MIP-TV was started in
Lyon, France, in 1963 three years after MIFED, the world's first audiovisual market, had started in
Milan, Italy. The first MIP-TV was attended by 119 companies from 19 countries. In 1965, after a one-year hiatus, MIP-TV moved to Cannes, using the town's “old” Palais for the exhibition floors. In 1982 the market moved to the new Palais, while the old one became a hotel. In 1987 the company that organized the market,
MIDEM, was sold to the UK's
Television South (TVS) for £5 million. Two years later, TVS sold MIDEM to
Reed Exhibitions (for a reported $20 million), which renamed it Reed MIDEM. == Conferences ==