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TruTV Will Be Doing Another Round of Their Comedy Breakout Initiative Renewed at NY TV Festival

April 3, 2018

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TruTV Will Be Doing Another Round of Their Comedy Breakout Initiative Renewed at NY TV Festival

Whether scripted or unscripted, TruTV will be looking once more for new ideas via a contest at the New York Television Festival.

It’s free to enter and you should keep in mind that they’re looking for something with a distinct point of view. Submissions open up on May 2nd and are accepted through May 23rd. The winner, who will get a $25K budget to officially develop the project with TruTV, will be announced in July.

Get more details here.

You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

December 20, 2016

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You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

TruTV is looking for some new blood on their development slate and has opened their doors, partnering with the New York TV Festival, with this Comedy Breakout Initiative that will take in submissions on new formats for their network and pick one creator and project to give up to $25K to develop the idea.

Submissions will run from January 25th, 2017-February 17th, 2017 and finalists will be announced in March and then winners in May.

Get more details and guidelines here.

Oh yeah, best of all, there’s no submission fee.

Bento Box Partners with The New York TV Festival to Offer Development Deal For Next Year

October 23, 2015

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(via The Wrap)

Yes, these are the folks behind Bob’s Burgers.

In a quest for more unique, out-of-the-box ideas, Bento Box has agreed to sign a development deal with a producer or producing team involved in next year’s New York Television Festival. It’ll be a great opportunity on both ends as NYTVF attracts many great independent series and the people who make them.

So, with all of that in mind, you might want to work on getting in on NYTVF.

NY TV Festival Independent Pilot Competition Will Be Taking Submissions Next Week

February 11, 2015

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Every year at the New York TV Festival, there is an open competition for independently produced TV pilots in various respects. In years past, Comedy Central has had their own specific categories in this competition and we’ll keep you updated as to what those might be.

For now, the submissions for this year’s NYTVF Independent Pilot Competition open starting Tues. Feb. 17th and the deadlines are as follows:

Early-May 11 by 6PM-Fee: $30
Regular-June 15 by 6PM-Fee: $50
Procrastinator-June 29 by 11:59 PM-Fee: $100

Fox and NYTVF Announce Comedy Script Alumni Competition for Pilot Development

July 2, 2014

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Fox and NYTVF Announce Comedy Script Alumni Competition for Pilot Development

If you’re an alumni of Fox’s annual Comedy Script Contest at the New York Television Festival, you have a chance to submit to a special alumni competition that will promise a commitment to a pilot presentation to the winner.

The stakes are thankfully higher than they have been in the past, but you also have to be alumnus of the contest in years previous.

NYTVF 2013 Winners

October 28, 2013

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NYTVF 2013 Winners

Congratulations to all the winners of the New York Television Festival which features the likes of funny people such as Mike Bridenstine, Andrew Dewitt, Alison Rich, Sue Galloway, Megan Neuringer, Andrew Law, Ramiro Castro Jr., and more.

Check out the whole list and see how some of them scored network specific development deals.

The NYTVF Official Selections for Independent Pilot Competition

August 21, 2013

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The NYTVF Official Selections for Independent Pilot Competition

Last year, The NY Television Festival opened submissions for a competition for independent produced pilots and now has finally announced their finalists, many of which are comedy. The 47 pilots will be screened at the festival in October in NYC.

Congratulations to the likes of Paul Isakson, Jess Lane, Alison Rich, David Seger, and more that we’ve come to know and love and just got included in this list.