{"id":19765,"date":"2023-06-15T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-development-role\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:10:25","slug":"original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Content Lab Taps Alibi Alum for Development Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Connolly\u2019s Original Content Lab has brought on Alibi Entertainment alum Heidi Schorn to serve as VP of development.<\/p>\n<p>In the newly created role, Schorn will cultivate and manage relationships with a range of partners, creators and talent to build out Original Content Lab\u2019s development slate. She joins from Alibi, where she served as VP of development and executive producer of unscripted.<\/p>\n<p>Over her 13 years of experience as an unscripted executive, Schorn has earned credits on series such as <em>Crossroads: Beyond the Boom and Bust<\/em> (TVO), <em>Klondike Trappers<\/em> (History Channel Canada) and format adaptations such as <em>This is High School<\/em> (CBC), <em>Bake It Possible<\/em> (Food Network Canada) and <em>Staying Inn: Hotel Julie<\/em> (CTV).<\/p>\n<p>Original Content Lab is currently focused on developing prime-time unscripted for the global market that Great Pacific Media will produce under the terms of their strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so pleased to have a talent as experienced and respected as Heidi onboard the senior team,\u201d Connolly, CEO, said. \u201cHer proven abilities in both content development and business strategy, along with an impeccable reputation industry-wide, combine to create an unstoppable force that will further fuel OCL\u2019s ambition to be a leading creator of buzzworthy content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schorn added, \u201cI\u2019m excited to join Sean and the team and be a part of a unique company with an innovative approach to development. Sean has had an abundance of success creating hit series in a variety of genres and has built a strong foundation of partnerships internationally. I\u2019m looking forward to expanding the slate and broadening relationships with talent, creators and buyers to further build on the reach of OCL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Connolly\u2019s Original Content Lab has brought on Alibi Entertainment alum Heidi Schorn to serve as VP of development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7657,6190,6191],"class_list":["post-19765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-heidi-schorn","tag-original-content-lab","tag-sean-connolly","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Original Content Lab Taps Alibi Alum for Development Role - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Original Content Lab Taps Alibi Alum for Development Role - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sean Connolly\u2019s Original Content Lab has brought on Alibi Entertainment alum Heidi Schorn to serve as VP of development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T15:10:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/OriginalContentLab-HeidiSchorn-0623.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/\",\"name\":\"Original Content Lab Taps Alibi Alum for Development Role - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-15T15:10:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T15:10:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/original-content-lab-taps-alibi-alum-for-development-role\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Original Content Lab Taps Alibi Alum for Development Role\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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