Tag: TV Real Festival 2025

Founded by reality TV icon Paris Hilton and Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media is taking a next-generation approach to scaling its content production efforts, which run the gamut from digital-first series to immersive docs and more, its chief storyteller, Bruce Robertson, told TV Real Festival delegates today.

Gernot Lercher, who heads up natural history at Austrian pubcaster ORF, and Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, director of acquisitions and distribution investment at ORF-Enterprise, discussed how they collaborate to bring high-end natural history to Austrian and international audiences via the UNIVERSUM brand at the TV Real Festival.

Mariana van Zeller and Cristina Costantini spoke at the TV Real Festival today, offering insights into how Muck Media, founded by five friends, has assembled a portfolio of some of the buzziest factual shows on linear and streaming, including Trafficked on National Geographic, Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful on Netflix and Sally on Hulu.

Exploring the unique positioning of boutique independents, TVF International’s Poppy McAlister and Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann joined the TV Real Festival today to share how their outfits are making sense of the factual distribution business.

Paul Heaney, founder and CEO of BossaNova Media, discussed meeting the needs of buyers and maximizing returns to producers as day one of the TV Real Festival wrapped today.

Richard Bradley, co-founder and chief creative officer of All3Media-owned Lion Television, joined the TV Real Festival to discuss how the acclaimed outfit is navigating the opportunities and challenges in factual commissioning today.

The second edition of the TV Real Festival kicked off today with a keynote conversation with Tom McDonald, executive VP of global factual and unscripted content at National Geographic.

In this digital edition of the festival agenda, you will find the full daily program and speaker biographies for the event, running virtually from June 18 to 20. Register here to receive access details.

Taking place virtually from June 18 to 20, 2025, the second edition of the TV Real Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the world of unscripted, including National Geographic's Tom McDonald, Curiosity's Clint Stinchcomb, Lion Television's Richard Bradley, BossaNova's Paul Heaney and Muck Media's Mariana van Zeller and Cristina Costantini. Register for free here.