Channel4 Nations & Regions Media Conference
The 23rd Nations and Regions Media Conference, supported by Channel 4 Nations and Regions, will take place from 6pm on Tuesday 28 March, with keynote speaker and networking, followed by the full day Conference on Wednesday 29 March 2017.
We at Big Mountain Productions are delighted to be named in this years Indie Production Showcase at the Nations & Regions Media Conference. Be sure to get yourself down to The Lowry Arts Centre in Salford and introduce yourself to the Big Mountain Productions team:
Indie Production Showcase
This year's Indie Production Showcase features indies from the nations and regions. Make sure you visit them in the Quays Bar area on Weds 29 March, as this will be a fantastic opportunity to meet up and discuss forthcoming projects in an informal networking environment.Big Mountain
Blakeway North
Boomerang
Studio Liddell
Tern TV
Three Arrows Media
True North
This year Big Mountain Productions were commissioned to make The Darkside and Extreme Makeovers for Channel 4.
This year’s conference is themed Working Futures: Our Brilliant Careers and celebrates excellence in the current climate of opportunity that exists across the UK. We’ll discuss the incredible success of UK-wide British drama today, find out what makes a big returning factual hit, ask what the government’s proposed industrial strategy might mean for us all, tap into Children’s programming, assess the impact of BBC Studios and debate how the recent explosion of online content is rocking our world in more ways than one.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley, Bourne Supremacy director Paul Greengrass, and Ofcom chief executive Sharon White will all address the conference as keynote speakers. Sharon White will be speaking about the future of broadcasting regulation across the UK, with a focus on the BBC as Ofcom prepares to take over regulating the broadcaster just days after the conference, on April 3rd.
Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, ITV head of factual entertainment Sue Murphy, Happy Valley supremo and RED Production founder Nicola Shindler, broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli and Cheryl Taylor, Controller of CBBC, all join the line-up to provide an outstanding and diverse list of speakers and panellists with many more to be announced.
The BBC’s new Director of Radio, Bob Shennan, leads the radio content. He’ll be sharing his vision of BBC Radio in the 21st Century as he takes part in a keynote Q&A with 5 Live’s Rachel Burden. The Archers editor Huw Kennair-Jones will take part in a session about the recent success of the BBC’s long running radio soap. He’ll be joined by Jessica Dromgoole, who will explain how Radio 4’s epic four-year long World War One drama Home Front is produced.
Steve Titherington, senior Commissioning Editor at the BBC World Service will talk about fresh approaches to programme making, while comedy from Wales is celebrated as we meet the stars of the hit Radio Wales comedy The Unexplainers.
Exciting radio sessions, a brand new Production Showcase and bookable Meet the Commissioners slots make this a great chance for people working outside London to connect – and for anyone London-based to explore opportunities and trends across the UK.
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Source: http://salfordmediafestival.co.uk/events/nations-regions-media-conference/
