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DISCOPRODELIVERING SUPERFAST GROWTH

AFRICA’S PREMIERE ENTERTAINMENT AND

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT COPRODUCTION FORUM

6 - 7 - 8 NOVEMBER 2013 SANDTON CONVENTION CENTER • JOHANNESBURG

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The Timing Is Right For Coproduction Business In Africa

There’s never been a better time to approach the future of entertainment and educational content coproduction in Africa with confidence.

• Africa is set to transition from a massive importer to producer of content that is far more locally relevant.

• Strengthening domestic demand for home-grown content will boost regional partnerships.

• Increased overseas’ interest in content made in Africa is fueling export business opportunities as well as international players’ interest in building relationships.

• Increased overseas interest in content Made in Africa is fueling export business opportunities as well as international interest in building relationships.

DISCOPRO: The Ultimate Coproduction Forum Centered On Africa

Designed to meet the ambitions of new generations of independent multiscreen content producers, the annual DISCOPRO forum will deliver superfast growth opportunities centered on Africa.

Africa is fueled by young populations, rising advertising markets, rapid digital switchover processes, strong broadband and mobile penetration, and continued growth in multiscreen television viewing and Pay TV subscription revenues.

Special DISCOPRO HighlightsThe DISCOPRO inaugural edition’s overall program will also feature highlights covering areas of special focus:

SAMBA!The Brazilian TV Producers Association (BTVP) will lead talks on coproduction opportunities with Brazil.

THE BEAUTIFUL GAMESThe opportunities of sports content production and program-ming in advance of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

AFRICAN HARMONYThe expanding market for music programs created in Africa.

BOLLYWOOD DIASPORAOverview of the Indian diaspora residing in Africa and potential partnerships between India and Africa.

FORMATS FROM AFRICAThis pitching competition seeks and promotes original TV formats created in Africa, which can begin as local successes and end up as international hits. Eligible independent producers are invited to forward original submissions that have local, regional and international appeal. The producers of the top submissions will pitch at DISCOPRO in front of a live audience and a panel of top African and international format experts. Winners will get prizes that in 2012 included a development deal with a major South African format company as well as a development budget.

MULTISCREEN ONLINE SCREENING LIBRARYFilm and TV content presented by independent producers will be showcased on DISCOPRO’s multi-platform, seamless, screening application that will serve as an automated and interactive screening hub for content buyers before, during and after DISCOPRO.

The 3-day DISCOPRO forum will mix fund-raising, distribution and hands-on training opportunities:

• Meetings will be organized in-house on behalf of producers. Producers submit eligible projects seeking funding, and are paired up with qualified content buyers, sales agents and commissioning executives.

• Producers can provide finished content for advance online screenings by buyers through a secured server.

• A fast-track informative program of panel discussions, workshops, training sessions, and case studies will help participants develop practical survival skills, build relations, access game-changing information and navigate the terrain.

DISCOPRO will also place a strong emphasis on under- standing coproduction treaties between countries with emerging creative industries, and on incentives and tax rebates designed to help balance development, production, post-production and marketing budgets.

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AFRICA THE GROWTH CONTINENTHow you can make more money selling your content in Africa than you ever imagined – including cutting-edge market information about the new platforms proliferating in Africa.

AFRICA IS RICHHow you can sell your African content to the world – and how you can benefit from securing African content for your platform.

AFRICA COLLABORATIVECoproductions with Africa: How it’s done, how you can do it, and why you should, including success stories of some of the top coproductions executed with Africa and a look at triangular coproductions leveraging multiple resource bases.

AFRICAN INCENTIVESAs the African market matures how can producers access the increasing available resources from government, NGOs, and the private sector, that are specific to content from Africa? How can working with South Africa help unlock the rest of the continent? Where to get soft money for African projects?

AFRICAN ANIMATIONAnimation SA will lead a series of discussions on animation as a successful business from Africa, Including a presentation by Triggerfish, the creators of ADVENTURES FROM ZAMBEZIA, arguably the biggest commercial film triumph in African history, as well as SUPA STRIKAS, a great example of a wildly successful multi-national production, marketing and merchandising project bringing together Europe, Asia, and Africa.

MAKING A PLAN: AFRICAN DISTRIBUTIONAfrica offers many ways to get your work out. Distributors to Africa of both African and international content are increasing their volume and quality. Meanwhile, pan-African networks such as FEPACI can help filmmakers help one another sell their work far more widely. Using a combination of grassroots and high-tech methods, Africa’s ability to distribute its work to a large percentage of its 53 countries will surprise even those who think they know all about it.

