NATPE Cancels Miami Conference

January 10, 2022

NATPE Cancels Miami Conference

Events planned for January 18-20 scrapped amid nationwide COVID surge.

NATPE said Saturday (January 8) it has canceled the upcoming NATPE Miami Conference and Marketplace, slated for January 18-20, after weighing health and safety concerns and the experience of an event that would no doubt have diminished attendance amid the latest nationwide surge of COVID-19.

The National Association of Television Program Executives will look to smaller virtual and possibly (where appropriate) in-person events in 2022 at no charge to attend, NAPTE CEO JP Bommel said in a statement.

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