If you want to see interesting discussions about the latest achievements and trends in the global, regional and domicile TV industry, then you have already secured ‘an accreditation’ for mixing business with pleasure at the one and only New Europe Market (NEM), the largest regional event dedicated to the TV industry in the CEE region, which will take place from 11th to 14th June in Dubrovnik, for the sixth consecutive year.
New Europe Market, a media event attended by the biggest experts from the field of television and media, would like to reveal to you first panel discussion titled “Hunting for the Audience: Can local production make a difference?”. The main question that the panelists will be asked is whether it is possible to boost the public television audience ratings with locally produced content.
The first panel discussion in Dubrovnik will be moderated by Gün Akyuz, a research editor from C21 Media, a renowned international publication dedicated to the television industry.
Director General of the Slovak TV station Markiza, Matthias Settele, Programme Director of the Czech Television, Jan Maxa, CEO of RTL Croatia, Henning Tewes, CEO of Croatian Radio and Television, Kazimir Bačić, Gabriella Vidus, Director of RTL Hungary, and Director of Antenna International, Pete Smith will make sure that the debate is intriguing and dynamic.
One of the more prominent panelists, Pete Smith, who is the Director of Antenna International and the head of Antenna’s European Network, has been focusing on rapid media growth in Eastern Europe and investing in software and digital companies over the past few years:
“As new platforms are emerging and incorporating unique and autochthonous content, I really believe that we are entering the golden age of local content production,” Pete Smith said about the topic of the first panel discussion at this year’s NEM.