Mark Haville

 Mark Haville is an award-winning producer, writer, distributor and coffee connoisseur with over 20 years’ experience in Christian Media. His passion is for ‘The Story’ and revolutionizing Christian movie making.

“I have worked with Mark for many years, I appreciate his creativity and in business a man of integrity”. - Rich Christiano – Five and Two Pictures

“Mark Haville has the rare combination of artistic creativity in developing his own content, as well as an expert on distributing content, not in theory, but in real time worldwide on TV, and in bookstores. Learn from him…you’ll be glad you did!” - Brad Stine “God’s Comic” comedian/actor/producer

“Mark is one of those professionals that even the most experienced executives admire for his drive and perseverance.  He doesn’t stop until his goal is achieved, be it a creative endeavor, a film licensing sale, or a tough negotiation.” - Barbara Mudge, President, Worldwide Faith Entertainment On Demand, LLC

Mark will be part of TWO Workshops on Wednesday, Sept 20.

 Writing the Wrongs in Scripts - This workshop takes a cold hard look at the quality of Christian screenwriting and will teach you how to improve the ministry of writing. Topics covered will include, scene structure, character development, content and successful faith genres.

 How to bare your soul and then sell it. Marketing 2.0 - This marketing workshop will follow on from the screenwriting workshop and inform you how, where and what to market and with who:  What to avoid and what possibilities exist to market your products and improve their sales potential.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Mark Haville on LinkedIn

Mark Haville on IMDb

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Mark A Keuthan, PhD

Mark A. Keuthan, PH.D., an award-winning script and screenwriter, story consultant, actor, director, producer, and conference presenter taught public and private high school in Texas. He earned a Masters of Art in English at UT-San Antonio before accepting a teaching fellowship at Regent University for the study of film, television and literature. He received Doctor of Philosophy, Communication Studies, with areas of concentration: Theology, Theory, History, Critical Studies in Literature, Film, and Television, Script and Screenwriting. an award-winning script and screenwriter, story consultant, actor, director, producer, and conference presenter. His greatest passion is writing redemptive cinema and television and seeing it produced. 

Mark is one of the instructors for Wednesday's FILM BOOT CAMP. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend a Christian film school?

Transformation Film Institute (TFI) will give you that opportunity with a crash course in Redemptive filmmaking. TFI specializes in week-long and weekend film schools which take students through all that goes into making a film in our weeklong program, while also working on short film projects. Try your hand at acting, directing, and cinematography. In our hands-on program, you will get a chance to experience all the major disciplines of filmmaking and find out what it takes to be a Redemptive Filmmaker.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Transformation Film Institute website
  
• Mark Keuthan on Facebook
  
• TFI on Facebook
  
• Follow @TfiFrisco on Twitter
  
• Mark Keuthan on LinkedIn
  
• Mark Keuthan on IMDb

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Maggie Riffler

Maggie Riffler currently serves as the Director for CanZionHome Media, a division of CanZion Group, LP with corporate offices in Houston, TX. With 20+ years of experience in the audiovisual industry, Maggie has worked in the Music business, collaborating in the development of Spanish and Portuguese albums with Integrity Music, as well as marketing and international distribution of other music labels in Latin America. Maggie started pursuing distribution of films several years ago; during her journey she has had the opportunity of managing the dubbing and subtitling of many projects such as October Baby, Ring The Bell, Home Run, To Joey with Love, Voiceless and others.

CanZion Home Media, the newest division of CanZion Group LP, has been created with the purpose of acquiring and developing an audiovisual catalog that will provide outreach tools for the Church. We reach the final consumer through different formats such as DVD, Movie Event Licenses, Broadcast Rights and a digital delivery platform for VOD, TVOD and SVOD.

CanZion Group, LP is a global organization that develops, produces, markets and distributes faith-based content to reach the Spanish and Portuguese speaking consumers through music, films, education and community events, both regionally and globally.

Maggie will be a member of the “Distribution of Your Content” panel on Sept. 22, 2017. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Maggie Rifler on LinkedIn
  
• CanZion Home Media website
  
• Maggie Riffler on Facebook
  
• CanZion Home Media on FB
  
• Follow @CZHomeMedia on Twitter
  
• CanZion Home Media on Instagram
  
• Maggie Riffler on IMDb

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Judd Brannon

Judd Brannon is the producer and director of the 2017 theatrical film CHAMPION. With a vision for bringing stories to life, he has had the opportunity to direct and produce multiple video projects. Judd’s initial success came with the music video FOR FREEDOM, featuring the music of Grammy-nominated artist, Avalon, and was selected to be a part of Sean Hannity’s Freedom Tour. In 2014 Judd was part of the crew for the Kendrick’s feature War Room. Currently he produces commercial and theatrical projects under the banner of Brannon Pictures.

