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  • Robert Chua appointed to Rose D’or advisory board

    Robert Chua appointed to Rose D’or advisory board

    MUMBAI: Robert Chua has been appointed to the advisory board of the Rose d’Or, the world’s premier festival for television entertainment. The Rose d’Or advisory board is composed of industry leaders and is chaired by Old Vic Theatre London executive director David Liddiment.
     
     
    Chua is one of the great pioneers of television in Asia and is a founder of China Entertainment Television (CETV) which he recently sold to Time Warner and TOM Group (owned by Hong Kong’s richest tycoon Li Ka Shing). With 40 years of broadcasting experience involving all aspects of television production and distribution, Robert Chua is currently focused on producing formats and on the development of interactive content as he trial runs Asia’s first 24 hours Interactive TV Channel over HK Cable (680,000 households), informs an official release.
     
     
    The Rose d’Or Festival is the pre-eminent media industry event for the development of editorial and business strategy and identification of trends across all distribution platforms. Chua’s appointment to the board signals the continued expansion of the Rose d’Or Festival into Asian markets.

    ” We are delighted to announce this appointment” said Georges Luks, Rose d’Or CEO “Robert Chua’s unique expertise in the fast changing Asian market will add a valuable new dimension to the editorial and business focus of the Rose d’Or Festival and its Advisory Board.”

    Chua added, “I am honoured to join the Rose d’Or Advisory Board. The Rose d’Or is the worlds most prestigious and dynamic television festival. I look forward to creating and sharing a rigorous focus on Asian business opportunities with the Board and with the Delegates of the Rose d’Or.”

    The Rose d’Or Festival for entertainment television programming runs 3 May to 8 May 2005, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

  • Increased Asia Pacific representation at Mipcom ’02

    Increased Asia Pacific representation at Mipcom ’02

    PARIS: Mipcom, the international content market for TV video, cable and satellite held from 7-11 October 2002 in Cannes, welcomed a large number of international TV executives who carried out business with a high level of optimism.

    10,272 participants (+3.4 per cent compared to 2001) from 2,721 companies and 90 countries attended Mipcom 2002. Last year at the same period 9,943 delegates had attended the event. Positive signals from the global industry such as improved advertising revenues in the US, were reflected at the venue this year. The number of programme buyers saw a significant increase as 2,720 delegates from 1,105 companies registered came to Cannes. The growth was already apparent at Mipcom Junior from 5 -6 October with a 19.3 per cent increase in the number of acquisition executives (433 buyers, compared to 363 in 2001).

    Asia Pacific representation increased with a total number of 407 companies present at the event, up 10 per cent compared to 370 companies last year (314 in 2000). Japan and Korea now rank respectively fourth and ninth among countries with the largest number of stands.

    Canada accounted for 134 exhibiting companies, up 18.58 per cent, compared to 113 last year (and 87 companies in 2000), and now ranks fourth in the top exhibiting countries after France, US and the UK. Telefilm Canadas umbrella stand gathered 67 companies, against 35 last year and 16 in 2000. Canadas dynamic industry came into the spotlight at Mipcoms opening night as CBC/Radio Canada celebrated their 50th anniversary with a spectacular performance from world famous troupe Cirque Du Soleil.

    Producers and distributors showcased new drama films and mini-series at the all new MIP Screenings which proved highly popular attracting 480 professionals. In all, 32 programmes were presented by 23 companies from the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America.

    Another first was Mipcoms Formats Day which was attended by over 600 delegates and included a keynote by ITV Director of Programming David Liddiment, a high-level panel and a pitching session. A large number of deals were signed during MIPCOM underlining that formats have now become a worldwide phenomenon. The UKs Zeal Television licensed Under Control to RTL2 in Germany; Dutch company Eyeworks.TV sold rights to Talent Television (UK) to promote its format Test The Nation The National IQ Test in Japan, and Canadas Distraction signed a deal with Bunim/Murray Productions to create a US version of Stripsearch The Real Full Monty.

    Animation was widely represented at the market and appealed to numerous buyers who passed. Tokyo Broadcasting System signed a multi-territory deal with Fox Kids Europe for rights to 50 episodes of The Quintuplets, Frances Tele Images and Australias Yoram Gross teamed up to co-produce Seaside Hotel, and Decode and Sunwoo entered a partnership for B-Bot vs. The Alien Posse, the first Canadian-Korean co-produced series based on a property developed by a Korean company. At MIPCOM Junior animation was the most screened programme genre: all of the top 30 most screened programmes belonged to the animation category.

    A growing amount of trade is done in the area of DVD rights. US company TDK Mediactive has picked up rights from Italian broadcaster RAIs prestigious operas to distribute 20 to 30 DVD titles a year.

    MIPTV 2003, the next international programmes market for the TV industry, will be held from 24-28 March and will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The MIPDOC Documentary Screenings will be held on 22-23 March.

  • Formats Day at Mipcom 2002

    Formats Day at Mipcom 2002

    MUMBAI: The stage is set for Mipcom 2002 (International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite), to be held in Cannes, France, from 7 to 11 October. One section that is going to have Indian programming executives looking for the next Kaun Banega Crorepati keenly interested is likely to be Formats Day, on 9 October, featuring a keynote, a high-powered panel and a pitching session.

    As broadcasters and format providers around the world respond to voracious demand for innovative and exciting entertainment concepts to a degree never seen before, Mipcom has devoted a full day to it.

    Formats Day will kick off with an exclusive keynote, Formatting The Future Of TV Entertainment, by David Liddiment, director of programmes, ITV Network (UK) who will look at the benefits broadcasters can expect from investing into formats.

    In Getting Creative: Formats Specialists Bring New Twists To Tale an international panel of formats specialists will show how “genre-mixing” is changing the business and how format providers are sprucing up well-worn game show, reality and infotainment concepts and introducing strong elements of variety, comedy and drama into their newest shows. Citing the latest and most innovative examples, speakers will also examine how the creative process is influenced by the need to generate cross-platform revenues and bolster channel “brand”.

    Following a similar pitching session held at last MIP TV, Star Turn: What Are Tomorrow’s Format Hits?, will give five producers the chance to demonstrate why they think their formats are destined for international acclaim. The formats, which have been selected by NOTA, have been broadcast to excellent ratings in their home countries, but have not yet been sold abroad.

    Selected formats include:

    – game show Heaven Or Hell, presented by Uri Shinar, president & CEO and Illi Edry, head of marketing and business developing, Keshet Formats (Israel);

    – Lance In Space, a spatial reality soap (David Krieff, president & CEO and Mike Nedjar, V-P, Destiny Productions / Celebrity Mission, USA);

    – Liar, a game show (Harry Thompson, senior comedy producer, Talkback Entertainment, UK);

    – The New Retreat, a spiritual reality series (Patty Geneste, managing director, Absolutely Independent, and Kirsten van Nieuwenhuijzen, creative director, Intellygents, both companies are from the Netherlands);

    – and reality show Vis Ma Vie (Patrick Ballarin, director and partner, Rservoir Prod, France).

    The pitching session is organised with the support of NOTA (NOTA is developed by IMCA, Eurodata TV and Mediametrie). Formats Day partners include: IMCA (International Media Consultants Associes) and TvFormats (UK) (Formats marketing company, www.tvformats.com).

    Meanwhile, among the many programme shoppers attending Mipcom this autumn are two major Chinese companies, a new indigenous free-to-air channel from New Zealand and a large delegation of Indonesian executives.

    Mipcom, the international film and programme market for TV, video, cable & satellite is, with MIPTV, the leading international television programme market. Last year it featured 9,943 executives, 2,783 companies including 1,228 exhibiting companies.