RealScreen Summit Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

The Realscreen Summit, the annual conference that brings togetherthe players in the factual programming industry, is celebrating its 5thanniversary February 5-7 at Washington's Hyatt Regency on CapitolHill.

With more than 680 delegates from 22 different countries attendinglast year's conference, 97% recommended the summit as the best event toattend if you are in nonfiction programming. The organizers of thesummit are pleased to announce that John Willis, VP of NationalProgramming for WGBH, and Robert Wussler, President of Ted TurnerPictures will be Keynote Speakers.

The day-one keynote speaker, John Willis, will bridge the Atlanticgap with his experiences in co-productions and partnerships, whichgives him the expertise to understand trends and growth opportunitiesin the nonfiction TV industry. On day two, Robert Wussler will offer anedge to the discussion by challenging broadcasters to pick up more'cause-related' programming to address the issues and causes in theworld around them.

This year's summit will bring international programming executivesand future production partners face to face to discuss newopportunities for factual programming. Broadcasting execs from aroundthe world come clean regarding the programming they are looking for,do's and don'ts on how to pitch them, and how their evaluation processworks. Attendees will also be given a preview of new opportunities inDVD, Stock Footage, High Definition, and InternationalDistribution.

Last year's '30 Minutes With...' sessions with some of the mostelusive broadcasting executives are back along with two new programmingblocks detailing market opportunities in the US and UK. Featuringcontent for advanced to beginner level delegates, this premiere eventzeroes in on the key business issues facing the internationalnonfiction factual programming community. It is also timed perfectlybetween NATPE & MIPTV and it's located in Washington -- the heartof the nonfiction TV industry.