Hugh Laurie, Night Manager team confirmed for INTV

Hugh Laurie and several of the team behind The Night Manager will give a keynote address at the upcoming INTV event.

Laurie will be joined by Susanne Bier and Stephen Garrett, and give the closing keynote at the conference in the wake of the success of the BBC-AMC thriller.

INTV is being held Jerusalem, Israel early next month.

US heavy hitters Dana Walden, who is co-head of the Fox network, and Jennifer Salke, head of NBC Entertainment, are confirmed for the event. Former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Zucker, who is now president of CNN Worldwide, is also appearing,

From the UK, Channel 4 boss David Abraham will discuss developments at the broadcaster.

From the US cable side, HBO and Cinemax programming boss Kary Antholis will speak, and from the production side, Homeland exec producer Howard Gordon will be in town.

The US streaming players are also represented, with Amazon’s new international chief Morgan Wandell and Hulu’s head of programming Craig Erwich both confirmed.

Other digital and next-generation content execs at INTV will include Lit VR CEO Joel Arnold, and Fullscreen programming chief Scott Reich.

INTV will run on March 6-7. It is organised by Israeli broadcaster Keshet and the Jerusalem Film and Television Fund at the Jerusalem Development Authority.