Video Age International articles from May 2009

Video Age International archives from May 2009

Tango to the tune of the L.A. screenings.
May 1, 2009... The L.A. Screenings are not only a vital part of the U.S. studio schedule, but also an important, albeit informal market for Latin American TV companies --one that is on par with NATPE in terms of significance. Last year's event saw roughly 35...

Forum Brasil to tackle Latin America mis-cooperation.
May 1, 2009... This year, the 10th annual Forum Brasil, which is considered to be one of the major TV trade events for the Latin American TV industry, will take place at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, a new venue located just a stone's throw away...

Nets return to trusting pilots, hoping for more ad credit.
May 1, 2009... As L.A. Screenings 2009 rolls around, industry insiders are speculating as to which of the roughly 80 pilots that have been commissioned thus far will get picked up. But this time, around, the question is not limited to how many pilots the...

Argentine TV faces South Cone challenges.
May 1, 2009... The problem with Latin America's South Cone is not just the second consecutive paternity claim against Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo, but also a long list of challenges, least of which is the scandal that rocked Paraguay's capital city,...

MSO puts subs on Internet diet.(World)
May 1, 2009... Time Warner Cable Inc., one of the U.S.'s largest cable MSOs, has proposed a new "consumption-based billing" system that it will test this summer to address the soaring usage of high-speed Internet. In its tiered-pricing trials, the company...

SAG, studios in agreement.(World)(Screen Actors Guild)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... Following nearly a year of battle, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has finally reached a tentative agreement with U.S. studios for a new labor contract, putting an end to a war that has shaken up the entertainment industry during one of the worst...

French download law rejected.(World)
May 1, 2009... French politicians have rejected a bill that proposed that people caught illegally downloading music three times would be cut off from the Internet. The legislation, which had been backed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy as well as France's...

VideoAge stories syndicated int'lly.(World)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... When a news story appears in either our Video Age Issue, VideoAge Daily or VideoAge Online, it is possible that it will be syndicated in more than 16 other publications in the U.S., Canada, Central America and Europe. Stories are also being...

Fox won't pay for 3D.(World)(three dimension)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... With the growing popularity of 3D films, Hollywood studios and movie theaters are now squabbling over who should foot the bill for 3D glasses. Thus far, it's been the studios forking over the money to theaters that use the technology. But Fox...

RAI has new bosses.(World)(Radio Televisione Italiana)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... Italy's state-owned broadcast organization, RAI, has a new board, chairman, director general and deputy director general. The appointment of second-tier management, i.e., news directors and network chief, is currently in the works. The...

Skype up in the sky for e-Bay.(World)(Skype Technologies S.A.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... In 2005, e-Bay Inc. spent $2.6 billion to purchase Skype, a software application that allows consumers to make domestic and international phone calls and conduct teleconferences over the Internet. The thinking at the time was that an Internet...

TiVo's DVR to rewind Nielsen.(World)
May 1, 2009... TiVo, a firm that made it easy for viewers to fast-forward through commercials, has now revealed a plan to help stations sell them. The company will directly challenge Nielsen, whose ratings data provides the basis for most ad sales, with...

Piracy ruling does not scare pirates.(World)
May 1, 2009... In late April, a Swedish court gave four men behind the Pirate Bay torrent-tracking website a one-year prison sentence and awarded $3.6 million in damages to major U.S. studios and record labels, including Fox and Warner Bros. Although...

Famous quotes.(World)
May 1, 2009... A study published in 2006 indicated that "56 percent of all MBA students cheated regularly--more than in any other discipline." --Academy of Management Learning Education

Mart Sans Les frills, but with plenty of thrills.(MIP--TV Review)
May 1, 2009... It was a wet MIP--wetter than usual--with more rain than most could bear. Despite the precipitation, it proved to be a good market--trimmed of the frills, but with its fair share of thrills. With fewer people looking for new gigs, most folks...

Altas y bajas registradas a traves de los anos.
May 1, 2009... Todo el mundo ha sido testigo de una America que en el 2001 comenzo la primera de las dos cadencias presidenciales de George W. Bush con la tragica y parcial destruccion de Wall Street v concluyo en el 2008 con la dramatica crisis en Wall...

Neutralidad en la Net.
May 1, 2009... En el American Film Market (AFM) del ultimo ano produjo mucho ruido la noticia de que el recientemente Presidente -electo- Barack Obama se haya pronunciado a favor de la neutralidad en la Net en los EE. UU. (Internet desregulada). Jean Prewitt,...

2009-10 network commissioned pilots.(Los Angeles Screening 2009)
May 1, 2009... ABC Comedy The Bridget Show A talk show host gives up her show for a guy, only to be dumped Canned About friends who are all fired from their jobs on the same day Cougar Town Centers on a newly single 40-year-old...

Who's screening.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2009)
May 1, 2009... 20th Century Fox TV Distribution Fox Studios 10201 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles Tel. (310) 739-5079 * AETN International Mayra Bracer, Jeffrey McGraw, Sean Cohan, Christian Murphy Century Plaza Hotel, Ste 1712 ...

Indie programming guide.(Los Angeles Screening 2009)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AETN 235 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017 T: (212) 210-1400...

Conference & events news.(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... CANNES FILM FESTIVAL MAY 13-24 Cannes, France TEL: (33 1) 5359 6100 FAX: (33 1) 5359 6110 www.festival-cannes.fr L.A. SCREENINGS MAY 19-29 Los Angeles, U.S. TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 734-9033...

Wi-Fi will now fly.(Conference & Events News)
May 1, 2009... Years ago, travelers were excited by the prospect of being able to make a phone call from 10,000 meters above ground. More recently, the more entrepreneurial among us were able to connect the seat phone to a laptop and get a dial-up Internet...

My two cents.
May 1, 2009... Funny business we're in. The more people are enabled to bypass copyright requirements, the more they tend to seek copyright protection, be it for material (compound formulas, sculptures), physical (sounds, visuals), or intellectual (writings,...