Prensario confirms Virtual Screenings Worldwide on September 21-30, 2021

Pioneer media company with almost 50 years in the entertainment business Prensario International has confirmed the fourth edition of its Virtual Screenings event called Virtual Screenings Worldwide (VSWW). The platform will be on the line of L.A. Virtual Screeenings (LAVS) last May, which got record-breaking numbers gathering +4300 participants, with +1550 buyers, from almost 130 countries.

 

VS events are heavily attended by global executives due to three main characteristics: a very simple system and free of charge registration, a friendly usage of the digital tools, and the big number of data processed and delivered during the market days.

 

VSWW will offer six top sections, as usual: VS Market with new & fresh, multi-genre programming from international providers; VS Next with panels, sessions, programming showcases and “Testimonials of the Industry” from global key decision makers; VS Figures with rankings of the most watched content by type, genre, origins, plus key industry data; VS Billboard, offering a daily selection of the top shows; VS News, including the Daily Report and the top news of the industry; and VS Browser & Filters, offering content selections by tittle, genre, etc.

 

Nicolás Smirnoff, managing director, Prensario International, highlighted: 'Considering all these years with Prensario, Virtual Screenings has been one of the most disruptive initiatives we’ve developed. When many online events perform bad, we are more successful every edition. At VS, the buyers are not obliged to anything, they do binge-watching and the interaction with sales people comes from their likes and requests. We have unique feedback reports that guarantee hundreds of leads to every exhibitor'.

 

Acquisitions, programming, and production executives attending the virtual marketplace will be able to:

- Watch trailers, previews and complete episodes of the contents
- Take advantage of digital tools to detect new hits and opportunities through rankings, suggestions, rising genres, stats
- Watch in short time a large amount of programming, including key distributors that usually have time to review in physical markets
- Interact in real time with content suppliers to set virtual meetings 
- Attend top panels & conferences about the latest market trends

 

Content providers expected to attend include those from US studios, independent producers, leading Latin American companies, as well as European, APAC, Turkish and MENA/African distributors. Close to 20 companies have confirmed their participation. They are ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS), European distributors like all3media (UK), ZDF Enterprises (Germany), ORF-Enterprise (Austria), CDC United Network (Belgium), Star Media (Russia), RTVE (Spain) and SIC (Portugal), as well as Turkish providers Kanal D, Calinos and Madd. From Latin America and USA, Caracol TV (Colombia), Canal 13 (Chile), LaFlia and G-VOD plaform flixxo (Argentina), Cisneros Media, Indicom and RMVISTAR (USA), and from APAC, it was confirmed a Korean pavilion hosted by KOCCA, and Nippon TV (Japan), who is participating for the fourth time.

 

As in LAVS, the VS Next section will offer 20 paneles and round tables about different hot topics such us streming, production, distribution, as well as regional panels about Europe, APAC, MENA and Latin America. The sessions are being produced in partnership with key market intelligence companies such us OMDIA, K7 Media, Parrot Analytics, Newzoo, 3Vision and H.Consult, as well as event organizers like Conecta FICTION, Kiev Media Week, Dubai International Content Market, Iberseries Platino Industria, Si Edutainment and media companies like TBI, TVPY, FormatBIZ, among many more.  

    

Buyers and participants from all across the world can already register for free at VirtualScreenings.com, choosing one of the following options: if they have participated of the past editions, by entering “Already VS User?” (just add the credentials to confirm), and if they are a new, by clicking “New VS User”. In any case, the platform won’t be accessible before September 21.