| Viewpoints: Acquisition Strategies |
| Adalat Aliyev, President, Lider Media Holding, Azerbaijan |
| Adam Urban, Founder and Chairman, Uploaded.TV, Netherlands |
| Adel Sammakieh, Manager, Tele-Pictures Promoters International, Lebanon |
| Agnieszka Gyralska, Acquisitions and Sales Manager, Digital Partners Sp. z o.o., Poland |
| Alexandra Hanna, Business Development Manager, Blue August Creations, United Kingdom |
| Ana Uremovic, Program Coordinator, Otvorena Televizija Zagreb, Croatia |
| Artur Dmochowski, Channel Director, TVP Historia, Poland |
| Awni Al Lababidi, Managing Partner, Founoon Film Distribution, UAE - Dubai |
| Beatrice Riesenfelder, Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, Austria |
| Björn Jensen, Managing Director, Ginger Foot Films, Germany |
| Bojana Maljevic, Head of Acquisitions & Programming / Co-Owner, Happy TV, Serbia |
| Caroline Tyre, TELETOON Canada inc., Canada |
| Claudia Schorr, Vice President Sales and Acquisitions, RTL II, Germany |
| Dirk Schweitzer, Executive Vice President Program Acquisitions & Sales, RTL Television GmbH, Germany |
| Domenico Moretti, Managing Director, keitai, Italy |
| Elinor Schops, International business development director, Mobile1, Israel |
| Emma Masoni, Manager Global Acquisitions, Fox International Channels, UK |
| Esther Van Der Brink, Head of Acquitions, SBS Belgium, Belgium |
| Fasahat Aziz, Associate Manager, International Acquisitions, GEO TV Networks, Pakistan |
| Galya Halaui, VP Program Acquisition and International Strategy, Zebra TV Channels: Hop!, Luli and Parents Channel, Israel |
| Gunawan, Program Acquisition Search Section Head, PT.Cakrawala Andalas Televisi (antv), Indonesia |
| Hatice Soysev Kolat, General Manager, Kanal D Romania, Romania |
| Hubert Ornass-Kubacki, Editor in Chief, TVP Historia, Poland |
| Igor Caban, Programming Director, Kabel Plus, s.r.o., Slovakia |
| Ines Nastasoiu, Acquisitions Manager, ACASA TV, Romania |
| Jacques Mathieu, Vice-president, programming, Ztele, Astral Media, Canada |
| Jaime Fontan, Productions' Manager, Aragon Television, Spain |
| Jennifer Tucker, Head of Content IPTV & Entertainment Services, eircom Limited, Ireland |
| Joanna Pogorzelska, Channel Director, PLANETE, Poland |
| Joaquin Garcia, Imagenio, Telefonica of Spain, Spain |
| Johanna Salmela, Acquisition Executive, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE Television), Finland |
| Judith Michel, Content Services Sale Manager, XDC, Belgium |
| Laszlo Cselenyi, President, DUNA TV, Hungary |
| Leland Ling, CEO, Beijing Office of LIC Australia, China |
| Liliana Slavova, Program Director, TV2, Bulgaria |
| Lucy Pryke, Acquisitions, Teachers TV, United Kingdom |
| Magdalena Borowska, Documentaries Buyer, Telewizja Polska TVP INFO, Poland |
| Mazen A. Rifka, Head of Acquisition & Rights, Al Jazeera Children's Channel, Qatar |
| Mehmet Demirhan, Head of Acquisitions, KANAL 7 and ULKE TV, Turkey |
| Nicolas Deschamps, Head of Acquisitions department, ARTE France, France |
| Nicole Fortier, 2T3M Television Inc, Canada |
| Nina Lorgen Flemmen, Head of Acquisition, TVNORGE and FEM, Norway |
| Orsetta Violante Balsamo, Head of Acquisitions, Endemol Italia, Italy |
| Preena Bhatia, Head of Acquisitions, JimJam, United Kingdom |
| Rachel Job, Co-productions & Acquisitions Executive, HISTORY TM & Military History, The History Channel, United Kingdom |
| Raquel Benitez, CEO, Comet Entertainment Inc., Canada |
| Ruediger Boess, Senior Vice President, Group Programming Acquisitions, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Germany |
| Rupi Sagoo, Director of Programming, Fox International Channels Asia |
| Sebastian Debertin, Head of Fiction, Acquisition & Coproduction, Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF, Germany |
| Simonetta Polese, Buyer, Project Development, Overcom Srl, Italy |
| Sonja Kokovic, Programming Manager, Vesanima D.O.O, Serbia |
| Sviatlana Ramanchykava, Chief of Acquisition Department, Salmon Distribution, Belarus |
| Tanja Saudet, CEO, Saudet Media, France |
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Viewpoints: acquisitions strategies
Mazen A. Rifka
Head of Acquisition & Rights
Al Jazeera Children's Channel
Qatar
What are your acquisition strategies in 2009?
Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC) is free to air Pan Arab edutainment channel. Through its unique concept and range of own produced educational programs, JCC opens up avenues for Arab Children to learn about different environments and cultures, as well as encourage them to learn and seek knowledge. The adaptation and the Arabic dubbing process are essential to guarantee the respect of the editorial charter of the channel. Otherwise, JCC began to build its multimedia platform in order to provide Arab children with variable New Media facilities.
What genres are you looking for?
We are looking for qualified acquisition children programs. All selected programs must comply with the objectives of edutainment content, accessibility, originality and diversity, based on the following genres:
- 2D/ 3D/ CGI Animation series, Animated Specials, Features film for kids (6 to 12 y).
- Documentary programs for Kids (Science, Technology, Nature, Wildlife, Discovery, knowledge, etc).
- Live action series and movies for children and family.
- Live performance programs for children.
What rights are you looking for?
We are looking for the exclusive TV rights in the Arabic language.
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