MONDAY, JANUARY 27 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
SHERATON NEW ORLEANS
Marriott Marquis | Washington, DC | Sunday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 31, 2021

Agenda

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Speed Pitching

Monday, January 25

4:00pm

Speed Pitching - CuriosityStream, Investigation Discovery & True Crime on discovery+, Magnolia Network (4:00pm - 5:00pm)

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*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Rob Burk

Head of Original Content

CuriosityStream

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Lauren Frasca

SVP, Content

Magnolia Network

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Katie Ozog

Senior Development Manager

Investigation Discovery

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Speed Pitching - Food Network & Cooking Channel, History Channel, Lifetime (4:00pm - 5:00pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Brooke Townsend

Sr. Director, Non-Fiction Programming & Development

History

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Nicole Vogel

VP, Unscripted Programming & Development

Lifetime

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Dana Volkmer-Jones

Director, Programming & Development Food Network

Food Network

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Speed Pitching - Game Show Network, Oxygen (4:00pm - 5:00pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Sean Olsen

VP, Development

Game Show Network

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Brittinee Royes

VP, Unscripted Lifestyle & Docuseries

E! and Oxygen

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Speed Pitching - PBS, TV One, WEtv (4:00pm - 5:00pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Zara Frankel

Senior Director, Programming & Development

PBS

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Ashley McFarlin

VP, Unscripted & Scripted Development and Production

WE TV

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Jason Ryan

Executive Producer

TV One

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WAIT LINE for Speed Pitching Sessions on Monday, January 25 (opens at 3:00pm EST)

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

WAIT LINE for the Monday, January 25th Speed Pitching Sessions will open at 3:00pm EST (one hour before the session start time)  

A separate WAIT LINE only for Realscreen Summit Marketplace+ Passholders: 
  • who did not make their Speed Pitching selections in advance (before online sign-up closed);
  • who did make their advance Speed Pitching selections, and would like to try to get additional Speed Pitching slots that may open up due to no-shows.
Wait line is first-come, first-served. No wait lists will be created. 

Tuesday, January 26

12:45pm

Speed Pitching - A&E, CNN, HGTV (12:45pm - 1:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Anna Bloomfield

VP, Development & Production

HGTV

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Marcie Hume

VP, Programming

A&E

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Katie Isaacson

Director of Development, CNN

CNN

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Speed Pitching - BET, CBC, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (12:45pm - 1:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.

Information on how to sign up will be emailed to registered delegates prior to the opening date.


Featuring:


Mimi Blanchard

Senior Director, Current Programming

BET Networks

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Havva Eisenbaum

VP, Development, Unscripted

OWN Oprah Winfrey Network

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Jessica Schmiedchen

Director of Development, Unscripted Content

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Speed Pitching - Discovery Channel, Vice TV (12:45pm - 1:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Bert Klasey

Sr Director Development, Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

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Tara Nadolny

Associate Director, Development, VICE TV

VICE

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Speed Pitching - National Geographic, NBC News Studios, Nickelodeon (12:45pm - 1:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Cooper J Brooks

Development Producer

National Geographic

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Mandel Ilagan

Vice President, Current & Development, Game Shows

Nickelodeon

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Nina Weinstein

Development Executive

NBC News Studios

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WAIT LINE for Speed Pitching Sessions on Tuesday, January 26 (opens at 11:45am EST)

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

WAIT LINE for the Tuesday, January 26th Speed Pitching Sessions will open at 11:45am EST (one hour before the session start time)  

A separate WAIT LINE only for Realscreen Summit Marketplace+ Passholders: 
  • who did not make their Speed Pitching selections in advance (before online sign-up closed);
  • who did make their advance Speed Pitching selections, and would like to try to get additional Speed Pitching slots that may open up due to no-shows.
Wait line is first-come, first-served. No wait lists will be created. 

Wednesday, January 27

2:45pm

Speed Pitching - American Public Television/Create TV, Corus Entertainment, Science Channel (2:45pm - 3:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Cynthia Fenneman

President Emeritus

APT Worldwide/American Public Television

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Andrea Griffith

VP, Content & Development, Kids & Family

Corus Entertainment Inc

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Andrew Lessner

Sr. Manager, Development and Production Tentpoles, Events and Live Discovery, TBS, TNT, SCI, APL, Tru

Science Channel

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Speed Pitching - CNBC, Snapchat, YouTube (2:45pm - 3:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Cara Casey

Development Lead

YouTube

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Dolyn Chasin

Sr. Director, Production & Development

CNBC

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Alex Leibow

Sr. Development Manager

Snapchat

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Speed Pitching - Motor Trend Group, Nat Geo WILD, TLC (2:45pm - 3:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Jennifer Gordon

VP, Development

TLC

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Jessie Springer

Manager of Development, Nat Geo WILD

National Geographic Channel

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Gabriel VanHuss

VP, Development & Programming

MotorTrend Network

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Speed Pitching - MTV International, MTV & VH1, Travel Channel & Paranormal on discovery+ (2:45pm - 3:45pm)

Sponsored by

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

Programming execs will be taking one-on-one, five-minute pitches!  Get coveted face time with top executives who have the power to greenlight your project.  

You may submit for the chance to meet up to three (3) Speed Pitching hosts, which will be available through our lottery-style selection process.


Featuring:


Maritza Chong-Qui

Manager of Development

Travel Channel

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Amanda Culkowski

Vice President, Music Program Development

MTV Networks International

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Rachel Tung

VP, Development

MTV/VH1

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WAIT LINE for Speed Pitching Sessions on Wednesday, January 27 (opens at 1:45pm EST)

*Included with your Marketplace+ pass

WAIT LINE for the Wednesday, January 27th Speed Pitching Sessions will open at 1:45pm EST (one hour before the session start time)  

A separate WAIT LINE only for Realscreen Summit Marketplace+ Passholders: 
  • who did not make their Speed Pitching selections in advance (before online sign-up closed);
  • who did make their advance Speed Pitching selections, and would like to try to get additional Speed Pitching slots that may open up due to no-shows.
Wait line is first-come, first-served. No wait lists will be created. 

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