Reddit reviews Animation Development: From Pitch to Production

Where are you located, in your post it felt like you are in Europe. Sorry if I misread. My point was more that if you have a contact you don't necessarily need to meet in person or spend money to travel. Teleconferencing these sort of things is common now. Many companies have unsolicited show contacts, I also suggest gently reaching out to people on Linkedin. Generally, you want to look to someone in the artistic development department.

All of this assumes your pitch is amazing and what they are looking for. May I suggest instead of approaching your cold intro with "I have a show! Look at it!" ask questions like "what type of show are you looking for?" They are more likely to respond to this. Professional pitchers usually are aware of what each network is looking for every year. They spend a lot of time researching what they want and know there audience. You need to act like you are working with them.

I work at Nick but I am not an insider on this process, I just read a lot and know some show folk. Personally, I would not run a show its really long hours and I like my family life. I am an animation director for promotions in NYC. Nick was taking unsolicited pitches for several years around winter time. This past year they did not but I know they are very open about this online, you can look up the animation studio and find out more info.

This book might also help out a little: https://www.amazon.com/Animation-Development-Production-David-Levy/dp/1581156618

Hope this helps.