Save the Date: Content Without Borders 2026 

Our annual event connecting UK producers with global buyers and distributors returns to Durham on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd September.

27 May 2026

The 2026 edition of Pact Content Without Borders (CWB) will take place in Durham on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd September.

This year’s event will focus on unscripted productions and will see UK producers connect with global buyers and distributors looking for the next big format hit, studio-based shows and factual TV series for linear and digital first platforms.

Delegates can look forward to hearing unscripted market insights and commissioner and distributor priorities during panels and breakout sessions, as well as having opportunities to pitch 1-2-1 and get to know each other over two days.

Delegates at Content Without Borders sit and listen attentively to a panel discussion taking place out of frame.


CWB 2026 is supported by North East Screen, the Department for Business and Trade, Geo Pura and Audio Network. It follows on the heels of a record-breaking 2025 edition of CWB, which also took place in Durham but focused on scripted productions. CWB 2025 generated over £50 million in reported potential business, more than double the previous highest-performing year.
 

How to
Register

Registrations will open in June, and details will be shared via the Pact newsletter. 

As always, the event will be heavily subsidised, enabling producers of all sizes to attend.


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This event opened doors that can shape the future success of our production company.

As the great Heineken ad almost put it, reaches the parts other TV conferences cannot reach.

The best industry event I have ever attended, and I have been in this business for over 30 years!

It was like doing six months' work in 24 hours.