C21 launches Fundamentals at Content London and companion funding & finance resource

C21Media has announced a new initiative titled Fundamentals, which will become a cornerstone strand at Content London 2022, and a new online resource of the same name to provide comprehensive analysis of content funding & finance for companies in the international television business.

The first Fundamentals session to be confirmed features leading players in the sector, who will discuss the current state of the M&A space across the TV world. Jane Turton, All3Media; Thomas Dey, ACF; Marina Williams, Asacha Media and Danny Cohen, Access Entertainment will consider the current state of the market and look ahead to what we can expect in 2023. They will examine how investors are aiming to spend their money, what models make the most sense, and how the market will evolve over the next year.

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A raft of further sessions in the Fundamentals strand will be programmed across the three-day event, covering distribution finance, coproduction finance and new content funding initiatives.

Fundamentals will also launch as a premium resource on C21Media.net this month, providing comprehensive information about each type of finance and fund available for content producers to access worldwide. C21 previously provided this information as part of its annual Content Finance Report and the Content Funding Forum, which launched in 2013.

Fundamentals will also run a standalone funding & finance event in Spring 2023, and the brand will feed into C21’s annual Content Trends Report, which publishes in December.

Joining the Content London speaker line-up:

Jane Turton, CEO, All3Media
Appointed CEO in 2015, Turton has built All3Media, owned jointly by Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global, into a fast-growing, world-class content business of more than 40 award-winning independent production, distribution and digital media companies, producing content for broadcasters and digital platforms globally.
All3Media’s productions span scripted, factual, natural history, entertainment, children’s, sports and digital content. All3Media International, the Group’s distribution division, sells a catalogue of over 25,000 hours of content to more than 1,000 broadcasters and platforms worldwide. Little Dot Studios, All3Media’s digital business, hosts over 6000 titles, has 34 channels and reaches over 25million global YouTube subscribers a year.
Turton joined All3Media in 2008 as deputy COO, becoming COO in 2011. She has held the positions of director of commercial and business affairs and director of business affairs at ITV Studios and then ITV Network, as well as roles at Granada Television, United Productions, and Meridian Broadcasting.
Turton is the chair of the Royal Television Society board of trustees and in June 2022, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee birthday honours for her services to the television production industry.

Thomas Dey, founder and CEO, ACF Investment Bank
Dey is the founder and CEO of ACF, a leading global Investment Bank, specialised in selling, buying, fundraising, and pre and post deal services for brands and businesses in intellectual property, content creation and international distribution. With offices in the UK and USA, Dey and the ACF team have advised on over 100 transactions in the media and entertainment sector with a combined transaction value of over $6 billion plus.
Some of Dey’s high profile transactions include, sale of NENT Studios to Fremantle, sale of Critical Content to SK Global, advising Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones (Black Mirror creators) on the sale of their company, Broke and Bones to Netflix, advising Plimsoll Productions on its fundraise from Lloyds Development Capital, the sale of Left Bank Pictures (Crown creators) to Sony, Bear Grylls Ventures to Banijay, Paddington Bear Intellectual Property to Studio Canal, Pilgrim Studios to Lionsgate, Leftfield Entertainment to ITV Plc, Love Productions to Sky, and Top Gear on behalf of Jeremy Clarkson to BBC.

Marina Williams, co-founder and co-CEO, Asacha Media Group
Prior to co-founding Asacha Media Group, Williams was COO of International Operations at Endemol Shine Group (2015-2019), overseeing the company’s growth across Central and Eastern Europe, India, the Middle East and Africa. Before the merger with Shine Group, Williams led Endemol’s operations in Central and Eastern Europe as regional CEO, while also overseeing the MENA region (2008-2013). She was previously executive vice president and a member of the management board of Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Before joining CME, Williams played leading roles in launching and overseeing businesses in Central and Eastern Europe for Fox International Channels, Fox Kids and Turner International Channels.

