HRTS eNews - 03/31/2010 (Plain Text Version)
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April 21, 2010 The Hitmakers: Cable Reality
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Terry City
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Ian Moffitt
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Welcome New Members
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Member Spotlight
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JHRTS News & Announcements
by Brian Toombs, JHRTS Co-President
JHRTS had an exciting month of March. We kicked things off with an extremely entertaining “Buy and Sell in Cable” Panel held at CAA. Our esteemed panel featured: Casey Bloys (SVP of Comedy, HBO), Alex Sepiol (VP Orig Scripted Series, USA), Nick Grad (EVP of Development, F/X), Beth Greenwald (VP of Original Programming and Series Development, E!), Tony Optican (SVP of Scripted Programming, FremantleMedia), Sean Smith (Creator and Executive Producer, GREEK). Their lively discussion focused on what it takes to sell programming in the cable marketplace, both from a buyer and seller standpoint. Our diverse group covered a variety of angles of the buy/sell process from “what determines network needs” to life cycles of projects to “do’s and don’ts” of pitching. The once again sold out crowd was treated to real insight into the nitty gritty of getting projects off the ground in cable and how to put themselves in positions to be successful from both sides of the equation. The expert panel mixed it up, didn’t hold back and contributed to an incredibly educational experience for young Hollywood.
In the next two weeks we’ll hold three events. The first of which will be another one of our popular mixers, this time held at the fashionable Kiss Lounge in Hollywood. The other event will continue JHRTS’ commitment to philanthropic endeavors. “Reading to Kids” will take place at Los Angeles Elementary School and will benefit the local children. Lastly, we will be partnering with the Streamy Awards to showcase nominees from their upcoming awards shows. It will feature the best and the brightest in digital content and should be a lot of fun.
We have plans for a large summer comedy event, Upfronts party and much more. We look forward to an incredible spring, continuing our momentum.
Scene at... Buy/Sell In Cable March 4, 2010
See more photos on the official JHRTS Smugmug site.