N.Y. TV Fest adds development partners

The NY Television Festival, heading into its eight year, Friday introduced nine development partners due to its 2012 edition this fall including IFC, MTV and VH1. IFC, which acquired approaching series "Bunk" in the 2010 fest, has grew to become part of MTV and VH1 as award sponsor for your Pilot Competition which is seeking comedy distribution due to its third annual Because they are award. MTV is trying to find animated and live-action comedies and VH1 for unscripted formats due to its VH1 Creative Lab "Theory of Creativity" Award with a development deal. The growing festival is striving being the Sundance of television -- identifying independent creative talent and fostering connections with systems, art galleries and kinds. It unspools March. 22-27 at Tribeca Cinemas as well as the 92YTribeca in lower Manhattan. Sundance Funnel, SevenOne Intl., Bio Funnel, Logo design design, Hasbro Art galleries and Funnel 4 have signed onto take pitches and guarantee a noticable difference deal each for starters producer. Hasbro might be the very first partner inside the children's entertainment category. Funnel 4 might be the very first worldwide network partner. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com