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International Insider: MIPTV Comes To A Close; BBC Blows Hot & Cold On AI; ‘Toxic’ Hot Docs Exodus
MipTV's closure and Mip London opening, the BBC's week in AI and a programmer exodus at Hot Docs feature in this week's International Insider.
As he wrote in an X message directed at Cannes Mayor David Lisnard, MIPTV represented “one of our best weeks of the year.” Alas, bottles of delicious pale rosé will remain unopened and seafront restaurants will have many more empty tables with the market gone. While touching on a number of themes he has previously explored such as the need for improved commercial revenue and a “reformed” license fee, he faced hot button issues such as declining budgets head on, addressing “the elephant in the room – money.” That was an important point to note, as it was followed two days later by a BBC Annual Plan projecting a whopping deficit of nearly £500M ($631M). Without providing detail, she said she was making a “heartbreaking choice” and added she would “continue to fight for films and filmmakers.” Hours later, it emerged Artistic Director Hussain Currimbhoy (pictured) had also departed “due to personal reasons.” He had only taken the post in November last year.
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