October 2010
Welcome to the latest Royal Television Society newsletter. Here are just some of the events happening around the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Be sure to add the dates to your diary.
Featured Events
22 November - London
Joanna Shields, Vice-President, EMEA, Facebook: ‘Re-Imagine’
Venue: Bafta, 195 Piccadilly, London W1 9LN
Joanna Shields is Vice President of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Joanna was Chief Executive of Bebo, President of AOL’s social and communications division and Managing Director, Syndication and Partnerships for Google Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa. At this RTS dinner Joanna will be discussing her career.
11 November - London
Stewart Purvis CBE: ‘Calling time on analogue regulation – an agenda for the next Communications Act’
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London, W1G 9DT
Tickets are now available for our RTS Fleming Lecture next month. By the time Digital Switchover completes in 2012 the rules that govern the content in British broadcasting will be nearly a decade old. Since the Communications Act of 2003 digital television and broadband internet have become mainstream. In his RTS Fleming Lecture, Stewart Purvis will argue that it is time to call time on analogue-style content regulation and that a new Communications Act should introduce fundamental reform.
Dates for your Diary
25 October - London
Speed date the entertainment gurus
Venue: The Long Acre, 1-3 Long Acre, London WC2E 9LH
Back due to popular demand but with an entertainment twist! This is the second in the series of RTS Futures Speed Date events, this time focusing on entertainment TV. At this event you have the chance to ‘speed-date’ some of the UK’s leading entertainment programme makers; face-to-face, one-on-one.
25 October - London
Michael Grade CBE in conversation with Ray Snoddy
Venue: Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, London SW1A 1LR
It is an incontrovertible fact that Michael Grade is one of the most experienced television executives in the country. At this event he will be discussing his lengthy career with journalist Ray Snoddy.
26 October - Dublin
In the frame on the page
Venue: RTÉ Studio 4 (AR4) Donnybrook, Dublin 4
A presentation by lighting cameraman Godfrey Graham.
27 October - London
Demystify… Rights
Venue: ITV Studios, Upper Ground SE1 9LT
Rights are an essential part of television and the media - but what are they really and how are they created? What is happening that changes what you can do with them? With Hubert Best, international copyright law expert.
Coming up at the RTS
The glittering RTS Awards season begins in November. Details will be posted at www.rts.org.uk and www.rtsfutures.org.uk and get the news first by joining us on Facebook.
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