Presenting Sponsor
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a premium ad-supported streaming service. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Executive Producer
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html
Emerging Producers
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution; and four content groups—Studios, General Entertainment, Sports and International—focused on developing and producing content for DTC, theatrical and linear platforms.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy.
Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations.
Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities.
Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally. For more information, please visit www.caa.com.
Media Partner
Variety is the most authoritative and trusted source of entertainment business news, recognized and respected throughout the world. Since 1905, influential producers, executives and talent in entertainment and beyond have turned to Variety for award-winning daily breaking news reports, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players. As the leading publication covering film, television, theater and tech with a global perspective, Variety is the vital read in every entertainment capital in over 84 countries.
Variety’s multi-platform content coverage expands across digital, mobile, social, and print as well as branded content, events, summits, data and analysis. Variety Content Studio (VCS) produces award-winning premium custom branded content distributed across Variety’s global digital and social platforms. Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP+) is a subscription-based service offering relevant industry analysis, in-depth special reports, incisive data and is home to video archives from Variety’s past summits and VIP+ Exchange webinars.
With over 6 million social followers, four podcast series, a three-time Emmy® Award-winning television series (Actors on Actors), Multiple television specials with Lifetime Television including Variety’s Power of Women and Salute to Service, plus over 100 virtual events and summits annually, Variety remains the premier source for entertainment business news.
The Los Angeles Times is the premier news organization of California and the American West. As the largest news operation west of the Potomac, The Times seeks to inform, engage and empower the communities it serves through a daily newspaper, website, video series, podcasts, events and other forms of storytelling.
Established in 1881 and restored to local ownership in 2018, The Times has won 49 Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other awards for its independent journalism. More: latimes.com.
The Los Angeles Times has awards season covered with The Envelope. The Times’ entertainment industry and awards insider includes year-round coverage online and via the L.A. Times app, seasonal print editions of The Envelope, the Emmy-winning Roundtable video series, The Envelope podcast, Envelope Live screenings and events and The Envelope newsletter. More: latimes.com/envelope.