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8:00 am PT | Registration and Continental Breakfast | Opportunity to sign in and enjoy coffee and light breakfast fare | ||||||
OPENING PROGRAM: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONTENT BUSINESS IN 2022 (9am-10:30am) | ||||||||
9:00 am PT | Welcoming Remarks | The conference is officially opened with welcoming remarks by the NATPE Chairman, and joined by NATPE’s President and CEO. | ||||||
Host | JP Bommel | President and CEO | NATPE | |||||
9:05 am PT | Setting the Stage – Financing New Business, New Markets, and New Productions | This conversation featuring a leading financial analyst, an investor, and content producer share perspectives on the evolving business of content since the introduction of streaming, and how content development, and content libraries are leading the amazing transformation of the business worldwide. | ||||||
Moderator | Matthew Belloni | Founding Partner | Puck News | |||||
Panelist | Jessica Reif Ehrlich | Senior Media and Entertainment Analyst | BofA Securities, Inc. | |||||
Panelist | Kevin Beggs | Chair of the Lionsgate Television Group and Chief Content Integration Officer | Lionsgate Television Group | |||||
Panelist | Kevin Mayer | Co-CEO and Founder | Candle Media | |||||
9:45 am PT | The Super-Series of Keynote Conversations – The Big Deals & The Big Dealmakers | Today’s business of television is hyper-focused on streaming. Your host, a leading C-Suite executive, will conduct two sequential fireside interviews with top program executives; one acquires content for SVOD, AVOD, and FAST platforms. The other will speak about the evolution and transformation of audience access to content. | ||||||
Moderator | Dan Cohen | Chief Content Licensing Officer | Paramount Global | |||||
SVOD & FAST | Keynote | Jeff Shultz | Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Business Development Officer | Paramount Streaming | ||||
AVOD | Keynote | Adam Lewinson | Chief Content Officer | Tubi | ||||
10:30 am PT | NETWORKING BREAK/COFFEE | |||||||
POD-2 – MONETIZING CONTENT (10:45am-12:45pm) | ||||||||
10:45 am PT | Fireside Chat: What to Expect Next | This one-of-a-kind presentation offers trends and research to support plans for monetizing content production and distribution partnerships for the near future. | ||||||
Moderator | Joe Schramm | President & Conference Producer | Schramm Marketing Group | |||||
Keynote | Jeffrey Cole | Founder and Director | Center for the Digital Future | |||||
11:15 am PT | Fireside Chat: A Survival Guide for Producers in the Age of Streaming | This keynote conversation defines survival tactics for producers of original content in this era of streaming. The session addresses the role of producers as they adapt to new terms from streamers. The conversation also addresses recent mergers and acquisitions and explores how these investments are driving new entertainment experiences for consumers. | ||||||
Moderator | Robert Friedman | CEO | Bungalow Media + Entertainment | |||||
Keynote | Jeff Sagansky | Partner | Eagle Equity Partners | |||||
11:45 am PT | Panel Discussion: Content for Streaming and Linear Worldwide | This compelling conversation presents different perspectives on how to leverage content windows for streaming and linear television worldwide. This panel features executives from leading networks, streaming platforms, and content service providers. | ||||||
Moderator | Samantha Friedman | Managing Director | FTI Consulting | |||||
Panelist | Chris Philip | President & Executive Producer | Starlings Television | |||||
Panelist | Kevin Levy | EVP, Program Planning and Scheduling | CW Network | |||||
Panelist | Juan Ponce | SVP & General Manager of Telemundo Streaming Studios | NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises | |||||
12:15 pm PT | Panel Discussion: Global Drama 2022: Where In-Language Originals Dominate | Our panelists discuss how changing audience appetites worldwide, plus the introduction of A-I dubbing has now made locally produced, in-language content even more profitable for monetizing investment through worldwide distribution. | ||||||
Moderator | Elizabeth Guider | Freelance journalist and novelist | ||||||
Panelist | Teresa Fernández-Valdés | Executive Producer | Bambú Producciones, a STUDIOCANAL Company | |||||
Panelist | Firat Gulgen | CEO & Founder | Calinos Entertainment | |||||
Panelist | Luca Bernabei | CEO | Lux Vide | |||||
Panelist | Rick Ambros | Consultant, Global Partnerships & Executive Producer | Applause Entertainment | |||||
