Register your place here

Following on from our March event with Channel 4\'s, Susie Wright, our guest speaker for this event will be Katy Thorogood, Commissioner Daytime and Factual at ITV. Her remit includes titles such as This Morning, Britain\'s Best Dish, Dinner Date, 60 Minute Makeover and Secret Dealers.

Apologies for the short notice - it was touch and go as to whether we could get this one organized (but we can, so we are!) - I do hope you can join us for this event and in continuing to support the Northern TV Network. With continued government funding cuts, NTVN events are currently the only opportunity for us all to get together, pool ideas and bring commissioners and influential individuals form outside the region\'s broadcast sector, to Yorkshire, and engage directly with you - the content providers.

The format for the event is as follows:

6.00pm - 6.30pm Arrival & Registration

6.30pm - 7.00pm Katy Thorogood Commissioner Daytime and Factual at ITV

7.00pm - 7.15pm Q+A with Katy

7.15pm - 8.15pm Pre-booked 1-2-1 sessions with Katy, additional networking and drinks.

8.15pm - 10.00pm Drinks and Networking

Register your place here

The NTVN originated as a network run by it’s members so as always we really value your suggestions as to how we develop these events for the future.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Chris John Brooke Coordinator - NTVN

NTVN is facilitated by Rolling Snowballs and supported by Science City York

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Following a brief spell of silence after the TV Club event in March with Channel 4\'s, Susie Wright (the last to receive funding from Screen Yorkshire), a number of discussions took place to determine the best way forward for the network.

Responses to the events have always been overwhelmingly positive, especially since the introduction of guest speakers attending each event, and the opportunity to book one-to-one sessions with commissioners.

However, since the network no longer receives the financial support it once did, a decision had to be made as to whether the events could remain free or if an admission charge would need to be introduced.

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I believe that a network, which represents the broadcast sector in the North East and Yorkshire, is now more important than ever following the re-structuring of the regional Screen Agencies. And happily, most of you who have attended previous events seem to agree.

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There is now an NTVN discussion forum, which you can join on Linkedin. Start a topic, join a conversation, share industry gossip and news, promote a program, or just tell people what you\'re up to - it should prove a great way for the Network to communicate. For the time being the group is closed, which means you need to ask to join and have your membership approved by a moderator. This is simply to prevent the group being diluted by people with no industry relevance, cranks and people trying to sell you stuff. You can join the group by registering for free at LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/) and search Groups for Northern TV Network.

So, what’s coming up? Well, quite a lot actually...

August 4th 2011, Leeds, Seven Artspace - NTVN with: Katy Thorogood, Commissioner Daytime and Factual at ITV

September 29th, York (Venue TBC) - NTVN with: Dan Korn, - SVP Programming for UK & Western Europe

November 29th, Leeds (Venue TBC) - NTVN with: Tracy Forsythe, Commissioning Editor, UKTV Home/Good Food/Dave; Julie Swanston - Commissioning Executive across Talent and Development across all of the UKTV channels; Sally Quick - Head of Commercial Partnerships, AFP and Product Placement, UKTV

Apologies for the short notice about the August event. It was touch and go whether we could get this one organized but when it all came together last week we decided it was definitely worth putting on.

Updates on specific NTVN events will be emailed as they happen as well as through the new Rolling Snowballs twitter feed @SnowballsMedia

I hope you will agree the above program is an exciting one and that you will continue to support and be an active part of the Northern TV Network.

Very best wishes,

Chris John Brooke Coordinator - Northern TV Network

NTVN is facilitated by Rolling Snowballs and supported by Science City York

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