C21 launches Content Americas and Content East, issues letter of intent to acquire NATPE assets

C21 has announced the launch of two major content events, in Miami and Budapest, with attached markets and conferences to provide networking, coproduction and sales opportunities for the global business in 2023.

C21 has also issued a letter of intent to NATPE management with the aim of acquiring its assets after it entered Chapter 11 last week. Any such acquisition would require and be subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court.

Content Americas will take place in Miami in early 2023, with focus on Latin American, US and international content coproduction, sales, distribution and development.

Content East, meanwhile, will take place in Budapest in June 2023, focusing on connecting the Central & Eastern European content business with the international market.

The dates and venues for each event will be announced shortly.

Content Americas and Content East will be supported by C21’s publishing products, most significantly Cveintiuno, C21’s new Spanish-language service, which covers the Hispanic content business. A significant new appointment to this brand will be announced on October 24.

David Jenkinson

C21’s editor-in-chief & managing director David Jenkinson said: “These two new events will provide a vibrant Hispanic and US programming market early in the year, and a progressive Central & Eastern European content market in June, with some haste.

“Alongside these new event initiatives, we have issued a letter of intent to the management of NATPE with a view to acquiring its assets, which will be aligned with our business should this happen. Any acquisition would require the approval of the US bankruptcy court.”

Programming for the events will be managed from London with support from key staff in the local markets.

The websites for each event are: ContentAmericas.net and ContentEast.net.