FACTUAL & WILDLIFE EXCHANGE London & Bristol, 28 April – 1 May, 2014 Hosts Previous MediaXchange participants have met with a range of broadcasters, independent production companies and distributors in London and Bristol. Companies to be approached for the 2014 Exchange would include: BROADCASTERS          BBC Television ITV Networks Channel 4 Five TV SKY Networks National Geographic Discovery Networks Fox International A&E Networks PRODUCTION COMPANIES                 BBC Natural History Unit ITV Studios Icon Films Tigress Productions Arrow Media Betty TV Oxford Scientific Films Humblebee Films Off The Fence Productions Outline Productions Windfall Films Fresh One Ricochet Television Dragonfly Lion Television Outline Productions DISTRIBUTION & NEW MEDIA COMPANIES         BBC Worldwide All3Media International TCB Media Rights Youtube Base 79 Amazon Netflix Zodiak Active . “As we look to the future I would definitely welcome a period where it’s just as easy to commission a quality show from Singapore or Colombia as it is from... London. That is rapidly approaching." Hamish Mykura, EVP & Head of International Content, National Geographic Channels International The Opportunity The Benefits Factual & Wildlife Television is continuing its successful march into broadcasters’ schedules and with shows such as One Planet, River Monsters and Wild Africa, the UK remains one of the most successful and reputable markets in this genre. The Exchange is a three day immersion schedule for producers and TV channel executives. Meet the Commissioners and hear first-hand what channels want and what the UK market is prepared to pay for your programme. Review the different approaches broadcaster, cable networks and new platforms have to Factual content and adapt to your advantage. Discuss the challenges and rewards of producing shows for global audiences with your British counterparts and hear openly of their success stories, their failures and learn how to avoid them for your own production. Identify international trends and the differences between the UK and its favourite transatlantic partner, the US, by meeting the key players. Evaluate the impact of budgets, network schedules, brand identities and interactive possibilities at development and production stages Explore the future of Factual & Wildlife Television and learn from the leading voices what they believe is the ‘Next Big Thing’. Example Meetings Day 2 of 2013’s Factual & Wildlife Schedule: Bristol 10:00 Tigress Productions Meeting with Head of Development & Assistant Producer 11:00 Humblebee Films Meeting with Managing Director 12:00 Off The Fence Productions Meeting with Series Producer & Head of Productions 13:00 14:00 15:30 Lunch with fellow members of the Exchange Group BBC Broadcasting House, Bristol BBC Natural History Unit Meeting with Series Producer; Unit Manager Natural History, Unit Manager Features & Nature Icon Films Meeting with Managing Director; Creative Director; Executive Producer & Senior Development Researcher How to Book For more information, including details of fees, terms and conditions please see next page. To obtain a Registration Form :  visit our website: www.mediaXchange.com  email: [email protected]  or call: London: +44 207 734 2310 FACTUAL & WILDLIFE EXCHANGE London & Bristol, 28 April – 1 May, 2014 Schedule Details Fees th  Delegates to arrive on Monday, 28 April, 2014, in time to meet their fellow participants and attend an early evening Industry Overview Session, led by a Senior Factual Professional, during the Welcome Dinner. th  The daily meeting schedule will commence on Tuesday, 29 April, and st conclude on the afternoon of Thursday, 1 May, 2014. During the course of the three days, the Factual & Wildlife group will interact with meeting hosts and provide participants with access, not only to leading British practitioners, but also to fellow members of the group. Trends 2014 2013 has been a revolutionary year in programming. It changed audience perceptions about what factual programming is and enabled international broadcasters to raise their brand equity and audience numbers significantly. Borders between fact, fiction and entertainment continue to blur. Sky Arts is one example of how culture has been revived. Global viewers have seen the arrival of a new generation of factual-inspired scripted television series, including US success stories as diverse as History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys, Mark Burnett’s The Bible and Ridley Scott’s Killing Lincoln. Alternative platforms allow producers to forego the idea of getting their series on TV straight away, while growing an audience organically. On offer to content creators are truly new distribution models, as shown by VOD services such as Hulu and Netflix recently investing in factual and documentary programmes. Consider the impact of the talent battle in celebrity-led edutainment, where high concept versus populist is most prominently represented by such UK legends as Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Michael Palin. Exchange Fee: £2,995 Deposit due on registration: £1,000 Balance: £1,995 to be settled on receipt of invoice The Factual & Wildlife Exchange is a two city Exchange. The fee includes three nights hotel accommodation, round trip travel between London and Bristol, certain lunches and main ground transportation between meetings in addition to the meeting schedule. Participants are responsible for their own flights to the UK and airport transfers. Exchange meetings will take place at the offices of broadcasters and production companies or the participants’ hotel. Click here for details of Registration and Terms. What will 2014 bring? Register and find out ….. Previous Participants Previous participating companies attending MediaXchange’s UK programmes have included:          Czech TV (Czech Republic) DR (DK) DreamTeam (Bulgaria) FOX Italia (Italy) NRK (Norway) RAI (Italy) TV4 (Sweden) ZDF (Germany) National Film & Video Foundation (South Africa)  Rubicon TV (Norway)  Dedsit (Belgium)  Studio Hamburg Serienwerft (Germany)  SVT (Sweden)  TV2 (Norway)  VMMa/VTM (Belgium)  Monster (Norway)  YLE (Finland) “While currently broadcasters remain the main financiers, there are so many people off their radar doing interesting things who now have an unprecedented opportunity to get their work seen.” John Morris Commercial Director Atlantic Production