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TV AWARDS
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AT THE MEDIA INDUSTRY
NATPE BUDAPEST 2016 MARKET & CONTENT SUMMIT
REPORTS AN INCREASE IN BUYER NUMBERS TO 400+
ANNOUNCES SESSION PROGRAMMING
The Awards comprise over 40 categories and represent
the industry’s foremost recognition by enjoying the
support of every major industry player throughout the
region.
The range of nomination for awarding varies from
Best Actor/Actress in a Leading or Supporting Role to
Best Cinematography: 26 nominations at Programming,
9 nominations at Performance, 6 nominations at Technic
& Creativity (Cinematography, Direction (Non-Fiction),
Direction (Fiction), Editing, Original Screenplay, and
Theme Song), 2 nominations for Channels (Terrestrial
and Cable & Satellite) and 2 nominations for Broadcasters.
As we can see they do not omitted no one. This includes
not only the personalities in the public facing side of the
business such as hosts, presenters, actors and actresses,
but also those hard at work behind-the-scenes such as the
directors, editors.
Every year, at least nine jury sessions are held in several
Asian cities including Kuala Lumpur and Singapore,
where the panel of judges of over 15 countries evaluate
and select the entries in closed sessions.
Determined in a peer reviewed format by an expert
panel of over 60 judges from across the region the results
are tabulated and audited by international auditing firm
Price Waterhouse Coopers, with the winners announced
only during the Awards Ceremony generally performed in
December. The registration for nomination entry usually
opens until the end of June.
Asian Television Awards had a
20 years history and is positioned
as the only event of its kind
within the Asian region, and
upholds a prestigious reputation
of showcasing quality television
production.
We have tried to highlight first
of all the most general and wildly
cowered regional awards which
also have the wildest recognition of
publicity. Any way media industry
is permanently developing and
creates more complicated structure
of media landscape involving
new specialists at their orbit and
opens new possibilities for new
nomination and new ideas to be
fulfilled.
Despite the good manners and
courtesy this industry holds the
image of the most competitive and
merciless sphere and demands
the complete dedication of their
actors. That is why Awards in this industry is highly
appreciated and widely recognized by the audience and
by the winners. The last thing to do is finally to watch and
estimate from our critical position the annual results of
the media professional’s hard work and to see the real life
behind the screen. ▪
LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2016 – NATPE announced today that
the success of several new initiatives has helped the forthcoming
Budapest 2016 Market & Content Summit achieve a substantial
rise in the number of pre-registrations by acquisitions
executives. More than 400 key buyers from 217 companies and
49 territories, including buyers from all the major TV stations
within 25 CEE countries, have already registered to attend.
Additionally, NATPE will host an extended lineup of conference
sessions presented by both leading international and locallybased
content executives, all of which will take place at the
InterContinental Budapest 27 – 30 June.
NATPE Budapest will feature dedicated screenings to
showcase new programming from major studios including CBS,
Lionsgate, NBC and Warner Bros., as well as a diverse range of
local and international exhibitors. Companies new to exhibit
at the 2016 Budapest event include Bonneville Distribution
(USA), Comarex SA de CV (Mexico), EastWest License Ltd. (Hong
Kong), HNFF World Sales (Hungary), Horizon Film (Turkey),
Newen Distribution (France), One Connxt (Jordan) and Sonar
Entertainment (USA), with Paramount returning to the event
after a five year hiatus.
Along with an increased number of delegates from across
the CEE region, the market will host participants from Latin
America with Caracol Television, Comarex SA de CV, Telemundo
and Televisa, as well as many exhibitors from across the Middle
East, Europe and Asia.
NATPE Budapest’s Content Summit will highlight both
local and international, scripted and unscripted programming,
kicking off on Monday 27 June with a CEE Content Showcase
where Danny Kershaw, K7 Media’s International Research
Manager, will shine the spotlight on the very best in Central and
Eastern European original unscripted programming revealing
the current tastes and cultural differences across content
created in the region.
This is followed by a unique masterclass, designed to provide
detailed information about the steps required to reach global
co-production success. In The Practicalities of Making a
European Co-Production, a leading panel of experts will cover
all aspects of scripted co-production from how to best design an
effective pitch right through to choosing the proper distribution
platform. Issues specific to the CEE will be discussed, including
financing plans, and union relations and understanding global
co-production treaties.
