OVER 41 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Know-how at your service:
- 1963 : MIDEM Organisation is founded by Bernard Chevry. MIPTV is launched in Lyon.
- 1965: MIPTV is moved to Cannes.
- 1967: MIDEM is launched.
- 1985: MIPCOM is launched.
- 1988: Xavier Roy succeeds Bernard Chevry as CEO.
- 1989 : MIDEM Organisation joins forces with Reed Exhibitions(RX), a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, one of the world’s largest communication groups, and becomes Reed MIDEM.
Development in different industries The expansion of a successful concept
- 1990: MIPIM is launched.
- 1993: MIPCOM JUNIOR is launched.
- 1994: MAPIC and MILIA are launched.
- 1998: MIPDOC is launched.
- 2003: Paul Zilk succeeds Xavier Roy as CEO.
- 2005: GLOBAL CITY is launched.
- 2006: MIPIM ASIA is launched.
- 2008: MIPIM HORIZON and AMAZIA are launched.
Today, MIDEM, MIPIM, MIPTV Featuring MILIA, MIPCOM and MAPIC are “can’t miss” events in the international calendar of their respective industries.
Let the figures do the talking Key statistics for all of Reed MIDEM’s 2007 events:
- 77.566 participants
- 29.273 participating companies
- 9.810 exhibiting companies
- 141 countries represented
- 2.420 stands
- 91.677 m² of exhibition space
- 699 conference speakers
- 2.175 journalists
- 433 artists performing at MIDEM
















