MIPTV 2011 executive keynotes

• Producers’ Forum keynotes

  

  David Frank, CEO, Zodiak Media Group

  Interviewed by David Jenkinson, Editor-in-chief & Managing Director, C21Media.
  David Frank’s keynote outlined his vision for the future of entertainment content. Zodiak Media Group is one of the world’s leading producers and distributors of broadcast content, comprised of 45 production companies in 17 territories. Frank became CEO last year following the acquisition of RDF Media Group, which was responsible for the hit series “Wife Swap.”

  

  Rodolphe Belmer, COO, Canal+ Group

  Rodolphe Belmer used his extensive experience at Canal+ to focus on the importance of original programming. A vital component of the Canal+ business model, Belmer highlights the key role co-production plays in making international drama, using such notable in-production series as “XIII” and “Borgia” to illustrate the discussion.

  Branded entertainment keynote

  

  Miles Young, Global CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

  Miles Young provided an optimistic outlook on the current state of branded entertainment content and what opportunities are available. Young outlines why consumer distrust of branded content is fading, what sophisticated co-production models are being employed and how brands are associating themselves with different forms of entertainment content. See today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities with one of the world’s greatest agencies.

  Connected Creativity keynote

  

  Hans Vestberg, President & CEO, Ericsson

  Hans Vestberg presented the inaugural Connected Creativity keynote to a combined MIPTV and Connected Creativity Forum audience. Vestberg’s talk, entitled “Shaping the Networked Society”, outlines his vision of a networked society and its impact on the media industry. With a predicted 50 billion connected devices that will be in use by the year 2020, this keynote helps prepare you for the next generation of the entertainment content ecosystem.

  MIPTV/Connected Creativity Mastermind Keynote

  

  Tiffany Shlain, founder of The Webby Awards and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences

  Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century”, Tiffany Shlain is an award-winning filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards and co-founded the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.
  
  Tiffany Shlain’s award-winning documentary “Connected: An autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology” (Official Selection 2011, Sundance Film Festival) followed the keynote.

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