Connected | DIGITAL EDITION 2020

HOST LISTING

A stellar line-up of speed meeting hosts is available in the lead-up to the Online Festival. Digital pass holders can request speed meetings, which we arrange and manage on Zoom, with our hosts below.

ConnectEDigital @ Edinburgh TV Festival Online – August 24-27, 2020
Host Database Launches Wednesday 15th July, 2020

From Monday August 24 – Thursday August 27 Digital Pass holders will have the opportunity to request meetings with 20 decision makers at BBC, BBC Three, Channel 4, Sky, ITV and many more. Genres will span drama, documentary, factual entertainment and popular factual, short-form, daytime and early peak, comedy with more to come.

All our speed meetings are scheduled according to the host’s availability so please ensure you will be available during their one hour slot before requesting meetings. We will do our best to confirm at least one of your requests but cannot guarantee that you will secure a meeting.

CLOSED FOR REQUESTS

Carolyn Payne, Commissioning Editor, National Geographic

Thursday 16 July - 11.00 - 12.00

Carolyn works across specialist factual & documentary and is looking for commissions for the global National Geographic channel. Our main need currently is returnable series.

She oversees : 9/11 – in production
Inside North Korea’s Dynasty
Fiennes Return to the Nile
Gathering Storm
Lost Treasure of Egypt
Europe From Above

WLTM: Companies that have ideas for returnable series that would work well for both a US and international audience.

Applications close on Tuesday 14 July at 17.00

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OPEN FOR REQUESTS

Dan Grabiner, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Studios

Thursday 23 July | 14.00 - 15.00

Dan is responsible for Amazon Originals for Prime Video across unscripted which includes documentary, factual entertainment, entertainment, formats, specialist factual. He oversees shows such as The Grand Tour, All or Nothing, James May: Our Man in Japan and would like to meet producers interested in creating highly ambitious, premium unscripted Originals for Prime Video.

Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 21st July.

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OPEN FOR REQUESTS

Louise Thornton, Commissioning Editor, Digital, Social & Youth BBC

Thursday 30 July | 15.00 - 16.00

To find out more about commissioning requirements across comedy, factual, arts, music and podcasts visit the BBC Scotland website.

Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 28th July.

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OPEN FOR REQUESTS

Screen Scotland – Executive Team & Screen Commission

Thursday 6 August | 15.00 – 16.00

Screen Scotland works across all genres – scripted, unscripted, live action, animated, children’s content.

WLTM:
Members of the Screen Scotland executive team (funding, development, skills, audiences) and screen commission team (locations, crew, studio space, filming in Scotland) are here to discuss queries from producers and production companies, about developing new projects, facilitating co-productions, bringing a project to film in Scotland, and companies outside Scotland looking to connect with producers in Scotland.
Our strategic capacity is expanding, with new team members Dani Carlaw as Head of Unscripted, Kieran Hannigan as Head of Scripted and Steven Little as Head of Production, joining recent appointments Louise Acheson as Head of Business and Market Development and Sambrooke Scott as Head of Audience Development.

Depending on the nature of your query, an appropriate member of the Screen Scotland team will be happy to meet you.

Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 4th August.

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PREVIOUS 2020 HOSTS

- Simon Nelson, Development Executive, BBC Writersroom
- Adam Barker, Channel Executive BBC TWO
- Charlotte Reid, Head of Commissioning, L&E, Discovery UK
- Emma Westcott, Commissioning Editor, Factual, Channel 5
- Paul Hembury & Helen O’Donnell, TalentWorks BBC Studios
- Daniel Korn,VP Programming, A+E Networks UK
- Romy Page, Commissioning Executive, Discovery
- Helen Nightingale, Senior Commissioning Editor, UKTV
- Gabriel Silver, Commissioning Editor, Drama, Sky
- Kevin O'Brien, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, ITV
- Luke Hyams, Head of Originals EMEA, Youtube
- Fozia Khan, Commissioning Editor, Documentaries, Channel 4
- Chloe Tucker, Commissioning Editor, ITV
- Syeda Irtizaali, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, BBC

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