How Are Programming Leaders Rethinking Genres For A Multiplatform World?

Even the most beloved and proven TV programming genres and franchises must continuously evolve to keep pace with their audiences. TVNewsCheck will explore how some of the industry’s most creative content producers and executives are doing so during a panel, Rethinking Genres: Games, Travel, Talk and More, at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Panelists include Erin Johnson, executive producer, Entertainment Tonight; Stephen Brown, EVP of programming and development, Fox First Run and Fox Television Stations; Meredith McGinn, EVP of diginets & original production, NBCUniversal Local; Andrew Fitzgerald, SVP, streaming video services, Hearst Television; and Michaela Pereira, host, Michaela. Michael Depp, chief content officer, NewsCheckMedia LLC and editor, TVNewsCheck, will moderate the 2 p.m. PT discussion.

“Programming genres like talk, game shows and travel/lifestyle endure for good reasons, but even the most popular among them can’t afford complacency, especially given the needs of different platforms” Depp said. “Erin, Stephen, Meredith, Andrew and Michaela bring that understanding to their respective projects, and this panel will be a show-and-tell opportunity to share their work and explain their underlying strategies.”

Programming Everywhere, set for April 16 at the Encore in Las Vegas, gathers industry leaders to talk about the evolving business of content creation and distribution, with a focus on new development, reinventing local and national news and extending media brands on streaming.

TV station group senior executives will join programming, news and marketing leaders, syndicated programming executives and streaming media and technology leaders will take on issues such as the changing economics of syndicated programming, the relationship between FAST channels and the evolution of broadcasting, transforming television news and strategies for creating a programming everywhere business.

Participants will also consider their No. 1 challenge: creating more content for a multimedia audience, and how technologies like artificial intelligence, the cloud and IP production platforms can free up creative talent while streamlining costs.

Panels include FAST Channels and the Evolution of Broadcasting; Syndication’s Changing Business Model; Fresh Approaches to the News Franchise; Mining the Archives for New Shows; and Strategies for Building A Content Everywhere Business.

Register here for Programming Everywhere.