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  • Monday, January 25, 2021
  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
  • Wednesday, January 27, 2021
  • Thursday, January 28, 2021
  • Friday, January 29, 2021
  • Monday, February 1, 2021
  • Tuesday, February 2, 2021
  • Wednesday, February 3, 2021
  • Thursday, February 4, 2021
  • k keynotes
  • m marketplacedelegatelounge
  • p panels
  • 3 30minuteswith
  • c coffeewith
  • c cocktailswith
  • p pitchingpartners
  • s speedpitching
  • m meetanexpert
  • s speednetworking
  • r realscreenawards

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Monday, January 25


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

*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.

Speaking


Katie Ozog

Senior Development Manager

Investigation Discovery

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Lauren Frasca

SVP, Content & Strategy, Magnolia Network

Magnolia Network

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Rob Burk

Head of Original Content

CuriosityStream

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Speed Pitching - Food Network & Cooking Channel, History Channel, Lifetime
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

*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.

Speaking


Nicole Vogel

VP, Unscripted Programming & Development

Lifetime

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Brooke Townsend

Sr. Director, Non-Fiction Programming & Development

History

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Dana Volkmer-Jones

Director, Programming & Development Food Network

Food Network

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Speed Pitching - Game Show Network, Oxygen
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

*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.

Speaking


Sean Olsen

VP, Development

Game Show Network

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Brittinee Royes

VP, Unscripted Programming & Development

E! and Oxygen

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Speed Pitching - PBS, TV One, WEtv
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

*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.

Speaking


Ashley McFarlin

VP, Unscripted & Scripted Development and Production

WE TV

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Zara Frankel

Senior Director, Programming & Development

PBS

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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)
4:00 PM-5:00 PM

*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


12:45 PM
Speed Pitching - A&E, CNN, HGTV
12:45 PM-1:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


Katie Isaacson

Senior Director CNN Original Series

CNN

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Marcie Hume

VP, Programming

A&E

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Anna Bloomfield

VP, Development & Production

HGTV

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Speed Pitching - BET, CBC, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
12:45 PM-1:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


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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Mimi Blanchard

Senior Director, Current Programming

BET Networks

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Speed Pitching - Discovery Channel, Vice TV
12:45 PM-1:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


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
12:45 PM-1:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


Mandel Ilagan

Vice President, Current & Development, Game Shows

Nickelodeon

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Nina Weinstein

Executive Producer

NBC News Studios

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Cooper J Brooks

Development Director

National Geographic

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WAIT LINE for Speed Pitching Sessions on Tuesday, January 26 (opens at 11:45am EST)
12:45 PM-1:45 PM

*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


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

*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.

Speaking


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. Director, Development/Producer

Science Channel

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Speed Pitching - CNBC, Snapchat, YouTube
2:45 PM-3:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


Cara Casey

Development Lead

YouTube

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Alex Leibow

Sr. Development Manager

Snapchat

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Dolyn Chasin

Unscripted Originals

CNBC

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Speed Pitching - Motor Trend Group, Nat Geo WILD, TLC
2:45 PM-3:45 PM

*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.

Speaking


Jennifer Gordon

VP, Development

TLC

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Gabriel VanHuss

VP, Development & Programming

MotorTrend Network

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Jessie Springer

Manager of Development, Nat Geo WILD

National Geographic Channel

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

*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.

Speaking


Maritza Chong-Qui

Manager of Development

Travel Channel

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Amanda Culkowski

Vice President of Music Program Development & Documentaries at MTV/Paramount+

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)
2:45 PM-3:45 PM

*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.