Brand Building Session at the TV Kids Summer Festival

9 Story Media Group’s Katrina Hitz-Tough, Epic Story’s Ken Faier, Aardman’s Rob Goodchild and Cookbook Media’s Rob Bencal are set for a panel discussion on the keys to brand building at the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here free of charge.

Hitz-Tough is senior VP of franchise strategy and marketing at 9 Story. Faier is el presidente and CEO of Epic Story Media and its subsidiary Epic Story Interactive. Goodchild is commercial director at Aardman. Bencal is co-founder of Cookbook. Together, the executives will discuss building and strengthening IP on screens and at retail.

Taking place June 6 to 9, the TV Kids Summer Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the children’s programming business. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVKidsSummerFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Kids Summer Festival is free. The inaugural festival attracted more than 1,700 participants.

These executives join a roster of speakers already announced that includes Disney’s Ayo Davis, M6 Group’s Maud Branly, BBC Studios’ Cecilia Persson, Builder Brothers Dream Factory’s Drew and Jonathan Scott, media cartographer Evan Shapiro, Superprod’s Clément Calvet, Mediawan’s Julien Borde, Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin, HARI’s Sophie “Kido” Prigent, Moonbug’s Nicolas Eglau and Andy Yeatman, Cyber Group Studios’ Raphaëlle Mathieu, Sinking Ship Entertainment’s Matt Bishop, Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef, Banijay Kids & Family’s Delphine Dumont, ZDF Studios’ Katharina Pietzsch, Mondo TV’s Luana Perrero, Kidoodle.TV’s Brenda Bisner, HappyKids’ David Di Lorenzo, Canela Kids’ Maggie Salas-Amaro and Playground’s Daniel Nordberg. Look for more announcements to come.

You can register for the TV Kids Summer Festival here, free of charge.

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