Video Age International articles from November 2007

Video Age International archives from November 2007

The studios' new challenge: direct-to-home movie delivery.
November 1, 2007... Is Hollywood quivering in fear in the face of new media? Recently, The Los Angeles Times wrote that, "Mainstream media [is in] a digital panic," and this is, perhaps, the reason behind its rush towards million-dollar purchases of social...

NATPE Market power now to the Indies.
November 1, 2007... Prior to the upcoming National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) event, which will be held January 28-31, 2008 at the traditional Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, there was talk that this time around the studios...

AMAZIA's intro: Asia TV Forum's own tsunami.
November 1, 2007... Yeow Hui Leng, project director of Reed Exhibitions, Singapore, which is organizing the eighth annual Asia Television Forum (ATF), is happy that "the 2007 [ATF] is one hundred percent sold out." However, 2008 might well prove to be a different...

Filmmakers find their true callings in Miami.
November 1, 2007... A young provocatively-dressed Colombian lady hopped tables during the Florida Media Markets (FMM) first-day lunch break, pitching her project--something that sounded, at first, like the usual documentary one often hears about at media market...

CCTV's deal with Sportsnow!(World)(China Central Television)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... CCTV Sports Promotion, the commercial arm of broadcast giant CCTV, China's national television network, and Puerto Rico's Sportsnow!, have reached an agreement to co-produce and distribute Who's Who: The Rivals, a series featuring the world's...

Ratings in India to be reformed.(World)
November 1, 2007... Indian advertisers and broadcasters have proposed the creation of an organization to make industry and policy recommendations in order to improve the way TV audience ratings are measured. The Advertising Agencies Association of India, Indian...

Sportel sets record.(World)
November 1, 2007... SPORTELMonaco, the international sports convention for television and new media executives, which was held at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum and ended October 18, played host to the biggest names in international sports programming distributors,...

The Lazarus art show for charity.(World)
November 1, 2007... On the occasion of the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California, Herb Lazarus, president, International, Carsey-Werner, and his artist wife, Shelley (pictured below), organized an exhibition of Shelley's paintings (and fellow artist...

Campo Bros' uplifting film.(World)
November 1, 2007... Brooklyn boy Joe Campo is an award-winning film producer and the younger brother of Sal Campo, a veteran TV and film distributor. Together, they are working on Joe's latest project, The Human Experience, an 85-minute docudrama about life's...

On Ralph Baruch ...(Letter to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2007... Let me say that I read your [Ralph Baruch] review [in the June 2007 issue of VideoAge]. I thought that you were very fair and could not think of how you could improve it, despite what others might have said. I worked at Viacom from 1974 to...

Famous quotes.
November 1, 2007... "Bring back regulations." Dom Serafini, Intermedia, December 2002 "In turnaround, industries seek U.S. regulations." The New York Times, September 16, 2007

Canadian literature into films. Yes, Canadians write books and make movies.
November 1, 2007... Once the initial shock wears off, and one realizes that there are indeed good Canadian authors and movies, the subject of Canadian literature being turned into films can be fully and seriously explored. When a movie is adapted from a...

Big shots and big deals make for a merry market.(MIPCOM REVIEW)
November 1, 2007... Once again, the annual MIPCOM market, which ended in mid-October and was held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, has been hailed by Reed Midem as its biggest TV market ever. The 23rd edition of the event drew a total of 13,371...

Market flexes its muscles and warns digital media.(AFM REVIEW)
November 1, 2007... The message from the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) was clear: Buyers from the new technology sector have to assume some risks. This was the gist of the press conference held at the start of the IFTA-organized American Film...

Turkish movie biz looks to both Asia and Europe.(ANTALYA FILM FEST)
November 1, 2007... In a Turkish film industry that has faltered until very recently, the annual Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has always lent a glimmer of hope and a hint of glamour to the region. In the wake of changes to the business that are finally...

Let's do lunch.(Calendar)
November 1, 2007... ASIA TV FORUM NOVEMBER 28-30 Singapore, Republic of Singapore TEL: (65) 6780 4697 FAX: (65) 6588 3798 www.asiatvforum.com HISTORY MAKERS JANUARY 24-26, 2008 New York, U.S. TEL: (416) 921-3171 FAX:...

My two cents.
November 1, 2007... Some observers, like those at the daily newspaper USA Today, "see a downloading revolution coming to the movie business. Others see it as an evolution' thanks to broadband and IPTV platforms which reduce piracy, increase consumption of content,...