The INPUT database is an online version of the annual conferences catalogs. It contains information about the more than 3300 programmes presented since 1978.
Furthermore, The INPUT Archive, that is part of the Pompeu Fabra University Library, preserves copies of all programmes since 1994, and many of the former ones. You can consult which programmes it preserves by using the new catalogue.

INPUT - International Public Television Conference

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On 10 & 11 September the Members of the INPUT Board convened in Berlin for the Fall meeting 2010. Main points on the Agenda:

1. INPUT 2011, 9 - 12 May in Seoul
"Dare the Future"  a motto that will apply in many respects: To the kind of programmes that will be presented, to the special sessions organised by the 2 host broadcasters KBS and MBC, and to the conference in general as INPUT 2011 will provide the opportunity for media professionals from around the world to have a close look at the technical "future" that is already reality in South Korea. Already the opportunity to look behind the scenes of KBS and MBC will be worth the trip to Seoul.

The programmes that will be presented by the 14 Shopstewards next May will reflect what is on the minds of TV-makers around the globe.
The Board has decided on the following 5 core issues for the progamme selection:
- Multiplatform, etc: Dancing on Many Tables
- How to best use the latest tools of the trade: Don't forget your Craftmanship
- Crossing genres: The End of Purity
- Productions that will survive any budget cut: Programmes on a Shoestring
- New ideas for daily or weekly shows: Bread & Butter Programmes Rejuvenated

So send the best you have to your National Coordinators or if you are based in a country without a National Coordinator send it directly to the International Selection.
But don't miss the deadlines which differ from country to country, so go to the national platforms on this website!

Our hosts for INPUT 2011 have already made pre-bookings at hotels close to the 63 Convention Centre for the exceptional rate of 80 Euro per night. The INPUT membership fee to attend the conference in 2011 will be 75 Euro and flights to Seoul are available at reasonable prices - if you don't wait until April next year!
 

What more fulfilling task could there be for an experienced Shopsteward than to head the team of devoted professionals to assemble the INPUT conference programme together. After being a Shopsteward for five times, the International Board vouched their confidence in me for this at first somewhat daunting task.

One week, put into a cellar of a hotel in the Dutch countryside with almost 300 programmes to watch, evaluate and discuss - how much more inspiration can a TV professional handle?
The fourteen TV professionals from all over the world I had put together for this task - and who kindly agreed to spend their time in the hotel basement with me - were all more than devoted to the idea behind this conference - which made my task easier.

We set out to be inspired by the programmes the National Coordinators had sent us. But we also were eager to jointly represent all our colleagues that will eventually be at the conference in Seoul in May by identifying the programmes that best represent the state of our industry. 

The Shopstewards were well aware of the fact that the unique INPUT experience is the professional stimulation and intellectual kick-off provoked by a broad range of programmes of all genres and all countries being passionately discussed.
 

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) have joined with the national screen funding agency Screen Australia as principal sponsors for INPUT 2012 and look forward to welcoming you to Sydney.

The ABC is Australia’s largest national public broadcaster providing television on multiple digital channels as well as radio, online and mobile services throughout Australia, and overseas through the Australia Network and Radio Australia.
SBS is a unique multi-cultural broadcaster that also broadcasts on multiple channels, and a special brief to provide television, online and radio services in many languages and from all over the world, reflecting Australia’s highly multi-cultural society.

Screen Australia is the national screen agency, and supports Australian producers to make film and television for Australian audiences. Australia has a very active independent production sector and much of the high quality programming on Australian public television, across all genres from drama to documentary to TV specific programming, comes from independent producers.

For us in Australia, connecting to the rest of the world is crucial. We are so far away and in the current international television environment we all need to be connected.
We will have over 500 Australian delegates and many others from our region, keen to welcome you to Sydney, to watch and discuss your programmes, to share ideas and experiences and to look for collaborations.

Sydney is excited to be hosting INPUT. Come and share it with us from 8 to 11 May 2012!

Best Of Input 2011 in Sydney is a 2 day event featuring screenings of some of the outstanding drama, documentary and TV specific programming from around the world that screened at the INPUT Conference in Seoul in May.

