Nat Geo, Curiosity, BossaNova, ORF & More Board TV Real Festival

Running online from June 18 to 20, the second edition of the TV Real Festival is set to feature keynotes with National Geographic’s Tom McDonald, Lion Television’s Richard Bradley, Curiosity’s Clint Stinchcomb, BossaNova Media’s Paul Heaney and more. Sign up for your free registration here.

McDonald, executive VP of global factual and unscripted content at National Geographic, will deliver an opening keynote on his original programming strategy at the platform. Gernot Lercher, commissioner at ORF’s Universum Nature strand, will be on hand with ORF-Enterprise’s Marion Camus-Oberdorfer to weigh in on how that pubcaster is maintaining its commitment to high-end wildlife. Stinchcomb joins the festival to talk about the growth at Curiosity, of which he is president and CEO. Also exploring the streaming landscape, we’ll hear from Documentary Channel’s Tom Neff.

Spotlighting trends in factual distribution, we’ve convened a keynote with BossaNova Media’s Paul Heaney as well as a panel discussion with TVF International’s Poppy McAlister and Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann. And we have a wealth of intelligence from producers: Lion Television’s Bradley, 11:11 Media’s Bruce Robertson and, from Muck Media, Cristina Costantini and Mariana van Zeller, whose stable of shows includes the acclaimed Trafficked on Nat Geo.

Only those who register will receive our exclusive white paper recapping all the intelligence from the event. The full schedule for the TV Real Festival, available live and on-demand next week, will be released on Monday. Register for free here.