Lunchtime Meet the Commissioning Editors/Funders: Teresa Hunt, Discovery Channel Canada
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Tuesday, Dec. 2
Starting on Monday afternoon and continuing throughout Congress, a number of broadcasters will present an overview of their networks. WCSFP 2008 also offers between 30 and 40 small group meetings with individual commissioning editors and media executives, all of whom either commission science and history programs from independent producers outside their own territories or who provide significant funding. Designed to be intimate and interactive, the numbers will be strictly limited and will run on a first come first served. However, recordings of these meetings will be available to delegates on request.
Discovery Channel Canada is looking for a mix of innovative science series that are not presenter or host led, plus one-off blue chip docs (one hour to two hour) for their Sunday Night Presents slot. These can include docudrama.
Session Producers:
Diana Ingraham, Managing Director/Conference Director, US Independents/SILVERDOCS (USA) and Meg Villarreal, Director, US Independents (USA)
Moderator:
Bo Zuschlag, Commissioning Editor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Denmark)
Guest:
Teresa Hunt, Executive Producer, Programming, Discovery Channel Canada