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CONTENTS:
New Events and Panels Announced, featuring Bravo stars and creators, the head writers of your favorite late night shows, and top network development execs.
New Industry Day and Digital Day Panelists Announced
A brief message from Cynopsis
A brief message from MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
Receive a 10% Discount on Passes to the NY Post-Production Conference
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Dear Friends,
--The Fourth Annual New York Television Festival kicks off Friday, and it promises to be our biggest and best yet. We are featuring more pilots, more panels, and more partners than ever before. Single tickets and passes are now available at the NYTVF Box Office at www.nytvf.com.
We hope to see you there!
--New Panels Announced
The NYTVF is proud to present the following new panels:
Watch What Happens on Bravo – Saturday, Sept. 13, 6:15 PM
Bravo Media and the NYTVF team up to offer an inside look at the network's critically acclaimed and award-winning programming. A global, multimedia content company, Bravo has established itself as a definitive brand identity reaching viewers at every consumer touch point with memorable characters and cutting-edge series. On this panel, network executives producers, and stars from some of Bravo's top shows discuss how the network as well as its brand have grown and evolved through a unique slate of programs.
Confirmed Panelists:
- Tabatha Coffey - Star, Tabatha's Salon Takeover; Fan Favorite, Shear Genius (Season 1)
- Andy Cohen - Senior VP, Bravo Production and Programming;
- Charlie Corwin - Executive Producer, The Rachel Zoe Project; CEO, Original Media
- Michael Rucker - Supervising Producer, Project Runway
- Gail Simmons - Judge, Top Chef; Food Critic, Food and Wine
A Long Day’s Journey Into Late Night - Sunday, Sept. 14, 5:30 PM (Production Day)
Addressing the topic of writing late night comedy, this panel will give the audience a glimpse into the writers' rooms of shows which must continually create topical humor under constant time pressures. By examining a typical day in the life of these writers, the audience will learn about the often grueling hours spent pitching ideas as well as writing and rewriting jokes. Experts from some of TV's funniest shows will have a conversation about an area of TV writing that is not often illuminated.
Confirmed Panelists:
- Jason Sudeikis (Moderator) - Writer/Performer, Saturday Night Live
- Richard Dahm - Co- Executive Producer/ Head writer, The Colbert Report
- Dave Javerbaum - Executive Producer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Erik Kenward - Writing supervisor, Saturday Night Live
- Eric Stangel - Co-head writer/Producer, The Late Show with David Letterman
- Justin Stangel - Co-head writer/Producer, The Late Show with David Letterman
- Mike Sweeney - Head writer, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Network Development Chats – Sunday, Sept. 14, 2:30 PM (Production Day)
A series of informal chats with development executives, focused on their individual networks' development process. Speakers will include representatives from MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and truTV.
Confirmed participants:
- Valerie Elustondo - Manager of Development & Production, MTV
- Dave Hamilton - VP of Development and Production, VH1
- Robyn Hutt - SVP, Current Programming & Specials, truTV
- Dan Powell - Executive-in-Charge of Production, Comedy Central
Animation Development Chat - Sunday, Sept. 14, 4:00 PM (Production Day)
An informal session with Jennifer Howell, SVP of Animation at 20th Century Fox Television. She is charged with developing animated shows for the studio, as well as overseeing current animation and production of all of Fox's animated shows. Howell also runs the shorts program, Fox INKubation.
Reaching Women on the Web - Tuesday, Sept. 16th, 12:30 PM (Digital Day)
Women are on pace to supplant men as the dominant users of the Internet, and creating content specifically targeted for them becomes ever more important. This panel
explores the unique challenges of reaching women online, and presents some concrete examples of what has worked and what is working now.
Confirmed Panelists:
- Denise Oliver - Owner, Oliver Media
- Brian T. Cahill - SVP, Managing Director, TeleNext Media, Inc.
- Rebecca Raphael - Managing Editor, RachaelRayShow.com at CBS Television Distribution
- Mindy Spire - Director Sales Development at World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE)
- Dan Surratt - EVP Digital Media, Lifetime Networks
-- New Industry Day and Digital Day Speakers Announced
The Future of Drama Development – Monday, Sept. 15, 3:45 PM (Industry Day)
New Panelist: Peter Tolan - Co-Creator & Executive Producer, Rescue Me
The New Storytellers: What Works on the Web - Tuesday, Sept. 16th, 4:30 PM (Digital Day)
New Panelist: Rob Bennett - General Manager, Entertainment & Video Services, MSN
Writing for Video Games and Comics – Tuesday, Sept. 16th, 12:30 PM (Digital Day)
New Panelist: Joseph Kelly - Man of Action, Inc, Co-Creator, Ben 10
-- A brief message from Cynopsis
Digital media is changing with every click and scroll; who has time to keep up with it all! Cynopsis: Digital and Cynopsis delivers your first early morning briefing of the state of the digital and entertainment industries: what’s brewing, what’s the latest trend, who’s going, who’s coming, and everything in between. Both free publications are delivered to your inbox by 5:30 am EST daily and are the quickest, cleanest, to-the-point-way to prepare for what’s ahead in your day. Join the more than 100,000 daily readers; subscribe at www.Cynopsis.com. Daily podcasts and advertising opportunities are also available.
-- A brief message from MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
News You Can Use About Media, Technology and Entertainment. You Give Us Two Minutes and We'll Give You The Stuff You Really Care About.
http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/
-- Receive a 10% Discount on Passes to the NY Post-Production Conference
Visit here and register to enjoy a discounted price on passes: http://nypostconference.com/nytvf.htm
For more information, please visit www.nytvf.com
Regards,
--NYTVF
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