Ask Matthias Settele what is behind his success as General Director of TV Markíza, and he’ll tell you those two things. Ask him what has made TV Markíza a powerhouse broadcaster in Slovakia and he’ll lead you right back there. Ask him how the broadcaster has produced such great content and greatly expanded their streaming: You’ll get the same answer. “You need passion to be successful in this business,” he explained, “and…

The first writers' room was established by Aaron Spelling in the 70s. for his series The Mod Squad, Charlie’s Angels, and The Love Boat. Since it became standard practice in American production, the concept is today adopted around the globe. For example, the first Star Wars movie was written by a small writing group led by George Lucas. Because two heads are better than one. That's why TV Nova established several writers' rooms…

Former executive producer Veronika Trčková, who spent 16 years working her way up in the television industry, has taken on a new mission to jump-start the television careers of talented young newcomers. She is one of the key players in the creation of the CME Content Academy, which opened last year, and is designed to develop young talent into the scriptwriters, showrunners, directors, and TV producers of tomorrow.

Some of the most valuable lessons from Tarantino include the importance of being true to your characters and having a clear vision, having a personal connection to your story, and the importance of finding your own writing process and making films that you would personally want to see.

What can you learn during three months? With great teachers, more than you think. The students of CME Content Academy, who just finished their first trimester, can support that thesis. Since October they have had a chance to listen to great lecturers from the TV industry. What resonated with them the most?

You can't invent anything new. But you have to be innovative enough to blow the viewer away and not just repeat the old stuff.

Director and producer Radovan Síbrt visited the school for young talents CME Content Academy in December. He is currently producing the cooking reality show MasterChef for Nova. Its sixth series reached its finale before Christmas, and another is on the way. "To lead a show like MasterChef, one does not need to understand cooking," says Síbrt. According to him, looking for stories for the show is much more critical.

Author: Matej Škop In the first month that the CME Content course has been running at the Academy, we, as its students, listened to dozens of speakers. Without wanting to toot our own horn, we agreed that the lectures from CME professionals were among the most interesting: whether it was head of content development Michal Reitler, who guided us through the process of developing a subject, or creative producer Erika Hníková,…