What's on at MIP LONDON

Joining the dots: Finding the value

MIP LONDON’s future-facing conference sessions will get inside the latest content strategies and industry-wide developments shaping your day-to-day.

Full of concrete takeaways, we will look beyond the traditional models of how content is created, watched and monetised by mapping out the latest data and content strategies driving the industry worldwide - all scheduled thoughtfully to help maximise everyone’s time.

MIP LONDON is where you come to listen, be heard, network and leave with the tools and connections to succeed in 2026 and beyond.

At-a-Glance Programme

Sessions Directory

A look at MIP LONDON 2026 Conference Tracks

Content & Audience Trends

Stay ahead of the curve with exclusive data, analysis, and forecasts on global content consumption and audience behavior. Dive deep into shifting tastes, emerging genres, and the market dynamics shaping the future of entertainment worldwide.

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Unscripted & Formats

Explore the latest market trends for unscripted content, including documentaries, factual series, and formats. Sessions cover production & monetization opportunities, success strategies, and the growing audience demand for these dynamic genres.

Check out our Doc + Factual sessions highlight >

Brand & Creator-Led Content

Explore the evolving landscape of content creation, from the creator economy to brand-supported entertainment and beyond. Learn how creators, brands, studios, and platforms are collaborating to produce culturally resonant stories, scale audiences, and deliver measurable impact across social, digital, and global screens.

Check out the Brand & Creator-Led Content highlight >

AI & Tech Innovation

A pragmatic breakdown of how AI is transforming development, production, and business operations. Learn the hands-on tools and workflows that cut costs, accelerate delivery, and optimize decision-making to unlock new revenue.
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Screenings & Showcases

Experience curated presentations and exclusive first looks at the most anticipated projects from leading global studios and distributors. Get inspired by the creative visions and discover the next global hits.

Kids Summit

Join the MIP LONDON Kids Summit to explore where real value lies today in the Kids & Youth industry. From market intelligence to monetization strategies, discover how producers, distributors, broadcasters, distributors, digital-first creators and adjacent sectors such as gaming and social platforms can navigate shifting audiences, rising competition, platform fragmentation, and new commercial models.

Check out the Kids & Teens Summit Highlights >

Exclusive Cut: Buyers Sunday

A Buyers-focused Sunday, led by an expanded data-led market intelligence programme delivering exclusive intel, trends and content discovery to support acquisitions strategies for the week.

Networking & Special Events

Experience seamless networking with curated matchmaking, informal gatherings and themed events. Designed for meaningful interactions, the market connects you with influential industry global decision-makers, ensuring you meet the right people and secure the right deals.

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MIP Headliners

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Talent as the Shortcut: How Community-led IP Scales Across Platforms

In partnership with We Are Era

Monday, February 23 | 10:15-10:45 | Kelvin Theatre (IET London)

Discover how creator talent and their communities are becoming the fastest route to audiences, formats, and monetisation.

Tobias Schiwek

CEO
We Are Era

Julie Bogaert

Head of Creator Partnerships, EMEA
Snap Inc.

Saruul Krause-Jentsch

Head of Podcasts, Central Europe
Spotify

Monday, February 23 | 14:45-15:15 | Kelvin Theater (IET)

Industry leaders break down the global rise of micro drama and the models shaping 2026. A concise dive into audiences, platforms, monetisation and the next phase of vertical storytelling.

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The Year of Change or Die

Tuesday, February 24 | 17:00-17:30 | Kelvin Theatre (IET London)

Media cartographer & Founder of ESHAP, Evan Shapiro returns to the MIP stage with a headline keynote designed to challenge assumptions and ignite conversation. Using brand-new proprietary data, he’ll unpack where the television business is heading and what it will take to thrive in today’s fragmented, creator-led world.

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Evan Shapiro

Media cartographer & Founder, ESHAP

Pedro Pina

Vice President, YouTube EMEA

Tony Pastor

Co-Founder, Goalhanger

The Goalhanger Model: Scaling a New Media Empire on YouTube

Monday, February 23 | 17:30–18:00 | Kelvin Theatre (IET London)

Pedro Pina, Vice President, YouTube EMEA, and Tony Pastor, Co-Founder, Goalhanger, explore their partnership and the rapid evolution of podcast consumption through video. The keynote looks at how Goalhanger has scaled long-form podcast IP on YouTube, building audiences and formats around its flagship The Rest Is… series. In 2025, Goalhanger generated more than 750 million full-episode views and streams across 14 shows and recently announced a minority investment from The Chernin Group to support further growth.