AFRICAN DIASPORAS WATCH CONNECTED TVOver 200 million Africans live outside Africa. This massive diaspora is keen to watch content from home. Content Made in Africa has a built in audience in the diaspora, and an increasing number of platforms are targeting the diaspora directly. Learn which countries with large African populations are easiest to reach and how to do it using connected TV platforms

ANOTHER BRICS IN THE WALLHow a focus on emerging territories in your distribution strategy can radically multiply your market reach, including a special focus on the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and how you can use South Africa’s entry into the BRICS treaty to give your African content a big boost.

ADVENTURES FROM AFRICA (Case Studies) How the relatively small animation project ADVENTURES FROM ZAMBEZIA became arguably the biggest commercial success in African film history - and how you can learn from the experience, and the experience of other great commer-cial successes.

L’AFRIQUE, A AFRICA, EL AFRICAThe essential role of French, Portuguese, and Spanish- speaking Africa in the international marketplace, and what are the best ways to serve the multiple language streams and multiply profits?

MARKETING AFRICAWhat special techniques of marketing apply within Africa and for African content internationally? Do mainstream, “western” approaches work? The special forms crowd-funding, social media, and other grassroots approaches take in Africa.

AFRICAN DOCUMENTARYDocumentary is an especially strong format for Africa. Learn the details of an exhaustive research report on the business, finance, and educational opportunities the continent.

THE FUTURE OF AFRICAHow you can be part of the endlessly expanding future of the continent.

Crucial Topics To Be Covered In The General Informative ProgramThe DISCOPRO informative program will cover crucial topics that will guide participants in and positively encourage them in their entrepreneurial efforts:

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DISCOPRO Chooses Johannesburg And Colocates With Discop Africa

Johannesburg is the premium destination for doing business across Africa and is well established as the most dynamic and accessible business hub on the continent. The city hosts a large cross section of media businesses and digital eco-systems, and is where a notable amount of the top players in finance, broadcasting, TV, film and other related services are located. Johannesburg hosts the most diversified pan-African populace as well as a large population of people of European, Indian and Chinese descent. The cosmopolitan nature of the business environment in Johannesburg creates a unique energy that cannot be experienced anywhere else.

Johannesburg is truly the gateway for the TV and film business in Africa, making it the ideal location to host the dynamics and values that underpin the number one African TV & Film Content market: DISCOP AFRICA.

After 8 years of traveling the continent, DISCOP AFRICA was held for the first time in Johannesburg, South Africa, last year to great success. DISCOPRO will co-locate with the 2013 edition of DISCOP AFRICA to take place from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November, 2013 again at the SANDTON CONVENTION CENTER, in Johannesburg.

DISCOPRO will benefit from the presence of 2000+ delegates expected to attend DISCOP AFRICA 2013, an estimated 50% year-on-year growth in attendance, primarily including:

• CONTENT SELLERS representing 250+ African and international exhibiting companies supplying Film, TV programs, formats and thematic channels.

• Entertainment, informative and educational CONTENT BUYERS primarily representing 350+ African public and private broadcasters, Pay-TV services, territorial agents, and other alternative distribution platforms.

With 195 independent production and distribution companies from Africa in attendance, the 2012 edition of DISCOP AFRICA featured the largest selection of African created content ever available under one roof.

About The DISCOPRO Organizers

With offices in Los Angeles, Johannesburg and Istanbul, BASIC LEAD plans business events facilitating the com-merce, distribution and production of multiscreen content in world regions fueled by fast digital switchover processes, rapid adoption of new technologies and social networking tools, and continued growth in disposable income and advertising expenditures.

BASIC LEAD events are powered by the advance and on-site organization of meetings between participants regrouped according to their declared business activities and objectives; and by in-house databases of buyers, sellers and producers of multiscreen content in countries that are home to more than half the world’s population.

More InformationThe definitive DISCOPRO program will be available on Monday 20 May. For more information:

REGISTRATION Rustam KASYMOV TEL + 1(323) 782 13 00 rustamkasymov@basiclead.com

SPONSORSHIPSPatrick ZUCHOWICKI TEL +1(323) 782 13 00 patrickzuchowicki@basiclead.com

PARTNERSHIPSChakan HISLOP TEL + 27 720 694 595 chakanhislop@basiclead.com

SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIESMichael LEE TEL + 27 822 235 432 discopro@mahalamedia.tv