During this event, moderated by Manori Ravindran, International Editor, Variety, Kate will discuss VICE Studios global content strategy. With global content spend increasing from traditional broadcasters to the streamers and emerging players in SVOD, Kate will reflect on the past year for VICE Studios and ambitions for 2021. From recent moves into developing premium unscripted content, how VICE Studios' is shaped by VICE's global digital reach and how to create content that resonates with younger audiences.

About Kate Ward

Kate Ward is President, VICE Studios, VICE Media Group’s international television and feature film production arm. The business encompasses the development, production, financing and distribution of quality English and local language scripted, entertainment and factual content. Its broad body of work includes theatrical releases such as The Report and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner Flee; documentary and scripted titles for SVOD platforms ranging from Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened to 1994; as well as documentary one-offs and limited series for terrestrial broadcasters like The Brexit Storm: Laura Kuenssberg’s Inside Story and The Murder of Charlene Downes.