14:30 | Delegate registration opens |
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16:00 | Convention opens Welcome by Sir Peter Bazalgette, President, Royal Television Society and Tony Hall, RTS Convention Chair and Director-General, BBC |
16:10 | Session One: Happy Valley or House of Cards? Television in 2020 The opening session of the RTS Convention will be a wide-ranging and challenging debate on the future of the television industry, drawing together the latest data-driven insights, with a panel of first-class minds from across the sector. Thanks to Studio Lambert, the session will also have contributions from the most insightful TV critics of the modern era - the cast of Channel 4’s GoggleBox - all designed to challenge the conventions and shibboleths of both the ‘old’ and ‘new’ sides of our industry. Audience contributions will be welcomed throughout. Chair: James Purnell, Director, Strategy and Digital, BBC
Speakers Emily Bell, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University Journalism School Susanna Dinnage, EVP MD, Discovery Networks UK & Ireland Benedict Evans, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Stephen Lambert, Chief Executive, Studio Lambert Stephen Nuttall, Senior Director, YouTube EMEA |
17:30 | Session Two: International Keynote – Philippe Dauman, Viacom Chair: Kamal Ahmed, Business Editor, BBC News Speaker: Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Viacom |
18:15 | BBC Worldwide Reception Featuring remarks from Rona Fairhead, Chairman, BBC Trust |
19:00 | Session Three: Secretary of State Keynote Chair: Tony Hall, RTS Convention Chair and Director-General, BBC Speaker: The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport |
19:40 | End of sessions |
20:00 | All3Media Dinner After dinner speaker: Sir Peter Bazalgette |
22.30 | Fujitsu Nightcap |
09:20 | Opening |
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09:30 | Session Four: Working for the Yankee Dollar? Consolidation and Creativity Both consolidation and foreign ownership of the UK production sector is accelerating. We explore whether this process leads to new investment and a greater role in the global media market, or growing homogenisation of programmes and a squeezing of creativity. Chair: Lorraine Heggessey, Chair, Grierson Trust and Advisor, Channel 4 Growth Fund Speakers David Abraham, Chief Executive, Channel 4 Wayne Garvie, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Pictures Television Tim Hincks, President, Endemol Shine Group Nick Southgate |
10:30 | Coffee |
11:00 | Session Six: Josh Sapan, AMC Chair: Tim Davie, Chief Executive, BBC Worldwide Speaker: Josh Sapan, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMC Networks |
11:40 | Session Seven: The Single Voice and the Showrunner Is the UK’s renowned belief in the ‘authored voice’ enough to enable us to lead or even survive in a US dominated international market? Do we need to acquire more expertise in Show Runner-led environments or should we be protecting our best writers from the writers’ room? And how do new writers get started and build a career in an industry led by A-listers? Chair: Jane Tranter Speakers Hugo Blick, Writer, Director and Executive Producer, Eight Rooks Bryan Elsley, Writer and Executive Producer, Balloon Entertainment Tahsin Guner, Writer Gina Moriarty, Writer, Murdered by My Boyfriend |
12:30 | Lunch |
14:00 | Session Eight: David Zaslav, Discovery Chair: Sir Howard Stringer Speaker: David Zaslav, President & CEO, Discovery Communications |
14:40 | Session Nine: Studios Uncovered We put the spotlight on different studio models of production and debate the pros and cons of each – including UK vs US approaches, acquiring vs growing organically, the right size to be the most effective creatively, incentivising the best creative people, the importance of drama and the growth of factual. Chair: Patrick Younge, Partner & Co-Founder, Sugar Films Speakers Michael Edelstein, President, NBCUniversal International Studios Kevin Lygo, Managing Director, ITV Studios Peter Salmon, Director, BBC Studios Jane Turton, Chief Executive Officer, All3Media |
15:00 | Tea break |
16:00 | Session Ten: Keynote – Sharon White, Ofcom Chair: Stewart Purvis CBE Speaker: Sharon White, Chief Executive, Ofcom |
16:35 | Session Eleven: BBC Keynote Chair: Jane Martinson, Media Editor, The Guardian Speaker: Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC |
19:15 | ITV Reception |
20:00 | Accenture Dinner |
22:30 | ITN Nightcap |
09:00 | Opening |
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09:05 | Session Twelve: Polls apart. How Broadcasters got Election 2015 wrong. And how can they do better next time? Chair: Martha Kearney, Presenter, BBC The World at One Speakers The Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP Faisal Islam, Political Editor, Sky News Julie Etchingham, Presenter, ITV News |
09:45 | Session Thirteen: The Rise of the Smartphones - Creating Compelling Content for the Mobile Generation BBC Click's Spencer Kelly presents the latest smartphone technology soon to change the TV industry. Including 360˚ cameras and virtual reality headsets. Chair: Spencer Kelly, Presenter, BBC Click Speakers Philip Harper, Acting Creative Director, Alchemy VR Anthony Owen, Head of Magic and Executive Producer, Objective Productions Richard Taylor, BBC R&D |
10:15 | Session Fourteen: TV without borders: is the digital single market boom or bust for UK television? The European Commission proposes to ensure European consumers can access television and film content across borders in a ‘digital single market’. Senior figures from industry and the Commission will debate whether these proposals will drive further economic growth in Europe’s audio-visual industries and benefit consumers or undermine the basis on which content is funded, damaging a key economic sector and resulting in a reduction in choice and quality of content available. Chair: Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC News Speakers John McVay, Chief Executive, Pact Jorgen Gren, European Commission Cabinet Member, Digital Single Market Delia Bushell Managing Director of BT TV and BT Sport Antony Walker, Deputy CEO, Tech UK |
11:00 | Coffee |
11:30 | Session Fifteen: Talent – can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em Talent agents, controllers and light entertainment chiefs explore issues raised by current controversies surrounding ‘talent’. Do they get paid too much? Do they have too much power? How has this situation arisen? And what, if anything, should we do about it? Chair: Jane Lush, Managing Director, Kalooki Pictures Speakers Stuart Murphy, Director, Sky Entertainment Channels, BSkyB Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE, Chairman, ROAR Global Danielle Lux, Managing Director, CPL Productions |
12:10 | Session Sixteen: Looking Towards 2020 Four senior industry leaders look back at the debates of the last three days and consider what we have learnt about the directions in which television is heading. Can we foresee a reasonably happy future ahead? Or will the cards come tumbling down? Chair: Lorraine Heggessey, Chair, Grierson Trust and Advisor, Channel 4 Growth Fund Speakers David Abraham, Chief Executive, Channel 4 Adam Crozier, Chief Executive, ITV Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC Tom Mockridge, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Media |
13:00 | Convention Closes Tony Hall, RTS Convention Chair and Director-General, BBC Sir Peter Bazalgette, President, Royal Television Society |
13:15 | Lunch |