Banff World Media Festival is set to take place from June 9 to 12 in Banff, Alberta, and has added several speakers to its ‘In Conversation With’ session lineup. This includes Amy Reisenbach, CBS Entertainment president, Lisa Kramer, president of international TV licensing at Paramount Global Content Distribution, Asif Sadiq, chief global diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Warner Bros. Discovery and Cori Wellins, William Morris Endeavor partner.
The festival aims to focus on international financing and co-productions for global TV content. In addition to the speakers already mentioned, Gold House CEO Bing Chen and Sandra Dewey, COO of Media Res will also be featured as headliners at the conference. Keynote speakers for this year’s festival include Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. Television Group chairman and CEO and Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment as Hollywood studios navigate through a cost-cutting mode following dual writers and actors strikes.
The major Hollywood studios are continuing to roll out streaming platforms in key international markets while enhancing their creative pipelines. Banff Festival executive director Jenn Kuzmyk emphasized the importance of this year’s 45th edition stating that the industry is at an inflection point. The festival aims to provide a provocative lineup of speakers to assist media professionals navigating the complexities of the rapidly growing landscape.