Mipcom Cannes, the worldwide TV convention, opened on a solemn notice with market director Lucy Smith paying tribute to the “harmless victims in Israel and Gaza.”
Smith addressed the reverberations of the Israel-Hamas battle on the market and inside the trade. Out of the 70 Israeli trade executives who had registered for Mipcom, just a few had been capable of attend because of the devastation introduced by Hamas’ assault on Oct. 7, which killed greater than 1,200 Israelis.
“Our ideas and prayers are with them and with all of the harmless victims in Israel and Gaza following final week’s horrific terrorist assault,” Smith stated. She added that RX World, the organizer of Mipcom and MipTV, is “supporting humanitarian aid throughout the area.”
France has raised its safety alert to the very best degree inside the final week. Just some days in the past, the nation was shaken by the homicide of a trainer within the French metropolis of Arras. The knife assault is being investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutors.
“Your safety is our precedence. In keeping with latest occasions, and with France elevating its nationwide safety degree, we now have additionally elevated all of our safety measures on the market,” Smith stated.
She identified additional measures embody “elevated checks in any respect entry factors to the Palais and the additional deployment of safety brokers, inside and out of doors the Palais, in addition to strengthened safety throughout Cannes.”
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