MIPDOC 2005 9-10 April Noga Hilton :
MIPDOC 100% Digital Screening, 100% Digital Servicing

This year, MIPDOC participants will enjoy an entirely digital video library as well as fully digital servicing. Buyers connected to the network will be able to request programmes from connected distributors directly from the MIPDOC screening interface. Once each request is validated, the programme will be digitally delivered to the buyer's desktop within minutes.

The digital screenings system service is provided to Reed MIDEM by SmartJog. MIPDOC exhibitors are invited to place their documentary content on SmartJog's electronic delivery platform free of charge. Buyers can then view a catalogue of all MIPDOC properties hosted on SmartJog, and request permission to screen titles. Exhibitors then choose, on a case by case basis, to grant permission for buyers to screen their programmes.

MIPDOC conference program:
International co-production techniques
pitching their projects/programmes in front of potential buyers
techniques for High Definition filming
TV commissioners’ needs
speakers will include:
Jacques BENSIMON, Government Film Commissioner and Chair, National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Paul COLBERT, HD Cinematographer and Producer, Ventura Productions, UK
Jonathan DRAKE, Director, Programming Acquisitions and Schedulings, TVIP Ltd.,UK
Toni EGGER, Vice President of Development, Discovery Health Channel, USA
Frédéric FOUGEA, Producer, Boréales, France
Mette HOFFMAN MEYER, Commissioning Editor, Documentary and Factual Programming, TV2, Denmark
Ann JULIENNE, Head of Acquisitions and International Coproductions, France 5, France
Gary LICO, President / CEO, Cable Ready Corporation, USA
Nicola MEROLA, Head of International Television, Producer, PIXCOM, Canada
David PAPERNY, President, Paperny Films Inc., Canada
Tom PERLMUTTER, Director General, National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Ian RUSSELL, Dep. Controller for News, CA & Documentaries, Five, UK
Esther VAN MESSEL, CEO, First and Films, Germany
Janet H. VISSERING, Sr. Vice President, Strategic Development /CoFinance, National Geographic Channels International, USA
Janet Ann WEST, Managing Director, The Skills Zone, UK
Jennifer WILLIAMS, Director, Programming Acquisitions and Schedulings, National Geographic Channels International, USA
Christina WILLOUGHBY, Head of International Sales and Coproduction, Channel 4 International, UK
Debra ZIMMERMAN, Executive Director, Women Make Movies Inc., USA