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Monday, January 29

2:30pm

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: Table host Julie Chang EVP, Business Strategy & Co-Productions Blue Ant Media Table host Erica Diaz-Gant VP, Development Investigation Discovery Table host Shane Ertter Manager of Development, VICE TV VICE Table host Sara Helman VP, Production & Development, TLC Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Roger Henry VP, Programming MotorTrend Network Table host Brad Holcman Senior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming A+E’s Home.Made.Nation Table host Katie Isaacson Senior Director CNN Original Series Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Jessica Schmiedchen Director of Development, Unscripted Content CBC Table host Joseph Schneier SVP, Production & Development, Discovery Channel Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Nekia Seymore Manager of Development, TBS, TNT & truTV Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Fatih Shuayb Executive Producer & Global Head of Studios & Content Development Tastemade

Tuesday, January 30

10:45am

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: Table host Lisa Marie Angelo Director, Development & Original Production, Unscripted ALLBLK/WEtv Table host Zara Frankel Senior Director, Programming & Development PBS Table host Adriana Garcia Director of Development National Geographic Channel Table host Duncan McIntosh VP, Development, Alternative FOX Entertainment Table host Angela Polk Vice President, Development Hallmark Media Table host Hayley Reynolds Commissioning Editor, Documentaries & Factual Sky TV Table host Angelina Rivero Director of Programming Telemundo Table host Brittinee Royes VP, Unscripted Lifestyle & Docuseries NBCUniversal Entertainment Table host Jodi Scheer Director, Production & Development, HGTV Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Jeff Simpson Managing Director BYUtv Table host Adam Steinman Production and Development Walt Disney Television Alternative Table host Dana Volkmer-Jones Director, Programming & Development Food Network Warner Bros. Discovery

1:45pm

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: Table host Ninder Billing Vice President, Unscripted International Co-Productions A+E Networks UK Table host Sean Collins Channel Manager Channel 4 Table host Erika Dilday Executive Producer American Documentary | POV Table host Max Einhorn Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Innovations FilmRise Table host Brad Holcman Senior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming A+E’s Home.Made.Nation Table host Andreas Lemos Director, International Content Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA Table host Nicola Lloyd Creative Director ITV Table host Neil McDonald VP, Nonfiction Development & Production AMC Networks Table host Duncan McIntosh VP, Development, Alternative FOX Entertainment Table host Nekia Seymore Manager of Development, TBS, TNT & truTV Warner Bros. Discovery Table host Fatih Shuayb Executive Producer & Global Head of Studios & Content Development Tastemade

Wednesday, January 31

10:45am

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: Table host Roy Aalderink Founder & 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. Table host Koulla Anastasi Commercial 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. Table host Eliya Arman Executive 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. Table host Andrew Farrell Head 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. Table host Andrea Gabourie President & 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. Table host Harry Gamsu VP, Creative, Format, Development and Sales Warner Bros. Discovery Television Group Table host Renata Lombardo SVP, Development & Current Non-Scripted Programming Scout Productions Table host Julie Meldal-Johnsen EVP, 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. Table host Tom Miyauchi Head of Formats Nippon TV Table host Joe Rivadeneira SVP, 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. Table host Anouk van Dijk Head 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.

2:45pm

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: Table host Iwan England Head of Unscripted Programming S4C International Table host Susie Jones Head of Factual Australian Broadcasting Corporation Table host Fozia Khan Head of Unscripted, UK Amazon Studios Table host Alexandre Marionneau Head Of International Co-Production, Society & Culture ARTE France Table host Joseph Maxwell Head of Unscripted SBS Table host Shaminder Nahal Head of Specialist Factual Channel 4 Table host Natasha Negrea Head of Programming TVO Table host Jack Oliver Head of Co-Productions Sky Table host Ralf Rückauer Vice President Unscripted ZDF Studios GmbH Table host Philip Webb COO OUTtv Network Inc Table host Shin Yasuda Senior Producer NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation Table host Fabrizio Zappi Head of Documentaries RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana