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Jane Root, the CEO of indie prodco Nutopia and former controller of BBC2, is to give the closing keynote at Mipdoc in Cannes next month.
The two-day factual conference this year returns to the Martinez Hotel in Cannes, France, having previously been held at the Carlton Hotel, and takes place over the weekend of April 9/10.
Among the issues Root is expected to discuss are the making of America: The Story Of US (12×60′), the big-budget series that Nutopia recently finished producing for History US; and worldwide trends for history programming. Root set up her production company in 2008, having previously been president of Discovery Channel US.
Elsewhere during the weekend, MercuryMedia’s newly appointed non-exec chairman Simon Shaps will moderate a panel session entitled What Do Buyers Want?, featuring More4 editor Tabitha Jackson and France 5’s head of acquisitions and international coproductions Caroline Behar.
Meanwhile, the Mipdoc Coproduction Challenge returns this year, with entrants to be judged by BBC Storyville editor Nick Fraser, ITVS VP of programming Claire Aguilar, CBC/Radio-Canada exec director of factual entertainment Julie Bristow, Rai TV commissioning editor Lorenzo Hendel and AETN International VP of programming and production Michael Katz.
Adam Benzine
17 Mar 2010
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