Portuguese-language nations meet to seek TV understanding.(Brazil
TV Forum)
The highlight of the ninth annual Brasil TV Forum, which ended June
5 in Silo Paulo's Frei Caneca Convention Center, was the first ever
"Portuguese-Speaking Broadcasters' Meeting," which was
held . . .
Brazilian Hollywood: the past & future of
telenovelas.
After years of being the premier TV genre in Latin America, the
popularity of telenovelas has spread around the globe. Latin telenovelas
are selling like hotcakes, especially to Eastern European . . .
Famous quotes.(World)
Is it possible that, within the center-left cultural area, there
cannot be found a manager, an intellectual, a journalist, capable and
competent, without a political party membership card or . . .
Digital TV big in Europe.(World)
New statistics show that digital TV service (which includes digital
cable, digital satellite and digital terrestrial television) in Western
Europe has reached over half of the population. . . .
YouTube faces Italy, Turkey.(World)
Italy's commercial broadcaster, Mediaset, sued YouTube for
copyright infringement in civil courts in Rome, London and Los Angeles.
As YouTube's main shareholder, Google was also sued. In the . . .
TV between biz, Rome politics.(World)
Officially, the six days of the Roma Fiction Fest began July 7, but
it was the RaiTrade reception on July 9--which introduced pitching
sessions--that in effect kicked oft the event. The festival . . .
U.S. cable co. wins TV rights.(World)
n August, the U.S. Court of Appeals made it possible for cable
operators to offer customers the option of recording shows to watch
whenever they want--without buying a DVR.
The judging panel . . .
U.S. TV net vs. FRAPA.(World)
A leaked memo to employees of New York-based TV network ABC has
caused a stir with the Format Recognition and Protection Agency (FRAPA),
a Cologne, Germany-based international organization that . . .
Murdoch grows India's media.(World)
Rupert Murdoch has announced plans to expand his News Corp empire
in India. The Australian-American mogul revealed that his media company
will invest $100 million in six new regional TV channels in . . .
China's CCTV weds Cisneros.(World)
Venezuela and Florida-based media and entertainment company The
Cisneros Group of Companies and China Central Television (CCTV) inked an
agreement to distribute content across their respective . . .
Ex execs find reel work as consultants.
In the film and television business, life doesn't end at
retirement or when "looking for new opportunities." In fact,
in many cases, it starts at those stages--most often, in consulting. And
that's . . .
New TV directives are all about what, when & where.
Last December, the European Parliament approved the new Audiovisual
Media Services Directive (AVMSD), a set of rules and regulations for the
electronic media that replaces the previous Television . . .
New U.S. season, int'l biz still reeling from
strike.
In July, Fox international distribution announced that it had
officially split its 2008 development season into three parts--the first
part being the L.A. Screenings in May, the second being . . .
L.A. Screenings extended int'lly into fall harvest.
It has been five long months since L.A. Screenings '08 took
place and yet the industry is still ranting about it as if it happened
yesterday. But it's not that farfetched since, if not . . .
Conferences & events news.(Calendar)
OPEN SKIES & CLOSED WALLETS
With the new Open Skies policy between the U.S. and E.U., the
airline industry is hoping that people will open up their wallets and
start flying more. Open Skies . . .
Evaluando los danos post-huelga.
Si bien la amarga negociacion del Sindicato de guionistas ha
pasado, las nuevas luchas en la industria de la TV estan solo por
comenzar. La huelga del Sindicato de Guionistas de AmericaSGA . . .
Hollywood apunta al EST.(electronic sell-through)
El guionista William Goldman remarco famosamente que en Hollywood
"nadie sabe nada". Mientras que la mayoria interpreto que
quiso decir "que la mayoria de los ejecutivos de los Estudios . . .
Dolares de los L.A. Screenings para L.A.
Mucha atencion ha sido dada al hecho de que Los Angeles perdia
cerca de USD23 millones diarios durante la huelga de los guionistas.
Durante esos penosos dias, ciertas consideraciones fueron . . .
Studios' sales teams.(L.A. SCREENINGS 2008)(List)
CBS Paramount International Television
May 17, May 19-May 22
Sue Akens, EVP, Business Affairs
Joe Lucas, EVE Sales and Marketing
Barry Chamberlain, SVP, Sales
Paul Gilbert, SVP, . . .
L.A. screenings 2008.(Brief article)
1. Kicking off the Latin L.A. Screenings was the first ever
Hispanic TV Conference, held in Miami, Florida. Pictured are: conference
organizer Amanda Ospina, Disney-ABC Latin America's . . .
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