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Cannes Content Market Mipcom Sets Spain as Its 2024 Country of Honor
News of its Mipcom County of Honor status comes as Spain’s government prepares a new $1.9 billion credit facility of its creative industries.
Celebrating Spanish creativity, the Country of Honor program will mix events will feature panels and screenings of first-look new content, focusing on opportunities for co-production and relocation to Spain, Lucy Smith, director of Mipcom, announced Thursday at a press conference in Madrid. At the same time, after “Money Heist” exploded on Netflix, becoming the U.S. streaming giant’s first ever non-English global blockbuster, big OTT players have targeted Spain, along with the U.K., as one of Europe’s principal countries for investment. The selection of Spain as Country of Honor at the next edition of Mipcom recognises the talent and strength of the Spanish audiovisual industry and at the same time affords the perfect opportunity to celebrate the excellence, creativity and professionally of our companies in an incomparable context,” Conde said.
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