Senior executives from France Télévisions, ITV, M6, Warner Bros. Discovery and ARTE are among the speakers at the 7th edition of the Lille Dialogues, which takes place on March 27 as part of the industry program of television festival Series Mania.
The day-long international summit brings together key industry leaders, encouraging international cooperation and a joint reflection on the challenges facing the TV industry today.
After a welcoming address from Series Mania President Anne Bouverot, the 2025 edition will feature panel discussions and several keynotes delivered by top industry executives, exploring the crucial role of creativity in the international audiovisual industry. This year’s Lille Dialogues will be devoted to Post Peak TV: Challenging times ahead, including AI funding and audience changes.
“After a period of euphoria, the audiovisual industry is now facing three major challenges from our perspective. First, a funding crisis marked by an intense battle to capture advertising budgets. Second, a sociological challenge linked to this advertising crisis, given today’s younger generations’ shift to social platforms, and finally, an industrial revolution driven by the undeniable impact of artificial intelligence,” Laurence Herszberg, founder and general director, commented.
“Thanks to the Lille Dialogues, which continue to be a vital platform to curate insightful discussions, collaborative solutions, and thought-provoking exchange between key leaders within the audiovisual industry, we look forward to delving further into these topics,” she added.
The themes for Series Mania’s 2025 panel discussions are: All Eyes on Advertising Budget: What are the impacts on content creation?; Fast Forward – The AI Revolution: What will our industry look like in five years?; Deepfake & Algorithms: How should we develop critical thinking in viewers?; and Preserving A Virtuous European Model: The challenges of the 2026 AVMS revision.
Speakers set to participate in this year’s panels are Erik Barmack, CEO, Wild Sheep Content; Antoine Bayet, Head of Editorial, INA; Marianne Carpentier, Head of Emerging Technologies, TF1; Johann Choron, Head of Gen AI for Media & Entertainment, Google EMEA; Gregory Dray, Co-Founder, Animaj; Mathilde Fiquet, Secretary General, CEPI; Susana Gato, President, CEPI; Amélie Lacourt, Legal Analyst, European Audiovisual Observatory; Jean-Paul Philippot, Administrateur general de la RTBF, RTBF; Guillemette Picard, SVP Production Technology – On professional development leave, Ubisoft; Grégoire Polad, Managing Director, ACT; Sally Reynolds, Chief Operating Officer, Media & Learning Association; Femke Wolting, Showrunner & Co-Founder, Submarine.
The day’s program also includes several Keynote addressed, listed below:
Keynote ARTE: Bruno Patino, CEO, Arte
Keynote France Télévisions: Delphine Ernotte Cunci, CEO, France Télévisions
Keynote ITV Studios: Ruth Berry, President of International Distribution, ITV Studios
Keynote M6: David Larramendy, Chairman of the management board, M6 Group
Keynote TF1: Rodolphe Belmer, CEO, TF1 Group
Keynote Warner Bros.: Discovery with Gerhard Zeiler, President of International, Warner Bros. Discovery
