Canal+, Rai, ZDF, DR, SVT and YLE are the first broadcasters and platforms to join the Drama Commissioners strand at Content London 2023.
In a series of Content Strategies sessions, leading drama commissioners from broadcasters, channels and platforms around the world will discuss their original content and acquisition strategies as well as opportunities for new coproduction partnerships.Content London remains the most important development marketplace in the world, where major drama commissioners come to share their plans and meet with potential partners.
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The speakers include:
Olivier Bibas
Head of drama
Canal+
Bibas began his career in 1995 at Canal+ then joined Lagardère Group in 2004. In 2011, he became executive producer and managing director of Atlantique Productions, a Mediawan subsidiary since 2020. He has supervised the development and production of many international TV series sold in many territories such as Django, The Eddy, Midnight Sun, Hierro, Eden, Borgia and the Transporter – The Series. In 2022, he joined Canal+ Group as head of Canal+ Creation Originale. He is now in charge of French and international co-productions for Canal+ and leads Canal+’s ambition in premium scripted drama.
Maria Pia Ammirati
Head of drama
Rai
Ammirati is a TV executive, writer and journalist. After work experience as a journalist and reviewer, she entered at Rai in 1992 and from 1993 she led radio and television programs as author and presenter. In 2000 she moved from Rai Educational Department to Rai 1, covering various positions to eventually being appointed deputy director. From 2014 to 2020 she was head of Rai Teche while from 2016 to 2019 she was assigned responsibility for the Rai Play Content. In November 2020 she was appointed head of drama.
Simone Emmelius
Senior VP international fiction, coproduction and acquisition
ZDF
In her role, Emmelius is responsible for the ZDF company with its entities ZDF main channel, ZDFneo (entertainment channel for a younger target audience 25-50 years), 3sat (cultural channel, target audience German speaking territories), arte (cultural channel, target audience Germany and France), and funk (nonlinear program offer, target audience 14-29 years). Until May 2018, she was SVP ZDFneo, responsible for one of the top 10 channels in Germany, focused on drama, crime, and comedy series, feature films and entertainment programs (e.g. neoMagazin Royale / Jan Böhmermann).
Henriette Marienlund
Head of fiction and development
DR Drama
Marienlund is head of fiction at DR Drama and head of development at DR Kultur, Børn og Unge (Culture, Children and Youth). She is responsible for productions at DR Drama, as well as DR’s sourced Danish drama for adults and youths. Marienlund is former media director at DR and former channel manager for DR1. She holds a degree in journalism and has had a long career in management for DR, TV2 and in the private production sector.
Anna Croneman
Head of drama
SVT
After 20 years as a producer of TV-drama and feature films, Croneman has been the head of drama at SVT/Sveriges Television (examples of commissioned titles: Caliphate, Thin Blue line, Blackwater) since 2018. Croneman has also held various industry positions such as vice chairman of the Swedish Film Institute and president of the Swedish Film & TV Producers Association (Film).
Jarmo Lampela
Head of drama
YLE
Lampela has worked as the head of drama at YLE since 2015. He graduated from ELO, Finnish Film School in 1992 and has worked as director, scriptwriter and producer with numerous productions for cinema, television and theatre. 2007-2014 Lampela was working as the professor of film directing and head of the department of film, television and scenography at Aalto University, Helsinki. In recent years, YLE has produced numerous international TV series co-productions – Paradise/Spain, Helsinki Syndrome/Germany and Transport/Belgium, Invisible. Heroes/Chile, and as well with Nordic countries numerous N12 series.
They join other previously announced speakers:
All registered delegates will receive access to the online PROMPT START REPORT: How AI will change the content business worth £499. This report will begin publishing in August.
More speakers will be announced shortly.
Content London has also announced the building blocks of the 2023 event, which takes place between November 28-30. From FORMATS & FACTUAL, through FAST FORWARD, CONTENT STRATEGIES, to HOT PROPERTIES and SPEED NETWORKING, Content London will reflect the current hot topics in the gobal business. Speakers in each track will be announced shortly.
To find out more about Content London CLICK HERE. Content London takes place across five venues between November 27-30. This year access to all venues has been restricted to registered delegates only across all venues, including The Standard Hotel.
