Following the recent launch of a major new North-West European drama collaboration, we hear from the partners that make up New8 about the reasons behind the new partnership, and heads of drama reveal the first slate of original content and detail their content plans and opportunities going forward.

Commissioners working across the UK drama space reveal details of their content strategies, how this is driving decision-making and what’s on their shopping lists.

European drama commissioners discuss their upcoming drama slates, what they are on the look out for next and the opportunities for coproduction and collaboration.

Against a backdrop of cut-backs in commissioning from global streamers, national broadcasters from the Nordic countries outline their latest drama commissioning strategies, who they’re looking to partner with and the key new projects on their upcoming slates.

Key executives from platforms and broadcasters around the world discuss how they are innovating to keep their position in an increasingly competitive landscape and delve into their content strategies and plans for coproduction and international partnerships.

Drama heads from across the globe outline their scripted content strategies and the types of coproduction opportunities and partnerships they are seeking out.

Marking one year since SkyShowtime launched in Europe, CEO of the Comcast and Paramount Global joint-venture, Monty Sarhan, will discuss his vision for the streaming service across its 20+ markets along with the successes of the past year. He will be joined by chief content officer, Kai Finke, who will share content strategy insights, including the importance of original programming and their fast-growing slate, as well as partnership opportunities.

The leaders of MGM+ Chris Brearton and Michael Wright take part in this fireside chat session at Content London. Brearton is the vice president, Prime Video Studios corporate strategy, and oversees MGM’s global business operations, as well as the legendary studio’s business development and strategic growth initiatives. Wright serves as head of MGM+ (formerly EPIX), a premium commercial-free linear channel and streaming service delivering a broad lineup of content, including quality original series and docuseries. In this content strategies session, Brearton and Wright will discuss the service’s origin and early success, the programming slate and strategy, international expansion, and future vision.

Legacy broadcasters and social media players come together to outline how they are adapting their content strategies to grow their youth audiences, what new content they are commissioning and coproductions they are forging to keep their youth audiences engaged.

In this Content Strategies session, Lisa Hamilton Daly,executive vice president, programming at Hallmark Media, will discuss her content strategy, what new programming she is looking for and opportunities for partnerships across the three linear cable networks Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama, as well as its SVoD service, Hallmark Movies Now, and AVoD platform, Hallmark Movies & More.

Navigating new stories in Europe: Warner Bros. Discovery’s approach to original content. Laura Carafolio, SVP Content Networks & Streaming Local Productions (Italy & Iberia), Vera Peltekian, Commissioning Editor & Head of Original Productions (France), Ragnhild Thorbech, SVP programming and acquisitions, HBO Max EMEA and Pil Gundelach Brandstrup, VP Content and Programming (Nordics) come together to discuss Warner Bros. Discovery’s approach to content creation and programming strategy. From unscripted to scripted, commissions to acquisitions, and linear to streaming, find out how Warner Bros. Discovery pioneers original programming across Europe.