World Screen to Present Content Trendsetter Awards

NEW YORK/PARIS: World Screen, in partnership with MIPCOM, will present the inaugural Content Trendsetter Awards in Cannes this October, honoring the achievements of some of the world’s top programming buyers.

This year’s honorees are Mike Cosentino, the senior VP of programming at Canada’s CTV Networks; Sarah Wright, the controller of acquisitions for entertainment at Sky in the U.K.; Carlos Sandoval, the general manager of content acquisitions, online video and business development at Mexico’s Televisa; and Jeff Ford, the director of programs at Channel 5 in the U.K.

These executives will receive the Content Trendsetter Award at the end of the Acquisition Super Panel—What do Buyers Want? session at MIPCOM. Taking place at the Grand Auditorium in the Palais on Wednesday, October 5 at 5 p.m., this must-attend panel will see the honorees discussing their buying strategies in conversation with Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director.

“We are delighted to be honoring these top buyers with the first-ever World Screen Content Trendsetter Awards, in partnership with MIPCOM,” said Ricardo Guise, president and publisher of World Screen. “As the leading publishing group for the international media industry, we know all about delivering top-quality content, as these buyers have done for their own networks. We look forward to celebrating their discerning tastes with this award.”

“With so much great programming available and with so much competition for audience attention, the role of the acquisition executive in defining and implementing a buying strategy is absolutely fundamental to a network’s success,” added Laurine Garaude, the director of Reed MIDEM’s television division. “We are extremely pleased to be partnering with World Screen to honor these leading program buyers.”