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While convergence of TV and new digital media is regarded a hot topic for the industry, the relationship between TV and the games industry is not always at the forefront of discussion. The Game World Playground provides a chance to meet leading Swiss and other European creators of games software and technologies. It offers inspiring hands on experiences and provides opportunities to discuss the possible «marriages» between computer games and TV programmes. The overall aim is to support the dialogue between the games industry and the world of television.

The Game World Playground is operated through the Game Design Department of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and supported by «Game Culture», a programme of Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council and Apple Switzerland.

The Game World Playground is also open to the public on restricted hours.

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“Doctor Who” is the World longest running science fiction-adventure series and the BBC’s flagship drama production, anchor of BBC One’s Saturday night schedule, with the widest range of additional activities of any UK television brand – from website to consumer products. As well as 13 new TV dramaepisodes, BBC Cymru Wales produced 4 “interactive episodes” – special on line stories realised as computer games, downloadable to PC and Mac from the bbb.co.uk/doctorwho website.

The panel will reveal how multi-platform content entered the mainstream, looking at how the special content was made – with production integrated alongside the filming of the drama series and with leading software house Sumo Digital. At times TV producers and writers had to swap roles with counterparts in computer programming and realisation. The transformation from Television to Interactive episodes includes performance capture technology such as rotoscoping as well as collaborative working on script and design development. The session will also explore if there is a business case for new media exploitation and if TV producers can play a pivotal role in creating multiplatform content that goes beyond the promotional benefits of website syndication or sub-license characters. Experts on “Doctor Who” as well as game and multiplatform experts will talk about their experience and discuss chances and challenges of the convergence of TV and multiplatform.

Presentations and panel discussion followed by an audience discussion.

Chair: Mike Dicks - Digital Specialist, UK

Charles Cecil - Games industry legend and creator of “Broken Sword” as well as executive producer of the Doctor Who games, UK
Phil Ford - Writer of adventure games (City of Daleks, Blood of the Cybermen), writer TV drama, animation and children’s progammes, UK
Ian Grutchfield - Brand manager for games & commercial strategy BBC Cymru Wales, UK
Simon Nelson - Controller, Multiplatform BBC Vision, commissioner of the Adventure Games, new media content for drama, entertainment and knowledge, UK

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Multi-platform, convergence and other opportunities are facing the media and TV industries. Convergence of traditional TV with computer games has just started. What will the world of ‘screened entertainment’ look like during the next few years? Who are the major players? Who holds the key to change? What part do the viewers play in this unfolding story? And can we make any intelligent assumptions at all about the world of tomorrow? One thing is certain: the dialogue within the media industry goes on and the Forum is taking a major role in helping to focus on the key arguments.

Short statement presentations followed by a lively and inspiring debate about the future of ‘screened entertainment’.

The discussion will be continued in the Rose d’Or online Forum over the following months.

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Jeremy Cooke - CEO, Gameware, UK
Nicoletta Iacobacci - Head of Eurovision Multiplatform, EBU/UER, Switzerland
Pius Knüsel - Director, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, Switzerland
David Liddiment - Creative Director, All 3Media; BBC Trustee; Chairman of the Rose d’Or International Advisory Board, UK
Patrick Walker - Director, Video Partnerships, Youtube, UK

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Doug Guthrie, Professor of Management at the NYU-Stern School of Business and of Sociology on NYUs Factulty of Arts and Sciences, will explain the key attributes that can help leaders in creative enterprises unlock the potential for creative excellence in their organizations. The Berlin School believes that leadership is something that can happen at all levels of an organization, not just at the top. By understanding complexity and aligning their people with the proper strategy, leaders can help cause a culture that achieves great creative work, be it a TV program, ad campaign, or product design.

Keynote speech organised in cooperation with the EMC and the Berlin School of Creative Leadership

Speaker: Doug Guthrie - Executive Academic Director of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, USA

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Since the early days of the television industry, one of the key elements of a successful schedule has been scripted family entertainment, those programmes that the family can sit down and enjoy together. Reinventing this kind of show, the Holy Grail of primetime, is a constant creative challenge, even more so now that everybody in the family is more likely to be sitting in front of a different screen… One of the more successful attempts in recent years is Outnumbered, the part-improvised BBC show which has already won several awards in the UK and is a nominee in the sitcom category at this year’s Rose d’Or. Producers and creators of “Outnumbered” will present the programme and discuss the creative process and its pitfalls and triumphs.

A moderated discussion

Chair: Christian Munder - Director Comedy of Sony Pictures FFP GmbH, Germany

Andy Hamilton - Creator, Writer and Director, Hat Trick Productions for BBC, UK
Guy Jenkin - Creator, Writer and Director, Hat Trick Productions for BBC, UK

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The Arts is one of the leading areas that is looking into producing content for television. A panel of experts will explore the added requirements and approaches needed when shooting in 3D. The discussion will take place within the context of the predicted demand within the domestic market place and will cover the relevance to other areas of television.

Presentations and panel discussion followed by an audience discussion.

Chair: Chris Hunt - President IMZ (International Music + Media Center), UK/Austria

Vicki Betihavas - Music & Television Producer, Co-Founder, Nineteen Fifteen, UK
Mark Foligno - Chief Executive of Molinare, UK
Aljoscha Smolic - Senior Research Scientist, Disney Research, CH

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