, today unveiled the 32 nominees for the third edition of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards. The winners will be announced at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on 10 October, during a ceremony in the presence of Miles Beckett, co-creator of the cult web-based series Lonelygirl15. The event will reward the most innovative and creative audiovisual content for mobile and Internet.

Miles Beckett will host a presentation during which participants will be able to discover the latest formats and short entertainment programmes, including a presentation of his newest creation, KateModern, a spin-off from Lonelygirl15.

The MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards are the biggest international competition for Short Form Entertainment Content for both mobile and internet, with a record participation of 280 projects from 180 companies representing 38 countries. The 32 nominated projects come both from well-known production companies such as Fox Mobile Entertainment, BBC/Preloaded, Buongiorno SPA, FremantleMedia and MTV Networks Animation as well as smaller, less well known studios from all over the world.

“We’re seeing short formats for mobile and Internet really taking off today,” said Ted Baracos, Director Digital Media, Reed MIDEM. “This growth is illustrated at the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards, which features four new categories entitled Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment made for Mobile and/or Internet: Drama, Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment made for Mobile and/or Internet: Comedy, Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment made for Mobile and/or Internet: Lifestyle/Music, and Best Short Form Audiovisual Entertainment made for Mobile and/or Internet: Factual.”

The five other categories to receive an award are: Best Cross-Platform & Interactive Mobile TV Format, Best Made-for-Mobile TV or Film Channel, Best Mobile Service for Social Community & User-Generated Content, and, new this year, two film categories: Best Short Film Originally Created or Repurposed for Mobile, and Best Film Shot on a Mobile Device.

“The projects that were submitted this year, whether destined for mobile or the Internet, fascinated the jury by the quality and exceptional creativity of their content,” said Ferhan Cook, co-executive producer and jury president of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards. “We saw new formats like graphic novels or interactive games based on televised documentaries.”

In addition to Miles Beckett, the grand jurywill comprise representatives from Bravo Fact!, Hungama Mobile, Pocket Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter and Yahoo.

The third edition of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards is sponsored by Mini Movie Channel, Thomson and Yahoo! The Cannes International Film Market and its Short Film Corner are partners and Billboard, Neilsen Media and The Hollywood Reporter are media partners. The Co-production partner is Any Screen Productions Ltd.

All the latest news about MIPCOM 2007 is on our site: www.mipcom.com

To download a photo of Miles Beckett please go to:
http://www.reedmidem.com/v3/Press/DownloadZone/en

Notes:

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organizer of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS for real estate professionals and MAPIC for retail real estate, GLOBAL ASSET for asset management and GLOBAL CITY for urban management specialists.

Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading organiser of exhibitions and conferences delivering over 460 events in 34 countries and serving 52 industries worldwide. For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com

For more information, please contact:
Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON – Joanna KIRK – Jean-François DANIS
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39 – 45 82 – 49 10 Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
jane.garton@reedmidem.com
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jean-francois.danis@reedmidem.com

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Cannes (France)

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Second Life India day at Mipcom

Zarina Mehta, CEO Bindass, UTV“UTV has been attending MIPCOM for a decade now. Since we have a wide spread ofbusinesses that stretch beyond India, the festival forms a very important networkingand business introduction opportunity for us. This year too, UTV will be heavilyrepresented by its broadcasting, distribution as well as animation businesses. We nolonger view MIPCOM and MIPTV as an investment – it is almost habitual for us now.Putting a number to the revenue result from this event might be difficult butindividually each business gains a fair bit at events like these. Animation is a 100%international business for us. Hungama TV while on our guard used to buy a lot ofinternational content. Our TV division is always on the lookout for formats. Andfinally this year all our broadcasting businesses will be looking to shortlist hugeamounts of international content for acquisition. Events like MIPCOM and MIPTV

become important locations for face to face meetings for the normal course of the above.”

India in Second Life Machinima

India Day

There is an indian restaurant @ mipcom: the taj mip.In partnership with FICCI, MIPCOM 2007 will celebrate India as the Country of Honour scheduling an overview of the India market by Ernst & Young and featuring major players as Amit Khanna, Chairmain, Reliance Entertainment Ltd. during the Indian Content on the Move panel

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Pre Opening 17 September

Mipcom 2006