The Banff World Media Pageant has added CBS Leisure president Amy Reisenbach to its ‘In Dialog With’ session lineup forward of its forty fifth version in June.
On Thursday, the Canadian Rockies competition additionally introduced as further audio system Lisa Kramer, president, worldwide TV licensing at Paramount World Content material Distribution; Asif Sadiq, chief world variety, fairness and inclusion officer at Warner Bros. Discovery; and Cori Wellins, William Morris Endeavor associate, for the June 9 to 12 gathering in Banff, Alberta.
Additionally becoming a member of the Banff lineup is Gold Home CEO Bing Chen and Sandra Dewey, COO of Media Res as competition headliners throughout a convention anticipated to focus this yr on worldwide financing and co-productions for world TV content material.
Banff earlier introduced that Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. Tv Group chairman and CEO, and Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Leisure keynote audio system this yr. Their look in Banff comes as Hollywood’s studios and streamers emerge from twin writers and actors strikes in a cost-cutting mode.
On the identical time, the most important Hollywood studios wish to proceed the rollout of streaming platforms in key worldwide markets, and bolster their artistic pipelines throughout key movie and TV studios.
Banff Pageant government director Jenn Kuzmyk in an announcement on Thursday mentioned of the upcoming forty fifth version: “Now shouldn’t be the time to be timid. The trade is at an inflection level. We’re programming a provocative lineup of audio system and this yr’s competition is poised to be a cornerstone occasion for media professionals navigating the complexities of our quickly rising panorama.”