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Friday 6th December
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09:00 AMHall 2 - Kings Place
The Future of Unscripted
Leading unscripted executives set the scene for a focused day of debate around the biggest topical issues and opportunities facing the global unscripted business. How are business models evolving? Who’s buying what? What are the threats, opportunities? In a world of constant change what does the next five years look like for the global uscripted business, and what happens next?
Moderated by: Clive Whittingham, news editor, C21Media
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10:00 AMHall 2 - Kings Place
KEYNOTE: Luke Hyams - YouTube
In this keynote interview, Hyams will outline YouTube’s EMEA unscripted originals content strategy, new slate and the raft of collaboration opportunities available to producers.
Moderated by: Kat Hebden, managing director, Shotglass Media
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10:30 AMHall 2 - Kings Place
KEYNOTE: Courteney Monroe, National Geographic
In this keynote interview, Monroe will take to the stage to outline her National Geographic unscripted content and feature documentary strategy, new slate and collaboration opportunities for the global business.
Moderated by: James Rampton, TV feature writer, The i, The Independent
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11:30 AMHall 2 - Kings Place
TRENDS: Shortform Content Opportunity
With the rise of new platforms commissioning shortform content, the big budgets in play have peaked the interest of even the most sceptical producer. In this session, innovators in the shortform space discuss why it’s finally being taken seriously as a content form in its own right, the huge opportunities available and how you can reach audiences to create a commercial hit.
Moderated by: Danny Fenton, CEO and executive chairman, Zig Zag Productions
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12:15 PMHall 2 - Kings Place
OPPORTUNITY: Building Audiences Through Social with Facebook
In this fireside chat Dan Biddle, strategic partner manager, entertainment, Facebook and Sam Barcroft, CEO, Barcroft Studios will discuss partnering with Facebook to build audiences and commercial models, maximising the tools available to producers and the wider opportunities available across the platform.
Moderated by: Kate Bulkley, journalist and media commentator
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02:45 PMHall 2 - Kings Place
KEYNOTE: Amazon Studios Europe
In this Amazon Studios focused session, European unscripted heads for the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Spain will set out their local and collaborative original content strategies. They’ll also discuss how Amazon Studios is positioning itself across the European unscripted landscape and reveal opportunities for international collaboration.
Moderated by: Emma Cox, journalist
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03:30 PMHall 2 - Kings Place
TRENDS: Untapping the Potential of Podcasts
A panel of innovators in the audio space will explore how podcasts have emerged as a key source of original IP and an inexpensive way to test out new ideas whilst shedding traditional creative restraints. They’ll also reveal how TV and audio entertainment can collaborate to tap into, grow and engage wider audiences and build your brand.
Further speakers to be announced
Moderated by: James Purnell, director radio and education, BBC
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04:15 PMHall 2 - Kings Place
OPPORTUNITY: The New Niche Platforms
Leading and new niche players discuss their acquisition and original content strategies, how they’re designing business models which are disrupting the disruptors, and reveal opportunities for coproduction with international partners to drive audiences and maintain their unique market position.
Moderated by: Kate Bulkley, journalist and media commentator
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02:00 PMHall 2 - Kings Place
OPPORTUNITY: How to Develop Funding Partnerships with Brands - a focus on Starbucks
As the SVoD space continues to grow and open up opportunities for global unscripted content how do producers find new ways of financing shows and what are the new brand partnership potentials? This is Football, 6 part docu series for Amazon Prime was produced by UK Indie October Films in collaboration with Spanish production company Brutal Media and global coffee brand Starbucks. In this session we hear more about how the partnership between the producers and Starbucks came about and worked in practice and we find out more about the Starbucks strategy for future investment in TV content.
Moderated by: Ed Waller, editorial director, C21Media
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08:00 AMKings Place
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Breakfast will be served 8am-9am.
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11:00 AMKings Place
Coffee Break
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01:00 PMKings Place
Networking Lunch
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05:00 PMMusic Foyer - Kings Place
Closing Cocktail