Recently added articles from Video Age International:
Benjamin's buttons. Disneys global boss hit the right keys.
Oct 01, 2009; ... Benjamin (Ben) Pyne is the 49-year-old New York City and Burbank, California-based president of Global Distribution for Disney Media Networks, the new "matrix" that rose from the "ashes" of the old Buena Vista. The latter brand was retired in 2007, just about the time that Pyne took over. ...
WIN TV's 30th anniversary salute.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... WIN Television is a privately owned regional television network that reaches over 5.2 million viewers across six states of Australia and the nation's capital. The privately owned company has grown significantly since Bruce Gordon purchased a controlling interest in Television Wollongong ...
Sky Italia's official statement.(World)(Kathryn Fink speaks about Sky Italia's plans and growth)(Cover story)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... VideoAge asked Kathryn Fink, Sky Italia's programming director, to comment on the TivuSat situation and the following three issues reported in the Pier Silvio Berlusconi front cover story: 1) How Nagravision encoding is going to affect RM and Mediaset's free channels on Sky. ...
DISCOP's offspring did not affect mother ship.(Central & East Europe)(Conference notes)
Oct 01, 2009; ... The mother ship, DISCOP East, started its 17th annual event a bit slowly, but picked up steam during the market's second day (of three) in Budapest, Hungary, in mid June. Market organizers attribute the slow start to "the fact that buyers and sellers were sizing each other up," ...
Cable, Telcos, satellite, TV nets are geared up for IPTV.(IPTV Revolution)
Oct 01, 2009; Shapiro, Levi ... Bill Geibler has a few simple rules. The 38-year-old father of two in Annapolis, Maryland learned his three rules to live by from Coach Bobby Finstock in the 1985 MGM/UA film Teen Wolf. "Never get less than 12 hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; ...
Times are tough, budgets are down.(Economic Blues)
Oct 01, 2009; ... That there is enormous pressure on budgets for television production and acquisition is hardly news. But there are some very different views as to whether the good times will ever roll again. "To me, this looks very much like the dawning of a new age." Gary Carter, the ...
Rome tries to regain TV spotlight for Italy.(Roma Fiction Fest Review)(Industry overview)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Despite its history as the "Hollywood of Italy," Rome itself has never served as a venue for film and television festivals and markets. With its money, movies, star power and talents, the city was instrumental in creating several of the world's first film festivals (Venice 1932), ...
WIN's 30 year celebration of Bruce Gordon purchasing WIN Television in 1979.(Celebrating 30 years)(Occupation overview)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Born in Sydney, Bruce Gordon's links to Wollongong go back to his childhood, when his family spent summers holidaying at Stanwell Park. Later, the family bought a weekend home at Corrimal. When he visited Wollongong to perform his magic act with the "Gang Show," he was billeted with a ...
Conference & events news.(Calendar)
Oct 01, 2009; ... MIPCOM JR. & MIPCOM OCTOBER 3-9 Cannes, France TEL: (212) 370-7470 FAX: (212) 370-7471 www. mipcom, com Video Age bonus distribution ANTALYA GOLDEN ORANGE FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 10-17 ...
