Video Age International articles from June 2000

Video Age International archives from June 2000

Sig-Alert: Indies Are Getting Mad.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Los Angeles seems to be the best place for the entertainment industry to vent frustration and the L.A. Screenings may be the perfect venue. The latest skirmish is between 45 of the 80 independent production and distribution companies camping...

Banff Festival Focuses on German, Aussie TV.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... In the heart of Canada's oldest national park in the province of Alberta lies Banff, the nesting ground of television executives during June's Banff Television Festival. This year, the Banff-based University of Alberta will stage a conference...

PROMAX 2000 e-Mbraces the Future.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Heading down to New Orleans this year, PROMAX & BDA 2000 is opting for a jazzy new look in keeping with the locale. Since this year's conference kicks off the new millennium, recently-appointed president and CEO Glynn Brailsford decided it was...

Licensing Show All About i's: Internet and International.(Advanstar Communications Inc.; International Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Assoc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Joining market organizers around the world, Advanstar Communications (organizational arm of the Licensing Show) and the International Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association (LIMA) are attracting new-media companies to the Licensing Show...

My Two Cents.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Recently, an article heralding the merits of the crescendoing use of consulting services by media companies pointed out, among other things, that "some companies know what to do and call upon consultants only for marginal decisions or to find a...

Telecom Lines for Cable TV.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Internet Initiative Japan, an Internet Service Provider, plans to lease high-speed telecommunication lines to five leading cable television operators. With the help of the leased lines, the cable-TV operators can provide such services as...

Antenna TV Mines Net Gold.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Greek television network Antenna TV has signed a memorandum of understanding with Internet Gold International, a subsidiary of Internet Gold, to collaborate on various Internet-related ventures. Internet Gold, an Internet Service Provider...

Nelvana Buys Book Publisher.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Canada's Nelvana will acquire privately-held U.S. book publisher Klutz for $74 million. The acquisition is the largest in Nelvana's history and will be integrated into Nelvana's Branded Consumer Products division. Based in Palo Alto,...

Bracing for Bad News: Famous Broadcast Interruptions of the 20th Century.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Author Joe Garner believes there is nothing more chilling than hearing these four words: "We interrupt this broadcast..." The book and audio-CD compilation We Interrupt This Broadcast: Relive the Events That Stopped Our Lives, From the...

The New Trend: Online Program Servicing.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The entertainment industry has been eager to explore the potential of digital technologies, and nowhere is this more evident than on the Internet. One area of quicksilver development is in online programming databases, the so-called "virtual...

Playboy Strips Bare Its Three-Pronged Strategy.
June 1, 2000... Playboy was first introduced to the European market 28 years ago, publishing local editions of its magazine in Germany and Italy in 1972. The continent was soon blanketed by Bunny pages with editions introduced into Croatia and Slovakia as late...

E! Entertainment TV Networks Turns Ten.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... On June 1, 1990, E! Entertainment Television first broadcast in the U.S. with 24 hours of original, short-form programming about the world of entertainment. Today, not only has E! transitioned into long-form programming, it has become the...

Channel Launches Expand Global Brand.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Over the past four years, E! Entertainment Television has embarked on a course to extend its entertainment brand. abroad. In the beginning, the company's goals were simple: license its entertainment programming much like other syndicated shows....

Cannes Murder, Movies at L.A. Screenings 2000.(Entertainment Television Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... E! Entertainment Television Networks has signed French Stewart (Third Rock from the Sun), Karina Lombard (The Firm) and Bo Derek to star in Murder at the Cannes Film Festival. Set against the backdrop of the world's premier entertainment...