MUMBAI: Some top industry talent and executives have been roped in to participate at the National Association of Television Program Executives' (Natpe) conference and exhibition from 18-20 January 2004, at the Sands Expo Center and Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, USA.
CNN's Larry King will be moderating the panel on 'Loose Cannons: They Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say'. Other speakers include Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart and Mandalay Entertainment head Peter Guber, who will jointly host NATPE's popular morning 'Coffee With...' sessions.
Some interesting session at the Natpe include: 'Is free TV worth saving in a 500 Channel World?' and 'The Hit Seekers'.
At the occasion, natpe and MIP-TV will also jointly present 'German Television: What Lies Ahead?', which will feature Paramount International Television President Gary Marenzi and ProSiebenSat 1 Media President and CEO Urs Rohner and will be moderated by Daily Variety executive editor Elizabeth Guider.
Additional subjects of its series of 'The Chat Room' sessions have also been introduced during the conference, announced Natpe CEO Ronald Feldman. Natpe 2004 will see a comprehensive schedule of topical panel discussions which will have some of television's senior-most executives discussing the current state of the global industry.
Topics that will be emphasised are the economy, advertising market, television production and distribution both in the US and internationally, brand integration into programming, cable television, career management and new technology.