Video Age International articles from June 2001

Video Age International archives from June 2001

L.A. Story: Indies Fared Well, Studios Said Farewell to Biz as Usual.
June 1, 2001... While U.S. TV networks engaged in their usual battles to conquer the 18-49 demographic through new programming, ad agencies tried to make some sense out of the 200 1-2002 upfront market. Studio execs decided on a sales strategy after the...

License to Thrill: The 2001 Licensing Show.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... With the "dotbomb" disaster sending the New Media industry reeling, the 21st annual Licensing Show rolls into New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, June 12-14. "There will be fewer dotcoms than last year, and the ones that do...

Promotion at Prornax Goes Behind the Screen.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The world's largest gathering of hypesters -- Promax & BDA 2001 -- is set to take place June 20-23 in Miami, Florida. This year, the 46th annual conference will focus on the growing interactivity of the screen. In past years, the screen was...

Canada's TV Fest Probes Asian TV Market.(Banff Television Festival)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Every year, for the past 22 years, props are taken out of Hollywood and brought to the serene village of Banff, set deep in the Rockies of Western Canada for a TV festival. The week-long June Banff Television Festival -+and conference is...

My Two Cents.(US TV and sex)(Brief Article)(Column)
June 1, 2001... Let's clear up something once and for all. There is no visible sex on U.S. television! It's all talk. Even the scrambled U.S. Playboy cable channel is chaste compared to some of the free broadcast programs in other Western countries. The...

CanWest Faces Tax Hit.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Canada's CanWest Global Communications Corp., a Canadian company, is going down under in more ways than one as it faces a tax hit from Australia. Network Ten, an Australian national TV broadcaster majority-owned by CanWest, was informed...

Canada Welcomes the V-Chip.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The v-chip is finally being introduced to Canadian broadcasters and cable companies. This new technology will aid parents in controlling which programs they deem appropriate for their children to watch. Invisible to the naked eye, the TV rating...

Corus Races for Cinar Goodies.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Cartoons will be plentiful at Toronto-based Corus Entertainment if they decide to bid for Cinar Corp.'s library, which includes such animated favorites as Arthur and Paddington Bear. If acquired, the children's programming will be added to YTV,...

The Net Catches the Yen.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Japanese government and the private TV sector will join together to create a digital broadcasting system to produce TV sets which will connect to the Internet by remote control. According to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,...

EM.TV Has New President.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Patrick Elmendorff is EM.TV's new president of TV Distribution and will also be in charge of all television sales. Within the restructuring framework of EM.TV & Merchandising, international TV sales are now managed from Munich. This office...

Children of the Porn.
June 1, 2001... These days, nobody goes to the local cinema to catch a hard-core porno flick. But that wasn't the case in the early '70s when porn films threatened to chip away at mainstream box-office grosses by offering the curious American public the...

Sitcom Cloning: An Old Phenomenon Bursting in Hollywood.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Comedy in sitcoms -- these days it's almost an oxymoron. The sitcom may still rule U.S. primetime television, but its creativity seems to be waning. A peek at the new U.S. television season confirms comedy lovers' fears that their next laugh...

How Canada Dispenses Production Dollars.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Canada has a thriving film TV production and distribution industry. It is culturally and geographically closer to the film Mecca of Hollywood than any other country and its bilingual nature allows Canadian distributors to cash in on marketing...

TV Channels Localize with Universal Studios' Product.
June 1, 2001... Maximizing monetization by exploiting library material is not just the oppressive new lingo that dotcommers use. In fact, it is a practical way for Universal Studios to make use of its product for a myriad of TV channels scattered throughout...

Russian TV Puts Players in Yet Another Revolution.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The traditional ownership of post-Soviet television is in the midst of a second revolution. A new trend is emerging in the television industry in which foreign media heavyweights are knocking on Russia's door. Russian media moguls who in...