Listed below is a sampling of some of the top animation-related events taking place during MIPCOM Junior and MIPCOM this week in Cannes. Please note that some of these events are "invitation-only." Check MIPCOM catalogs for details and complete listings. Attention MIPCOM attendees! Don't forget to pick up AWN's first print edition of The Animation Flash, available free in MIPCOM showroom magazine stands.


* Saturday, October 3. 1:00 p.m. Lunch with Neptuno (Hotel Martinez Beach).


* Sunday, October 4.

* Saturday, October 3 - Friday, October 9. Cannes, France.


MIPCOM and MIPCOM Junior will once again bring together the television producers, distributors, buyers, and programmers of the world. Animated programming of all types is being offered by dozens of suppliers. Animated events within the conference include receptions with companies such as: BKN International, Film Roman, Nelvana and Southern Star. MIPCOM will be reviewed by Sony Wonder's Loris Kramer in the November 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine.

* Wednesday, September 23 - Sunday, September 27. Syros, Greece.

Friday, September 11. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


The 50th annual Prime Time Emmy Awards will take place, and will simultaneously air on the cable network, TV Land. The winner in the animated series category will be included in the next Animation Flash.

By special arrangement with Nielsen Media Research, AWN publishes
the Nielsen ratings for animated programs on a monthly basis in the
Animation Flash. The ratings included herein are only for U.S. national
network television. The following list of animated national network
programs is ranked by Household Ratings. A Rating is the percent of
households that tuned into the program. This percentage can provide us with
the number of households that tuned into the program on average during the

In last week’s Animation Flash, London-based Passion Pictures was mistakenly credited for three 30-second animated spots for travel agency Lunn Poly/Thomson, animated by Mic Graves, Robin Shaw and Joris van Hulzen. The spots were, in fact, produced by aka Pizazz, a different animation studio in London.