Series Mania launches Institute, confirms 2021 dates Series Mania is to launch a new Institute and will return to Lille, France next year, with 2021 dates confirmed. The event will run 19-27 March, with the Series Mania Forum taking place in the Lille Grand Palais 23-25 March. The dates were announced by Series Mania founder […]
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has rearranged two of its key events in a bid to avoid the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. NATPE Budapest International, which had been due to take place 30 June to 3 July, will now run later between 25 and 27 August, while organisers have shuffled the […]
Ian McKee, CEO of online content marketplace Vuulr, gives his take on this week’s NATPE market in Miami. This week marked our debut at NATPE Miami, so of course the Vuulr team was anticipating lots of sunshine, numerous poolside business meetings and little need for donning extra layers. Mother Nature clearly wasn’t on our side. […]
Distributors including TCB Media Rights, Cineflix Rights, Drive, Kew Media, All3Media International, Keshet International, GRB Studios and ZEEL have announced a string of Latin American deals ahead of this week’s NATPE programme market in Miami. TCB Media Rights sells 130 hours of programming to Latin America TCB Media Rights has closed deals totalling 130 plus […]
Tim Mutimer, CEO, Banijay Rights What will the single biggest challenge be for distribution over the next 12 months? As more global OTT services launch, IP retention will continue to be a challenge. Of course, media companies with global footprints like Discovery and Nat Geo have been testing this model for years in the linear […]
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has unveiled the recipients of the 17th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke and Lionsgate/Starz producer Courtney Kemp are among awardees, along with Telemundo Global Studios president Marcos Santana, The Good Fight actress Christine Baranski, and Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia News & […]
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has made a series of appointments to its board of directors, including the addition of Telemundo exec Peter Blacker and All3Media International CEO Louise Pedersen. The All3 exec and Blacker, who is EVP of revenue strategy & innovation for Telemundo Enterprises, are joined by president of Viacom […]
NATPE founder and former president Lew Klein has died at the age of 91. News of Klein’s passing was confirmed by NATPE chairman Andy Kaplan, who said in a statement: “It is with the deepest regret that we inform you that Lew Klein (91), NATPE’s founder and guiding light, has passed away. Lew was the […]
NATPE is rolling out Streaming Plus in Los Angeles — a one-day event featuring execs from Netflix, CBS All Access and YouTube. The conference will take place in West Hollywood on 30 July, and will feature keynotes from the likes of Julie McNamara, EVP original content for CBS All Access; Heather Moosnick, SVP of content partnerships […]
The aftermath of rampant consolidation was in the spotlight at this week’s NATPE market, where the uptick in AVOD models, rights ownership and branding à la Netflix-Lifetime hit You dominated the discussion. Steven Cahall, senior analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said it best early on in the week: “If you don’t work for the four […]
