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A gathering of the media giants. Experts and gurus from all around the world in the panel. This year with Fernando Gaitán (creator of Betty la Fea – Ugly Betty), as the central figure of the Summit. And a well deserved tribute to the great master Bernardo Romero Pereiro (r.i.p) and the outstanding figure of Don Arquímedes Rivero, honoring us with his presence at the event.
TVMAS and ONLY TELENOVELAS Fictions & Formats, International magazines specialized on the TV Industry, sponsored by the Colombian domestic industry, are pleased to invite you as a speaker to the VII WORLD SUMMIT OF TELENOVELA AND FICTION TELEVISION INDUSTRY, to be held on November 18th, 19th and 20th in Bogota, Colombia at Carlton Hotel. The attendance to the summits held in 2006, 2007 and 2008, of the United States, Africa and many countries of the Asian continent and Arabic market, opened a huge opportunity for miniseries and long series as well as for Telenovelas within the most ambitious markets with a grater projection. The formats came in strongly and modified the slots and strengthening the domestic production. Canned series got a new horizon in pay channels and platforms creating in this way a new dynamism which transformed the industry in deep.
This year in Bogotá, the capital of a country that stands in the region for its creation, exploration and export of original formats and remakes, and for the further development of production in the last five years, gathers important representatives of industry at regional and global levels: entrepreneurs, executives, producers, programmers, marketers, writers, editors, cinematographers, advertising agencies, talent agencies, music companies, merchandise licensing, investors, researchers, academics, representatives of public and private channels, open and pay, mass media and journalists, and everyone involved and interested in the business of soap opera and fiction (Entertainment).
The meeting will be held for 3 days in order to create some development strategies, arrange contents and make joint venture, buy and sell as well as to work out the distribution procedures so as to reach different targets and audience.
Main topics: A WORLWIDE POINT OF VIEW ON THE FORMAT BUSINESS and fiction remakes: Successful and unsuccessful ones. The impact on business and audience.
Another hot topic: THE QUALITY OF THE CONTENTS AND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN MULTIPLE PLATFORMS (Open and paid TV, Internet, video, DVD and phone) THE FISSURES IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE NEW WAYS OF PROFITABILITY.
Arena one to one: A closed business circle in which the participants may have the chance to negotiate face to face as well as to exchange ideas and projects.
Latin American Writers and Producers Meeting: El día 20 habrá una jornada entre escritores y realizadores latinoamericanos, que vendrán de distintos países del mundo para compartir las experiencias y analizar los distintos esquemas de creación y los distintos nichos y targets.