MIPCOM 2009

October 08, 2009 THR's inaugural graduating class of 20 international television talents is coming of age in a time of seismic change: A global recession is undermining the foundations of ad-supported TV, and digital platforms, particularly the Internet, threaten to turn the business into a global free-for-all where giants can emerge overnight -- and vanish tomorrow. That's just one of the key questions to be answered as 12,000 TV executives trek to Cannes for the 25th annual Riviera rendezvous known as MIPCOM. Blue skies, yellow carpets to celebrate 20 years of "The Simpsons" and colorful characters including Joan Rivers, Lisa Kudrow and Jerry Seinfeld made for a multihued MIPCOM market which boasted more than 12,000 attendees, organizers Reed MIDEM said Thursday as the five-day market came to a close.

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