Banff to bow co-production mart

TORONTO -- The Banff World Media Festival will launch an worldwide TV co-production market this year, the company introduced Wednesday. The mart will facilitate face-to-face meets between worldwide content producers, tv producers, funders and entrepreneurs who would like to make or commission scripted TV, youth and animated programming, non-fiction and digital content. It aims for hooking up professionals from around the world with content producers to hone using what TV publication rack trying to find and check out the particular procedure for financing, deal structures and selecting the very best co-production and distribution partners for projects. The Banff fest mart advisory board includes producer Fred Fuchs, Disney Channel's Jonas Agin, Canada Media Fund Boss Valerie Creighton, CAA agent Kevin Cooper, Canadian Media Production Assn. prexy Norm Bolen, Shaw Media prexy Christine Shipton and Breakthrough Entertainment co-founder Ira Levy. The Banff World Media Festival runs June 10 to 13. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com