Mipdoc And Mip-tv '98 Calendar Of Events

MIPDOC and MIP-TV '98 Calendar of Events



Tuesday, March 31

7:30 p.m. Mipdoc opening cocktail party -- Martinez Beach



Wednesday, April 1

11 a.m. Mipdoc conference: "Documentaries: A New Multi-Genre Product" -- Martinez Beach



Thursday, April 2

9:30 a.m. MIP-TV conference: "Bourse aux Co-Productions -- Market Simulation." Session dedicated to documentaries. -- Martinez Beach

10:30 a.m. CTF conference: "Evolution of Documentaries on French-Language Channels" -- Martinez Beach

5:30 p.m. MIP-TV '98 press briefing: Xavier Roy, chief executive, Reed Midem Organization, presents MIP-TV key events. Followed by a cocktail reception. -- Press Club



Friday, April 3

12:30 p.m. PolyGram Television International luncheon: Launch of the preschool animated series "Maisy" -- Carlton*

4 p.m. UNICEF press conference -- Audi K/Level 4

5 p.m. Endemol Entertainment cocktail party: Special guest Stephen Baldwin will introduce the new miniseries "Mr. Murder" -- Carlton*

6 p.m. Art Films production screening: Presentation of the documentary "Karmapa -- Two Ways of Divinity" -- Audi K/Level 4

6:30 p.m. NHK and International Tele Images cocktail and screening for the launch of "Planet Ocean" -- Gray d'Albion*

7 p.m. MIP-TV '98 opening cocktail party -- Palm Beach

7:30 p.m. Southern Star dinner: Launch of "Ocean Oasis," "Savage Season" and "Born Wild," and announcement of Southern Star's distribution agreement for China Central Television's wildlife catalog -- Carlton*

8 p.m. PolyGram Television International dinner: Presentation of the new filmed musical "Cats," hosted by David Frost and Andrew Lloyd-Webber. -- Carlton*



Saturday, April 4

9:30 a.m. MIP-TV conference: "Bourse aux Co-Productions -- Market Simulation." Session dedicated to youth programs. -- Audi K/Level4

10 a.m. MIP-TV '98 inaugural visit by Catherine Trautman (followed by a press conference at 11:30 a.m.) -- Sunset Marquis

11 a.m. National Geographic press conference -- Audi A/Level 3

noon Betafilm press/buyers lunch -- Majestic*

noon Teleproductions International (TPI) screening -- Audi C/Level 3

12:30 p.m. CLT-UFA/CLT-UFA International/RTL TV cocktail -- CLT Stand*

1 p.m. Lunch honoring the conference on French television production (with Catherine Trautman) -- Villa Domergue*

3:30 p.m. MIP-TV conference: "Television Production: France Opens Up to the World" -- Audi A/Level 3

4:30 p.m. International Widescreen Festival -- Le Nombre D'Or Press and Professionals cocktail and screening: The winning

programs from the 1997 Widescreen Festival -- Option

5 p.m. German United Distributors cocktail party -- Carlton Beach/Option

5 p.m. Mediametrie/Eurodata TV press conference: Eurodata TV presents the yearly overview of the television channels around the world in "1997, One Television Year in the World" -- Audi K/Level 4

5 p.m. Saban press cocktail party -- Majestic

5:30 p.m. The International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Press and Professionals presentation: Presentation of the International Emmy Awards -- Sunset Marquis

6 p.m. Canal+ press conference -- Option

6 p.m. Eagle Rock Entertainment press and buyers meeting (with special guest Shirley Bassey for the launch of "Divas Are Forever") -- Galion Beach*

7 p.m. The Television Syndication Company (TVS) party: Celebrating last year's launch of "Reel Planet" -- Planet Hollywood*

7:30 p.m. Southern Star dinner (for the launch of "Oktober" and "Vanishing Man") -- Carlton*

8 p.m. ProSieben dinner -- TBA*



Sunday, April 5

8:30 a.m. Banff Television Festival press breakfast -- Gray D'Albion

9 a.m. MTV 3 Finland press breakfast -- Majestic

9:30 a.m. MIP-TV Conference: "Bourse aux Co-Productions -- Market Simulation" session dedicated to fiction -- Audi k/Level 4

11 a.m. UNICEF Screening: Children's series "To Tell a Story" plus a

series of spots in support of the "Cartoons for Children's Rights" campaign and a 13-minute excerpt from an episode of "Meena,"

an animated children's series -- Audi A/Level 3

11 a.m. Arte brunch for the presentation of "Terre Violente" -- Gaumont Boat

3 p.m. France 2/Gedeon press conference and cocktail party (for the launch of "Les Nouveaux Mondes" magazine) -- Audi K/Level 4

4:30 p.m. U.S. independents and the marketplace seminar: "Breaking Through the Red, White and Blue: Myths and Realities of Getting on Public Cable TV in the USA" -- Audi J/Level 4

5 p.m. MIP-TV conference: "Panorama of Chinese TV" -- Audi K/Level 4

6 p.m. EM TV & Merchandising AG Reception -- Planet Hollywood*

7 p.m. Les Editions du Cherche Midi and Reed Midem Organization

cocktail reception -- INA (Mediterranee Terrace)*

8 p.m. RTL press dinner -- Palme d'Or*

8 p.m. RAI Trade/RAI Cinemafiction party (for the launch of RAI Trade and the presentation of RAI's latest productions) -- Martinez Beach

8 p.m. Banff Television Festival private dinner -- Carlton*

10 p.m. PolyGram Television International party: Motown party for the launch of 26 episodes of "Motown Live" -- Whisky a Go Go*



Monday, April 6

9:30 a.m. MIP-TV conference: "Bourse aux Co-Productions -- Market Simulation." Session dedicated to educational programs.

-- Audi K/Level 4

11 a.m. UNICEF screening -- Audi A/Level 3

noon World Education Market press and professionals cocktail reception: Presentation of the first World Education Market, which will be held in Vancouver from May 24-27, 2000. -- Mediterranee Terrace

5 p.m. National Geographic screening -- Audi K/Level 4

6 p.m. Banff Television Festival cocktail reception -- Gray d'Albion Beach*

RM Associates screening: "100 Years of the Gramophone"

-- Audi K/Level 4



Also: Every day from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Hewland International

screening -- Auditorium I/Level 4



* Invitation Only