Video Age International articles from June 2004

Video Age International archives from June 2004

L.A. Screenings' trinity impeding on salvation.(Los Angeles)
June 1, 2004... Paris Hilton has been rear-ended by drama series at these L.A. Screenings--together with her friends in the reality show and sitcom worlds. Indeed, with 35 new drama series, the genre was the big winner of the new U.S. TV season, which saw only...

Broadcasters go after piece of licensing pie.
June 1, 2004... As the cost of scripted programming increases and margins decrease, broadcasters are becoming more bullish on alternative revenue streams, particularly licensing. It is a strategy that has long been part of kids' TV production since,...

DISCOP's Eastern delights: smaller TV gets respect.
June 1, 2004... The program market focusing on Central and Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, known as DISCOP, will celebrate its 12th year in Budapest this year. DISCOP's attendance has been steadily growing since its launch, and this year's...

Monte-Carlo TV fest with biz, glitz & gloss: the Prince rules, but formats are still King.
June 1, 2004... Interactive television, U.S. and Asian TV markets, and most importantly, the format business will be the attraction when, from June 28 to July 3, the 44th annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival turns the uber-stylish Monaco into a star-studded...

My two cents.
June 1, 2004... I'm really taken by The New York Times' conservative columnist William Satire's statement that "an opinion is never wrong." From now on, there can be no argument for forcing me to find a real job. Safire, who I recently heard speak at the...

DVDs to soon be RFIDed.(Digital Video Disc, radio frequency identification tags)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A consortium of retailers across the U.S. and Europe are trashing traditional bar-code labels for consumer products, including DVDs and CDs. Replacing the bar code will be stamp-sized radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The tags, which...

France TV's Rendez-Vous.(World, television)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Le Rendez-Vous 2004 (French TV Screenings) will take place at its usual Saint Tropez location from September 6 to 10. This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the screenings, organized by Paris-based TV France International (TVFI). In...

Acquisition execs.(L.A. Screenings 2004)
June 1, 2004... ARGENTINA Artear: Julian Rodriguez Montero, Walter Sequeira Claxson: Mariano Cesar, Angel Zambrano, Fernando Gaston Premium Media: Blanca Ponce Telefe: Patricia Daujotas, Claudio Villarruel, Alejandro Stoessel, Axel...

2004-05 new season series by International Distribution Company.(L.A. Screenings 2004)
June 1, 2004... ALLIANCE ATLANTIS CSI: New York (CBS) Production Team: Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue Format: One-Hour Drama New version of the series with a Big Apple spin. BRUCE NASH...

Who's screening.(L.A. Screenings 2004)
June 1, 2004... 8 STAR ENTERTAINMENT Park Hyatt Hotel, Suite 1528 ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION Alfred Haber, Andrew Haber Park Hyatt Hotel, Suite 1208 ALLIANCE ATLANTIS Ted Riley, Philippe Renouard, Rose Marie Vega, Stephanie...

TV in Mexico: maintaining the status quo is a failure.(Especial Mexico)
June 1, 2004... Never before in modern times has such a crossfire been recorded between the U.S. and Mexico. Viacom's Summer Redstone returned to the U.S. from Mexico declaring the country fertile territory to expand. Similarly, Mexico's Grupo Televisa's...

Digital TV plans.(Especial Mexico)(television)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Conversion to terrestrial digital television will be taking place in Mexico in six stages, ending in 2021 with the switchover. The standard selected is the U.S.-developed ATSC (Televisa is one of ATSC's early members). According to the...

Catering to two masters: advertisers and viewers.(Especial Mexico)
June 1, 2004... Even though TV audience services are unified under IBOPE Mexico, sales and programming strategies differ between Televisa and TV Azteca. IBOPE is the Brazil-based TV audience research service. Mexico's upfront, when the networks negotiate...

Production, distribution and merchandising.(Especial Mexico)
June 1, 2004... "Our main business is production. Televisa is a production company," said Televisa's Alberto Ciurana, vice president of programming. Indeed Mexico can be viewed as a large production factory with Televisa and TV Azteca, but with independent TV...

TV Atzeca's factorum.(Especial Mexico)(TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.)
June 1, 2004... In November 1990, the Mexican government announced its intention to privatize Channel 7, Channel 22 and 77 additional TV frequencies. Channel 13 was added to these in 1992. Early in 1993, the Federal Government created Television Azteca, a...

Televisa 101.(Especial Mexico)(Grupo Televisa S.A. de C.V.)
June 1, 2004... Grupo Televisa started trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange in 1991 and on the New York Stock Exchange in 1993. Televisa was founded as a radio station in 1930 by Emilio Azcarraga Vidaurreta with the assistance of NBC. It created Mexico's...

Let's do lunch.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... LICENSING 2004 JUNE 8-10 New York City Tel: (203) 882-1300 Fax: (203) 882-1700 www.licensingshow.com BANFF TV FESTIVAL JUNE 13-17 Banff, Canada Tel: (403) 678-3178 Fax: (403) 678-9269 ...