American Film Market 2020 Online Fixed For November

ORGANISERS of the American Film Market have announced more details about AFM 2020 Online, including early exhibitors, plans for its biggest programming initiative to date, and its online platform that features highly engaging networking opportunities. The event will hold wholly online and is set for November 9 to 13. Already, more than 300 exhibitors from over 35 countries have already registered. The United States has the biggest exhibitor presence with 132 companies followed by Russia ( 26), the United Kingdom ( 22), France ( 14) and Germany ( 12). The organisers also say that they are bringing the renowned AFM conference and educational programming online. Attendees will be presented with a record 80+ live sessions and over 200 speakers who will partake in conferences, panels, workshops, conversations and presentations throughout the run of the market as well as have the opportunity to experience anything they miss with on- demand replays. The AFM is the most efficient film acquisition, development and networking event in the world. More than $ 1 billion in production and distribution deals are closed every year — on both completed films and those in every stage of development and production. Over five days in November, 7,000+ professionals from 70+ countries access the entire global catalogue of available films and projects, attend world- class conferences, and connect with decision makers. The AFM is produced by the Independent Film & Television Alliance. For more information and registration, please visit americanfilmmarket. com.

NBC Recovers Hacked Account

NIGERIA’S broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission ( NBC), has retrieved the organisation’s website and twitter account that was reportedly hacked on Friday morning by a cyber- attack group known as ‘ Anonymous’. The cyberattack group had announced that it was in control of NBC twitter account@ nbcgovng. The hackers had declared in a message that they published on NBC’S twitter account that they have decided to hack into government agencies social media accounts in solidarity and support for the on- going # ENDSARS protest. But hours after, the NBC through the Acting Director General Professor Armstrong Idachaba, said the agency has been able to retrieve the account through the help of Twitter. He also stated that the agency has done the required account authentication to avoid future occurrence.