Business Content

Business Content

The Business Content is a firmly established, unique niche within the Festival programming and a sought out gathering over three days, for industry professionals to connect, inspire and interact as a community during the event.

The welcoming setting features specially curated conference sessions and intimate networking events, enhanced by business meetings made through the Festival Connect networking platform.

Inspirational keynotes and on trend sessions are presented and attended by a unique blend of influential global network executives, international and independent producers, creators, young innovators, trade media and organizations, including Festival competition juries, committees and nominees who are all collectively shaping the future of the television, streaming and entertainment industry.

Important industry topics address areas such as content creation, production, distribution, the shift to streaming and digital, innovation with AI, diversity, the future of documentaries, PR, marketing and more.

The Business Content is open to industry professionals including Festival guests, Pass Pro holders and registered media who are invited to seize these opportunities to boost professional activities and expand business networks.

2025 Topics

  • Spotlight On an Industry Executive
  • LA Moving On: Celebrating vs Supporting
  • The Streamers: Shifts in Content & Audience Engagement
  • Counting the Cost: Where to Film & Get the Best Breaks
  • Marketing & PR: Measuring the Value of Series Campaigns
  • That’s (AI) Entertainment!
  • Public Service Broadcasting: Its Future in the Evolving Landscape
  • Masterclass with a Maestro Storyteller (Young Creators)

NEW! PITCH CONTEST “Tell Me A Story!”

Calling all film school students and young creators…”

Organized by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in collaboration with 1895 Films, led by Co-Founder and Emmy and Peabody Award winning Content Creator and Executive Producer, Tom Jennings.
The “Tell Me a Story” Pitch Contest, focused on factual (non-fiction) storytelling, aims to uncover unique, passionate, and compelling story ideas offering untold narratives from a new generation of film creators.
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FESTIVAL CONNECT NETWORKING PLATFORM

The Festival Connect, is a dedicated networking platform, designed to encourage exchange and to facilitate executive meetings between industry professionals, specifically around the Business Content sessions and networking events, the Festival's meeting place for the industry to gather in an intimate and convivial setting during the event.

Access the online Festival Connect to :

  • Message & organize meetings with Festival professional participants
  • Relive the Business Content sessions through the Podcasts
  • Find all the practical info about your stay

Access to the Festival Connect is open to professional Festival guests, Pass Pro holders and registered industry media.

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2024 Speakers

Steve ANDERSON

Steve ANDERSON

Executive Producer SHEARWATER MEDIA
Vance VAN PETTEN

Vance VAN PETTEN

Adjunct Professor DODGE FILM SCHOOL, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Martina ŠANTAVÁ

Martina ŠANTAVÁ

Creative Producer CZECH TELEVISION
Susa KUSCHE

Susa KUSCHE

Productrice executive / Executive producer ZIEGLER FILM GMBH & CO KG
Graham BENSON

Graham BENSON

Chairman GCB INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONSULTANTS
Rémi TERESZKIEWICZ

Rémi TERESZKIEWICZ

CEO BETASERIES
Michael IDATO

Michael IDATO

Culture Editor at Large THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Piv BERNTH

Piv BERNTH

CEO, Creative & Executive Producer APPLE TREE PRODUCTIONS
Dan COHEN

Dan COHEN

Chief Content Licensing Officer, Paramount and President, Republic Pictures PARAMOUNT GLOBAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
Katie FUCHS

Katie FUCHS

Managing Director THE LIPPIN GROUP
Leif HOLST JENSEN

Leif HOLST JENSEN

Dean, TV & Games INN UNIVERSITY
Mathilde FIQUET

Mathilde FIQUET

Secretary General CEPI - EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION

2024 Partners

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