Connected

Find new business opportunities via one-on-one speed meetings

PITCH | CO-PRODUCE | COLLABORATE

Welcome to the ConnectED Hub where delegates can research our hosts, request meetings and watch exclusive clips from industry experts giving insight into market trends and business opportunities in Europe and the UK. Meetings can't be guaranteed but we do our best to ensure delegates are allocated at least one and up to three ten-minute meetings from the number they've requested. Occasionally applicants are matched with a Host in the same field as person requested. For information about the event visit our FAQs.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

SPEED MEETINGS

REQUEST A MEETING

Commissioners, distributors and producers from the UK, US, Europe, Australia and Canada will be hosting speed meetings with delegates at the ConnectED Speed Meeting event at the Platform 5 Café throughout the Festival.

More Hosts will be added to the Hub between now and the Festival so keep checking back. Speed Meetings are ten-minute one-on-one meetings that give delegates a chance to pitch a project that we hope will start an on-going conversation. You can request as many as you like, but will be matched with up to three by our team.

Visit the Host Hub to discover our hosts’ wishlists and request a meeting that fits your project.

Closing date for requests: 09:00 August 12th 2019.

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CONNECT WITH...

THE GLOBAL TV INDUSTRY

International TV executives share their views on market trends, business opportunities and tax breaks available outside the UK.

Watch clips with international speed meeting hosts from Ireland, France, Germany and request to meet at the Festival. Hear from executives from the US, The Nordics, Luxembourg, Belgium and South Africa about business opportunities and soft monies available to producers.

As part of our China Focus, Qin Xiaoming, Deputy Director of International Distribution & Acquisition, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation and Charles Lei Founder & CEO Thunder Communications International share their experience of working in the Chinese TV market.

WATCH THE INTERVIEWS

2019 HOSTS PREVIEW - VISIT THE HOST HUB FOR FULL LINE-UP

Luci Sanan

SVP content Acquisitions & Strategy

Storylab

Looking for: Ambitious studio entertainment, strongly-formatted factual genres such as cooking, business, relationship & game shows.

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Tom Beck

Live Events & Commissioning Editor, Entertainment

CHANNEL 4

Looking for: Shows with female talent & big name talent vehicles for 9pm.

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PHILIP MCCREERY

Commissioning Executive, Factual & Fact Ent

UKTV

Looking for: Companies who can deliver fun, returnable, low-cost-high-volume fact-ent & factual obs-doc series with entertainment at their heart.

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ALISON KIRKHAM

CONTROLLER OF FACTUAL COMMISSIONING AND COMMISSIONER OF EVENTS

BBC

Looking for: Hours with scale and returnability

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Niamh Hargan

Attorney

SmithDehn LLP, USA

Looking for: People requiring legal advice related to producing content for the U.S. market.

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Samuel Kissous

President

Pernel Media

Looking for: Production companies who are looking for copro partners in France (access to French broadcasters & tax credits) – factual or scripted programming.

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Yvonne Jacob

Senior Commissioning Editor

BBC Books / Penguin Random House

Looking for: Indies who are keen to discuss book opportunities across their slates and those interested in bringing our books to the screen.

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'CONNECT WITH' INTERVIEWS : INSIGHT FROM INTERNATIONAL TV EXECS

USA

Carrie Stein, EVP Global Scripted TV Series, Kew Media

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IRELAND

Dermot Horan, Director of Acquisitions & Coproduction, RTE

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THE NORDICS

Jan Salling, Head of Nordic Productions, BBC Studios

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france

Emmanuelle Guilbart, CEO and Co-funder APC Studios

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LUXEMBOURG

Nicolas Steil, President & CEO, The Iris Group

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ICELAND

Hordur Runarsson, Co-founder Glassriver Productions

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EUROPE

Bo Stehmeier, President, Red Arrow Studios International

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CHINA

Charles Lei, Founder & CEO, Thunder Communications International

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Nicky Davies Williams, CEO, DCD Rights

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BELGIUM

Elly Vervloet, International Drama Executive, VRT

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GLOBAL PRODUCERS

Tim Mutimer, CEO, Banijay Rights

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IRELAND

Larry Bass, CEO ShinAwiL

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FINLAND

Timo Vierimaa, Founder, Funfar Films Oy

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SOUTH AFRICA

Witney Tucker, Head of Scripted and Acquisitions, NV Studios

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CHINA

Qin Xiaoming, Deputy Director of International Distribution & Acquisition, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation

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CANADA

Solange Attwood, EVP International, Blue Ant Media

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Clare Laycock, VP Head of channels TLC & ID, Discovery Networks UK & Ireland

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FAQs

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