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All at sea for MIPCOM

Nine boss David Gyngell has moored the Packer yacht within sight of MIPCOM’s TV trade fair, reportedly to show Seven and TEN he means business.

MIPCOM is being held in Cannes and ends tomorrow.

Gyngell is said to be buying up big on game shows for the network in 2008.

He also has programming boss Michael Healey, head of production Andrew Backwell, factual entertainment boss John McAvoy and LA-based program buyer Andrea Keir and Jo Horsburgh at his side. Ten has Grant Blackley, David Mott and Rick Maier and Seven has sent Tim Worner, Brad Lyons, Angus Ross and Graeme Hill.

Nine already has the game show Power of Ten in the pipeline, and has all but forgotten about another, Show Me The Money, it announced as part of its 2007 line-up.

Checkout a floorplan and exhibitors at MIPCOM here.

Sources: The Australian, news.com.au, mipcom

3 Responses

  1. I agree with Mark…

    The 5.30 spot has been what has been hurting Nine for a while…

    Fix that, and you’re well on the way… Eddie cops a lot of flack for being every where, but O’keefe clocks up quite a few hours per week compared to anybody else… He’s only an average host, so i don’t get it….

    Michael x

  2. oh the whining!

    Let’s think about it for a minute…. find a decent game show for 5 or 5.30, its a hit, dents DOND, helps Nine News and ACA in the ratings, helps Nine for the rest of the night. 5-7 is what is hurting Nine the most… find a good game show, give it the backing, kill that twit O’Keefe and life will be good!

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