NATPE Global announced that U.S. entertainment and television giants confirmed as exhibitors including FOX Entertainment Global, Lionsgate and Paramount Global. NATPE Global will take place January 16 to 18, 2024 at the InterContinental Miami, a large-scale luxury convention venue conveniently located in the heart of the city’s vibrant downtown district.
“Our vision of a global marketplace based in North America is taking off, and the buy-in from these major U.S. studios as anchor exhibitors confirms it. NATPE Global is back and set to reinvent its importance on the international industry calendar. We couldn’t be more pleased with the momentum and industry support we are receiving,” said Claire Macdonald, executive director, NATPE Global.
“As we continue to chart FOX’s re-emergence into the international arena with FOX Entertainment Global’s growing slate of content, it’s more important than ever to personally engage with friends, old and new, for critical discussions about moving forward together in this fast-changing industry. Ever since MarVista Entertainment was formed 20 years ago, NATPE has been a great way to start the year strong, which has allowed us to establish meaningful partnerships worldwide and successfully build our business,” added Fernando Szew, Chief Executive Officer of FOX Entertainment Global and MarVista Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to be part of the return of NATPE Global in Miami in 2024. NATPE is always an important market for us to showcase our broad content portfolio, and this new format importantly reflects the dynamic, global marketplace we are serving today,” says Dan Cohen, Chief Content Licensing Officer, Paramount and President, Republic Pictures.
With nearly 40 countries represented and over 300 buyers registered, NATPE Global will bring together the most important buyers and sellers of projects in development and catalogue programming as well as decision-makers from the entire media ecosystem spanning content development, licensing, and platform distribution.
Key executives from A&E Networks, Amazon Prime Video, Blue Ant Media, ¡HOLA! TV, National Geographic Channel, Paramount, REELZ Channel, Roku, SVT, SONY Pictures Television, TelevisaUnivision, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, TV Globo and Warner Bros. Discovery are amongst those that have confirmed their participation.