ZDF Studios’ Robert Franke & Yi Qiao Join TV Drama Festival

ZDF Studios’ Robert Franke and Yi Qiao will talk about the company’s scripted strategy during the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. You can register here for free.

Franke is VP Drama. Qiao is Director Drama. Together, the executives will discuss building out ZDF Studios’ English-language drama slate, aligning with U.S. and U.K. partners, funding models and more.

The second edition of the TV Drama Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the business of scripted series today. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVDramaFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Drama Festival is free. World Screen’s festivals have an average of 1,700 registered participants and approximately 18,000 views.

Franke and Qiao join the previously announced participants: Sky’s Katie Keenan, RTÉ’s Dermot Horan, MultiChoice’s Waldimar Pelser, SVT’s Karolina Stallwood, TV 2 Denmark’s Lars Erik Nielsen, Two Brothers Pictures’ Sarah Hammond, Fremantle’s Christian Vesper, Banijay’s Christian Wikander, A+E Networks’ Alexandra Finlay, All3Media International’s David Swetman, Universal Television’s Erin Underhill, Dynamic Television’s Dan March and Global Screen’s Ulrike Schröder.

You can sign up for your free registration here. ONLY those registered will receive free access to our post-event Exclusive White Paper on drama trends, featuring key intel from the event in a compact, easy-to-digest format.

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