Panels and panelists include:
--WHY SO MANY THEMATIC TV CHANNELS ARE BEING LAUNCHED ACROSS CEE Moderated by Guy BISSON, Senior Analyst, Television SCREEN DIGEST.
Panelists:
Ross Hair, Executive VicePresident, SONY PICTURES TV INTERNATIONAL; Peter Lakits, Chief Operating Officer, CHELLO Central Europe; Colin McLeod, Managing Director, NBCU GLOBAL CHANNELS and Ralph Siebenaler, COO / CFO KLUB 100 - CONTENT UNION (RTL GROUP) Luxembourg.
--THE EU SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT TV PRODUCERS IN CEE Moderated by Matteo SOLARO, Project Manager, MEDIA PROGRAMME of the European Union.
--STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AS A KEY TO JOINT PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE Moderated by Lydia Blackwood, Publisher, TBI AND CABLE SATELLITE EUROPE.
Panelists:
Tobias Gerlach, Head of Strategic Planning, Corporate Development & Communication, BAVARIA FILM; Helge Koehnen, Director Sales and Head of Eastern European Affairs, BAVARIA MEDIA TELEVISION; Boris Ausserer, Deputy Head of Coproduction, BAVARIA MEDIA TELEVISION; Maciej Strzembosz, Producer, ATM GRUPA; Dorota Chamczyk, Executive Producer, TVN; Tibor Kocsis, Director Producer, FLORA FILM and Andras Juhasz, Managing Director, ARIZONA PRODUCTIONS.
--PRESENTATION OF LOW-COST CUSTOMIZABLE MAGAZINES MADE FOR THEMATIC TV CHANNELS Moderated by Bob JENKINS, Associate Editor, DISCOP LINK.
Panelists:
Marc Villain, Head of Marketing & Partnerships, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE GENERAL COMMUNICATION AUDIOVISUAL SERVICE; Jean-Pierre Assalone, Head of e-team, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE GENERAL COMMUNICATION AUDIOVISUAL SERVICE and Lionel Faucher, Founder & CEO, AKAMEDIA .
--PRESENTATION OF LOW-COST TELEVISION FORMATS MADE FOR THEMATIC TV CHANNEL Moderated by Bob JENKINS, Associate Editor, DISCOP LINK.
Panelists:
Fredrik af Malmborg, Managing Director, SPARKS NETWORK; Steve Pinhay, Head of Television, BULLSEYE TV and Avi Armoza, CEO, ARMOZA FORMATZ, Sarah Coursey, Head of Formats & Acquisitions, ZODIAK INTERNATIONAL.
DISCOP takes place in Budapest June 18 - 20.
For complete information on DISCOPRO, go to the FNE Press Release section.
