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Speaker Will Stapley
As Head of Acquisitions Will is responsible for managing and developing the scripted and unscripted acquisitions strategy at Abacus Media Rights, one of the UK’s leading distribution companies. Will works closely with international producers assisting with deficit financing and co-productions as well as feeding back and advising on editorial.
Will has worked in international distribution for 15 years on both the sales and acquisitions side in all territories worldwide. He was previously Head of Acquisitions and Partnerships at UK distributor TVF International where he collaborated on more than 2,000 hours of programming from award-winning producers across the globe, also acting as Exec Producer on several productions. Prior to this, Will spent six years heading up the TVF Asia Pacific Team where he oversaw sales, acquisitions and partnerships across the region, brokering various financing, format and coproduction deals.
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