World Screen Unveils 2016 Content Trendsetters

NEW YORK: World Screen is presenting the sixth annual Content Trendsetter Awards in partnership with MIPCOM, this year honoring Stan’s Mike Sneesby, Mediaset’s Zelda Stewart, TV4 Group’s Cathrine Wiernik and UKTV’s Alexandra Finlay.

The World Screen Content Trendsetter Awards are meant to recognize the achievements of some of the world’s top programming executives. The 2016 honorees are Sneesby, the CEO of Stan; Stewart, the head of acquisitions at Mediaset; Wiernik, the director of programs at TV4 Group; and Finlay, the head of acquisitions and co-productions at UKTV.

These executives will receive the Content Trendsetter Award at the end of the Acquisition Superpanel: What Do They Want? session at MIPCOM on Wednesday, October 19. Taking place at the Grand Auditorium in the Palais, this must-attend panel will see the honorees discussing their programming strategies in conversation with Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director.