When:Tuesday December 10th
Venue:Iveagh Garden Hotel
Time:9am - 11.30am
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present a special panel event in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI)
VOD & Broadcast Content – What are the Opportunities?
Audiences and viewership engagement are evolving at a rapid pace with key trends coming to the fore. Driven by market leaders, such as SVOD giants Netflix & Amazon Prime along with newcomers like Apple TV+ and Disney+, audiences are now viewing what they want when they want. Online players are adapting too, and can now be more than just catchup TV. Broadcasters and content producers are exploring how to embrace new trends and produce unique content and programming that will ultimately reach new audineces across players and other digital platforms.
First in a Series of IFTA Discussions
This event is the first in a series of IFTA Panel Discussions and explorations across new platforms and content.This first event entitled ‘VOD & Broadcast Content’ will see a morning discussion across two panels:
Panel 1: Meet the Players
Panel 2: Who’s the Audience? - Opportunities for Content Creators
Panelists include:
Múirne Laffan (Chair) – CEO LaffanLABs
Mark Carpenter- Head of Corporate Affairs at SKY Ireland
Sinead Stimpfig- Online Content & Strategy Manager, Producer, The Lab at RTÉ
Lís Ní Dhálaigh- Director of Marketing, Development, and Partnerships at TG4
Kieran Hartigan–Executive Producer, IrisProductions (Lurgan 2k19, Rugbaí Beo)
Ursula Devine - Development Executive Northern Ireland Screen (Partner on Storyland with RTÉ)
Jason Butler- Writer/Director of Skip to the End, Storyland 2019 and two-time IFTA winner (Republic of Telly, Bridget & Eamon)
The event will be a morning event from 9am - 11.30am at the Iveagh Garden Hotel, Dublin (Registration and Coffee at 9am) on Tuesday, December 10th.