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Video Age International archives from January 2003
Argentina's economic crisis brings boom to production.
January 1, 2003... Nowadays, investing in Argentina is not for the faint of heart. But ever since the convertibilidad, the country offers enormous potential for investments, especially in audiovisual production and co-production.
According to Ralph Haiek,...
Networks debate merits of demos over programming.
January 1, 2003... The U.S. 2002-2003 television season is turning out to be a very challenging one for the six major terrestrial networks. VideoAge's prediction that no one network [would get] all the glory" this season is turning out to be true. Although NBC...
NATPE at a crossroads; must choose both paths.(National Association of Television Program Executives market)
January 1, 2003... NATPE's 40th year comes upon the television industry with a typical mid-life crisis-and nobody knows what to expect. As usual, there are two sides to this story, with some executives genuinely excited to get down to business in New Orleans, and...
Becoming a case study: The Sopranos take academia.(books are dissecting television series and its implications)
January 1, 2003... When HBO launched a series about a family man who just happened to be a "Family" man in 1999, the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Subscribers, it seems, were searching for a cutting-edge series that embodied humor, heart and characters...
My two cents.(exhibitors upset with MIFED organizers)(Editorial)
January 1, 2003... Finally, I have recognized that the difference between "news" and "gossip" is basically in the eye of the beholder.
At MIFED, the annual fall film market held in Milan, Italy, some major exhibitors were upset with the event's organizers...
Int'l Emmys got Biz & Glitz back. (World).(2002 International Emmy Awards)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 2002 International Emmy Awards at a gala held at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in late November.
Hosted by actress, journalist and former first...
Valencia's studio project.(Spanish city building movie studio in hopes of attracting movie-making)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... "If you build it, they will come." The regional government of Valencia, Spain, is putting this advice from 1980s Hollywood smash Field of Dreams to the test with La Ciudad de la Luz, or the City of Light, a 250 million euro film studio project....
Cairo Film Fest: 60 countries, 300 films. (World).
January 1, 2003... The 26th Cairo International Film Festival, held last October, received a global boost with new president Cherif El-Shoubashy and dynamic jury chief Ismail Merchant, whose many films as producer-director were highlighted. More than 300 films...
How Big Media Lost the Battle for the Internet. (Book Review).("Bamboozled at the Revolution: How Big Media Lost Bilijons in the Battle for the Internet")(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... When the same-language-speaking builders of the Tower of Babel arrogantly rebuffed God, He cursed them by mixing up that language, creating a confusion so vast that the structure was never completed. John Motavalli's Bamboozled at the...
The role of focus groups in U.S. TV programming. (Testing Tastes).
January 1, 2003... Las Vegas--that last bastion of all things tacky--may not at first glance seem like the most logical locale for television programmers to set up shop, but that's just what CBS and NBC are doing, establishing market research facilities deep in...
Being independent at AFM is a matter of opinion. (Film Market).(American Film Marker)
January 1, 2003... Though 2002 turned out to be a rather grim year for film and TV conferences, the American Film Marker (AFM), which will be held February 19-26 in Santa Monica, California, is said to be primed and ready to reverse the trend.
"The AEM has...
Market aimed to please; marketplace still tough. (Mifed Report).(MIFED film market)
January 1, 2003... "This is an extraordinary edition," said Manilo Armellini, managing director of Rassegne SpA, the company in charge of the MIFED film market in Milan, Italy, for the--second consecutive year, "because of the increase in the number of...
Digital TV squares off with content rules. (Canadian TV).
January 1, 2003... In September of 2001, Canada launched 55 digital channels simultaneously, each one specializing in a single area of interest such as cooking, literature, science, music, news or popular culture. (Subsequently, nine additional channels have...
History gets a dose of reality on U.S. PBS. (Documentaries).
January 1, 2003... International buyers may have seen every imaginable kind of reality-based series, yet still the latest evolution in nonfiction "edu-tainment" is emerging. What makes these history-themed reality-TV shows so popular?
"There is nothing more...
History is now and science is alive, in Berlin. (Documentaries).(History and Science Congresses )
January 1, 2003... Creators of the world's best history and science television programs recently came together in Berlin for two successful back-to-back World Congresses. With hundreds of international delegates (322 at History and 366 at Science), inspirational...
Repartiendo el pastel de las ganancias.
January 1, 2003... Tradicionalmente, los canales internacionales de TV, se han apoyado principalmente en dos fuentes de ingresos: suscripcitores y publicidad. Todas las otras for mas de ganancias, como mercadeo, ventas de programas, bloques de programacion...
El entretenimiento y el medioambiente: como EMA suena su alarma.
January 1, 2003... Hagase la idea. Cada dia, California solamente, mas de 10,000 apararos de TV y monitores de computaci6n son desechados, cada uno de ellos conrenienfo de 2 a 4 kg de plomo. El ano pasado, 41 millones de PC's se hicieron obsoletos en los Esrados...
Una receta para exito.
January 1, 2003... Finalmente, me he convencido que no tengo el vigor, la energia o la fuerza de volunrad necesarios para gasrar la mayor parre de mi existencia charlando por tekfono o actuando como el tipico tonto de las reuniones, aun cuando los biologos...
La falta de promocion en Europa.
January 1, 2003... Algunos facrores interesantes salieron de dos seminarios que yo dirigi durante el primer Festival Internacional de Venecia.
Primero, Europa no puede esrablecer tin "star system" (sistema para lanzar estrellas) para competir con Hollywood....
Splitting hairs at Promax Latin America, Jornadas ATVC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... According to Promax's Gregg Balko, "The [Latin America Conferences] registration numbers were kind of loose this year, because some of Jornadas ATVC's press people and VIPs were given entry to the [Promax] Conference. So I don't have any exact...