{"id":15872,"date":"2019-02-19T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-miptvs-development-kids\/"},"modified":"2019-02-19T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:16:13","slug":"reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIPTV is increasing the number and range of events dedicated to the children\u2019s television business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year at MIPTV we are launching In Development KIDS,\u201d Lucy Smith, director of conferences and content for MIPTV and MIPJunior director, told <em>TV Kids Daily<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cThe kids\u2019 community will have its own unique hub, an area on Level -1 of the Palais, where they will be able to network, take part in pitches, have a dedicated conference program and meet producers and network executives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series of events and conferences are being organized in response to feedback from the industry.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two &#8220;Producer Pitches,&#8221; and the deadline for entries for both has been extended to February 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the second year in a row, we\u2019re having the &#8216;Kids Live-Action Pitch,&#8217;\u201d explained Smith. \u201cWe\u2019re hearing there is a big trend in the kids\u2019 industry for more live action.\u201d Creators and producers will have the chance to present new and original live-action series that have not yet been commissioned or released and for which worldwide rights are still available.<\/p>\n<p>The jury members will be Nina Hahn, the senior VP of international production and development at Nickelodeon, U.K.; Nicole Keeb, the head of international co-productions and acquisitions for children and youth at ZDF, Germany; Luca Milano, the executive director of Rai Ragazzi at RAI, Italy; and Cheryl Taylor, the head of content at BBC Children&#8217;s, U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The new pitching event this year will be the &#8220;Pre-School Animation Pitch,&#8221; for animated projects targeting 3- to 6-year-olds, at the development stage and in need of financing.<\/p>\n<p>The jury members will be\u00a0Tiphaine de Raguenel, the director of children and youth activities at France\u00a0T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, France; Lev Makarov, the head of special projects at CTC Media, Russian Federation; Stella Noh, the general manager of SK Broadband, South Korea; and Adina Pitt, the VP of content acquisitions and co-productions at Cartoon Network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will also be the opportunity to meet with some of the most senior commissioning, acquisition and co-production executives,\u201d added Smith.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201c30 Minutes With\u2026\u201d sessions, attendees will get the chance to learn the content needs of leading programming executives. These half-hour sessions will be with Cecilia\u00a0Persson, the VP of programming and content strategy at Turner EMEA for kids and acquisitions and co-production for international; Karen Miller, the senior VP of content at Universal Kids, U.S.; and\u00a0Brenda\u00a0Bisner, the senior VP of content and business development at Kidoodle.TV, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Jules Borkent, in charge of global acquisitions and programming for Nickelodeon at Viacom International Media Networks, will hold a creative master class on the topic of \u201cFuture-Proofing Your Content Strategy;\u201d the BBC\u2019s Cheryl Taylor will present the session \u201c10 Key Ways to Greenlighting Your Live-Action Series\u201d and Philippe Soutter will present \u201cGet Your Animation Show Produced.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother area we feel is important and in demand is research from the industry, so we have a &#8216;Data Download&#8217; track in the conference,\u201d explained Smith.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with The WIT, there will be a Fresh TV Kids presentation; \u201cOne TV Year in the World: Cracking Audience Trends,\u201d in partnership with Eurodata TV Worldwide; \u201cPre-schoolers, the Screens and Their Needs,\u201d in partnership with Dubit; and \u201cThe Future 100,\u201d in partnership with JWT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd once again, the International Emmy Kids Awards still have their home at MIPTV,\u201d said Smith. There will be an International Emmy Kids Awards Showcase, and \u201call of the nominees will be integrated into the programs for MIPJunior and will be available for meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIPTV is increasing the number and range of events dedicated to the children\u2019s television business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":15873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4310,2490,4311],"class_list":["post-15872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-in-development-kids","tag-miptv","tag-miptv-2019","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MIPTV is increasing the number and range of events dedicated to the children\u2019s television business.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T15:49:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T17:16:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/2018-08-31-Lucy-Smith.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Carugati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anna Carugati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/\",\"name\":\"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-19T15:49:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-19T17:16:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/29356fdd67fb1b454e7b8e3d34042925\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/29356fdd67fb1b454e7b8e3d34042925\",\"name\":\"Anna Carugati\",\"description\":\"Anna Carugati is editor at large at World Screen.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/acarugatiworldscreen-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS","og_description":"MIPTV is increasing the number and range of events dedicated to the children\u2019s television business.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/","og_site_name":"TVKIDS","article_published_time":"2019-02-19T15:49:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-02-19T17:16:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":319,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/2018-08-31-Lucy-Smith.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anna Carugati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anna Carugati","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/","name":"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS - TVKIDS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-02-19T15:49:15+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-19T17:16:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/29356fdd67fb1b454e7b8e3d34042925"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/reed-midems-lucy-smith-on-miptvs-in-development-kids\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reed MIDEM\u2019s Lucy Smith on MIPTV\u2019s In Development KIDS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/","name":"TVKIDS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/29356fdd67fb1b454e7b8e3d34042925","name":"Anna Carugati","description":"Anna Carugati is editor at large at World Screen.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/acarugatiworldscreen-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}