MIP London ends after two editions, MIP Talks to launch at Book Fair
MIP London is over after two editions.
Organiser RX France will not bring the event back for a third year in 2027. Deadline reported the decision on 23 September 2026.
The market launched in 2025 after MIPTV, the long-running Cannes sales week, closed in 2024. MIP London ran in February at the same time as the London TV Screenings, the week distributors show new programmes to British and international buyers. It was based at London's Savoy Hotel and a neighbouring venue. A TV market, in plain terms, is a shop window where distributors sell shows and channels and streamers buy them. MIP London billed itself as a multi-genre meeting place for distributors, buyers, producers and commissioners from around the world.
Attendance reached around 2,000 in early 2026, down on the 2025 launch edition. The 2026 line-up drew headline names. Former England captain David Beckham and Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria both took part as speakers. Two thousand people is small for an international market. It left RX France with a choice about what to do next.
RX France will replace the market with MIP Talks, a two-day conference running alongside the London Book Fair in March. The unit behind the switch is RX France's Entertainment Division, led by Director Lucy Smith. The first MIP Talks will use the theme 'From IP to Fandom – and Fandom to Global Business'. IP means intellectual property, the books, characters and story worlds that can be turned into series and films.
The London Book Fair will run on 16-18 March 2027 at ExCeL London in the Royal Victoria Dock, according to the London Book Fair. The venue address is One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL. The fair draws an estimated 30,000 visitors a year. It moves to ExCeL in Docklands in 2027 after staging its 2026 edition on 10-12 March at Olympia in Kensington, Publishers Weekly reported. The Children's Media Conference, previously held in Sheffield, will also join the Book Fair.
The Book Fair already runs a busy talks programme. It lists more than 100 sessions a year across three days, including The Writers' Summit and The Academic and Professional Publishing Conference. Its official site describes a gathering of more than 34,000 publishing professionals.
For viewers at home, this means little changes on screen right now. Deals will still be done. They will just be discussed in a room full of books.
