Speed meeting hosts from broadcasters, producers and distributors across the UK and internationally will be announced via weekly newsletters, and their profiles will be available to view below and meetings requested online as in previous years.
The ConnectED team will manage the sessions via videocall on Zoom and all digital delegates will be eligible to apply for one of the slots. You can request as many as you like and we will do our best to match you with up to those who fit with your project.
Meetings are scheduled according to the host’s availability so please ensure you will be available during their 1 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.
Romy works across Discovery’s Lifestyle & Entertainment channels and her genre is factual entertainment.
WLTM: “Producers who love the content that we make and are passionate about making shows with us, and who are brimming with great ideas that they believe will resonate with our audience.”
Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 2nd June.
Helen commissions brand new and exciting factual and factual entertainment content across all commissioning channels on the network. She develops, pitches and executive produces projects and manages relationships with indies, agents and talent to ensure UKTV gets – and keeps – the very best ideas.
WLTM: “Passionate programme makers with great ideas. People who are as obsessed with TV as I am. People who can roll with the punches because there are so many knock backs in our game. People who watch telly and, specifically, who watch our channels and have some idea what we commission and what we might be looking for. Having said that I do love an off the wall idea too! I commissioned Hurricane Man for Dave having met the producer Ed Kellie (who’s idea it was) at an Edinburgh Speed Meeting, so you see, dreams can come true.”
Applications close at 17.00 on Tuesday 2nd June.
Gabriel has a background working in top drama prod-cos such as Kudos and Left Bank Pictures, and in this clip published in April this year he talks about his brief at Sky drama. Click here to read more about Sky’s Channels and commissioning processes.
Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 9th June.
Kevin commissions new and returning formats and oversees I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, Soccer Aid, National Television Awards, Celebrity Juice and Shopping with Keith Lemon.
WLTM: “People with a passion for entertainment television. Big thinkers who aren’t afraid to think outside the box without completely smashing the mould. People who have an understanding of broad, mainstream, family viewing that appeals to everyone from 6 to 96. Generators of bright original ideas who can demonstrate a sound understanding of formats.”
Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 16th June.
Full profile coming soon.
Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 23rd June.
Full profile coming soon.
Applications close at 17.00 Tuesday 30th June.
- 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