Bill Wijdeveld (M7 Group) and Frank Spotnitz (Big Light Productions)
NEM Dubrovnik 2021 will once again gather leading key figures from the TV industry in one place. Taking the stage from 6th until 9th September 2021at Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, various speakers will discuss the latest achievements, the future of the media and various possibilities emerging after a year which greatly impacted the industry.
Some of the first confirmed speakers for NEM Dubrovnik 2021 are: Bill Wijdeveld, Vice President Platform Content Services at M7 Group; Frank Spotnitz, CEO and Executive Producer at Big Light Productions; Peter Parmenter, SVP, Business Development at DAZN; Peter Kolosi, Deputy CEO and Director of Programming at RTL Hungary; Stanislav Georgiev, CEO at Bulsatcom; Natalija Gorščak, Director at TV SLO; Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere Analysis; Maria Rua Aguete, Executive Director and Technology Fellow at Omdia; Katarina Pavlović, Program Director at Prva Srpska and O2; and Richard John Brešković, Director of Marketing at Hrvatski Telekom.
This year’s agenda will again focus on the much needed live networking during the three days of lectures, panels, screenings, Q&As, and smaller networking events.The fourth and last day is reserved forsharing the impressions and new experiences. The organizers are especially focused on adapting the event according to the epidemiological measures.
B2B EVENT IN THE CEE REGION
NEM Dubrovnik is a B2B event, every year focusing on the TV industry development in the CEE region. Regular visitors are key representatives of pay-tv channels, FTA channels, streaming services, telecom operators, and other television services providers, but also actors, producers, directors, writers, and other participants in the audiovisual industry. This year,Dubrovnik will also host the finalists of the NEM Network screenplay writing competition, who will get the chance to meet withpotential partners, buyers and/or investors from the industry.
Thus far, NEM Dubrovnik was supported by more than 180 influential companies on the global and local level, some of which are Eutelsat, Deutsche Telekom, A1 Telekom Austria Group, United Group, Comcast, Irdeto, Global Agency and HBO Adria, as well as BBC Studios, ViacomCBS, Disney, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Fremantle, Sony Pictures Television, Pickbox, MGM, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Viasat World, Telekom Srbija Group, ZDF, BETA Film, HRT, Nova TV, RTL Croatia, RTL Hungary and many others.