NBCUniversal’s TV & streaming chairman Mark Lazarus has been announced as the opening keynote for the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Virtual Miami event. Lazarus, who will be interviewed by NBC News’ Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb, has been at the centre of an overhaul at NBCU as the company focuses its attention on […]
NATPE is moving its Miami-based event in January online and has unveiled new events exploring diversity, news and sports. NATPE Virtual Miami will be a fully digital event that will again use the organisation’s online platform, which was deployed earlier this year for NATPE Streaming Plus and NATPE Budapest International. The conference side of the […]
TBI’s latest instalment of its In Conversation strand catches up with JP Bommel, president & CEO of NATPE, who discusses how TV’s once-packed event schedule might look as the industry adapts to a new normal. It has been a summer of long days and headaches for many working in the TV business this year, something […]
HBO Max’s EVP of acquisitions Michael Quigley has been announced as the opening keynote speaker at NATPE Streaming Plus, which is moving to a fully virtual format. Quigley will kick off the four-day conference, which will run from 14-17 September and see execs from companies including Fox, Pluto, Tubi and Univision discussing topics including monetisation, […]
NATPE explores Turkish drama with MADD NATPE Virtual has unveiled a partnership with MADD Entertainment to explore the latest Turkish drama trends. The session, part of the recently launched NATPE V-Front, will feature cast and execs working on Medyapim dramas The Teacher and Nehir. Both shows are airing on Fox in Turkey, with the session […]
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 […]
