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BVE To Welcome
Top Class Cast
Shining stars of the digital age and world class speakers from the
film and television industry are set to attend BVE 2016...

T

he free seminar programme at
BVE 2016, is once again packed
with industry leaders who will inspire
and inform about all aspects of content
creation and delivery.
The
wide-ranging
programme,
totalling over 75 hours of engaging
content, covers the latest production
issues and technological trends as
well as exploring the connected
world and multi-platform content,
with speakers from organisations
including Raindance Film Festival,

BBC, Channel 4, Sky, BFI, Vimeo and
Fremantle Media.
The Producers' Theatre
This strand covers topics ranging
from production planning and
development to business advice.
During the panel How can a better
location assist the budget? TV, Film
and Commercials, visitors will hear
from preeminent Location Managers
Harriet Lawrence (Suffragette) and
James Grant (Skyfall) on the options

Co-located with BVE, as part of London Entertainment Week, Streaming Forum
2016 (23 & 24 February, London) is billed as a "one-stop destination for live
streaming and live linear professionals".

KEYNOTES:
Bringing the Best of Both Worlds:
Blurred Lines: The Convergence
Broadcast's resilience and
of Broadcast and Digital
IP's flexibility for ITV's
Inside the NFL
streaming services
Tom Griffiths, Director of Broadcast
& Distribution Technology, ITV, UK

Shannon Rutherford, Director of Digital
Media Video Operations, NFL, USA

The organisers say that whatever your role, Streaming Forum dispenses
solutions and how-tos to anyone facing the challenges and opportunities
presented by delivering live events and live linear channels to multiple screens.
Some of the world's best-known streaming specialists will walk attendees
through every step of the live streaming process.

Scheduled topics include:
*	 The Ins & Outs of Live Streaming;
*	 Live streaming of the UK Election;
*	 Facebook, Periscope and
Meerkat Live;
*	 Case Study: Football League;
*	 Maximising the value of
social video;
*	 Live and Second Screen;
*	 Google Dynamic Ad Insertion;
*	 Live streaming through the Cloud;
*	 Pioneering multicast;

*	 Amazon Cloud video
throughout the stack;
*	 360° content;
*	 Case Study: Almeida Theatre's
live streamed Odyssey;
*	 Optimising live streaming
experiences;
*	 Live streaming workflow
best practice;
*	 Live streaming hip-hop
from SXSW;
*	 The future of live streaming.

Among the experts are: YouTube, BT, Google, BT, ITV, Sky News, NFL, Amazon,
Aspera, Limelight Networks, Wowza, Boiler Room, TourGigs, StreamAMG, and
more.
Co-located with BVE 2016 for the first time, Streaming Forum 2016 is colocated with BVE and attendees have unlimited access to the BVE Expo halls.

for European co-productions, the
importance of location versus story
and tax and filming incentives
available.
After its resounding success in
its first year at BVE 2015, Live!
Ammunition! returns to offer up-andcoming screenwriters a chance to pitch
ideas for a movie to a panel moderated
by Elliott Grove, Founder, Raindance
Film Festival and British Independent
Film Awards.
This is a live competition open
to anyone with £5 in their pocket -
competitors must convince the panel
to watch their film or read their
screenplay, and the panel will confer
and pick a winner for the best pitch.
The winner takes the pot, but more
importantly the competitors and
audience will pick up valuable tips on
pitching.
The Producers' Theatre also
features content from the digital age,
recognising that high quality content
is no longer exclusive to broadcast
and film. YouTube Megastar Tom
Ridgewell, AKA TomSka, will hold a
session on Monetising beyond YouTube
offering budding content creators
insight into popular online platforms
for funding, as well as digitally
distributing work online.
Other highlights taking place
throughout the week in The Producers'
Theatre sees BVE's highly popular
Commissioning sessions make a
welcome return, with advice from
commissioners from Channel 4/All
4 Shorts, Sky, Channel 5 and BBC,
about what they are looking for
in new shows, and the benefits of
understanding the strategic brand
identity of TV and digital platforms
for creative new dramas. Jamie Berry,

Series Producer, Walking the Nile
will also be making an appearance,
discussing the fine lines between
subjective and objective documentary
film making and the formats that work.
4K Screenings
Elsewhere on the show floor, the
4K Theatre has reinvented itself as
'The Screen @ BVE', housing keynote
speakers including Jon Page, Head of
Operations, BBC R&D, VFX Executive
Producer Jordan Soles, and an
interview with BAFTA winning Director,
Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a
Funeral, Great Expectations, Mona Lisa
Smile, Prince of Persia). Attendees to
'The Screen @ BVE' will also have the
chance to take in an interview with
Glen Freemantle, Oscar Winning Sound
Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
at Sound24 Ltd (Everest, Gravity, ExMachina, Steve Jobs).
'The Screen' will also be taking
a look at one of the hottest topics
in the industry at the moment with
the panel discussion The Internet
Protocol Revolution: Is it all its set up
to be?. Chairing the panel is renowned
industry
expert
Larry
Jordan,
with panellists including Martin
Featherstone, Expert at HowtoAV,
Dan Bennett, Managing Director,
Absolute Post and Peter Schut,
Chief Technological Officer, Axon TV.
Panellists will examine advantages and
barriers to IP integration, and discuss
the IP workflow solution and what
this means for production switches to
communicate with cameras and other
video sources.
BVE 2016 takes place from 23-25
February 2015 at ExCeL London and
registration is now open.
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