Looking for footage to complete a project? Look no further. This year we’re happy to offer delegates easy access to some of the most relevant and respected libraries supplying the factual industry.

The Footage Finders Tables will be located on the second level above the ballroom just outside the theater. They are well placed as you will pass them on your way to the stock footage and plenary sessions in this location.

Meetings are not required, but feel free to contact one of these companies through MyEvent and set up some time in advance;
Code Three Media – Michael Burns • WPA – Diane Paradiso • INA – Jean-Luc Vernhet • Global Imageworks – Jessica Berman-Bogdan • AP Archives – Fulvia Cassarino

The submission deadline for So You Think You Can Pitch, this year’s live pitch competition at the Realscreen Summit, has been extended to January 8. Based on a popular game show format this year’s session will once again offer five brave producers the chance to pitch their project live to a panel of industry judges.
The session, taking place Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 5:30-6:30 PM, is sponsored by CABLEready and promises an invaluable experience for the participants as well as great entertainment and learning value for onlooking producers and broadcasters.
Our host is Andy Cohen, SVP Original Programming & Development at Bravo, and judges are Amy Introcaso-Davis, SVP, Original Programming and Development, Oxygen Media, Rob Sharenow, SVP, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming, A&E, Nicole DeFusco, Vice President, Original Programming & Development, Sundance Channel and Gary Lico, President & CEO, CABLEready.
Based on project merit and pitch quality, the judges will select one winner to walk away with a free pass to next year’s Realscreen Summit 2011, a one-year subscription to CableU and an iPod Nano. This is a great opportunity to build profile for your project and attract partners quickly!
Click here to get to the application form.

As CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, Christina Norman manages all business and creative areas of the new cable channel and multi-platform media venture. We’re very pleased to announce that she has agreed to join the Realscreen Summit line-up in one of our signature “In Conversation With …” interview sessions on Tuesday, February 2. She’ll discuss her vision for the network, with a specific focus on programming.

With nearly two decades of excellence in broadcasting Norman is recognized as one of the industry’s most creative businesswomen. She came to OWN from MTV: Music Television, where she most recently served as President. Before that she was President of the MTV sister network, VH1. Norman has been regularly included in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power 100 Women in Entertainment.” In 2006, she was named one of Multichannel News’ “Wonder Women,” and has been profiled in Advertising Age’s “Media Mavens” issue. She was named National Public Service winner by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2002 for MTV’s “Fight for Your Rights: Protect Yourself” campaign. Additionally, CableFAX named her among the 2009 “Most Powerful Women In Cable.”

Norman will take center stage at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, immediately following Ben Silverman’s keynote address. Silverman, Founder and CEO of Electus, will share his vision for the television industry, specifically as it relates to non-fiction, with a focus on alternative funding models and more explicitly, brand integration.

Ben Silverman Founder & CEO Electus

In July 2009 Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning producer and entrepreneur Ben Silverman announced a partnership with IAC, led by media mogul Barry Diller to launch a new company, Electus. With Silverman at the helm, the company’s mandate is to unite producers, creators, advertisers and distributors under one roof and produce all forms of content for distribution across a variety of platforms around the world.

Today we’re delighted to announce that Silverman will provide an afternoon keynote address on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the Realscreen Summit in Washington, DC. He will share his vision for the television industry, specifically as it relates to non-fiction, with a focus on alternative funding models and more explicitly, brand integration.

Prior to launching the new media venture with IAC, Silverman served as Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios from June 2007.  Responsible for directing the efforts of NBC Universal’s television operations, Silverman transformed the business model by connecting advertisers and consumers through content in a more profound way. Initiating the first of two Infronts, he rebranded the Upfront and enabled a two way conversation between media companies and advertisers. 

In March 2002, he launched Reveille, a production and distribution company focusing on exploiting worldwide intellectual property rights through scripted and alternative television formats.  The company is widely regarded as a world leader in creating integrated marketing opportunities for advertisers and developing alternative financing paradigms for the television business. In 2003, he redefined advertiser-supplied programming by joining with Interpublic Group to produce The Restaurant, and Bravo’s Blow Out, with both shows fully financed by context-relevant advertisers.

Previously, Silverman was in charge of the international packaging division at the William Morris Agency (WMA), where he was the company’s youngest division head, packaging more than 25 television series that encompassed over 500 produced episodes, including  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Weakest Link, Big Brother, and  Queer as Folk. He also led WMA’s New York consulting branch, representing brand names such as Maxim, InStyle, eBay and Anheuser-Busch, and focused on extending those brands into alternative and traditional media outlets.

