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International Formats Gold Award: Anette Rømer, formats consultant, STV Production
On the occasion of her receiving the International Formats Gold Award, Anette Rømer tells Ed Waller about her distinguished career in formats, the state of the business and the challenges yet to come. Produced by C21 in association with FRAPA, EMC and MipFormats.
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International Format Awards 2021 - Ceremony
The final is now available on demand following the live stream. We’d like to thank everyone who entered, judged, and sponsored the 2021 digital event. Tweet to #formatawards.
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Rob Sharenow of A+E Networks on coping with Covid and the opportunities of 2021
BEYOND 2020: Rob Sharenow, president of programming at A+E Networks in the US, discusses navigating the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and production shutdown as a channels operator, the opportunities he sees for his company in 2021, reinventing cablenet A&E and how the company is meeting the need for greater representation in front of and behind the camera.
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Ringside Studios' Gub Neal and Patrick Irwin on developing drama in a crisis
BEYOND 2020: Ringside Studios creative director Gub Neal and executive producer Patrick Irwin discuss establishing the Newen-backed drama label amidst the pandemic and look at how the events of 2020 have changed media and entertainment and informed the sector's future.
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BBC Studios’ Andre Renaud on the future of formats
BEYOND 2020: Andre Renaud, senior VP of global format sales at BBC Studios, reflects on the state of the format industry in the wake of Covid-19, the impact of the streaming boom and how all the new sources of IP are continuing to shake up the format sector.
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UK takes centre stage
LONDON SCREENINGS: With international buyers' attention focused on the UK, C21TV speaks to some of those at the forefront of the business about the current value of the country's programming on the global stage, the status of its talent and production acumen, and whether these have changed as a result of Brexit.
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ITV Studios execs offer their outlook for 2021
LONDON SCREENINGS: ITV Studios exec VPs Julie Meldal-Johnsen, Greg Johnson and Augustus Dulgaro discuss the company’s response to Covid-19 and how it has affected their roll-out of new content. They also explore how streamers are changing the global marketplace and the new opportunities for drama, unscripted and formats.
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eOne’s Baxter on the shifting market
LONDON SCREENINGS: Stuart Baxter, president of international distribution at global production and distribution company eOne, reveals how the takeover by toy giant Hasbro at the end of 2019 has changed the company’s strategy and how second windows for SVoD shows are becoming more widespread.