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Inside the Sidemen – Why Content Creators Are Building Production Companies of the Future

Monday, February 23 | 11:30–12:00 | Kelvin Theatre (IET London)

Victor Bengtsson, CEO, Sidemen Entertainment, and Adam Cohen, Head of Sidemen Productions, discuss the launch of Sidemen Productions and the move from creator-led channels to full-scale production operations. The session explores how creators are structuring production companies, developing IP and working with platforms and partners at scale. Sidemen reach more than 100 million subscribers globally, with the third series of Netflix’s Inside UK — the first under the new production banner — streaming later this year.

Victor Bengtsson

CEO
Sidemen Entertainment

Adam Cohen

Head of
Sidemen Productions

Ian Shepherd

Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Electrify Video Partners

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Content & Audience Trends

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Video Podcasts 2026: Scaling Stories, Maximising Revenue

Podcasting’s evolution into a cross-platform, creator-led business will be under the spotlight at MIP LONDON 2026, with senior executives from Podimo, Patreon, Little Dot Studios and Acast confirmed for a main-stage session. The panel will explore how audio, video, monetisation and creator partnerships are reshaping the sector’s future within the global content ecosystem.

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Georgia Brown

Chief Content Officer
Podimo

Wayne Davison

Chief Revenue Officer
Little Dot Studios

Claire Tavernier

Chair, Film & TV Charity | Chair, Charity Digital, Film & TV Charity
Charity Digital

Wayne Davison

Chief Revenue Officer
Little Dot Studios

Claire Tavernier

Chair, Film & TV Charity | Chair, Charity Digital, Film & TV Charity
Charity Digital

Josh Woodhouse

General Manager
COL Group International

Check out the full Networking & Matchmaking track >

MIP LONDON Matchmaking

Join the MIP LONDON Matchmaking, the ultimate tool to connect with the right partners efficiently. Whether you’re looking for co-production opportunities, content sales, acquisitions, or new business collaborations, we’ve got you covered.

✔ Register to MIP LONDON

✔ Once you’re registered, opt-in now via the welcome email you received or by connecting here.

✔ Find your perfect match: Schedule 30-minute meetings in advance with buyers, distributors, commissioners, and producers in the Abraham Lincoln Room, Savoy Hotel.

✔ Speed Matchmaking Sessions: Engage in 6x10-minute rapid meetings designed to spark new connections and business opportunities, tailored by theme:

Docs & Factual – Sunday, Feb 22 | 14:00-15:00 | Abraham Lincoln Room, Savoy Hotel.
Scripted – Monday, Feb 23 | 14:00-15:00 | Abraham Lincoln Room, Savoy Hotel.
Kids – Tuesday, Feb 24 | 14:00-15:00 | Abraham Lincoln Room, Savoy Hotel.

Any questions? Please contact the concierge team contact [email protected]

Micro Drama & Vertical Content Leaders' Summit
A Global Forum for Innovation, Collaboration & Growth in Short-Form Storytelling

Sunday, February 22 | 14:15-15:15 | Lancaster Ballroom (The Savoy Hotel)

Pre-Registration Required Here >

Join us at MIP LONDON for the first dedicated international Micro Drama & Vertical Content leadership Summit, a high-level series of expert-led roundtables exploring the creative and commercial growth of micro drama and vertical formats.

A unique opportunity to connect with producers, distributors, platforms, tech & AI innovators, and brand entertainment executives shaping this fast-growing genre.

Matt Campion

Creative Director, Co-Founder
Spirit Studios

Brandan Dennehy

Founder and Head of Vertical Drama
Stratagem Vertical

Mohammad Faizan

Founder & CEO
Blingwood

Timothy Oh

General Manager
COL Group International

Benjamin Pengilly

Founder & CEO
Onset Octopus ltd

Deniz Yildiz

Founder and Executive Producer
Sea Star Productions

Brand Entertainment Roundtables

In Partnership with BCMA

Monday, February 23 | 09:00-10:15 | Lancaster Ballroom (The Savoy Hotel)

Pre-Registration Required Here >

The Brand Entertainment Roundtables at MIP LONDON are designed as an in-depth, peer-to-peer exchange, enabling senior decision-makers to explore the strategic and operational realities of brand-funded entertainment. Participants will engage in discussions on topics such as creative collaboration, funding models distribution strategies and data-driven measurement, leaving with concrete, actionable takeaways to create, scale and maximize the impact of brand-funded content.

