Doc U: Docs on TV -- Evolution of the Broadcast Landscape

Docs on TV
Evolution of the Broadcast Landscape

Monday, March 18, 2013
Discussion & Audience Q&A: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Reception to Follow

The Cinefamily
611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036

The last few months have seen a number of shifts in the broadcast landscape for nonfiction programs. CNN launched CNN Films, upping the network’s commitment to long format documentaries. Participant Media acquired the Documentary Channel and Halogen TV, to be re-branded and launched this summer as a new channel featuring scripted and nonscripted programming, and LA’s KCET, the nation's largest independent public television station, has merged with Link TV creating KCETLink, a new transmedia independent network that acquires, produces and distributes provocative global programming. With these new ventures, and other evolving players on the scene, we'll take a look at the outlook for docs on TV.

What programming will these new channels be seeking? How will their content to be accessed in the variety of ways available to consumers today? How do these new outlets increase the visibility and availability of docs and non-fiction content? How do these new initiatives, acquisitions and mergers signal the future for non-fiction works on television?

Join Tom White, Editor of Documentary magazine, and a panel of industry insiders, including Belisa Balaban, SVP, Unscripted Programming at Participant Media, and Lizzie Kerner, Director of Development & Acquisitions at CNN Films, as they discuss the changing landscape and new opportunities for docs on television.