CEO Frot-Coutaz will discuss the strategic vision for Sky Studios, after which Lyvers, UK and Ireland director of original drama, and Hartmann, senior VP for Germany and Italy, will talk about their content strategies and the opportunities for coproduction partnerships.
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The speakers include:
Cécile Frot-Coutaz
CEO
Sky Studios
Frot-Coutaz is the CEO of Sky’s scripted original programming arm across Europe. In addition, Frot-Coutaz has responsibility for Sky Studios’ factual output and its global portfolio of production companies, which includes Blast! Films, Jupiter Entertainment, True North and Love Productions, creator of the Great British Bake Off. She also oversees Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s new state-of-the-art film and TV studios in the UK, and has responsibility for Sky News Group, including Sky News and TG24. Frot-Coutaz started her career in strategy consulting at Mercer Management Consulting in London, where she stayed for four years. In 1994, after obtaining her MBA, she joined the Pearson group headquarters in London. She was subsequently named corporate strategy executive for Pearson TV, where she spearheaded the acquisition and integration of All American Fremantle into the Pearson Television group.
Meghan Lyvers
Director of original drama, UK and Ireland
Sky Studios
Lyvers leads the teams responsible for developing, commissioning, and producing unmissable scripted Sky original drama for Sky’s 23 million customers and beyond. Based in London, she commissions directly from production companies, as well as working with talent to develop and produce projects in-house, or in coproduction, with a flexible business model to work in creative partnership. Previously, Lyvers was head of international coproductions and development at CBS Studios, a division of Paramount Global, based in the company’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam. Her series credits include Oderbruch, Munich Games, Ze Network, Bestseller Boy, Unbelievable, Your Honor, American Vandal, MacGyver, Bull, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and The Terror.
Nils Hartmann
Executive VP Germany and Italy
Sky Studios
As executive VP for Sky Studios Deutschland and Italia, Hartmann leads the development, commissioning and production of Sky original dramas and scripted comedies for Sky Deutschland, as well as overseeing the production of Sky original features for Sky Italia. In his previous role as director of original productions at Sky Italia, Hartmann oversaw the making of international TV series such as the Gomorrah franchise; political trilogy 1992, 1993 and 1994; The Young Pope, from Academy Award winner Paolo Sorrentino, and its successor The New Pope; ZeroZeroZero, from Gomorrah showrunner Stefano Sollima; Devils; and Domina. Next will be the much-awaited series M – Son of the Century, which charts the rise to power of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, directed by Joe Wright; Unwanted, the series inspired by Fabrizio Gatti’s award-winning book Bilal; and Dostoevskij, directed by the D’Innocenzo Brothers, who won best screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival for Favolacce. Many other original projects are also currently in development under Hartmann’s watch.
They join other previously announced speakers:
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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.
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