Content trends analysis and Audible prepped for Content London as TIER 4 tickets set to sell out

Content London has confirmed four data companies will provide unique analysis of international content trends in the opening session at this year’s event, while Audible has joined the line-up to explain how it is working with the TV business on a set of new initiatives.

To kick off the 2022 event a panel of data experts from Glance, Parrot Analytics, Ampere Analysis and 3Vision will highlight the trends and genres that have defined the year and look ahead to the key drivers for change in 2023.

Also joining the line up, Audible’s head of content UK & Canada, Aurelie de Troyer will be joined by drama and comedy commissioners from her team and execs from Hat Trick and Baby cow to set out her content strategy and discuss how audio has become the next area to explore for creators and the opportunity that this opens up for the TV business.

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Joining the line up:

The 2023 Content trends report

Avril Blondelot
Head of content insight
Glance
Blondelot is head of content insight of Glance. She heads a team of 20 people, experts in all genres of programmes and audience analysis worldwide. Her team oversees the publication of genre-themed reports such as Scripted Series, Entertainment, Kids TV and Beyond TV Reports as well as the service NoTa which exhaustively tracks and detects all the new series launched on 550+ platforms and channels in the world. Her remit also covers TV Performances, the audience-based consultancy service dedicated to producers. She joined Glance in 2010, working initially on the UK and Netherlands markets before continuing as research manager, research director and head of content insight.

Amit Devani
Director of insights (EMEA)
Parrot Analytics
Devani serves as director of insights in EMEA at Parrot Analytics based in London. In his current role, he oversees initiatives that transform data into insights at every step of the content life-cycle, including commissioning, marketing, acquisition & distribution. Prior to Parrot Analytics, Devani spent over half a decade at public service broadcaster, Channel 4 helping to build out the digital analytics and insights team that served its VoD channel, All 4.

Richard Broughton
Executive director
Ampere Analysis
Broughton has over a decade of experience in analysing the television, film and communications industries, and has worked with and advised a huge range of the top international media, sports, telecoms and technology companies. He has a background in financial modelling, quant research and strategy. As executive director at Ampere, Broughton has led custom consulting projects for senior stakeholders in a wide selection of blue-chip organisations, including major studios and producers, channel groups, tech vendors and pay TV & telecommunications groups – as well as regulatory and governmental bodies.

Jack Davison
EVP
3Vision
Davison is a TV industry professional with extensive knowledge of the content ecosystem and a unique expertise in Pay and Free TV, AVoD, SVoD and FAST and serves as EVP of leading global TV content consultancy 3Vision. With an ability to predict, analyse and explain the implications of industry changes on stakeholders, he advises major global content owners and broadcasters on optimising their distribution strategy and increasing their revenues. Davison has helped many leading and new video operators to launch new services across satellite, IPTV and OTT, often in challenging markets. Prior to joining 3Vision, Davison was head of VOD Product at Virgin Media, the UK’s leading cable operator. Davison was a pioneer of IPTV and VOD whilst VP of Content at Yes Television and has worked for IMG Media, the world’s largest independent producer and distributor of sports programming.

Audible: The opportunity for creators: Original stories and IP extension into audio

Aurelie de Troyer
Head of content, UK & Canada
Audible
De Troyer is Audible’s head of content for UK & Canada. Since joining Audible in 2019, she’s brought award winning audio content globally including Coupledom with Idris and Sabrina Elba, Climate of Change with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy, French and Saunder’s Titting About, the Graham Norton Book Club and Alan Partridge: From the Oasthouse to name a few.

Sam Bryant
Director, original content/head of comedy
Audible
Bryant is the comedy director of original content at Audible. He commissions and exec produces Audible’s comedy podcasts, which have been awarded Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards for three consecutive years. Recent projects include From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast, French & Saunders Titting About, The Kurupt FM Podkast, and Jamali Maddix’s Spooky Sh*t. Prior to Audible, Bryant was an exec producer at BBC Comedy.

Lydia Shamah
Director of original content, scripted
Audible UK
Shamah began her career as a literary agent in New York, before moving to Realm Media where she commissioned and produced e-book and audio originals, and IP spin-offs such as Orphan Black: The Next Chapter. At Audible Shamah is the director of original content, scripted for the UK, where she leads on a varied list of original series, and IP adaptations such as Neil Gaiman’s NYT bestseller, The Sandman, and Ubisoft titles including Assassin’s Creed, The Division, and the forthcoming Far Cry.

Claire Broughton
Head of podcasts
Hat Trick Productions
Broughton is head of podcasts across Hat Trick Productions where she oversees shows such as Queen Bees with Jane Horrocks and Esther Coles, Twice Upon A Time with Janet Ellis and The Real Sex Education, as well as scripted offerings London Pub Reviews feat. Tim Key, and Whistle Through The Shamrocks written by Camilla Whitehill and Nicola Coughlan. For HTM Television Ltd she produces scripted audio dramas such as Zoetrope starring Daisy Ridley and another soon to be announced drama, both for Audible. She has previously worked across film, TV and radio on titles such as Episodes with Matt LeBlanc, Plum House for Radio 4, The Constant Gardener, Potboiler Productions, Vera Drake, Thin Man Films, Black Books and Spaced both Big Talk Productions for Channel 4.

Joe Fraser
Producer & director
Baby Cow Productions
Fraser is a producer and director at the multi award-winning Baby Cow Productions. This year he has produced The Alan Partridge Podcast: From the Oasthouse for Audible, The Witchfinder starring Tim Key and Daisy-May Cooper for BBC2, and directed the online series What’s Happening? and The Train. Past credits as editor include Camping, Scissored Isle, Zapped and This Time With Alan Partridge.

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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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