Brad Reilly

Chief Creative Officer
Virtue Europe

Claire Prince

Head of Branded Entertainment
WPP Media

Carlotta Rossi Spencer

Global Head of Branded Entertainment Business Development
Banijay Entertainment

Gau Narayanan

MD of Virtue Europe
part of VICE Media

Adam Puchalsky

President
Blink49

Ksenija Koženkova

Head of non-standard media, partnerships and innovations
Vinted

Jonny Madderson

Co-Founder
JustSo

Matt Campion

Creative Director / Co-Founder
Spirit Studios

Douglas Scott

Co-Founder
UNXNOWN

Matt Campion

Creative Director / Co-Founder
Spirit Studios

Douglas Scott

Co-Founder
UNXNOWN

Nicolas Juhel

Chief Content Officier
PUBLICIS REBELS

In Partnership with Luma AI

Monday, February 23 | 15:30-16:30 | Lancaster Ballroom (Savoy)

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The Applied AI Roundtables at MIP LONDON bring together broadcasters, studios, producers, platforms, and tech and AI innovators to explore how artificial intelligence is being applied across the TV and streaming value chain: from content creation and production workflows to localisation, distribution, monetisation, and rights.

These expert-led discussions are designed to foster open exchange, practical insights, and meaningful connections between industry peers.

Jason Day

Head of EMEA
Luma AI

Benjamin Field

CEO / Co-Founder
Deep Fusion Films Ltd

Chris Keevill

CEO
Versos AI Inc.

Kunal Barai

Head, Global Markets
Vitrina AI, US

Oz Krakowski

Chief Business Development Officer
Deepdub

Simon Miller

Consultant
Cineverse

Tom Paton

CEO / Founder
AiMation

Mathilde Pavis

Legal Counsel
Replique

David Richtenburg

Executive Vice President, Content and Partnerships
Troveo AI

David Richtenburg

Executive Vice President, Content and Partnerships
Troveo AI

Liz Sloan Watts

Business Development & Partnerships, Media & Entertainment
Luma AI

Michael Wayne

Global Head of Media & Entertainment
RWS

In partnership with We Are Era

Tuesday, February 24 | 14:45-15:45 | Lancaster Ballroom (Savoy)

Pre-Registration Required Here >

Join a high-level expert-led roundtables exploring the creative and commercial growth of creator-led content, partnership, and monetization model.

Esmee Verbogt

Head of Talent
New Kith by We Are Era

Bronagh Monahan

Co-Founder
MonRae Management

Emi Geddes

EMEA Acquisitions Lead
Patreon

Sam Ewen

Head of Entertainment
After Party Studios

Björn Rohwer

Head of Data & AI
We Are Era

Kristina Petrova

VP Platform Operations and Digital Rights
We Are Era

Helen O'Donnell

Director of Development, TalentWorks
BBC Studios

Molly Lyy

EMEA Creators Lead
Patreon

Jonathan Shrank

VP, Streaming & Content Partnerships
TheSoul Group

Check out the full AI & Tech Innovation track >

AI Voice in Production: What Actually Works at Scale

Presented by Deepdub

Monday, February 23 | 11:30-12:00 | Mountbatten Room

With hundreds of hours live on major global streaming platforms, AI voice is reshaping how studios approach quality, trust, and localisation.

In this session, Deepdub shares real-world lessons from operating AI voice at scale. Led by Oz Krakowski, CBDO of Deepdub, it highlights what’s working today, where human input still matters, and how teams are combining AI and traditional workflows to deliver at different quality levels.

Oz Krakowski

Chief Business Development Officer,Deepdub

AI Training Data & the New Economics of Factual TV: How to License, Structure, and Produce Video to Make More Money in the AI Era

Presented by Versos AI

Monday, February 23 | 12:00-12:30 | Mountbatten (IET)

AI’s demand for high-quality, rights-cleared video has created a powerful new revenue stream for content owners—but most of the industry still doesn’t understand how the market actually works. This practical session brings together three sides of the emerging video-to-AI ecosystem: Curiosity, a global factual streamer and one of the world’s leading brokers of licensed video for AI training; Arcadia, a studio transforming its archive into a machine-readable asset that generates new content and new AI-driven revenue; and Versos, the technology platform enabling large-scale search, selection, rights verification, and dataset assembly. In 30 minutes, the panel walks through the full path from footage to training dataset—how content is evaluated, organized, cleared, priced, and delivered—and shows producers, distributors, and rights-holders how to engage with confidence in the next era of factual media.

John Wesley Chisholm

Founder and Executive Producer
Arcadia Entertainment

Ludo Dufour

Vice President, Licensing
Curiosity Stream

Chris Keevill

CEO
Versos AI Inc.

Ludo Dufour

Vice President, Licensing
Curiosity Stream

Chris Keevill

CEO
Versos AI Inc.

Julie Meredith

Chief Marketing Officer
Versos AI

Check out the Kids & Teens Summit Track>

KIDS & TEENS SUMMIT — NAVIGATING THE NEW KIDS & TEENS BUSINESS REALITY

Tuesday, 24 February 2026 | 09:00–12:00 | Lancaster Ballroom, The Savoy Hotel, London

In a kids and teens industry undergoing major disruption, this half-day Summit brings together market data, industry leaders and platform perspectives to examine how the business is being reshaped.

