NATPE, Realscreen Summit Won’t Continue As Owner Brunico Downsizes Its U.S. Conference Business

RealScreen And NATPE Shuttered By Owner Brunico Due To "Ongoing Industry Consolidation"

Realscreen and NATPE, two decades-old TV trade shows, have been shuttered by their owner, Brunico, which blamed "ongoing industry consolidation."

NAPTE, Realscreen Summit to Shut Down Amid Industry Consolidation

Events organizer Brunico Communications blames media content production budgets being chopped for ending its TV events business in the U.S. market.

NATPE, Realscreen Summit Won’t Continue As Owner Brunico Downsizes Its U.S. Conference Business

NATPE, the industry convention that for decades brought TV executives together (and at one point was the largest syndication sales marketplace in the nation), is folding. Canada-based publishers Brunico Communications, which acquired the NATPE assets in 2023, announced Tuesday that it would no longer continue with its U.S. events effective next year, including NATPE Global, […]

NATPE Shutters For A Second Time

With the specter of the novel coronavirus’ spread becoming a potentially crippling international pandemic, the 2020 NATPE Miami Conference was staged at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. It would become the final event at the venue, as the organization behind those affairs would declare bankruptcy in 2022 after nixing a January 2023 Bahamas conference. Instead, a reborn Miami event under the NATPE Global name would arrive in January 2024 at the Int…

NATPE Global, Realscreen Summit and Kidscreen Summit Canceled for 2027

Brunico Communications is canceling its U.S. events portfolio in 2027, including the Realscreen Summit, the Kidscreen Summit and NATPE Global. “This decision was deeply considered and stemmed from the market consolidation that continues to progress and have structural impacts on the content production business,” said Russell Goldstein, president and CEO of Toronto-based Brunico Communications. Moving … Continue reading "NATPE Global, Realscreen …

Brunico makes “difficult but necessary” U.S. events decision: a note from our CEO

Dear Realscreen readers, In this period of market change, Brunico Communications has made the difficult, but necessary decision to discontinue its U.S. events portfolio in 2027, including Realscreen Summit and its sister ...