Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) Chairman and CEO Channing Dungey will give a keynote interview at the forthcoming 40th edition of MIPCOM Cannes, which will take place between October 21 and 24. Staged as a fireside chat in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals on October 21 at 16.20, the keynote forms part of the ‘C-Suite Conversations’ series presented across the opening afternoon of the market in partnership with Variety.
Taking the helm of WBTVG in 2021, Dungey has creative responsibility for the full and diverse range of the Studio’s production activities. Through divisions and labels including Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, the Studio is currently producing nearly 90 series for Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO, Max, external streaming platforms, and linear cable and broadcast networks, including live-action scripted hits “Ted Lasso,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Presumed Innocent,” “Bad Monkey,” and the world of “The Big Bang Theory,” unscripted favorites “The Bachelor” and “The Voice,” and animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader” and “Harley Quinn,” among many other highly acclaimed and globally traveled titles. In August 2024, it was announced Dungey will also lead Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks business, in addition to WBTVG, beginning in 2025.
The session will explore Dungey’s approach to storytelling and creative leadership and explore the future-facing global production strategies behind one of the world’s most high-profile and prolific studios.
Prior to joining WBTVG, Dungey achieved huge success as a content developer, platform programmer, and network executive, serving as Vice President of Original Series at Netflix, where she shepherded high-profile series including Shonda Rhimes' “Bridgerton” and “Inventing Anna”; before which Dungey became the first Black executive to run a major television network when appointed President of ABC Entertainment, where she oversaw all development, programming, marketing, and scheduling operations for ABC primetime and late-night.
“Channing Dungey continues to inspire and outpace everyone in her creative path as one of the most prolific television execs of our time,” said Lucy Smith, Director MIPCOM Cannes and MIP London. “She’s a development executive to the core. As this is Channing’s first-ever MIPCOM, we couldn’t be more excited to finally welcome her onto the Cannes world stage to share her vision at Warner Bros. for developing timeless content for international audiences.”