MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year & Keynote Address

NEW YORK: Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen, will be interviewing Jon Feltheimer, the co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, and MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year, following his keynote address at MIPCOM on Tuesday, October 5.

During his keynote, Feltheimer will share his vision of the future of the entertainment industry as part of MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind series of presentations.

MIPCOM 2010 Personality of the Year & Keynote Address will take place on Tuesday, October 5, from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals.

Feltheimer has led Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, and built its success on targeting niche audiences that have been underserved by the major Hollywood studios. Its businesses include the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content.

The company has built a strong television presence through the production of prime-time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel assets, which include TV Guide Network, FEARNet and EPIX.

Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10 networks spanning its prime-time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically acclaimed hits as the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, Weeds and Nurse Jackie along with new series such as Blue Mountain State and Running Wilde and the syndication successes Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne, its spinoff Meet The Browns, The Wendy Williams Show and the recently announced Are We There Yet?.

Its feature film business has generated such recent hits as The Expendables, which was number one at the North-American box office for two weeks, The Last Exorcism, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?, Kick Ass and the critically-acclaimed Precious, which won two Academy Awards.