Judd Brannon has received two nomination's in the CMA Content17 Fish Tank Contest. Champion has been nominated for both BEST TRAILER and BEST STORYTELLING categories. Fish Tanks is sponsored by Upliftv and Christian Media Association.

Judd will be on Thursday's Producers Panel – "What is Your Media Mountain?" Producers will discuss their top challenges, obstacles and solutions.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Judd Brannon website
  
• Judd Brannon on Facebook
  
• Champion on Facebook

• Champion the movie website
  
• Follow @ChampionMovie on Twitter
  
• Champion on Instagram
  
• Judd Brannon on IMDb
  
• Judd Brannon on LinkedIn

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Josh Weiss

Joshua D. Weiss has nearly 20 years of experience and serves as general manager of IBN Television, an international television platform with over 50 broadcast stations, satellite, and streaming apps. He is producer of CrossTalk International, Today With God and Wize Flix television programs.
He serves as associate pastor at Abundant Life AG in Grand Prairie, TX, where he and his wife, Nancy, lead worship and are responsible for all media. Joshua teaches Church Media at Southwestern Assemblies of God University. He serves as the chairman of the Church Media Committee for the National Religious Broadcasters and has a Masters in strategic communications and is working on his Ph.D. in communications at Regent University.

Josh will be speaking Wed, Sept 20th on “Identifying the Right Platform for Your Content and Matching Your Distribution to Your Purpose." It is difficult for Christian content producers to find the right success with their productions. Some platforms license while others charge a license for content. This session will help you to determine where you fit in and what the best approach is to achieve the success that you set out for when you began your production.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Joshua D Weiss website
• IBN Television website
• Josh Weiss on Facebook
• IBN TV on Facebook
• Follow @joshuadweiss1 on Twitter
• Josh Weiss on Instagram
• Josh Weiss on LinkedIn

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John and Sharon Booker

John and Sharon Booker are founders of Evangelism PartnersInternational. E.P.I. is a church planting ministry working in Zambia and Mozambique Africa, Northern Pakistan and Myanmar. Using Gospel Media like The Jesus Film, offline media distribution via cell phones and indigenous missionaries, E.P.I. has planted over 500 churches and reached 1,500,000 people with the gospel.

EPI is a non-profit, non-denominational, faith based and Christ-centered evangelistic organization headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Through supportive partnerships with churches, international missionary organizations, and indigenous evangelist, Evangelism Partners shares the clear and compelling Gospel message in schools, prisons, jails and villages around the world. Evangelism Partners International is a “We Go to Them”, evangelistic, church planting ministry that confronts people with a clear, understandable presentation of the gospel; bringing them to a point of decision. The spiritual care of those who have come to faith in Christ is then arranged through local churches and ministries.

John and Sharon will be part of a panel at the 6pm General Session on Sept 21. The topic of discussion is “Using Content to Reach the Lost.”

 SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Evangelism Partners International website
  
• John Booker on Facebook
  
• Sharon Booker on Facebook
  
• EPI on Facebook 
  

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Johnny Remo

Johnny Remo founded SkipStone Pictures in 2007, the production entity of his distribution company, Inspired Family Entertainment. Inspired Family Entertainment is a motion picture production company that specializes in the production of high–quality, story-driven, thought –provoking message films and television programming for a broad range of audiences. SkipStone Pictures secures financial resources independently, enabling them to produce economical, cost-effective films. SkipStone Pictures continues to strive to be a leader and has proven so with the success of their movies, ALetter to Dad, Cutback, Hardflip, Like A Country Song, and Saved By Grace. Their current project is F.R.E.D.I. which is now in post-production.

Inspired Family Entertainment is a global distribution vehicle that places their productions and ones they distribute directly to Theaters, DVD, Walmart, Redbox, TV, Netflix, Bookstores, Amazon, iTunes, Pay Per View, and other streaming outlets, and retailers worldwide.

Johnny will be part of Distribution/Funding Track #1 on Sept 20th and a member of the "Distribution of Your Content" discussion group on September 22. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Skipstone Pictures/Inpired Family Entertainment
  
• Johnny Remo on Facebook
  
• Skipstone Pictures on Facebook
  
• Follow @JohnnyRemo1 on Twitter
  
• Skipstone Pictures on Instagram
  
• Johnny Remo on LinkedIn
  
• Johnny Remo on IMDb

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Distributors Attending CMA's Content17 Media Summit

Christian Media Association is excited to announce that there will be numerous Distributors attending Content17. Below is a list of which companies have committed with a list to their site. To learn more about this year's media summit, our website is Content17.org. This year's theme is "Take Down the Media Mountain."