Launching the programme on Tuesday 28 June NATPE
Budapest will present a fireside keynote chat with Mr. Peter
Kolosi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of RTL Hungary at RTL
Group SA who will discuss the opportunities and challenges of
local scripted content in the CEE. Mr. Kolosi is responsible for the
programming of RTL Hungary’s family of channels, including
the market-leading flagship channel RTL Klub and the seven
cable channels for Hungarian-speaking audiences.
Mid-day, participants will reconvene during lunch for a
Case Study session spotlighting HBO’s “Aranyélet.” A criticallyacclaimed,
eight-hour drama series produced by HBO Europe,
“Aranyélet” (“Golden Life”) is based on the Finnish format “Helppo
elämä” (“Easy Living”), with the story and characters adapted for
Hungarian audiences by local writers. The case study will look
at what drew HBO to the project, the necessary considerations
for adaptation and how HBO Europe approached its production.
These and other matters will be examined by Antony Root, EVP,
Original Programming and Production, HBO Europe, and Gabor
Krigler, HBO Hungary’s Creative Executive who developed
and oversaw the show creatively and HBO Europe Production
Executive Anna Zavorszky. They will be joined for this special
lunch session by the series’ producer Judit Stalter from Laokoon
Films, the production company behind SON OF SAUL, winner of
the 2016 Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language, and other
members of the production team.
On Wednesday, 29 June formats are again put under the
microscope during the breakfast session Global Formats:
What’s Working, What’s Failing, What’s Next? The session
panel boasts a world-class lineup of industry executives
including Mike Beale, ITV EVP Global Development and Formats;
Merrily Ross, VP Formats & Content Development, Modern
Times Group; Amos Neumann, COO Armoza Formats and Pascal
Dalton, Regional Sales Director, TV Formats and New Media, CEE
Endemol Shine Group. The panel will analyze the past, present
and future of the global non-scripted business.
Of special interest to local producers within CEE is PITCH
& PLAY LIVE, a session presented by NATPE in partnership
with CEETV and TVBIZZ, which aims to showcase original
non-scripted format ideas with international potential from
across the region. Any non-scripted developed format created
after June 1, 2015 in the CEE region may be submitted for
consideration. Out of all entries, up to 10 titles will be selected
and reviewed by a Finalist Selection Committee comprised
of five TV industry professionals who will be charged with
selecting three finalists. This committee includes George R.
Chakarov, CEO at CEETV, TVBIZZ Group; Jordan Ryder, VP of
Domestic & International Programming, NATPE; Pascal Dalton,
Regional Sales Director, Formats: CEE at Endemol Shine Group;
Nick Smith, SVP International Format Production at All3Media
International; and Noelia Nicolas, Director European Formats
at CBS Studios International. The top three finalist formats will
then be identified and presented “live” by their creators during
the session to a Blue Ribbon jury of three highly respected TV
professionals including Can Okan, CEO & President, ITV Inter
Medya; Amos Neumann, COO, Armoza Formats and Girts Licis,
Head of CEE, Formats & Content Development, Modern Times
Group. Collectively these three jurors will select and declare
one format as the winner at the conclusion of the session. In
addition to media coverage by CEETV, TVBIZZ and NATPE,
the winning format will be awarded a development meeting.
For full details of PITCH & PLAY LIVE please email:
pitch.play@ceetv.net
“We are pleased that our return to Budapest, with an
expanded market and content summit, has been met with such
enthusiasm from all parts of the industry and we are delighted
to see both buyer and exhibitor registration numbers continue
to build,” said NATPE COO & Managing Director JP Bommel.
Adding, “Our focus is to promote a mutually-beneficial
flow of programming across borders, encouraging local CEE
producers to come together with international exhibitors,
studio executives and acquisitions experts to explore the many
opportunities benefitting the region and the wider global
market. We believe there is a huge, untapped opportunity for
content both entering and leaving the CEE, and NATPE Budapest
is the perfect venue to learn about the current possibilities and
optimize business prospects.”
For full details of the NATPE Budapest schedule please visit:
www.natpe.com/budapest/schedule
PRESS CONTACTS:
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14 ▪ Issue 6 JUNE 2016
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