October 2008 - MIPCOM 2008 REPORT

Canamedia celebrated it's 30th anniversary at MIPCOM this year with it's largest booth ever and more new titles in its catalogue than ever before.

At the market our international sales manager Andrea Stokes met with no less than 42 broadcasters over 4 hectic days, all of whom took back screeners to view for acquisition.

Simultaneously, North American Sales and Acquisition Manager Lee Harris and President/Producer Les Harris obtained presale commitments for a number of projects in development including the three series SOCCER SHRINES (13 x 30' ) , THE SKINNY DIP (8x30') and THE HORSE (6x 60') for producer client Best Boy Productions of Newfoudland. Lee also licensed to PBS as a pledge week title the one hour special ANNE MURRAY: FRIENDS AND LEGENDS. As well, an agreement subject to longform was reached with the UK's Getty Images for Canamedia to represent their red carpet video footage in Canada, as well as an agreement with Beckman Communications of the UK to represent their videos in Canada.

A partial list of larger licensing deals closed since MIPTV in April include:

Canada In the Rough (39 x 30’ HD) – Russia
Homes By Design (13 x 30’) – China
Design for Living (26 x 30’) – Middle East
Angry Planet, Season 3 (13 x 30’ HD) – Australia
Andy Warhol’s Factory People (3 x 60’) – Sweden
Injustice (13 x 30’ HD) - Russia
Anne Murray – Friends and Legends (1 x 60’ HD) – Australia
Catching the Chameleon (1 x 60’) – UK
Saddle Up! (13 x 30’) – New Zealand
Stealing Mary (1 x 60’) – China
Videofashion Men 16x 30' - Canada
Designer Marathon 26x 30' - Canada
Drop In (13 X 30'HD)- Canada
Wings Over Canada (37 X 30') Canada
Skinny Dip (8 x 30') Canada (commission)
Mickey (26x 30') Canada (commission)
The Horse (6x 60' ) Canada (commission)
Angry Planet (13x 30' Box set ) DVD Canada
Underwater Safari, Homes By Design and Raised in the Ring – Inflight worldwide

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