Danny Cohen, president, Access Entertainment
Cohen is president of Access Entertainment, where he invests in feature films,
television, live theatre, the creator economy and gaming. Access Entertainment is currently co‐financing seven feature films with talent ranging from Joaquin Phoenix to Ralph Fiennes, Florence Pugh to Zac Efron. Investments in television have focused on equity stakes in production businesses that have included A24 and Bad Wolf. Over 50% of Access Entertainment’s investments are in digital content. Access is co‐owner of Spotter, a Californian YouTube financing business which has invested over $500m in creators to date. Investments in gaming include the UK’s third fastest growing private company, the mobile games business Tripledot Studios, and the innovative Scandinavian gaming platform, Portal One. Access Entertainment also owns the Theatre Royal Haymarket and invests in plays and musicals on Broadway and the West End. Before joining Access, Cohen was the director of BBC Television, where he was responsible for the BBC’s television networks and BBC Productions. Prior to that, he was the controller of BBC One and BBC Three, and the controller of E4 and the head of Channel 4 documentaries.

Content London is the world’s leading development market and conference. It features three days packed with sessions, screenings and networking opportunities that connect the global content business. Speed meetings return to Content London this year, together with a full three-day Formats & Factual strand alongside Drama, making Content London the number one place to get deals done.

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Other confirmed Content London 2022 speakers include:

Channing Dungey Chairman Warner Bros Television Group	Pearlena Igbokwe Chairman Universal Studio Group	Mike Darnell President Warner Bros. Unscripted Television	Cécile Frot-Coutaz CEO Sky Studios
Chris Rice Co-CEO Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content)	Superna Kalle President, international networks Starz	Rob Wade Chief executive officer Fox Entertainment	Michael Thorn President of entertainment Fox Entertainment
Kate Phillips Director of unscripted BBC	Damian Lewis Executive producer, actor A Spy Among Friends	Louis Theroux Chief creative officer Mindhouse Productions	Beatrice Springborn President Universal International Studios and UCP
Toby Gorman President Universal Television Alternative Studio	Erin Underhill President Universal Television	David Stapf President CBS Studios	Jana Winograde President of entertainment Showtime Networks Inc.
Kevin Beggs Chair of the Lionsgate Television Group and chief content integration officer Lionsgate	Lauren Anderson Head of AVoD original content and programming Amazon Studios	Dr. Markus Schäfer President and CEO ZDF Studios	Larry Tanz VP content, EMEA Netflix
Liam Keelan SVP original productions, Europe & Africa The Walt Disney Company	Daisy Lilley Director, unscripted series, UK Netflix	Álvaro Díaz Director, non-fiction series, Spain Netflix	Dolores Emile Manager, non-fiction series, France Netflix
Pauline Dauvin VP programming, production and acquisitions The Walt Disney Company, France	Benjamina Mirnik-Voges VP original production The Walt Disney Company, Germany	Alessandro Saba Director original production The Walt Disney Company, Italy	Scott Herbst EVP and head of scripted development Lionsgate Television Group
Tiffany Faigus SVP, unscripted and alternative entertainment ABC/Walt Disney TV	Meghan Lyvers Director of original series, UK and Ireland Sky Studios	Nils Hartmann EVP, Sky Studios Italia Sky Studios	Mary Donahue SVP, development and programming The History Channel
Bruna Papandrea Founder and CEO Made Up Stories	Mark Linsey Managing director, scripted BBC Studios	Cailah Scobie Chief content officer Stan	Matt Graham General manager AMC Networks' Acorn TV
Susanne Simpson Executive producer, Masterpiece WGBH/PBS	Jane Turton CEO All3Media	Thomas Dey Founder and CEO ACF Investment Bank	Marina Williams Co-founder and co-CEO Asacha Media Group
David Davoli President, international Anonymous Content	Jane Tranter Founder and CEO Bad Wolf	Julie Gardner Founder Bad Wolf CEO Bad Wolf America	Henrik Pabst Chief content officer Seven.One Entertainment Group
Filippa Wallestam Executive VP and chief content officer Viaplay Group	David Eilenberg VP and head of Roku Originals Roku	Rodrigo Mazon EVP, general manager - SVoD ViX+ at TelevisaUnivision	Trish Williams Executive director, scripted content CBC
Nicola Shindler Executive producer and CEO Quay Street Productions	Solange Attwood EVP Blue Ant International	Andy Serkis Founder The Imaginarium	Jonathan Cavendish Founder The Imaginarium
Sally Riley Head of drama, entertainment and indigenous ABC	Adrian Padmore Commissioning editor, unscripted Channel 5 & Paramount+	Christian Vesper President, global drama Fremantle	Carrie Stein President, global scripted television Dynamic Television
Marc Helwig Head of Worldwide TV Miramax	Quan Phung SVP of Original Series Topic Studios	Sharon Hughff Creative director of scripted television, UK Entertainment One (eOne)	Poppy Dixon Director, documentaries and factual Sky UK
Mark Garner EVP, head of global FAST A+E Media Group	Diederick Santer CCO BritBox International	Dawn Olmstead CEO Anonymous Content	Owain Walbyoff Chief commercial officer Banijay
Scott Greenberg CEO Blockchain Creative Labs, Fox Entertainment	Caroline Hollick Head of drama Channel 4	Alexander Cary Creator and executive producer A Spy Among Friends	Ben Macintyre Author A Spy Among Friends
Anna Maxwell Martin Actor A Spy Among Friends	Lauren Stein EVP, drama development Sony Pictures Television Studios	Private: Maria Pia Ammirati Head of drama Rai (Radiotelevisione italiana)	Fabrizio Battocchio Head of format and factual entertainment RTI
Niklas Vestberg Head of formats and development TV4	Sue Vertue CEO, company director and executive producer Hartswood Films	Walter Iuzzolino CEO Eagle Eye Drama	Jo McGrath CCO Eagle Eye Drama
Patty Ishimoto Executive producer and managing partner Element 8 Entertainment	Kelly Webb-Lamb Founder and CEO Mothership Productions	Thorsten Haas Head of development entertainment ZDF	Manuel Alduy Head of cinema and international development France Télévisions
