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Sunday, January 28
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Monday, January 29
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Continental Breakfast (Delegate Lounge) (8:00am - 10:00am)Delegate Lounge (8:00am - 7:00pm)Napoleon Ballroom Registration (8:00AM-7:00PM) |
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Speed Networking - One (8:30am - 9:30am)Sponsored by  Rhythms I These networking sessions are designed for you to meet many unscripted and non-fiction executives in a short, speed-dating style. Speed Networking is open to all Realscreen Summit delegates and is NOT a pitch session. Access to Speed Networking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is filled. |
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Keynote Conversation: Rob Mills, ABC Entertainment & Hulu Originals (9:45am - 10:45am)Sponsored by Grand Ballroom C/D/E In this special interview, Rob Mills will offer valuable insights to Disney Entertainment Television’s multiplatform approach to alternative programming, and harnessing the power of unscripted television to cut through an increasingly crowded content landscape. Featuring:
   
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| 10:45am |
Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (10:45am - 11:00am)Sponsored by  |
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State of the Unscripted Nation: Innovating Through Challenge (11:00am - 12:00pm)Sponsored by  Grand Ballroom C/D/E It’s no secret that the unscripted business is facing huge challenges – some that are exacerbated by those hitting the entertainment industry at large, and some that are unique. But while those challenges have been difficult, and will perhaps remain so for the foreseeable future, all sectors of the unscripted content world are looking at ways to innovate, collaborate and explore new models that will change the business for the better. Here, top executives from across the industry will share their strategies for riding out the storm, and their insights on how new approaches to collaboration, ownership and distribution of content will shape the business going forward. Featuring:
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| 12:00pm |
Lunch (Armstrong Ballroom) (12:00pm - 1:30pm) |
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Meet a Distributor (12:15pm - 1:30pm)Rodrigue Gallery Advance sign-up was required. We’ve assembled some of the top distributors in unscripted and non-fiction entertainment and made them available for you to meet with over lunch. Sign up to find out what these industry experts can offer you and your production. Sign-ups opened Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 am EST and closed Friday, January 26 at 5:00 pm EST. Featuring:
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Laetitia Giansily-DoyleDevelopment, Sales & Strategic Partnerships, North America Terranoa US 
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Getting It Made, Getting Paid (1:30pm - 2:15pm)Sponsored by  Grand Ballroom A/B The old model — you know, the one from 18 months ago — was all about getting the greenlight. Now, with the commissioning process compromised by myriad factors, it’s about getting the green… the money to get your project off the page and into production, with or without a commissioner on board. Rather than wait for the commissioning chill to thaw, producers that have built businesses through ‘work for hire’ are increasingly shifting to the ‘make it and sell it’ approach that has been the tried-and-true model for international content creators and distributors. Here, you’ll meet execs who will share the latest developments in international distribution, and experts who can help you navigate the many emerging avenues for funding factual and unscripted content. Moderating:
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30 Minutes With: Max Micallef, History Channel (1:30pm - 2:00pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
Genre Jams - Natural History (1:30pm - 2:15pm)Bayside C Learn what's on the horizon for some of the hottest unscripted genres. Hear about future plans and priorities from a mini panel of production and network execs, followed by audience Q&A. Featuring:
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International Spotlight: United Kingdom (2:30pm - 3:15pm)Grand Ballroom A/B Approaching the unscripted and non-fiction content business through a global lens, with these spotlights you’ll meet leading commissioners and content executives from various territories around the world, and learn more about their programming strategies, as well as coproduction and co-development opportunities. Moderating:
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Speed Pitching - One (2:30pm - 3:30pm)Rhythms II & III Advance sign-up was required. Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Brad HolcmanSenior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming A+E’s Home.Made.Nation 
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30 Minutes With: David Stefanou, Hallmark Media (2:45pm - 3:15pm)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
30 Minutes With: Nicole Vogel, Lifetime (2:45pm - 3:15pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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| 3:15pm |
Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (3:15pm - 3:30pm)Sponsored by |
