As part of their Television Lecture Series, the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will welcome Sky Managing Director of Content Gary Davey as guest speaker at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on Thursday 18th February.
Gary will give attending industry guests an overview of Sky’s content strategy and an insight into what Sky is looking for when commissioning from Independent Producers along with a brief preview of what is up-coming.
Gary has responsibility for Sky’s entertainment, movies and news channels in the UK and Ireland as well as the entire entertainment offering of Sky Deutschland where he has been Executive Vice President Programming since 2010.
As well as acquiring high-quality shows from around the world and building Sky’s partnerships with content creators such as HBO and Showtime, Gary is also responsible for Sky’s growing portfolio of original productions with recent credits including ‘Stan Lee’s Lucky Man’, ‘The Last Panthers’, ‘Fortitude’ and ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’.
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