They come from different worlds, but that didn’t stop them from breaking bread at today’s Games2TV2Games Multiplayer Networking Lunch, uniting more than 100 TV Execs and Games Developers for face-to-face speed dates and matchmaking.

Producers come in search of funding, but most of all they come looking for support. How to locate a production across borders, scout a castle or hire a crew. During a series of back-to-back speed dates, October 5’s Matchmaking Event: Film Commissioners and Funds Meet Producers gave international producers a chance to pitch opportunities with 12 national and regional film commissions.

Producers are the heart and soul of MIP Markets, and the annual MIPCOM Producers’ Cocktail on Monday evening provided the perfect setting for them to revel in a day of new found opportunities to close deals on co-production, financing and international distribution.

Open to all MIPCOM delegates, this mega networking party mixed glamour with of the entertainment industry with key industry personalities and plenty of Champagne. This year’s party featured a performance by AKB48 – Japan’s top idol group.

When leading brands like Red Bull show up at MIPCOM, you know they’ve reached beyond product placement: they’ve become entertainment media. Bringing brands and content creators together was the theme of Tuesday’s Branded Content Networking Lunch, sponsored by the Branded Content Marketing Association.

Tuesday’s Business Accelerator: Meet the Online Video Buyers gave online content producers unprecedented face-to-face access to five of the most in-demand digital media companies, including blinkbox, You Tube/Google, Lovefilm, Dailymotion and Fastweb.

Bollywood and beyond, India’s growing status as an international hub for animation production was in full focus at Tuesday’s Business Accelerator: Outsourcing to India. This new speed-date networking introduced international producers to some of India’s hottest animation, digital effects and post-production companies.

Centered on this year’s MIPCOM Connected Entertainment conference theme, this official cocktail was designed to take digital distribution networking to the next level. This networking event brought together 200 professionals from digital content producers to platform operators, content aggregators and technologies

Mobile innovation executivess from Telefonica O2, Vodafone, BBC and mBlox made their case for how mobile smart pipe enablers are revolutionising the experience between consumers, operators and content providers during Thursday’s MEF Breakfast.