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Risk and Reward: Pitching and Programming Big, Bold Ideas (3:30pm - 4:15pm)Grand Ballroom A/B In a time of austerity measures and audience engagement/retention challenges, conventional wisdom dictates that sticking with the tried-and-true that’s a known draw for your viewers is fiscally prudent. But taking the “big swing” can result in bigger home runs, and building buzz doesn’t always mean breaking the bank. This session brings together the producers, programmers and development execs who are managing to turn innovative new concepts into hits, to share how they overcame budgetary constraints to grow their audience in creative ways. Moderating:
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30 Minutes With: Angela Molloy, WEtv (3:45pm - 4:15pm)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
30 Minutes With: Sean Gottlieb, A&E (3:45pm - 4:15pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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Inside Nat Geo with Tom McDonald, EVP, Global Factual & Unscripted (4:30pm - 5:15pm)Grand Ballroom A/B Take a deep dive into Nat Geo and its ambitious plans for its unscripted and non-fiction slate via a special keynote conversation at the upcoming Realscreen Summit with Tom McDonald, Executive Vice President of Global Factual and Unscripted Content for National Geographic. With his team overseeing more than 300 hours of programming a year, McDonald will share with the Summit audience details about the network’s commitment to ushering in fresh takes on natural history, science and adventure programming for Nat Geo’s multi-generational and global audiences, and how it looks to international producers to deliver on that commitment. For this keynote session, Tom McDonald will preview several upcoming series, and will be interviewed by Wild State co-founder and producer Benjamin Grayson. Moderating:
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Realscreen Summit Opening Night Party (Armstrong Ballroom) (5:30pm - 7:00pm) |
Tuesday, January 30
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast (Delegate Lounge) (8:00am - 10:00am)Delegate Lounge (8:00am - 6:00pm)Napoleon Ballroom Registration (8:00AM-6:00PM) |
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Breakfast With... (8:15am - 9:15am)Rodrigue Gallery Advance sign-up was required. An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over continental breakfast & coffee. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Sign-ups opened Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 am EST and closed Friday, January 26 at 5:00 pm EST. Featuring:
Speed Networking - Two (8:15am - 9:15am)Sponsored by Rhythms I These networking sessions are designed for you to meet many unscripted and non-fiction executives in a short, speed-dating style. Speed Networking is open to all Realscreen Summit delegates and is NOT a pitch session. Access to Speed Networking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is filled. |
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Keynote Conversation: Nancy Abraham & Lisa Heller, HBO Documentary Films (9:45am - 10:30am)Grand Ballroom C/D/E Join Realscreen Hall of Fame 2024 inductees Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller for a keynote conversation where they will discuss the ingredients that make for captivating HBO docs, their approach to building noteworthy slates year upon year, and their thoughts on the current challenges and opportunities facing the documentary industry. Featuring:
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| 10:30am |
Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (10:30am - 10:45am)Sponsored by |
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International Spotlight: Asia-Pacific (10:45am - 11:30am)Grand Ballroom A/B Approaching the unscripted and non-fiction content business through a global lens, with these spotlights you’ll meet leading commissioners and content executives from various territories around the world, and learn more about their programming strategies, as well as coproduction and co-development opportunities. Featuring:
Speed Pitching - Two (10:45am - 11:45am)Rhythms II & III Advance sign-up was required. Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Dana Volkmer-JonesDirector, Programming & Development Food Network Warner Bros. Discovery |
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30 Minutes With: Drew Tappon, OWN (11:00am - 11:30am)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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Sizing Up Social Content (11:45am - 12:30pm)Grand Ballroom A/B Top social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube are shaping how younger audiences consume and interact with content, and while many unscripted properties (and the talent that propels them) are part of that ecosystem, there is still a wealth of opportunity to be explored – be it uncovering IP and partnering with talent that can potentially translate across platforms, or using social content as a development lab to create your own brands. This session brings together platform programmers, social content mavens and social-savvy producers to outline the steps towards greater, and possibly lucrative, social content consciousness. Moderating:
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Genre Jams - True Crime (11:45am - 12:30pm)Bayside C Learn what's on the horizon for some of the hottest unscripted genres. Hear about future plans and priorities from a mini panel of production and network execs, followed by audience Q&A. Featuring:
Koulla AnastasiCommercial Director Woodcut Media At Woodcut Media, we are looking to partner with like-minded producers with unique stories to tell in our key areas of specialist factual, true crime and premium docs. We bring exceptional production expertise and co-funding opportunities through our distribution arm, Woodcut International.
