Qatar Media Corp is participating in the 40th edition of MIPCOM Cannes 2024, which is held annually from October 21-24.
HE the CEO of Qatar Media Corp Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Thani al-Thani said in an interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the corporation’s first participation in the 40th edition of the international television and digital entertainment festival is an opportunity for Arabs to tell their story themselves to the world through television, drama and documentary production, which combines the originality of content and global artistic production standards.
He added that MIPCOM is the most efficient and attractive market for television content and production in the world, where the most important global production institutions and decision-makers in the field of media from executives, major investors and buyers meet. This year, the festival organisers announced the participation of more than 11,000 delegates from 100 countries. He pointed out that the participation of the Qatar Media Corp for the first time in an event of this size and importance comes within the strategy of development and productive expansion of the corporation, as preparations and readiness were made in a way that ensures that the participation is qualitative and competitive.
He added that the concept of traditional geographical borders and cultural barriers between people and nations has declined, because the world has developed new and effective methods of communication, the most important of which is the television industry represented by series, documentaries, reality TV programmes and others.
He pointed out that translated series have become a means of global communication, citing in this context the role of Turkish, Korean and Hollywood series, which are watched all over the world, in conveying the values and culture of the people who produced them.
Sheikh Abdulaziz explained that the participation of the Qatar Media Corp in the festival aims to promote and market the corporation’s documentary and drama productions, in addition to documenting and diversifying the relationship with the television industry community in the world, and introducing the true Arab-Islamic identity and unique historical character.
