Video Age International articles from March 2008

Video Age International archives from March 2008

Murdoch flock builds biz blocks.(Shine Group )
March 1, 2008... For a man who has been married three times and changed nationality once, Rupert Murdoch seems strangely keen on dynasty. And with a brood of six children, one might be forgiven for thinking that founding one would be a piece of cake: as simple...

L.A. Screenings in dollars & sense for Los Angeles.
March 1, 2008... Much attention has been paid to the fact that Los Angeles lost up to $23 million a day during the Hollywood writers' strike. During those trying times, consideration was also given to the L.A. Screenings--would the studios hold them or not? ...

Africa: TV's last frontier. DISCOP Africa is ready.
March 1, 2008... There's a country that's more than twice the size of California with a GDP of $300 billion, has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, and has a population of 135 million who own over 32 million mobile phones, but has only three TV...

Martha Stewart buys Emeril.(World)(Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. mergers with Emeril Lagasse )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. "kicked it up a notch" in late February when it bought the Emeril Lagasse franchise. The acquisition, which cost the home-making mavens company $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock, included the...

Comedy tracks link Toronto to Hollywood.(Canada's Funny Bone)
March 1, 2008... A funny thing happened on the way to the United States. David Steinberg left Winnipeg, Canada for theology school in Chicago and ended up at The Second City comedy troupe instead. Quite a leap. Or was it? Despite Canada's disproportionately...

Cheap U.S dollar a bonanza for Hollywood.(Dollars and Senses)
March 1, 2008... Since last year the euro has consistently gained against the U.S. dollar. The value of the U.S. dollar is a global bonanza for both Europe and Hollywood. The situation is a no-brainer, noted international European economist, Andrey Moisseyev....

Film bix and glamour get a big bear hug.(Berlin Report)
March 1, 2008... The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival came to a glamorous close in mid-February. The European Film Market--which took place alongside the Festival--was equally successful, and in expansion mode. The festival, commonly knows as...

An affair pour les affaires, full of action and reaction.(MIT-TV Preview)
March 1, 2008... Now that the U.S. writers' strike is finally, thankfully a thing of the past, the U.S. and international TV industry is ready to get back to business in a big way. The 45th annual MIP-TV, which will be held April 7-11 in Cannes, France, will be...

2008-'09 Network-commissioned pilots *.(What If ...)
March 1, 2008... ABC Comedy Cedric Laffer about a man who has difficulty adjusting when his wife's hobby becomes a million-dollar enterprise. The Goode Family Animated comedy from creator Mike Judge about a family obsessed with doing the "right"...

My two cents.
March 1, 2008... Just around the time when, at the most recent NATPE, it became known that Howie Mandel, host of the popular NBC network show, Deal or No Deal, is Canadian, VideaAge's Canadian contributor, Diane Barnes, suggested a story on Canada's comedic...