By Claire Macdonald on March 10th, 2010 at 10:07 am
The second instalment of realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum includes fantastic opportunities to pitch your reality and factual entertainment projects to key commissioners and hear their programming needs first hand.
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The one and a half day conference taking place at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California, June 2 & 3 builds on the inaugural event by borrowing some of the most popular networking sessions from the Realscreen Summit. Producers will be given an intimate opportunity to hear from network execs in the reality/fact ent space during our signature “30 Minutes With…” sessions spread over the course of both days. Additionally we’ll be hosting Speed Pitching sessions where programming execs will take 3-minute pitches from producers. Sign up is required for both of these elements and you need to be registered to secure your spot.
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Why not take advantage of the lowest available pricing and sign up before March 26th when our early bird rate expires? See who’s already registered here.
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The realscreen events team is working with advisory board chair Thom Beers, CEO/Executive Producer of Original Productions, to develop an agenda that will deliver practical intel and invaluable networking opportunities for producers, broadcasters and suppliers in the reality/fact ent space. Stay tuned as we release speaker and session details as they become available.
By David Terpstra on February 17th, 2010 at 7:01 am
| The 2010 Factual Entertainment Forum will also include the Factual Entertainment Awards on June 3rd. This is the industry’s first truly global celebration of factual entertainment excellence. Join us as we pay tribute to outstanding content that entertains and engages audiences around the world.
Submissions for the awards are now closed and entries are being prepped for judging. This year’s jury co-chairs are Rob Sharenow, SVP, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming, A&E Network and Chris Coelen who was most recently CEO, RDF Media USA. |
By David Terpstra on February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 am
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Thom Beers,
CEO & Executive Producer
Original Productions |
Session planning for the 2010 edition of Factual Entertainment Forum is already underway and we’re delighted to announce that Original Productions’ CEO and Executive Producer Thom Beers is going to be heading up the advisory board.
The driving force behind the Primetime Emmy® winning Deadliest Catch, and Ice Road Truckers, and top-rated shows, Monster Garage, and Black Gold, Beers has created a unique brand of television programming featuring unheralded heroes in high risk, high reward situations. His catalogue of more than 40 series is firmly entrenched across cable powerhouses Discovery Communications Networks, History, WeTV, SPIKE TV, The National Geographic Channel, TruTV and TLC among others.
With Thom and the board providing content ideas, delegates are surely going to be treated to relevant, informative and entertaining sessions.
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By David Terpstra on February 16th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Registration is now open for Factual Entertainment Forum – The Real Deal 2010. This year the event will take place at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, CA on June 2nd and 3rd. Early bird rates are in effect so don’t delay. Secure your spot and save. Click here for more info.