Simon Dickson, Channel 4’s Deputy Head of Documentaries and Andy Cohen, SVP Original Programming and Development for Bravo, are amongst an impressive group of influential broadcasters to confirm their participation at the Realscreen Summit in February 2010.
Dickson will be contributing to New Adventures in Non-Fiction, while Cohen will be lending his expertise on Non-Fiction’s Got Talent.
Visit the agenda for the complete line-up and take advantage of the final rate break before it expires.

The United States has been undergoing seismic changes that are nothing short of history in the making. American History – Documenting the Tides of Change, scheduled at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, features some of today’s cutting edge thinkers and major TV execs, who will reveal how the use of innovative production methods and new thinking about history can aid international non-fiction producers and programmers in creating authentic, relevant historical programming for their audiences.

Panelists include: Chris Moore, Co-director and Executive Producer, The People Speak; Jane Root, CEO, Nutopia and David McKillop, SVP Development & Programming, History

Submissions are now open for So You Think You Can Pitch this year’s live pitch competition at the Realscreen Summit. Based on a popular game show format this year’s session will once again offer five brave producers the chance to pitch their project live to a panel of industry judges.
The session, taking place Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 5:00-6:00 PM, is sponsored by CABLEready and promises an invaluable experience for the participants as well as great entertainment and learning value for onlooking producers and broadcasters.
Based on project merit and pitch quality, the judges will select one winner to walk away with a free pass to next year’s Realscreen Summit 2011, a one-year subscription to CableU and an iPod Nano. This is a great opportunity to build profile for your project and attract partners quickly!
The application deadline is Friday, December 18. Click here to get to the application form.

Craig Piligian President, CEO & Executive Producer, Pilgrim Films & Television and David McKillop, SVP Development and Programming for HISTORY, have joined the impressive list of industry leaders speaking at Summit 2010

In 1997, Craig started his own company, Pilgrim Films and Television, which began producing multiple hours of documentary programming for the Discovery Channel. Craig launched the reality mega-hit Survivor in 1999 for CBS, serving as that series’ co-executive producer.
He enjoyed continued success after creating and executive-producing such long-running hit shows as American Chopper; American Hot Rod; American Casino; and the ultra-popular Dirty Jobs, featuring Mike Rowe. Craig also created and executive-produced the hit series Ghost Hunters for Discovery and Ghost Hunters International for SCI FI Channel, and ratings giant The Ultimate Fighter for Spike TV.

McKillop oversees the network’s programming team, and is responsible for the development, creation and execution of all programming for HISTORY. He is also charged with imaginatively integrating new programming with on-line initiatives, and developing new ways to expand the brand across multiple platforms. He reports directly to Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of HISTORY.
Under his leadership HISTORY has launched the most acclaimed and highest-rated series and specials in its own history. McKillop serves as the Executive Producer of HISTORY’s top series of all time, Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars and Ax Men. He also served as Executive Producer of numerous acclaimed and top-rated HISTORY specials including the Emmy® award winning 102 Minutes that Changed America, Life After People, 1968 With Tom Brokaw, King, and Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed, and the recent JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America.

If you haven’t yet taken the time to check out the agenda and speaker roster for the 12th edition of the Realscreen Summit, you should! Producers of some of the most critically acclaimed documentaries and most successful reality programs, and the programmers behind these shows are being added to our line-up almost daily.

Joe Berlinger, an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and photographer, whose films include the celebrated documentaries Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and his most recent effort, Crude, will be participating on the session “Honest Truths: Ethics in Non-Fiction Filmmaking“.

Greg Jacobs is the co-founder, with Jon Siskel, of Chicago-based Siskel/Jacobs Productions. Most recently, SJP produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which reconstructs – in real time – the events of 9/11 in New York City, using only sound and video from that morning. More than five million viewers tuned in to the show’s premiere, making it the second most-watched telecast in the network’s history. Jacobs will be speaking on “New Adventures in Non-Fiction”

In 2001 JD Roth and Todd Nelson formed 3 Ball Productions with the mission to produce television with the same passion, fun and excitement as their previous hit shows, but with new concepts and high-stakes storytelling that could also be transformational. 3 Ball’s NBC primetime hit For Love or Money ran for four seasons, becoming the network’s number one show in the key Adult 18-49 demographic. 3 Ball followed the series with what would become the cornerstone of NBC’s programming: the reality franchise juggernaut The Biggest Loser. Roth will be weighing in on “Bringing in the Brands”