{"id":1823,"date":"2017-11-20T12:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/details-unveiled-inaugural-discop-zanzibar\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:44:05","slug":"details-unveiled-for-inaugural-discop-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/details-unveiled-for-inaugural-discop-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"Details Unveiled for Inaugural DISCOP Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Further information has been revealed for the first edition of DISCOP Zanzibar, which is slated to take place next year at the Verde Hotel from July 11 to 13.<\/p>\n<p>DISCOP Zanzibar will be held alongside the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) from July 7 to 15. The collaboration between ZIFF and DISCOP market organizers will see a larger focus on film within DISCOP Zanzibar, and also coincides with the announcement of two new categories of awards from ZIFF\u2014best TV series and best web series.<\/p>\n<p>DISCOP Zanzibar will include a market component led by pre-arranged meetings between key players driving Eastern Africa&#8217;s entertainment content development, production and distribution ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also host the sidebar NEXT GEN program, featuring three stand-alone knowledge-transfer and pitching tracks: DISCOPRO, centered on regional and international co-production opportunities; DISCORE, recognizing the importance of music and sync deals within the content space; and DISCOMICS, aimed at the animation, special effects, comic books and video-gaming sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia will be honored as Guest Country at\u00a0DISCOP Zanzibar 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoticeable business trends already point to how massive home-grown content consumption, intra-African trade and regional cooperation will be the dominant forces in shaping the continent\u2019s entertainment marketplace,\u201d noted Patrick Zuchowicki,\u00a0DISCOP&#8217;s founder and general manager. \u201cHolding a DISCOP market specifically targeting the East African media industry is key to the development of our brand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further information has been revealed for the first edition of DISCOP Zanzibar, which is slated to take place next year at the Verde Hotel from July 11 to 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[333,374],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-discop-zanzibar","tag-ziff"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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