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DISTRIBUTOR LINKS:

• BMG (Bridgestone Multimedia Group)
• CanZion Home Media
• Christian Cinema
• City on a Hill
• Daystar
• DREAMSFLIX
• Family Friendly Entertainment
• IBN (International Broadcasting Network)
• Inspired Family Entertainment
• Jones Broadcasting
• Kanal 10
• KHFD 51.4 TV
• Ocean Avenue
• Parables TV
• Pureflix
• TBN
• Timeless Life
• UAN Network
• Upliftv
• WATC Atlanta 57

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Jim Shubert

Jim Shubert serves as EVP Content Licensing - Pure Flix Digital and Chief Culture Officer for Pure Flix Entertainment. He also served on the start-up team for PureFlix.com.

Jim has 30 years of marketing, branding and licensing experience. Since joining Pure Flix in 2011, he led the team in licensing Pure Flix films for outreach and ministry exhibition, development and investor relations for “God’s Not Dead” and “Do You Believe.”

Soon after the release of its break out film, "God’s Not Dead" (2014), Pure Flix invited Jim Schubert to be a part of their team to build the company to the next level, particularly in the role of building the company’s culture.

Jim will be part of the Friday morning discussion of "Distribution of Your Content."

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Jim Shubert on LinkedIn
• PureFlix.com
• Pure Flix on Facebook
• Follow @PureFlix on Twitter
• Pure Flix on Instagram
• Pure Flix on IMDb 

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J Loren Norris

J Loren Norris is an International Leadership Speaker, Vlogger, TV Host and Author who has interviewed hundreds of business, government and ministry leaders for various radio, TV and online broadcasts. As a Certified John Maxwell Coach, Loren actively trains business, government and ministry leaders in DRCongo, Brazil, Honduras and UK. Loren has trained teachers and pastors for Gateway Church, The Kings University, and entrepreneurial leadership at Brookhaven College.

Loren’s Online training has been popular in DRCongo, Belize, Ghana, Pakistan, Guyana and Canada. Before launching his career in television, Loren served in the US Air Force as a Fire Fighter, worked for more than 20 years in advertising sales, corporate marketing communications, field marketing and media barter for companies such as Winning Strategies, Verizon, Jobs.com and Faith & Family Magazine. Loren has been an entrepreneur most of his life.

In addition to his Daily Leadership Vlog, Loren curates and produces four e-newsletters, one print newsletter, and 50 or more social media posts every month. Loren also writes Bible Study Materials to go along with the Today With God program to be used in dozens of countries around the world. Loren currently hosts Meet the Messenger TV and Tell It Like It Is TV as well as co-hosting Transforming Grace with his wife Karin.

Loren will be part of the "What is Your Media Mountain?" panel with several other producers Sept 21 from 3-4pm. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• J Loren Norris website
  
• J Loren Norris on Facebook
  
• Tell It Like It Is on FB
  
• Follow @jlorennorris on Twitter
  
• J Loren Norris on Instagram
  
• J Loren Norris on LinkedIn

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Isaac Hernandez

Isaac Hernandez, VP Programming and Syndication at Parables TV, is responsible for the acquisition of high definition content for the first-ever Christian 24/7 HD movie network in the world. Prior to this, Isaac was a Programming Executive for the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which, according to the FCC, is the world’s largest broadcast group. His responsibilities included the acquisition and scheduling of movies for the network as well as overseeing the relationships with filmmakers and motion picture distributors.

For over 25 years, Isaac directed many of the programs produced by The Trinity Broadcasting Network including their live flagship show Praise the Lord Isaac was also the director for PAXtv’s live flagship program Great Day America, when PAXtv first launched. Isaac has over 30 years’ experience in the Christian broadcasting industry.

Isaac will be part of a discussion group, "Distribution of Your Content," that meets at 8:50 on Friday, September 22. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Parables TV website
  
• Isaac Hernandez on Facebook
  
• Follow @ParablesTV on Twitter
  
• Parables TV on Instagram
  
• Isaac Hernandez on LinkedIn
  
  
  

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Fred Mosely

Fred Mosely, as President of Justice Affiliates, facilitates all activities of the entities comprising Justice Affiliates, including, but not limited to Justice Associates, which provides speeches and consulting regarding the criminal justice system.  Justice Project, a not-for-profit Corporation, which provides assistance to men and women, recently released from incarceration and counseling to their family members, and Justice Ministries, which conducts teaching seminars and publications on Spiritual Laws.  Fred was previously an Administrative Judge, Trial Judge, and a Trial Attorney for the United States Justice Department.

