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NATPE LINEUP FOR FOURTH ANNUAL LATV FEST JULY 12-15 AT THE HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL TO INCLUDE BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF TELEVISION AND DIGITAL INDUSTRIES
Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:06
Participants to Share Solutions for Adapting, Succeeding in an Increasingly Convergent Media Landscape

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 21, 2010 – The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) President & CEO Rick Feldman today announced that top-level TV and digital content producers, development executives, agents, advertising and brand executives, software solutions, technology and equipment providers will be among participants attending the fourth annual LATV Fest; the premier event to share solutions for adapting and succeeding in the present and future media landscape. The four-day conference takes place from July 12-15 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

“LATV Fest has grown to become Los Angeles’ very own global convergence conference, a gathering of the industry’s foremost executive insiders with some of today’s most free-thinking producers,” Feldman said. “We are offering an unprecedented opportunity for attendees to actively participate in shaping the future of multiplatform content.”

Festival highlights include the LATV Fest Kickoff Party sponsored by HRTS, , Newsmaker Luncheons, intimate Pitch Critique sessions, Mentor Networking Round Robins and Pitch Pit. Now in its eighth year, the Pitch Pit will highlight “Catchers” from APA Talent and Literary Agency, as well as representatives from Babelgum and BrookeEntertainment, Creative Convergence, FremantleMedia, Fun Little Movies, Homerun Entertainment, LMNO Productions, Quinn Media Management, RDF USA/Pangea, Tsunami Productions, wackiland productions and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME2), with more companies to be announced.

LATV Fest offers a wide range of sessions, workshops, panel discussions and other opportunities for attendees to advance their careers in the content business.

Confirmed speakers and panelists include Cori Abraham, Bravo; Alex Albrecht, Revision 3; Chris Albrecht, GigaOm; Yuri Baranovsky, Break A Leg TV ; Rob Barnett, My Damn Channel; Chad Bennett, Shine Reveille International; Frank Chindamo, Fun Little Movies; Dale Bosch, Speed Channel; Brady Brim-DeForest, Tubefilter; Blythe Cappello, E! Networks; Denise Cramsey, DCTV; Marc DeBevoise, Starz Media; Bill Deutch, Linear Media, Inc.; Mike Duffy, RDF USA; Robert Ecker, Speed Channel; Nick Emmerson, Shed Media U.S.; Erik Flannigan, MTV Networks Entertainment Group; Mark Gantt and Jesse Warren, The Bannon Way; Barrett Garese, SkyTap Industries; Jason Goldberg, Katalyst Films; Philip Gurin, The Gurin Company; Chris Harrison, TV Guide Network; Brian Seth Hurst, The Opportunity Management Company; Bruce David Klein, Atlas Media Corp; Tim Kring, “Heroes;” Pam Kulik, Open Entertainment Alliance; Jen Mayer Kulp, LMNO Productions; Jared Lake, Impact Mobile Inc.; Amber J. Lawson, Babelgum.com; John Lawson, Convergence Services, Inc.; Gary Lico, CableReady; Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum; Stuart McLean, Content & Company; Peter Murrieta, Walt Disney Channel/FM78.tv/bang Comedy Theater; Jonathan Prince, Once a Frog Productions; Jesse Redniss, USA Network; JD Roth, 3Ball Productions; Anne Schelle, Open Mobile Video Coalition; Hans Schiff, Creative Artists Agency; Eric Schotz, LMNO Productions; Tim Street, Ape Digital; Daniel Tibbets, GoTV Networks; Jared Tobman, Shine Reveille International; and Vivi Zigler, NBC Universal.

Registration information, complete agenda and additional details are available at www.latvfest.net.

NATPE is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of digital video content in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms. NATPE develops and nurtures opportunities, both commercial and educational, for buying, selling and sharing of content and ideas.

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