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  • Brit comedian Julian Clary to host Mipcom DVD Awards

    MUMBAI: The Mipcom 2005 DVD Awards, organised in partnership with the DVD Association (DVDA, USA) and the International Video Federation (IVF, Belgium), boast several new categories and promise a star studded event for their second edition.

     
     

    Presenting the awards ceremony this year will be British comedian Julian Clary. “I am thrilled to the marrow to be hosting this prestigious awards ceremony,” says Clary.

    The international accolades will be held during the 21 edition of Mipcom – the world’s audiovisual content market, on 18 October in the Esterel Auditorium, Palais des Festivals, Cannes and reward creativity and innovation in DVD content (web features and interactivity, programme content restoration, special features, navigation and graphic design).
     
     

    This year’s awards, to be held on 18 October in the Esterel Auditorium, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, will have 10 categories compared to 7 last year. The three new categories — Music, Games and Sport — will add to awards being handed out to TV Series (English-language), TV Series (original version non-English), Children/Youth Fiction, Children/Youth Animation, Non-Fiction (documentaries, sports, leisure etc. excluding music), Film (English-language), Film (original version other than English). These categories exclude all titles containing adult content.

    Submissions for the DVD Awards, which closed last June, were open to all DVD artists, developers, authors, designers, distributors, and publishers. The event is sponsored by Warner Bros. and Kultur.

    In addition to the Awards ceremony, the DVD Club is back again this year and situated on the third floor of the Palais des Festivals for the duration of the five day Mipcom event.

    The club is run by DVDA and equipped with two projection rooms. The DVD Club will be the uncontested centre for DVD specialists and professionals.

  • ‘LOTR’ dominates eight annual DVD awards

    MUMBAI: The winners of the eight edition of the DVD Entertainment Awards were announced a few days ago in the US.

    The competition honours creators and marketers of digital video recordings. Selected by a blue-ribbon jury of technologists and journalists, the DVD Entertainment Awards are open to movie, music and game labels, distributors, producers and authoring houses vying for the coveted trophy in a wide variety of categories.
     
     

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King special extended DVD edition got six awards. It with The Ultimate Matrix Collection for best of show and best blockbuster theatrical and also won awards for authouring design, video presentation, audio presentation and the Viewers’ Choice vote through the web site Grab.com. Additionally the comedy Elf won for best PC support.

    During the ceremony, William Friedkin who directed The French Connection, The Exorcist was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

    For the first time in any home entertainment competition, the DVD Awards included categories recognising excellence in DualDisc and in the Universal Media Disc (UMD) pioneered by Sony for its PlayStation Portable (PSP).

    Also new for the 2005 DVD Awards was an opportunity for DVD producers not affiliated with Hollywood studios to enter their own categories to create a more level playing field. For Achievement in Technical Design awards – such as authoring, PC support, video and audio presentation – there is a new classification reserved for theatrical titles with up to $10 million in box office or non-theatrical product. Those titles will not compete directly against Hollywood movies with more than $10 million in box office grosses.
     
     

    Dwelling on LOTR’s performance New Line Home Entertainment president and COO Stephen Einhorn says, “This is a great honor. It represents the very hard work of a great many people at New Line and we are proud of them. Clearly, the judges felt that Return of the King took the DVD experience to a whole new level.” DVD Entertainment Awards executive producer Bruce Apar said. “One judge noted that ‘no other DVD comes close —Hollywood is no longer in the business of making movies but is now in the business of making DVDs.’ “

    The DVD Awards drew more than 220 entries in 31 categories. The ceremony was hosted by film critic Leonard Maltin and presented by the International Recording Media Assn. and CMP Entertainment Media.

  • MIPTV 2005: Preparing industry for the onrush of change

    MIPTV 2005: Preparing industry for the onrush of change

    CANNES: “People need to prepare for all the oncoming changes that new technologies are engendering, the speed of which is quite scary.” That, according to Reed MIDEM director of the television division Paul Johnson, has been the key thought behind the technology-heavy structuring of this year’s MIPTV featuring MILIA 2005.

    And tech-heavy it was. New level of technology participation is indicated by the very visible presence of the big boys of the business Vodafone, Orange, Alcatel, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung, to name a few.

    Johnson also referred to how MIPTV was strategically placed as a platform to facilitate the exchange of ideas. “This continued with our UN AIDS initiative which is a social and economic issue which the world media needs to pay more attention to,” he pointed out.

    Another highlight of the event that got a mention was the DVD awards which at MIPCOM will have three added categories in music, sports and gaming.

