Adweek Daily Brief: TV Makes Its Biggest Appearance at Cannes

Plus Mountain Dew tests Twitter autoplay

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The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity will kick off on Sunday, and this year TV professionals, from Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Christiane Amanpour, will make a big appearance. It's the largest TV contigent at Cannes yet. And, meantime, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, also headed to Cannes, explains his service to parents.


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TV finally takes off at Cannes
At the Cannes Lions festival this year, there will be a big group of speakers from the TV business, including Kim Kardashian and Viola Davis. 

Mountain Dew tests Twitter's autoplay videos
Twitter rolled out autoplay video ads on Tuesday and Mountain Dew released five GIF video clips to test the new platform out.

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