12:45 pm PT | NETWORKING LUNCH | |||||||
POD-3 – SCRIPTED PRODUCTION IN 2022 (1:30pm-3:30pm) | ||||||||
1:30 pm PT | Featured Conversation: Premiering a Scripted Series in 2022 | Any new scripted series for 2022 faces increased competition for building a loyal audience. Hear about AMC’s plans to tap new audiences for “Dark Winds,” a noir thriller series about two Navajo police, lead by a Native American writing team. This fireside chat features the series’ creator, star, and leading exec at AMC Studios. | ||||||
Moderator | Angelique Jackson | Senior Entertainment Writer | Variety | |||||
Panelist | Zahn McLarnon | Actor | Dark Winds | |||||
Panelist | Graham Roland | Creator and Showrunner | Dark Winds | |||||
Panelist | Dan McDermott | President of Entertainment and AMC Studios | AMC Networks | |||||
2:00 pm PT | Panel Discussion: Behind the Scenes | This session focuses on a variety of critical elements in the business of monetizing scripted content, including content negotiation and distribution, enhancing content search and discovery capabilities, as well as tracking the behaviors of various audience segments. | ||||||
Moderator | Jeffrey Cole | Founder and Director | Center for the Digital Future | |||||
Panelist | Vince Muscarella | VP Sales | Whip Media | |||||
Panelist | Vikrant Mathur | Co-Founder | Future Today | |||||
Panelist | Trent Wheeler | SVP, Product Management | Gracenote | |||||
2:30 pm PT | Panel Discussion: The Transformation of International CoProductions | Streaming has eased worldwide distribution within the content business to a point where the profits across the board now depend on the availability of inventory from international co-productions. This panel discusses recent transformations in the industry that have now positioned these co-productions as the dominant force in the marketplace. | ||||||
Moderator | John Griffiths | Executive Director and Founder | GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics | |||||
Panelist | Françoise Guyonnet | Executive Managing Director TV Series | STUDIOCANAL | |||||
Panelist | Matt Creasey | EVP, Sales, Coproductions & Acquisitions | Banijay Rights | |||||
Panelist | Ana Bond | SVP & Managing Director, Intl Productions, LATAM & U.S. Hispanic | Sony Pictures Entertainment | |||||
Panelist | Christian Vesper | President of Global Drama | Fremantle | |||||
3:00 pm PT | Afternoon Production Keynote: Creating Scripted Content in 2022 | This is a compelling fireside chat conducted by an award winning television host and interviewer in conversation with a leading global TV and live performance producer. Their discussion will explore opportunities for developing new original scripted content in today’s video marketplace. | ||||||
Moderator | Pearlena Igbokwe | Chairman | Universal Studio Group | |||||
Keynote | Robert Greenblatt | Executive Producer | The Green Room | |||||
3.30 pm PT | NETWORKING BREAK/COFFEE | |||||||
POD-4 – UNSCRIPTED PRODUCTION (3:45pm-4:30pm) | ||||||||
3:45 pm PT | Afternoon Keynote – Opportunities for Unscripted Content in 2022 | In this fireside keynote chat, a leading “green lighter” for original unscripted television programming discusses changes in the lifestyle category. She’ll share how budgets for creating series about food, home design, relationships and more are now dictated by distribution options on both linear and streamed platforms. | ||||||
Moderator | Michael Schneider | TV Editor | Variety | |||||
Keynote | Kathleen Finch | Chairman and Chief Content Officer, US Networks Group | Warner Bros. Discovery | |||||
4:00 pm PT | Closing Super-Session: Times They Are A-Changin’ | For years, we were promised unprecedented disruption in the world of unscripted content. Today, that disruption is very real — with developments that have transformed who is buying what and why. This panel discusses how streaming has changed the game? How are traditional broadcast and cable services reacting to this new normal? How are production companies re-calibrating their development strategies? | ||||||
Moderator | Bob Gold | Principal | Bob Gold & Associates | |||||
Panelist | Ben Samek | President & Chief Operating Officer | Banijay Americas | |||||
Panelist | Max Einhorn | Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Co-Productions | Filmrise | |||||
Panelist | Peter Markham | CEO | Estrella Media | |||||
Panelist | Toby Gorman | President | Universal Television Alternative Studio | |||||
4:30 pm PT | Closing Remarks | |||||||
Host | JP Bommel | President and CEO | NATPE | |||||
4:30 pm PT | Closing Reception | |||||||