NATPE Unveils Exhibitor-Buyer Lineup

NATPE President-CEO Rick Feldman today announced that its annual trade show has nearly reached capacity for floor exhibitors and has sold approximately 80% of suite space for the upcoming market and conference running from Jan. 24-26 at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami.

In addition to the more than 500 buyers from 43 countries that will be in attendance in South Beach, NATPE is launching NATPE Connect this December, an online networking tool that will allow attendees to connect with one another before, during and after the market.

“We’ve seen tremendous excitement in advance of NATPE 2011 and the international buzz confirms our strategic decision to make Miami our new home,” said Feldman. “It will certainly be a very busy week for exhibitors and buyers. We’re happy to provide tools like NATPE Connect and the Online Show Guide that will further enhance the NATPE experience to make for a highly productive conference.”

The following companies, among many others, are exhibiting in Miami: 20th Century Fox Television Distribution; BBC Worldwide; CBS Television Distribution; Debmar Mercury; Discovery; Disney Media Networks; FremantleMedia; Globo TV; Lionsgate ; MarVista; MGM; NBC Universal; Shine International; Sony Pictures Television; Telemundo; Televisa; Twentieth Television; Venevision; Univision; and Warner Bros. New exhibitors include Banijay; Eyeworks Distribution; Intel; SeamBi (Seamless Brand Integration); and Take 1 Transcription.

Among the more than 500 buyers from 43 countries who will be attending NATPE 2011 are key terrestrial and cable channels including TFI, France, Prosieben/Sat 1 Media AG, Germany, Eyeworks, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the UK ; U.S. cable buyers; and U.S. TV stations and station groups including: CBS Station Group; Cox Media Group; Hearst; ION Media Networks; Lin Television; Meredith Corp; Post-Newsweek; Univisions Station Group; Weigel Broadcasting; and Young Broadcasting. See a complete buyer list at http://natpemarket.com/natpemarket/index.php/lists.

Currently in beta testing, NATPE Connect is an online social networking site that will enable conference attendees to search and browse a complete attendee directory, build and share professional profiles, connect and communicate with other attendees, send and receive private messages, set up one-on-one meetings on-site, and build and export personalized meeting schedules to Outlook Calendar or iCalendar. Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are available within NATPE Connect.

The 2011 marketplace will also have the first NATPE Online Show Guide, a multimedia platform accessible via mobile apps for all major smart phone systems (in development), a website and on-site touch screens. The Show Guide will provide session and speaker information, maps, exhibitor content and other useful conference information. Touch screens with Guide access will be placed in five high traffic areas throughout the Fontainebleau Resort.