Joe Mace Commissioning editor ITV	Beth Anderson Senior VP and general manager, FAST channels BBC Studios	Rodolphe Buet CEO Newen Connect	Karni Ziv Head of drama and comedy Keshet Broadcasting
Julien Degroote EVP, content development and international TF1 Group	Ana Cueto Head of new projects Atresmedia	Marianne Furevold-Boland Head of drama NRK	Jarmo Lampela Head of drama YLE
Dr. Simone Emmelius Senior VP international fiction, coproduction and acquisition ZDF	Tim Mutimer CEO rights Cineflix Media	Diego del Pozo Rosa Manager of fiction content Atresmedia TV	Piodor Gustafsson Director of scripted content TV4 Media
Philippa Collie-Cousins Senior drama commissioner UKTV	Jon Petrie Director of comedy BBC	Geertje Hoek MD Talpa Concepts	Arron Fellows Co-founder and creative director Mindhouse Productions
Sumi Connock Creative director of formats BBC Studios	James Townley Global head of content development Banijay	Martha Holmes Chief creative officer, natural history and science Plimsoll	Bill Malone Director of content Virgin Media Television, Ireland
Jennifer Ebell SVP, EMEA sales Fifth Season (Formerly Endeavor Content)	Karl Warner Head of youth and digital Channel 4	Dominique Cutts Director of documentary & factual commissioning Red Bull Studios	Beatriz Campos SVP global sales and production financing Studiocanal
Sened Dhab VP, young adult scripted France Télévisions	Ari Mark Co-founder Ample Entertainment	Gary Woolf EVP of strategic development All3Media International	Bea Hegedus Executive managing director, distribution Vice Media Group
Paul Heaney Founder and CEO BossaNova	Phil Gurin President/ CEO The Gurin Company Co-Chair FRAPA	Jan Salling Head of BBC Studios Nordics - formats and production Co-chairman of FRAPA	Hayley Babcock Founder and CEO Hayley Babcock Media Consulting
Moderator Lisette van Diepen Acquisitions consultant Germany & Benelux All3Media Germany	Mike Beale MD, Global Creative Network ITV Studios	Nick Smith EVP formats All3Media International	Danny Cohen President Access Entertainment
Jacqui Barcos Creator/writer Spitfire Creative	Yule Caise Writer and co-founder Behind the Billboards LLC	Simon Howley CEO CMAK Films	Amy Jephta Writer/ director Nagvlug Films, South Africa
Jess Ruston Writer Freelance	Benjamin Hoffman Showrunner Empreinte Digitale	Cécile Gérardin Head of drama Canal+ International	Joachim Landau Producer Empreinte Digitale
Roopak Saluja Founder & executive chairman Bang Bang Mediacorp	Kunal Nayyar Actor/ producer Good Karma Productions	Nimrod Geva Head of development Quizzical Pictures	Serena Cullen Producer
Iain Glen Actor	Timo Vierimaa Producer Funfar Oy	Francesca Archibugi Director Picomedia SRL	Roberto Sessa Producer Picomedia SRL
Sophie Deraspe Writer and director Pixcom	Nicola Merola President and executive producer Pixcom	Sameer Nair CEO Applause Entertainment	Sunder Aaron Partner Locomotive Global Inc.
Simon Mirren Co-founder and showrunner Case Closed Entertainment	Benjamin Anderson Co-founder Case Closed Entertainment	Farook Singh CEO Tantra Worldwide	Nick Bain Creator/showrunner Metacru/Behind the Billboards
Candice Carty-Williams Writer and author	NneNne Iwuji Head writer and director Chudor House Productions	Peres Owino Writer/director Nyar Nam Productions	Tom Manwaring Founding partner Helion Partners LLP
Timo Argillander Managing partner IPR.VC	Hugo Heppell Senior portfolio manager - Indie Growth Fund Channel 4	Elly Vervloet International drama expert VRT & EBU	Kelsey Balance SVP, scripted programming Universal International Studios
Emma Ayech Channel director UKTV Drama and Alibi	Alexandre Piel Deputy head of drama Arte France	Adam Fratto Executive producer/ scripted TV consultant Chaotic Neutral Entertainment	Elisabeth d’Arvieu EVP Mediawan Pictures
Lindsey Bender Agent (scripted TV and film) Creative Artists Agency	Marianne Bjørn Format manager TV 2 Denmark	Kenton Allen CEO Big Talk	Angie Stephenson SVP, scripted development BBC Studios Los Angeles
Alberto Fernández Founder and director, Playz RTVE Digital	Philipp Schild Managing director funk/ ARD and ZDF	Charlene McKenna Actress and EP Clean Sweep	Larry Bass Founder/ CEO/ EP ShinAwiL
Yi Qiao Director drama ZDF Studios	Dermot Horan Director of acquisitions & co-productions RTÉ	Aurelie de Troyer Head of regional content, Europe Audible	Sam Bryant Director, original content & head of comedy Audible
Lydia Shamah Director of original content, scripted Audible UK	Claire Broughton Head of podcasts Hat Trick Productions	Paul Gilbert SVP international formats Paramount Global Content Distribution	Avi Armoza CEO Armoza Formats
