What does the NYTVF do to promote their Pilot-Makers and to help educate them as to what industry executives are looking to buy today?
No one does more than the NYTVF to help up-and-coming television producers connect with the decision-makers in the television industry and get their work seen. All Official Selections to the Independent Pilot Competition are sent to the development departments at top networks and to talent agencies on a DVD in the weeks leading up to the Festival. During the Festival, the NYTVF holds closed-door industry chats with representatives from networks and production companies such as A&E, Comedy Central, NBC, Bravo, E!, and MSN. The Festival also holds several industry-only events offering artists the chance to meet with development and programming people from top networks and production companies. In 2007, the NYTVF launched its Fellowship Program, which pairs the most promising artists in the Independent Pilot Competition with some of the most prominent producers working in the industry today. The four recipients of NYTVF Fellowships were hand-selected by these producers, who will act as me
