Video Age International articles from May 2006

Video Age International archives from May 2006

L.A. Screenings: int'l primetime comeback for U.S. shows.
May 1, 2006... This year's Los Angeles Screenings--the organic TV market where buyers from around the world savor the flavor of the U.S. studios' new season shows--is sure to be hectic. And that's not just because of the three con current medical conventions...

Do hiatuses lure viewers--or lose them?
May 1, 2006... Like an inmate in lockdown, Fox's Prison Break was barred from seeing the light of day for four months. But unlike the prisoners in the poky, the show didn't actually engage in any bad (audience) behavior. In fact, before it went on its...

Focus groups move west so ratings can move north.
May 1, 2006... Before advertising executives at New York City's upfronts can place their preliminary bets on the potential hits in the new U.S. primetime series, a whole other group of people who don't know thing about CPMs (Cost per thousand viewers or...

The good, the bad and the ugly of TV piracy.
May 1, 2006... Even more than movies, television programs have become the hot Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing commodity online. But it isn't as though TV piracy comes as that much of a surprise. Not long after she was named MGM's vp of Intellectual Property...

Viewers trust TV most.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... It seems as though the whole wide world is addicted to TV news. According to a new 10-country opinion poll by Reuters, the BBC and the U.S. Media Center, TV was seen globally as the most reliable news medium, and the source most people turned...

Microsoft to offer original TV shows.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... Microsoft is wholeheartedly entering the entertainment business, with a new initiative dubbed Microsoft Originals. In an effort to improve its MSN Internet portal and compete with Google, Yahoo! and AOL's forays into the video business,...

Solid Turkish fest on top.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... Last year, after going through a middle-aged slump, Turkey's Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, now in its 43rd year, saw a rebirth. Under new management from the non-profit, non-governmental organization Tursak (Turkish Foundation of...

Israel targets China's DTV.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... In a joint effort to tap into China's future digital TV (DTV) terrestrial broadcast market, a consortium of eight Israeli broadcast technology companies has joined forces to offer a joint digital television solution for the Chinese market. The...

Spanish TV, film grow in Miami.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... Films and TV series designed specifically for the growing Hispanic market are on the rise in Miami, a location that has already been dubbed the "Gateway to Latin America." Former Telemundo president Jim McNamara, who popularized the idea of...

Good toons get Pulcinella Awards.(World: Turkey, Israel, Hispanic U.S., Italy)
May 1, 2006... The big winner at this year's Pulcinella Awards--an international TV cartoon competition held during the 10th annual Rai Trade-sponsored Cartoons on the Bay festival in Positano, Italy--was Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. International Television...

How the upfronts sparked changes in three U.S. TV nets.
May 1, 2006... Desperate Networks (2006, Doubleday, 404 pages, U.S.$26.95), by The New York Times television reporter Bill Carter, is a behind-the-scenes look at the machinations leading up to the 2005 advertiser upfronts in New York--where there was an...

On with the business. Show breaks records.(MIP-TV Review)
May 1, 2006... Despite the threat of a French labor strike halting trips to and from Cannes, the 43rd annual MIP-TV market proceeded as planned. With 508 stands, almost 1,500 exhibiting companies and a total of 12,249 participants filling up the Palais des...

Indie programming guide.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2006)
May 1, 2006... AMERICAN CINEMA INTERNATIONAL (ACI) 14242 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 202 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 T: (818) 907-8700 F: (818) 907-8719 www.aci-americancinema.com Good Girl Bad Girl Drama feature about a stripper chased by...

Who's screening.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2006)(Directory)
May 1, 2006... America Video Films Century Plaza, Suite 902 American Cinema International Century Plaza, Mezzanine South Cindy Burnett, Martin Devis Alfred Haber Distribution Park Hyatt, Lux 1208 Alfred Haber, Robert Kennedy,...

2006-07 season new series.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2006)
May 1, 2006... This list does not include all CW or Fox network pilots--except those whose orders were announced early-as those announcements have not yet been made as of press time. Please see a complete list of all new studio series in the May 23rd issue of...

Photo gallery.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2006)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: 1. Park Hyatt's general manager Malcolm Thompson and his staff going over L.A. Screenings preparations 2. Teena Belling and her L.A. Screenings staff at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel 3....

Studios' sales teams.(calendar)(Calendar)
May 1, 2006... Buena Vista International Television May 22-May 26 Tom Toumazis, Executive VP and Managing Director, BVITV (EMEA) Steve Macallister, Sr. VP and Managing Director, BVITV (Asia-Pacific) Fernando Barbosa, Sr. VP, Sales, BVITV...

Key acquisitions executives.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2006)
May 1, 2006... ARGENTINA Artear: Walter Sequiera, Bernadette Delmas Canal 9: Nadia Zimerman Claxon: Fernando Gaston, Mariano Cesar, Angel Zambrano Disney: Fernando Lagier, Carolina Lightcap Telefe: Patricia Daujotas, Axel Kuschevatkzy,...

Los Telcos anaden mas salidas de TV a la ecuacion.
May 1, 2006... Cuidado a los EE.UU. y los operadores de cable de TV internacional, "puesto que aqui viene Telco TV. En los mercados piloto en los EE.UU., AT&T y Verizon han comenzado a ofrecer cientos de canales de television via Protocolo de Internet....

La nueva generacion de ejecutivos de TV.
May 1, 2006... Los estudios y las redes estan cortejando una nueva demo--para sus oficinas corporativas. Debido a que la media tradicional ha suspendido llevar a cabo cambios dramaticos mientras que la distribucion de plataformas digitales evolucionan y...

La publicidad integrada causa conmocion.
May 1, 2006... La publicidad integrada, una herramienta basica en la industria del largometraje ha probado ser una grapa en la television igualmente, aunque en una escala mucho menor--por ahora. Recientemente la compania pQ Media basada en Stamford,...

El crecimiento en el negocio de la television.
May 1, 2006... Encontrar crecimiento en un negocio antiguo--tal como puede ser la television retrasnmitida--es como Encontrar a Nemo. En la pelicula de Walt Disney, al final, el protagonista encuentra a su pequeno pez, pero no sin una travesia peligrosa....

Let's do lunch.(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2006... COLOGNE CONFERENCE MAY 18-24 Cologne, Germany TEL: (49 221) 454 3280 FAX: (49 221) 454 3289 www.cologne-conference.de L.A. SCREENINGS MAY 18-26 Hollywood, California TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212)...

My two cents.
May 1, 2006... I was convinced that it was only Wall Street, with its agenda, that was advancing the concept of communism by fostering monopolies, promoting the formation of large, state-like corporations and dampering free enterprise. Democracy can, in fact,...