Screenings are followed by critical discussions led by international and local commissioning editors and programme makers, and delegates talk directly with the program maker or commissioning editor of each programme via skype conferencing.

This 2 day event for commissioners, programmers and programme makers now runs in Sydney every September, in association with the Australian Director’s Guild and AFTRS, and will hopefully run in other Australian cities in future years.

The sessions: 
SESSION 1 THE REALLY 'REAL' DOCUMENTARY?
SESSION 2 DOCUMENTARIES BENDING THE GENRE
SESSION 3 AFTRS FRIDAY ON MY MIND Q&A
SESSION 4 JUST FOR LAUGHS - NEW DIRECTIONS IN TV COMEDY
SESSION 4 A TEMPTING THE TEENS
SESSION 5 AT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
SESSION 5 A THE STORY TELLER IN THE FRAME
SESSION 6 CHOOSING THE MEDIUM FOR THE MESSAGE

Take a look at the official website for a complete programme overview where you may also register for the event. See you sin Sydney!

Together with the representatives  of INPUT 2012 in Sydney, the International Board of INPUT has discussed the programme for the first Australian INPUT conference.
It has been decided unanimously to endow each INPUT conference a special alignment - by putting certain TV genres into the focus. These TV genres will alternate each year.

INPUT National Coordinators are kindly asked to take this into consideration when selecting programmes for INPUT 2012 on the respecitive national level.

For INPUT 2012 the focus will be on
1. TV Cultural entertainment and Arts
Performing arts and popular culture, including programmes about the arts, cultural magazines, and history.
2. TV Current Affairs and Factual programmes - but not artistic documentaries
Research journalism television programming.
3. TV Fiction: Single TV drama, TV Series and Scripted Comedy
4. Cross platform/Cross media projects.

This does not preclude any other TV format or genre from being presented and discussed at INPUT.

Dates and Deadlines:
Start Online registration of programmes: 1 November 2011
Start Personal Accreditation: 1 December 2011.

Submission Deadline:  16 January 2012
International Selection: 27 January - 4 February 2012, Berlin.
Beta Tapes of selected productions in Sydney by: 1 April 2012.

Sydney Conference: 7 - 11 May 2012

For INPUT 2012, the conference focus will be on:

1. TV Cultural entertainment and Arts

Performing arts and popular culture, including programmes about the arts, cultural magazines, and history. 

2. TV Current Affairs and Factual programmes - but not artistic documentaries

Research journalism television programming.

3. TV Fiction: Single TV drama, TV Series and Scripted Comedy

4. Cross platform/Cross media projects.



This does not exclude any other TV format or genre from being presented and discussed at INPUT.

To submit a production for the INPUT 2012 Conference in Sydney, please check with your National Coordinator for details about the National Selections.

A full List of National Coordinators with contact details can be found here. 

24 Productions from the previous INPUT Conference will be screened and discussed. INPUT representatives from Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sweden (among others) will moderate the sessions which are all based on the sessions that was held in Seoul.

The programme of the Mini-INPUT has been put together to form a basis for discussions to topics that are relevant in the broadcasting industry in BiH. INPUT expresses the deep conviction of the EUNIC members that television should be a strong public service - in the interest of the audience.
The EUNIC Members who have joined forces to stage this Mini-INPUT are: Goethe-Institut, British Council, Isntitut Français, Embassy of Norway, Embassy of Slovenia, Embassy of Sweden and the Embassy of Switzerland.  

Composed of television professionals from all corners of the world, the Shopstewards are a unique group whose task it is to select the best programmes from hundreds of entries and to arrange the conference screening schedule.
The name Shopsteward is taken from the vocabulary of the coal miners protests in the UK in the 1970s. The Shopstewards were the people who represented the workers on the factory floor to the workers union.

Just like the Shopstewards in the UK, the INPUT Shopstewards have made the international selection with their colleagues "on the factory floors" around the world in mind. The challenges of TV makers like themselves.

Their professional glance has been done as a service representing colleagues from all over the world - the delegates of the conference. Shopstewards are appointed by the Board to edit the conference programme. They bring with them different perspectives, backgrounds and varied professional TV experiences.