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LATV Festival

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Content Industry Forum PDF Print E-mail


Begins on Thursday, July 31 at The Highlands Entertainment Complex.
Concludes with Pitch Pit on Friday, August 1 at The House of Blues.

The second day of the LATV Festival is The Content Industry Forum. This day focuses on all aspects of content development and production. Hear about best practices and trends from producers, showrunners, agents and development execs.  Dialog with peers and mentors on the latest advances in the industry and hear from fellow creators on the logistical challenges and solutions they confront when putting it all together and navigating today’s business environment. New to this portion of the LATV Festival this year will be a Master Class series, providing insight into the latest innovations and production practices for established producers with hands-on demonstrations, briefings and workshops. 


Click here for our Content Industry Forum Agenda-at-a-Glance PDF document.


Speaker Lineup for Content Industry Forum 

      Click here for a listing of our confirmed speakers!

Agenda for the Content Industry Forum 

Topics for the Content Industry Forum include:
  • Anatomy of a Hit
  • Anatomy of a Live Event: The Business Behind Sports
  • Branded Entertainment: Your Key to Program $$
  • Building Your Business Team
  • Business Mastery and the Art of Negotiation
  • Career Workshop: Navigating the Hollywood Maze
  • CIF: State of the Industry Keynote
  • Creating Value with a Media Brand
  • Inside the Writers Room
  • International Co-Productions: Perils and Possibilities
  • Legal Issues Concerning Contestant Selection & Participation in Reality Shows
  • Master Class with Chuck Lorre
  • Master Class with Dmitry Lipkin and Michael Rosenberg
  • Personal Selling and the Art of Persuasion
  • Pitch with a Pro - Unscripted
  • Pitch with a Pro - Scripted
  • Pitch with a Pro - Short Form
  • Producer’s Tool Kit: A Knockout Pitch Reel
  • Schmoozefest at LATVF
  • Selling Your TV Show 2008: Cable vs. Broadcast
  • The Great Leap Forward: Be the Writer You Always Wanted to Be
  • Think Like a Marketer, Succeed as a Producer
  • Why They Rejected It
  • Your Top 10 Workflow Issues with RED's Ted Schilowitz

Speaker Lineup for Content Industry Forum 

      Click here for a listing of our confirmed speakers!

Pitch Pit

What is Pitch Pit? Back by popular demand, the Pitch Pit rounds out the three-day event at the House of Blues, where producers of various standing will get to pitch their concepts to a panel of seasoned development experts. The highlight of last year’s Festival, the Pitch Pit event is a proven favorite that brings passion, talent and fresh ideas to the forefront. 

Download a brief description of all the Catcher Companies (Acrobat PDF).


Closing Schmoozefest

Modeled after the successful IndieProducer Schmoozefest, this is a unique networking opportunity for you to meet, mingle and schmooze with literally all kinds of successful industry professionals in a relaxed environment. Here’s your chance to share a casual cup of coffee with a network executive, writer, producer, director or actor and ask them questions about their own journey to the top. Unwind over lunch and stay for the schmooze!