Welcome to the ConnectED Hub where delegates can request speed meetings with commissioners, producers, distributors and TV specialists and get involved with our new genre-focussed networking opportunities for 2020. For details about the event visit our FAQs.
Hosts for ConnectED 2020 will be announced from late May 2020.
Our Host Hub will be live from late May 2020. View host profiles and wishlists and use the simple online form to request meetings with the 90 national and international commissioners, distributors and producers who will hosting speed meetings at the Platform 5 Café throughout the Festival.
Speed Meetings are ten-minute one-on-one meetings that we hope will start an on-going conversation. You can request as many as you like and we will do our best to match you with up to three who fit with your project.
ConnectED attracts top executives from the UK TV industry and also provides exciting opportunities to meet with commissioners and financiers from the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, China and beyond. Previous years we have welcomed executives from AMC, CBC, A+E Networks, ABC Australia, ZDF, France Television, Epix and Vice.
Check back for details of our international delegations, panel sessions and ConnectED welcome breakfast as well as details of new genre-focussed networking opportunities.
Looking for: I’d like to meet small to medium Indies based in England outside London who want to work with BBC England. I like new talent, ideas for England that might work for BBC Three or BBC Four
Looking for: Looking for formats and cast-led shows that must feel bold, daring and fresh.
Looking for: We focus on high-stakes crime (which primarily means murder) though we don’t rule out all kinds of impactful crime – e.g. double lives, cults, survivor stories, etc.
Looking for: Half hour and one hour documentaries, one-offs and series. Politics, economics and social issues, current affairs.
Looking for: Anyone requiring legal advice related to producing content for the U.S. market. This might include business affairs matters such as advice as to the negotiation of a PSA with U.S networks (and/or indeed streaming platforms such as Netflix or Amazon) or advice on U.S. distribution deals.
Looking for: Co-producers developing universal stories that must be able play with our local audiences in Northern Ireland, likewise, creative formats that can connect particularly with our younger audiences.
Looking for: Acquiring Rights of Paper Formats, co-producing series, sourcing talent – content creators, writers, showrunners etc.
Qin Xiaoming, Deputy Director of International Distribution & Acquisition, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation
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