NATPE Unveils Three New Tracks

LOS ANGELES: NATPE has announced three new initiatives: NATPE Music, NATPE Scripted and the creation of a NATPE Station Group Summit.

NATPE Scripted will be dedicated to the business of drama programming, with a new set of sessions featuring creators and executives from around the world who will examine what goes into the creation of engaging stories. The track will feature a keynote session with Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate Television Group, in conversation with Matt Jacobson, the head of market development at Facebook.

NATPE Music will gather musicians, songwriters, publishers, producers, supervisors and executives at the forefront of the music industry to provide insights into the intersection of television and music. This track will be headlined by Grammy-, Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning songwriter and composer Paul Williams.

The NATPE Station Group Summit will recognize the industry’s trendsetting executives who have led the transition of NATPE into a multiplatform industry association. At the center of the summit will be a State of the Industry curated by Emerson Coleman, the VP of programming at Hearst-Argyle Television, and Sean Compton, the president of strategic programming and acquisitions at Tribune Media. Executives speaking will share best practices, solutions and challenges as local stations and programmers look to think beyond the traditional broadcast model.

The three new tracks will be part of the 2017 conference, which will take place under the theme “Be A Part of It.”

JP Bommel, NATPE’s managing director and COO, commented: “The new NATPE provides opportunity, inspiration and empowerment to content creators and buyers for the growth and success of their business across all platforms. As the definitive global television and digital content marketplace, NATPE Miami accelerates business opportunities with a vibrant global exhibition floor, inspires creativity through a series of engaging masterclasses and empowers its members to interact during targeted networking events on a daily basis.”