PARIS, September 12: MIPCOM Junior, now in its 14th
year, will tackle issues such as multiplatform content, licensing and
merchandising and programming strategies, and will feature a discussion between
DIC Entertainment's chairman and CEO, Andy Heyward, and Toper Taylor, the
president and COO of Cookie Jar Entertainment.
The session with Heyward and Taylor, co-organized with Licence! Magazine, will focus on the importance of licensing for children's TV companies.
Other key conferences include a special session on the Indian animation
business, as well as two specialized licensing workshops.
The number of programs screened at the 2005 edition of
MIPCOM Junior reached an all-time record of 39,134. The event was attended by
819 people from 497 companies in 53 countries.