The programme opens with data-led insight on audiences and content trends, followed by panels across the kids and teens value chain. A networking break sits at the heart of the morning, before closing sessions focused on YouTube and Roblox and their impact on content, engagement and monetisation.

Candice Alessandra

International Research Director
Glance

Cyrine Amor

Research Manager
Ampere Analysis

Andrew Bereza

Director of Business Development
Twin Altas

Nathalie Chamberland

Director, Youth Programming
RadioCanada/CBC

Delphine Dumont

Chief Commercial Officer
Banijay Kids & Family

Jose Escalante

CEO
Latin Media Corp

Jiella Esmat

CEO
8 Lions Entertainment

Sean Henry

VP, International Kids Content Partnerships & EMEA Strategy
Warner Bros. Discovery

Patricia Hidalgo

Director — Children’s & Education
BBC

Marcus Holmström

Executive Chairman
The Gang

Helen Howells

Joint Managing Director
Hoho Entertainment Ltd

Dean Koocher

Head of Content
Kidstream

Nico Lockhart

Managing Director
TeamFalco

Brenda Maffuchi

Chief of Co-Productions, Licensing and Sales Officer
De Agostini Editore

Sarah Muller

Senior Head of Commissioning 7+ at BBC Children’s and Education
BBC

Jo Redfern

Owner
Futrhood Media

John Reynolds

Founder
Flip Side Media

Raphaël Séjourné

Founder & Producer
Salgoss Productions

Check out the Unscripted Programme Track>

Formats programme at MIP LONDON 2026

From brand-new IP reveals to insider knowledge on acquisition, sales, and co-development, top industry leaders share the strategies and case studies shaping the market right now.

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Showcase of Chris Packham-led Environmental Feature Doc Greenwashed

Monday 23 February at 12.00 in Turing Theatre, IET London

Award-winning broadcaster, conservationist and campaigner Chris Packham will be joined by his collaborator, physician and filmmaker Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa, for a special showcase and Q&A session exploring the issues raised in their hard-hitting film Greenwashed.

The documentary confronts existential ecological crises threatening our planet by exposing major yet uncomfortable truths that many environmental organizations fail to acknowledge. The film is an urgent call to action to tackle the challenges bearing down on humans, wildlife and the planet.

Confirmed Tables Hosts:

Lauren Billingsley

Senior Manager, Global Acquisitions
National Geographic, USA

Benjamin Field

CEO / Co-Founder
Deep Fusion Films Ltd, UK

Becky Gardner

Head of Originals
at LADbible Group, UK

Bo Stehemier

CEO
Off the Fence, NETHERLANDS

Kristina Hollstein

Director Acquisitions and Coproductions Documentaries
ZDF Studios GmbH, GERMANY

Hosted by:
Natalie Humphreys

Founder & Producer / Executive Producer
at Storyboard Studios, UK

Mikael Osterby

Head of Factual
SVT, SWEDEN

Tanya Shaw

Managing Director Television
Zinc Media, UK

Anouk van Dijk

Head of Co-productions & Sales
Quintus Studios, GERMANY

Tanya Shaw

Managing Director Television
Zinc Media, UK

Anouk van Dijk

Head of Co-productions & Sales
Quintus Studios, GERMANY

Ben Zand

Founder and CEO
ZANDLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Check out the Brand & Creator-Led Content track >

Brand Entertainment Showcase

Sunday, February 22 | 15:30 – 16:45 | Turing Theatre (IET London)

Discover a curated selection of case studies demonstrating how brands are moving beyond traditional advertising to create entertainment that resonates across platforms.

Andrew Canter

Global Chairman
BCMA

Brendan Gaul

Global Chief Entertainment Officer & Global President
McCann Worldgroup & TRAVERSE32

Christian Meinberger

Chief Digital Officer, LEONINE Studios & Managing Director, i&u Studios

Christian Meinberger

Chief Digital Officer, LEONINE Studios & Managing Director, i&u Studios

Megan Wells

Series Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer
Independent

Seb Egerton-Read

Content Lead
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Patrick Svensk

CEO, PodX

Darby Dorras

Chief Content Officer, Platform Media

The Power of Podcast: Global Impact and Multi-Platform Distribution

Tuesday, February 24 | 09:30–10:00 | Turing Theatre (IET London)

A PodX showcase on how podcast IP is redefining itself through 360° distribution, format innovation and international reach, drawing on PodX’s network across Europe, North America and Latin America.

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Sport & Creators: Strategic Priorities Shaping Streaming Platforms

Tuesday, February 24 | 12:00–12:30 | Kelvin Theatre (IET London)

A panel on sport as a growth driver for ad-supported and FAST platforms and how creator-led ecosystems are changing audience engagement in sports content.