Julie Meldal-JohnsenEVP, Global Content ITV Studios At ITV Studios we are actively looking for content in the specialist factual genre from history told in a new angle, natural history, engineering, science, space exploration as well as more populist factual entertainment. We are open to hear concepts from the very start, to look at different finance models with you and work on best solutions. We are excited about all content, and would love to tell your story with you.
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30 Minutes With: Jenna Rosa & Isaac Ahn, NBCUniversal: Lifestyle, True Crime & Docuseries (12:00pm - 12:30pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
Isaac AhnSr. Director, Unscripted Development, Lifestyle, Documentary, & True Crime NBCUniversal Entertainment 
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Lunch (Armstrong Ballroom) (12:30pm - 1:45pm)Lunch With... (12:30pm - 1:45pm)Rodrigue Gallery Advance sign-up was required. An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over lunch. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Dana Volkmer-JonesDirector, Programming & Development Food Network Warner Bros. Discovery |
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Super FAST Channel Panel (1:45pm - 2:30pm)Grand Ballroom A/B As content consumption models continue to evolve, more and more eyes are fixating on FAST channels and the ability to create new revenue streams for library content. And it’s not just networks that are moving into the FAST lane – producers and distributors who have multiple seasons of popular series (and the rights to those hours) are also building channels of their own. This session will explore where the opportunities are now in the FAST market for legacy and original content, and where it’s headed next. Moderating:
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Katrina KowalskiSenior Vice President, International Content Programming & Acquisitions, Pluto TV Paramount 
Speed Pitching - Three (1:45pm - 2:45pm)Rhythms II & III Advance sign-up was required. Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Brad HolcmanSenior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming A+E’s Home.Made.Nation 
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30 Minutes With: Leela Pon, Fox Alternative Entertainment (2:00pm - 2:30pm)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
30 Minutes With: Sara Helman, TLC (2:00pm - 2:30pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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| 2:30pm |
Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (2:30pm - 2:45pm)Sponsored by |
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Day of the Docbuster (2:45pm - 3:30pm)Grand Ballroom A/B While the content climate is currently challenging for buyers and sellers alike, the demand for programming that cuts through the clutter continues unabated. And some of the most buzzworthy work is coming in the form of what some call “pop docs”, or the “docbuster” – limited docuseries events that have as their main aim the grabbing of eyeballs and not necessarily Oscars (although those are nice, too). Here, producers and programmers will share their thoughts on what's working where, and why -- from profiles of pop culture icons to "stranger than fiction" true stories -- and what subject matter might be next in line for the 'docbuster' treatment in the near future. Moderating:
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30 Minutes With: Betsy Slenzak, The CW (3:00pm - 3:30pm)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
30 Minutes With: Joseph Schneier, Discovery Channel (3:00pm - 3:30pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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| 3:30pm |
2024 Realscreen Awards Cocktail (3:30pm - 4:00pm)Sponsored by  Grand Ballroom C/D/E |
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2024 Realscreen Awards Ceremony (4:00pm - 5:30pm)Sponsored by Grand Ballroom C/D/E Hosted by Emmy® Award-nominated entertainment journalist Scott Evans, the Realscreen Awards will pay tribute to outstanding content from around the world at the industry’s global celebration of excellence in non-fiction and unscripted entertainment. Featuring:
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Wednesday, January 31
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast (Delegate Lounge) (8:00am - 10:00am)Delegate Lounge (8:00am - 6:00pm)Napoleon Ballroom Registration (8:00AM-6:00PM) |
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Breakfast With... (8:15am - 9:15am)Rodrigue Gallery Advance sign-up was required. An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over continental breakfast & coffee. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Sign-ups opened Wednesday, December 6 at 11:00 am EST and closed Friday, January 26 at 5:00 pm EST. Featuring:
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Five Steps to Conquering Media in 2025 and Beyond, with Julia Alexander, Parrot Analytics (9:45am - 10:30am)Grand Ballroom C/D/E Julia Alexander, Director of Strategy at Parrot Analytics and Analyst at Puck News, joins Realscreen Summit to provide her Big Projections for the Future of Unscripted Media. The talk will include exclusive data pertaining to topics including fluctuating demand and supply trends for unscripted programming both domestically and internationally, a state of the union look at key players in a consolidating market, white space opportunities for different types of subgenres within unscripted programming across film and television, the question of whether sports docuseries are a long play or a short term bubble, and more. Featuring:
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Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (10:30am - 10:45am)Sponsored by |
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Inside the Format Lab - Exploring Talpa Studios' Formula for Success (10:45am - 11:30am)Grand Ballroom A/B Founded by John de Mol, creator of such world-beating formats as The Voice and Big Brother, Netherlands-headquartered Talpa Studios is a major force in global unscripted entertainment, with creativity and innovation woven through its DNA, and guided by the motto: “Dream big and move fast.” Here, you’ll get a special glimpse behind the curtain to find out more about the company’s creative processes, ranging from the inner workings of its Format Lab and “Content Wheel” to its approaches to creative partnerships and global distribution. Featuring:
Pitching Partners (10:45am - 11:45am)Rhythms II & III Advance sign-up was required. Production company execs, each at their own tables, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches from potential production partners. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Roy AalderinkFounder & CEO Concept Street Concept Street is looking for loud ideas in the reality and factual entertainment space. We’re looking for formatted concepts in the dating space, social experiments, competition reality and ideas that are or can be turned into a high-volume stripped daily.
