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Mercury Filmworks\u2019 Heath Kenny and Chantal Ling will take part in a joint session on the creativity at the heart of the studio during the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here<\/a>\u00a0free of charge.<\/p>\n

Kenny is chief content officer, charged with spearheading the company\u2019s move into original programming. As VP of original series and co-productions, Ling specializes in proprietary content and co-productions. Together, the executives will discuss the studio\u2019s strengths as a service provider and the drive to more original content.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

These executives join a roster of speakers already announced that includes Disney\u2019s Ayo Davis, M6 Group\u2019s Maud Branly, BBC Studios\u2019 Cecilia Persson, Builder Brothers Dream Factory<\/i>\u2019s Drew and Jonathan Scott, media cartographer Evan Shapiro, Superprod\u2019s Cl\u00e9ment Calvet, Mediawan\u2019s Julien Borde, Dandelooo\u2019s Emmanu\u00e8le P\u00e9try-Sirvin, HARI\u2019s Sophie \u201cKido\u201d Prigent,Moonbug\u2019s Nicolas Eglau and Andy Yeatman, Cyber Group Studios\u2019 Rapha\u00eblle Mathieu, The WIT\u2019s Bertrand Villegas, Sinking Ship Entertainment\u2019s Matt Bishop, Toon2Tango\u2019s Ulli Stoef, Banijay Kids & Family\u2019s Delphine Dumont, ZDF Studios\u2019 Katharina Pietzsch, Mondo TV\u2019s Luana Perrero,9 Story Media Group\u2019s Katrina Hitz-Tough, Epic Story\u2019s Ken Faier, Aardman\u2019s Rob Goodchild, Cookbook Media\u2019s Rob Bencal, pocket.watch\u2019s David B. Williams, WildBrain\u2019s Lara Ilie,Kidoodle.TV\u2019s Brenda Bisner, HappyKids\u2019 David Di Lorenzo, Canela Kids\u2019 Maggie Salas-Amaro and Playground\u2019s Daniel Nordberg. Look for more announcements to come.<\/p>\n

You can register for the TV Kids Summer Festival here<\/a>, free of charge.<\/p>\n

For sponsorship opportunities, please go\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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