Too early to call it dead: ATF faces AMAZIA's fire.(Asia TV
Forum Review)
Several issues confronted the recently concluded eighth edition of
the Asia TV Forum (ATF). The first matter of concern was pure business,
since exhibitors were unable to find the notoriously . . .
Valenti's life written as a PG movie.(Jack Valenti)(Motion
Picture Association of America)
The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film
ratings system was bitterly opposed by the industry from its conception.
Instituted in 1968, the system raised heated controversy . . .
Internet to serve U.S. Air passengers.(World)
Research In Motion Inc. has joined forces with JetBlue Airways
Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. to deliver free in-flight Internet services to
certain flights. Beginning in early December, a JetBlue A320 . . .
My two cents.
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 . . .
Let's do lunch.(Calendar)
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: . . .
Turkish movie biz looks to both Asia and Europe.(ANTALYA FILM
FEST)
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 . . .
Market flexes its muscles and warns digital media.(AFM
REVIEW)
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 . . .
Big shots and big deals make for a merry market.(MIPCOM
REVIEW)
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 . . .
Canadian literature into films. Yes, Canadians write books and
make movies.
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 . . .
Famous quotes.
"Bring back regulations."
Dom Serafini, Intermedia,
December 2002
"In turnaround, industries seek U.S. regulations."
The New York Times, September 16, . . .
On Ralph Baruch ...(Letter to the Editor)(Letter to the
editor)
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 . . .
Campo Bros' uplifting film.(World)
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 . . .
The Lazarus art show for charity.(World)
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 . . .
Sportel sets record.(World)
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 . . .
Ratings in India to be reformed.(World)
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 . . .
CCTV's deal with Sportsnow!(World)(China Central
Television)(Brief article)
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 . . .
Filmmakers find their true callings in Miami.
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 . . .
AMAZIA's intro: Asia TV Forum's own tsunami.
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 . . .
NATPE Market power now to the Indies.
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 . . .
The studios' new challenge: direct-to-home movie
delivery.
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 . . .
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