Video Age International articles from June 1998

Video Age International archives from June 1998

Buyers and studios: a love-hate relationship.
June 1, 1998... Output deals, weak storylines, increased local program output and the inability to be heard at the U.S. studios' production level all seem to be on the minds of the international buyers for this year's L.A. Screenings. These and other concerns...

U.S. programming trends and ties.
June 1, 1998... he development of original programming is all the rage in cable television. Even MTV is now in the game: the music video network has greenlighted more than 20 pilots for the 1998 development season. HBO, USA, TNT and Showtime are all in the...

My two cents. (lack of respect for the International Emmy Awards by the British)(Editorial)
June 1, 1998... All these years I've wondered why winners of International Emmy Awards don't make a big deal about it. Of course, the International Emmy is bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), which is based in New York....

Home TV relaunched.
June 1, 1998... HomeTV,, which failed last year to make an impact on Indian audiences, has been relaunched. The channel, owned by an Indo-British consortium composed of the Hindustan Times, TVB, Carlton, Pearson and Schroder Capital Partners, is now receiving an...

The real Pinocchio. (unveiling of the official 'Pinocchio di Carlo Collodi' by the Carlo Collodi National Foundation)
June 1, 1998... Pinocchio is getting an image change - and that's no lie. Looking to reclaim the wooden wonder from Walt Disney, the National Foundation the official "Pinocchio di Collodi." This nuovo Pinocchio, designed by Italian artist Sergio Frigerio to more...

Waiting in line to get funds in Canada. (Canada Television and Cable Production Fund)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1998... In order to snag their share of the roughly $200 million in grants handed out annually by the Canada Television and Cable Production Fund, Canadian television producers spent an evening last April waiting in line. Literally. The fund's policy of...

Televisa to avoid politics. (Televisa S.A.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 1998... Facing increased market competition from five-year-old TV Azteca, Mexican Spanish-language media king Televisa is undergoing a few policy changes. Addressing students at a university lecture, President Emilio Azcarraga Jean said that Televisa...

Becoming Mae West.
June 1, 1998... Sexy Mae wiggles her way into history Emily Wortis Leider's Becoming Mae West (Farrar Straus Giroux, 431 pp.) would have been better titled "Being Mae West." For the heroine of this somewhat distant biography seems to exist in a determined...

Licensing surges in '98. (Licensing '98 International)
June 1, 1998... What do Scooby Doo, the Pillsbury Doughboy and Popsicle sticks have in common? All will share an address from June 9 to June 11, when the licensing industry's annual conference and exposition hits New York's Jacob K. Javits Center. And these...

HVD: how one company is weathering the Asian crisis. (HVD Entertainment)(Company Profile)
June 1, 1998... Inexpensive programming and local appeal have given Malaysia's HVD Entertainment success both on its home turf and in other Asian countries. The company produces more than 2,500 hours of drama series and TV movies a year, primarily in Malay,...

U.S. digital television, ground zero.
June 1, 1998... How manufacturers are ushering in this year's new arrival The transition from analog to digital television is underway. Soon American consumers will have access to the wonders of digital high definition television: digital surround sound,...