NATPE - National Association of Television Program Executives

Regards Rick, August '08

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:35:32 +0100

We’re just weeks away from the second annual NATPE LATV Fest. This highly dynamic and information packed three-day festival encompasses the Digital Day and the Content Industry Forum (formerly the TV Producers’ Boot Camp) including the Pitch Pit and Schmoozefest.

To give you some background on the festival, the event brings together nearly 1,000 content creators, agents, studio, network and new media executives to celebrate the art and commerce of video content in the TV production capital of the world. Over the three days NATPE will provide you a wealth of experiences including digital showcases, screenings, sessions, workshops, panel discussions, networking events, pitch opportunities and much more.

We’d like to thank all our friends and especially our supporting sponsors including Adobe, BET, B&C/Multichannel News, CAA, Cable Ready/Cable U, Cynopsis Media, ESPN, FremantleMedia North America, FOX Broadcasting, FOX Sports, KCRW, Lionsgate, MTV, 19 TV, SNL/Kagan, Scripps, Stun Creative, SinglePoint, Walter Kaitz Foundation, West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau, Yahoo!.

The LATV Festival opens July 30 with the first session entitled, “Follow the Money (or Just How Screwed Are We?)” and ends with an exciting evening event offering the best in broadband programming, Digital Day will offer workshops, panels and clinics interspersed with screenings, showcases and cutting-edge demos and of course a chance to network during lunch and cocktails.

The Content Industry Forum begins Thursday, July 31 at the Highlands Entertainment Complex and Renaissance Hotel and concludes with the popular Pitch Pit on Friday, August 1 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. The Content Industry Forum centers on all aspects of content development and production with insight from producers, showrunners, agents and development execs. The CIF introduces for the first time, the Master Class series, exhibiting the latest innovations and production practices for established producers with hands-on demonstrations, briefings and workshops.

Rounding out the festival is Friday’s Pitch Pit, an opportunity for face-to-face pitch meetings with development executives from leading broadcast and cable networks, talent agencies, digital and mobile channels and production and distribution companies. We’re also pleased to partner with our new friends at IndieProducer for a post-lunch Schmoozefest to wrap up three intense days.

For 46 years, in addition to the annual Market and Conference in January, NATPE has offered year-round activities like the LATV Festival. We know there are many pretenders in the marketplace promising access and connections to the video content business. However, NATPE’s formidable relationships create a unique and one-of-a-kind environment for the best talent available in the world of digital media to meet and develop opportunities for the buying, selling and sharing of content and creative ideas.

We hope you’ll find the LATV Fest to be a worthwhile use of your time and professional development budget. Please be sure to give me and the NATPE team your feedback throughout the week.

Regards,

Rick

Regards Rick, April '08

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:49:00 +0100

After a very short calm post-NATPE 2008, our offices are buzzing again with the excitement of our summer event, the LATV Festival, just a few short months ahead.

Here is some background on what has now become the LATV Festival. In the summer of 2003 we launched a new event in Los Angeles which was originally centered on professional development and networking for TV producers. What was formerly known as the TV Producers’ Boot Camp was expanded to a three-day event beginning in summer 2007 and became the LATV Festival.

The 2008 LATV Fest, which is comprised of the Digital Day, Content Industry Forum and Pitch Pit will be held July 30-August 1 at a number of locations in Hollywood. Activities include sessions, workshops, master classes, networking events, screenings, cocktail receptions and much more. Our website is almost ready and registration will be open in a few days, but you can still take a peak at www.LATVFest.net.

Our objective in launching this event is to develop a city-wide, world renown festival showcasing the work of Los Angeles’ outstanding TV producers and production community, including locations, studios, networks, and a consortium of organizations that comprise the thriving LA TV scene. We believe the LATV Fest provides an opportunity to recognize the City’s significant contributions to the art and commerce of video content.

There is no doubt that television production is one of Los Angeles’ economic engines. The industry creates jobs and pays a high wage to Los Angeles residents. We believe that Los Angeles should receive the exposure it deserves as the “TV production capital of the world.” This event promotes the city’s production capabilities, the unlimited resources available to producers of TV programming and the local and multinational corporations who provide the world with TV programs.

I look forward to seeing you at the LATV Festival.

Regards,

Rick

Regards Rick: January '08

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:51:49 +0100

NATPE ’08 is just a few days away and the excitement here at the NATPE offices is palpable. Outside, the writers’ strike has added even more uncertainty to our already constantly changing business which also makes NATPE even more important this year. The fact that our Exhibit Floor sold out 3 weeks prior to the show is a sure tell sign of this. Don’t worry – if you want to exhibit we still have a limited number of tables in the NATPE Greenlight Lounge available. Get full details online.

NATPE is a B to B content marketplace and conference for TV/video professionals. We are proud of 45 years of brand equity as an organized and focused environment for global TV content creators, distributors, buyers and advertisers to get together under one roof in the U.S. to do business.

With 350+ exhibitors, 1,000+ producers and 1,500+ content buyers as well as people in the expanding and developing world of online video syndication, NATPE ’08 is THE global multiplatform video content marketplace. We continue to believe that there is no other venue in the U.S. where cable, broadcast, online and mobile TV/video content buyers and sellers can have a better collective experience than at our “show.”

In addition to the exhibition portion of NATPE ’08, the conference portion has four days with an incredible slate of 250+ sessions, panels and keynote speakers who have all the information you’ll need to bring your business to the next level.

Happy New Year and I’ll see you in Vegas.

Regards, Rick