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MONDAY, JANUARY 27 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
SHERATON NEW ORLEANS
Marriott Marquis | Washington, DC | Sunday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Agenda

Please note all times are in Central Time (CT)

Be sure to check back often as we will be adding more content and speakers as they are confirmed.

Pitch Meetings

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:


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Julie Chang

EVP, Business Strategy & Co-Productions

Blue Ant Media

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Erica Diaz-Gant

VP, Development

Investigation Discovery

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Shane Ertter

Manager of Development, VICE TV

VICE

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Sara Helman

VP, Production & Development, TLC

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Roger Henry

VP, Programming

MotorTrend Network

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Brad Holcman

Senior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming

A+E’s Home.Made.Nation

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Katie Isaacson

Director of Development, CNN

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Jessica Schmiedchen

Director of Development, Unscripted Content

CBC

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Joseph Schneier

SVP, Production & Development, Discovery Channel

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Nekia Seymore

Manager of Development, TBS, TNT & truTV

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Taye Shuayb

Executive Producer & Global Head of Studios & Content Development

Tastemade

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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

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Zara Frankel

Senior Director, Programming & Development

PBS

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Adriana Garcia

Director of Development

National Geographic Channel

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Duncan McIntosh

VP, Development, Alternative

FOX Entertainment

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Angela Polk

Vice President, Development

Hallmark Media

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Hayley Reynolds

Commissioning Editor, Documentaries & Factual

Sky TV

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Angelina Rivero

Director of Programming

Telemundo

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Brittinee Royes

VP, Unscripted Lifestyle & Docuseries

NBCUniversal Entertainment

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Jodi Scheer

Director, Production & Development, HGTV

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Jeff Simpson

Managing Director

BYUtv

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Adam Steinman

Production and Development

Walt Disney Television Alternative

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Dana Volkmer-Jones

Director, Programming & Development Food Network

Warner Bros. Discovery

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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

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Sean Collins

Channel Manager

Channel 4

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Erika Dilday

Executive Producer

American Documentary | POV

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Max Einhorn

SVP Acquisitions & Co-Productions

FilmRise

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Brad Holcman

Senior Director, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming

A+E’s Home.Made.Nation

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Andreas Lemos

Director, International Content

Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

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Nicola Lloyd

Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment

ITV

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Neil McDonald

VP, Nonfiction Development & Production

AMC Networks

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Duncan McIntosh

VP, Development, Alternative

FOX Entertainment

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Nekia Seymore

Manager of Development, TBS, TNT & truTV

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Taye Shuayb

Executive Producer & Global Head of Studios & Content Development

Tastemade

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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:


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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Harry Gamsu

VP, Creative, Format, Development and Sales

Warner Bros. Discovery Television Group

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Renata Lombardo

SVP, Development & Current Non-Scripted Programming

Scout Productions

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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.
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Tom Miyauchi

Head of Formats

Nippon TV

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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.
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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.
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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

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Susie Jones

Head of Factual

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fozia Khan

Head of Unscripted, UK

Amazon Studios

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Alexandre Marionneau

Head Of International Co-Production, Society & Culture

ARTE France

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Joseph Maxwell

Head of Unscripted

SBS

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Shaminder Nahal

Head of Specialist Factual

Channel 4

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Natasha Negrea

Head of Programming

TVO

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Jack Oliver

Head of Co-Productions

Sky

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Ralf Rückauer

Vice President Unscripted

ZDF Studios GmbH

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Philip Webb

COO

OUTtv Network Inc

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Shin Yasuda

Senior Producer

NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation

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Fabrizio Zappi

Head of Documentaries

RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana

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