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Koulla AnastasiCommercial Director Woodcut Media At Woodcut Media, we are looking to partner with like-minded producers with unique stories to tell in our key areas of specialist factual, true crime and premium docs. We bring exceptional production expertise and co-funding opportunities through our distribution arm, Woodcut International.
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Eliya ArmanExecutive Producer WAG Entertainment Wag is a factual and specialist factual producer working for broadcasters in the uk, US and internationally. We are looking for mind blowing true crime ltd series with great archive or access, access based male skewing factual, blue light access ideas and anything that looks at rehabilitation of ex-convicts, re-entering society.
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Andrew FarrellHead of Factual CJZ One of Australia's largest indies, CJZ has eclectic tastes. If a project inspires us creatively and we think it can find a path to audience somewhere in the world we will give it a go. From True Crime to Sports Access to Specialist Factual. We are open to producing partnerships with smaller players & individuals who have big ideas that may work in Australia and/or The World.
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Andrea GabouriePresident & Executive Producer FORTE Entertainment FORTÉ Entertainment is an Emmy Award-winning prodco active across multiple genres. In the unscripted space we are looking for high quality, premium factual series with access to IP, lifestyle concepts with fresh talent and new spins on the competition reality model.
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Harry GamsuVP, Creative, Format, Development and Sales Warner Bros. Discovery Television Group 
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Julie Meldal-JohnsenEVP, Global Content ITV Studios At ITV Studios we are actively looking for content in the specialist factual genre from history told in a new angle, natural history, engineering, science, space exploration as well as more populist factual entertainment. We are open to hear concepts from the very start, to look at different finance models with you and work on best solutions. We are excited about all content, and would love to tell your story with you.
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Joe RivadeneiraSVP, Development & Production Beyond Productions Beyond Productions has a major expertise in true crime, lifestyle (especially renovation and food), dating, social experiments, popular science, automotive programming and the team has produced popular series such as Emmy Award-nominated MythBusters for Discovery, My Lottery Dream Home for HGTV, Back in the Groove for Hulu and Deadly Women for ID. We are looking for more of what we are known for in the spaces above.
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Anouk van DijkHead of Sales & Co-Productions Quintus Media The main areas Quintus Media is looking to commission into are Prisons, Tough Jobs, Dangerous Journey, Mysterious Locations, Subcultures and Survival. Check out their top performing videos at https://www.youtube.com/@FreeDocumentary for more on what works for Quintus.
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30 Minutes With: Shelby Shaftel & Kristina Edwards, NBCUniversal: Competition & Formats (11:00am - 11:30am)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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International Spotlight: Europe (11:45am - 12:30pm)Grand Ballroom A/B Approaching the unscripted and non-fiction content business through a global lens, with these spotlights you’ll meet leading commissioners and content executives from various territories around the world, and learn more about their programming strategies, as well as coproduction and co-development opportunities. Moderating:
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Genre Jams - Lifestyle (11:45am - 12:30pm)Bayside C Learn what's on the horizon for some of the hottest unscripted genres. Hear about future plans and priorities from a mini panel of production and network execs, followed by audience Q&A. Featuring:
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30 Minutes With: Lyle Gamm, CNN (12:00pm - 12:30pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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Lunch (Armstrong Ballroom) (12:30pm - 1:45pm)Lunch With... (12:30pm - 1:45pm)Rodrigue Gallery Advance sign-up was required. An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over lunch. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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30 Minutes With: Angela Aguilera, BET Networks (2:00pm - 2:30pm)Bayside B No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
30 Minutes With: Sydney Clover, National Geographic Channel (2:00pm - 2:30pm)Bayside C No sign-up is required, seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis until we reach room capacity. Hear from some of the most in-demand unscripted buyers and commissioners talking candidly about their programming strategies, plans, and priorities in an intimate and interactive (off-the-record) session. Seating is limited to 75 delegates. Adding this session to your agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (2:30pm - 2:45pm)Sponsored by |
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AI…. Practically Speaking (2:45pm - 3:30pm)Grand Ballroom A/B While some of the headlines concerning AI and its potential uses in television production might err on the side of sensational, the truth is that AI can be, and indeed has been, used in myriad ways to both simplify and augment the production process. From camera work to archive colorization, and from voice cloning and dubbing to algorithmic editing, AI tools can ramp up productivity and creativity. Here, you’ll meet unscripted executives and AI developers who will show you how – and why – you should be working with the tech now, as well as the policies and guidelines being developed to shape its usage. Moderating:
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Slow Pitching (2:45pm - 3:45pm)Rhythms II & III Advance sign-up was required. Let’s slow things down and get a little more time to connect. In this session, programming execs will take one-on-one, eight-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight. Lottery opened on Wednesday, January 3 at 11:00 AM EST, and closed on Monday, January 8 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results were emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 10 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups opened Wednesday, January 10 at 5:00 PM EST, and closed on Friday, January 26 at 5:00 PM EST. Featuring:
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Summit Showdown (3:45pm - 4:45pm)Grand Ballroom C/D/E Realscreen Summit's annual international pitch competition is back. Watch this year’s six finalists battle it out on stage for the chance to walk away with development deals from either NBCUniversal or Food Network. Featuring:
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Cocktails With... Food Network & HGTV (5:00pm - 5:45pm)Bayside C Chat over drinks with leading unscripted and non-fiction execs in a setting that aims to loosen up the networking vibe and help you make deeper connections. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Space is limited to 25 delegates. No sign-up required, spots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis until we reach room capacity. Adding this session to your personal agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
Cocktails With…NBCUniversal Entertainment (5:00pm - 5:45pm)Bayside B Chat over drinks with leading unscripted and non-fiction execs in a setting that aims to loosen up the networking vibe and help you make deeper connections. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity. Space is limited to 25 delegates. No sign-up required, spots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis until we reach room capacity. Adding this session to your personal agenda does NOT guarantee your spot, so be sure to show up a bit early. Featuring:
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Thursday, February 1
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast (Delegate Lounge) (8:00am - 10:00am)Delegate Lounge (8:00am - 12:00pm)Napoleon Ballroom Registration (8:00AM-12:00PM) |
| 10:00am |
What’s the Deal? How Dealmaking is Changing in the Streaming Era (10:00am - 10:45am)Grand Ballroom A/B Labor strife, changing viewership habits and consolidation and contraction within the entertainment industry are all set to reshape the dealmaking process. From series orders to rights to residuals, and many points between, dealmaking is evolving, and knowing the changes underway is smart business. Here, a crack team of legal experts, producers and network execs will explore what dealmaking will look like in the very near future, and offer guidance on how you should be structuring projects as streaming rewrites the deal memo. Moderating:
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| 10:45am |
Networking Coffee Break (Delegate Lounge & 5th Floor Foyer) (10:45am - 11:00am)Sponsored by |
| 11:00am |
Trendwatch ‘24-‘25 (11:00am - 11:45am)Grand Ballroom A/B Forewarned is forearmed, as they say, and when it comes to uncovering the content trends that will shape schedules for the year ahead, the more you know, the better. Join our panelists from multiple territories and across the unscripted content spectrum as they share their thoughts on what subjects and sub-genres will be ripe for exploration, and what cultural and societal trends and touchpoints in the zeitgeist are informing their development slates. Featuring:
Bridgette TheriaultSVP, Programming & Development, Warner Horizon / Development, Telepictures Warner Bros. Discovery |