Paul Cohen Group commercial director Hat Trick Productions	Howard Gordon Executive producer, showrunner	Marlee Matlin Director	Michael Chiklis Director, actor Accused
Tejas Shah SVP, commercial strategy & analytics FilmRise	Alon Aranya Executive producer Paper Plane Productions	Minna Haapkylä Head of scripted content Rabbit Films	Georgia Arnold Senior vice president, international social responsibility Paramount
Miura Kite EVP of global television Participant	Dimitri Doganis Chief creative officer and founder Raw TV	Jodi Flynn President and chief content officer Asylum Entertainment Group	Jo Clinton-Davis Controller of factual ITV
Stephen Segaller    VP, programming The WNET Group	Camilla Cope Commercial director Greenbird Media	Ed Havard Senior vice president, unscripted programming Universal International Studios	Ivan Kavanagh Writer, creator Park Films
AnneMarie Naughton Executive producer	Ana Habajec Executive producer Park Films	Clelia Mountford Co-founder/ executive producer Merman	Philip Barantini Director, writer and producer Made Up Productions
Hester Ruoff Actress and producer Ascendant Fox	Bart Ruspoli Producer Ascendant Fox	Lee McMurray Commissioning editor, factual entertainment Channel 4	Ellie Heydon Director for TV & Theatre Merman
Kate Teckman Head of factual entertainment development and commissioning ITV	Joe Fraser Producer and director Baby Cow Productions	Clare Laycock SVP head of content, networks & streaming Warner Bros Discovery	Cat Lawson Creative director Remarkable Entertainment
Cosima Spender Director	Georg Tschurtschenthaler Chief creative officer Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion	Gave Lindo Head of content programming TikTok, North America	Avril Blondelot Head of content insight Glance – Mediametrie
Amit Devani Director of insights (EMEA) Parrot Analytics	Richard Broughton Executive director Ampere Analysis	Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen Producer Kaiho Republic	Jack Davison EVP 3Vision
Hamish Fergusson Commissioning editor for documentaries BBC	Sarah Peat Executive producer National Geographic Wild International	Jenn Batty European head of content acquisitions Samsung TV Plus	Jessica Schmiedchen Director of development, unscripted content CBC
Jono Bergmann Director & producer BABKA	Lucy Brodie European manager programming Seven Network Australia	Wendy Darke CEO and founder True to Nature	Nick Lee Head of acquisitions and international Channel 4
Michelle Chappell MD Workerbee	Alex Mathias Death in the Family Drama Series Script Competition	Jess Edwards Clitorati Drama Series Script Competition	Laurence Turnbull I Am Bird Gurl Drama Series Script Competition
Russel McLean Shadowlands Drama Series Script Competition	Salim Allybokus Sacrificial Lambs Drama Series Script Competition	Tobias Hussey The Truth Drama Series Script Competition	Nahrein Kemp Creative diversity partner ITV
Jaimie D’Cruz Creative director Acme TV	Guillaume Pommier Co-head of distribution Federation Studios	Freema Agyeman Actress	Rohan Dickson Writer and executive producer
Polly Scates Senior acquisitions manager Channel 4	Michele Zatta Commissioning editor, international coproductions Rai Fiction, Italy	Vanessa Berlowitz Co-founder/ chief creative officer Wildstar Films	Moderator Adam Cunningham Chief strategy officer Allied Global Marketing
Moderator Adrian Wootton CEO Film London & British Film Commission	Moderator Bernard P Achampong Founder and creative director Unedited	Moderator Bo Stehmeier CEO Off the Fence	Moderator Christoph Fey Managing director Entertainment Master Class
Moderator Chukwudi Iwuji Actor and founder Chudor Films	Moderator Dominic Schreiber Executive producer Colliderscope	Moderator Emma Cox Freelance journalist	Moderator Emma Smithwick Writer and producer Rockfleet Productions Managing
Moderator Esther Austin Editor-in-chief TurningPoint Magazine	Moderator Holly Hines Co-CEO & founder Happy Accidents	Moderator Irina Ignatiew-Lemke MD All3Media Fiction Deutschland	Moderator J.C. Mills President and head of content Cineflix Productions
Moderator James Rampton Journalist	Moderator Roma Khanna Executive chair and head of scripted content HiddenLight Productions	Moderator Steven Adams Founding partner Alta Global Media	Moderator Stephen Armstrong Freelance journalist
Moderator Tara Conlan Journalist

More speakers will be announced soon.

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