Currently Fred Mosley is an Ordained Minister, Justice Ministries International, speaker author, lecturer and consultant.  He is the Executive Producer and Host of Laws of Life Forum. He is the Presiding Judge of Laws of Life Court.

Fred will be part of a roundtable discussion with other producers as they talk about challenges, obstacles, and solutions. Join them as they ask, What is Your Media Mountain?” at 3pm on Sept 21^st. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Justice Ministries International
  
• Laws of Life Court TV
  
• Follow #JusticeMinintl on Twitter
  
• Justice International Ministries on FB
  
  
  
  
  
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FFGF Worship Team

FFGF, or Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship Church, Worship Team of Fredericksburg, Virginia, are a vital part of the ministry of the church. Worshiping Jesus is a main part of the meetings at the FFGF. 

At FFGF, they desire for you to feel the presence of God and invite Him in worship at each service. As scripture says in John 4:23, “the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in SPIRIT & TRUTH, for the Father is seeking such people to worship Him.”

FFGF Worship Team will be leading worship for the entire 3 day Content17 Media Summit. You can listen to them HERE. 

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• FFGF.com/Worship-Media
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• Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship on Facebook
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• FFGF on Vimeo
  
  
  
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Erny Spears

Ernest D Spears is the CEO of Inspired Productions, a Nevada based corporation initiated for the purpose of creating the TV show “Station Lake Tahoe”. With his background in business, he has created a platform to spread the Gospel in this upcoming Action/Drama set in the magnificent Lake Tahoe area.

During the creation process of this television series, Inspired Productions has also been involved in producing a televised Gospel Teaching series, presented in Farsi and delivered via satellite into Iran by the Television Network SEVEN, owned by “Iran Alive Ministries” of Dallas TX. Inspired Productions has simultaneously been in the process of producing and shooting a faith based movie entitled “Chloe’s Mountain”. The film is now in the final stages of editing.

Spears has the ability to recognize market trends with new ideas and be in position to ride the wave of momentum. Seeing this same trend is beginning to happen in faith based (Christian) movies, he has positioned his company to help take this trend into television.

Erny will be part of the Producer's Panel discussing their challenges, obstacles, and solutions. "What is Your Media Mountain?" will convene on Thursday from 3pm - 4pm.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Ernest Spears on Facebook
• Inspired Productions Inc on Facebook
• Inspired Productions website
• Follow @Inspired_Prod on Twitter
• Inspired Productions on LinkedIn
• Ernest Spears on LinkedIn
• Chloe's Mountain on IMDb
• Ernest Spears on IMDb

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Earl Heard

Earl B. Heard is the founder and CEO of the Business and Industry Communications (BIC) Alliance, a multi-industry strategic marketing firm; IVS Investment Banking, a merger and acquisition and investment banking firm; BIC Recruiting, an executive recruiting firm; and BIC Media Solutions, a custom publishing, event planning and media investment company. He is the publisher of BIC Magazine — the Western Hemisphere’s largest multi-industry, multi-departmental energy publication — and a motivational speaker. His Alligator Management & Marketing seminars and keynote presentations are delivered on a regular basis to energy and industry entrepreneurs, management and sales professionals in business, industry and media groups across America.

In 2005, Heard launched BIC Media Solutions (BMS). Since its inception, BMS has published seven books. Books by Earl B. Heard are It’s What We Do Together That Counts, Energy Entrepreneurs, Industry Achievers, Earl’s Pearls, Michael Learns to Listen and Louisiana Sports Legends and Heroes—Leaving A Legacy. In 2013, the company expanded into media investments with a stake in Scene magazine. In 2014, BMS expanded its media investments into co-producing and marketing inspirational, family-friendly, faith-based films. The first foray into this endeavor was A Gift Horse, starring John Schneider.

Now semi-retired, Heard is still doing energy and media consultation. His latest project entitled Rock Bottom and Back includes a book and a TV pilot. In addition to Rock Bottom, Heard is also involved in the funding and co-production of Project Pearl, and raising capital for Unshaken and Capture the Flag.

Earl Heard will be part of a Panel Discussion, “Funding Your Content,” on Sept. 22, 2017.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

• Earl Heard on Facebook
• BIC Media Solutions website
• BIC Media on Facebook
• Earl Heard on LinkedIn
• BIC Magazine website
• Follow @BICMagazine on Twitter

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