| MUMBAI:
The television event Mipcom, which takes place in Cannes, France in October has
added 2929 Entertainment founder and CEO Todd Wagner to its roster of speakers.
He will present the digital media distribution keynote Rethinking
Hollywood on 10 October. 30 sessions presenting 100 speakers over four days
will cover the key issues for TV and content industry professionals, from the
Future of TV Commissioning to the Impact of User-Generated Content on the TV business. Wagner will share his
vision of the future of the Hollywood film industry and discuss how his companies
– which include 2929 Productions, Magnolia Pictures/Home Entertainment, Landmark
Theatres, HDNet, HDNet Films and HDNet Movies – operate within and outside
of the Hollywood system. Wagner’s work includes the collapsing of release
windows, a leadership role in the development and roll-out of digital cinema,
as well as a slate of critically lauded films such as Good Night and Good Luck
and Akeelah and the Bee. The companies pioneering
‘day-and-date’ release strategy was successfully launched with the release
of the Oscar nominated documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room in
theatres and on TV on the same day last year and then again with the acclaimed
Steven Soderbergh film Bubble earlier this year. Mipcom’s digital
media distribution day will explore these new developments through a series of
conferences that will kick off with Todd Wagner’s keynote and will be followed
by a Superpanel exploring emerging opportunities for digital distribution business
for film and television. Afternoon sessions will highlight the intricacies
of internet movie distribution including business models and presentations from
internet TV delivery market leaders. Mipcom’s Reshaping Media conferences
will focus on four key areas of changing TV landscapes, namely Advertising and
Programming, Digital Media Distribution, Mobile TV and User-Generated Content
and the Impact of Social Networks. The week will feature 6 top keynotes,
including Disney’s Anne Sweeney, MGM’s Harry Sloan, Orange’s Sanjiv
Ahuja, NBC Universal’s Beth Comstock, and ESPN’s George Bodenheimer
in addition to Todd Wagner. | 