    The new wave flavour for everyone in Cannes seemed to be around the mobile and all it offered. Mobile screenings have been one of the standout hits at MIPTV 2005 and will have an increased prominence at MIPCOM in October where a focus in the presentations will be on the kind of handsets that are going to be on the market in the next three to five years. A glimpse into the future of the most overarching technological wonder since the advent of the TV will certainly be what everyone will want to see.

    Throwing some figures, Johnson said the number of mobiles worldwide stood at 600 million, an increase of 30 per cent from 2003.

    There have been good numbers on the attendance front as well. By the end of Wednesday (Day 3) attendance was at 12,007, well on track to cross the 12,913 participants that early estimates had indicated would be attending this year.

    A numbers check at the end of Day 3 gives the following stats:

    .Total companies attending 4,022, up eight per cent from the 3,728 last year.
    .Total TV buyers 3,598 up 25 per cent from the 2,868 last time round.
    .Total countries represented 98 up from 92 in 2004.
    .Total participants arrived 12,007 up 13 per cent from 10,655.

    Speaking about the sheer scale of planning that had gone into the event, Johnson said Reed MIDEM tripled the investments made in order to increase the facilities and number of conferences. And those investments are obviously paying dividends. Director of press and public relations Michael Williams said he’d never seen the kind of attendance that were seen this year. Williams should know as he’s been at the centre of things for the last two years with Reed MIDEM.

    Looking ahead to MIPCOM later this year. It will run from 15 to 21 October I (MIPCOM Junior 15-16 October and MIPCOM from 17 to 21 October).

    In parting, Johnson gave the assurance for those like Indiantelevision.com that were a bit wary of the overarching dominance of technology at a market that is all about content, the buying and selling of it, ‘Content is what we are about and that is never going to change.’

  • Second DVD awards at MIPCOM 2005 expands categories

    Second DVD awards at MIPCOM 2005 expands categories

    CANNES: Reed MIDEM is expanding the MIPCOM DVD Awards to include three new competitive categories.

    Organised in partnership with the DVD Association (DVDA, USA) and the International Video Federation (IVF, Belgium), the second edition of the MIPCOM DVD Awards will reward creativity and innovation in DVD content.

    An international jury will evaluate the original content of the selected DVDs according to a pre-defined set of criteria including – Web Features and Interactivity, Programme Content Restoration, Special Features, Navigation and Graphic Design.

    Following the success of last year’s awards and in response to client demand, three new categories have been added this year bringing the total number of classifications up to 10 Games, Sport and Music will join, TV Series (English-language), TV Series (original version non-English), Children/Youth Fiction, Children/Youth Animation, Non-Fiction (documentaries, sports, leisure etc. excluding music), Film (English-language), Film (original version other than English). These categories exclude all titles with adult content.

    Submissions for the awards are open from 11 April and apply to all DVD artists, developers, authors, designers, distributors, and publishers. Companies wishing to participate can present a total of three titles per category. The deadline for entries is 30 June.

    The DVD sector will have a strong presence at MIPTV/MILIA 2005. Two focused conferences will highlight the latest trends within the field and display the innovations in interactive DVD for entertainment and education. In addition, the DVD Club, situated inside the Palais des Festivals and run by the DVDA, will enable buyers, distributors and producers to network, view the most recent international productions and finalise new signings.

    The award regulations and entry procedure are available on the following website: www.dvda.org.

    Enrolment forms for the MIPCOM DVD Awards will be available in the DVD Club during the whole duration of MIPTV/MILIA 2005.

    The 9 winners of the Mipcom DVD Awards 2004 were:
    TV Series (English-language)
    Red Dwarf IV, BBC, United Kingdom.

    TV Series (original version non-English)
    Bibi Blocksberg, Kiddnix Media AG, Germany.

    Children/Youth Fiction
    Spy Kids 3D : Game Over, Buena Vista International, USA.

    Children/Youth Animation
    Sinbad, la légende Des sept mers, Universal Pictures Video, France.

    Nonfiction (documentaries, sports, leisure etc. excluding music)
    Capturing the Friedmans, Hit the Ground Running/ Notorious Films, USA.

    Film (English-language)
    The Last Samurai, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., USA.

    Film (original version other than English)
    Hero, Universal Pictures Video, France.

    Special Jury Prize (Technical Recognition Diploma)
    InteracTV  Elmo’s World, Spongebob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer; Fisher Price; USA.

    Special Jury Prize
    Capturing the Friedmans, Hit the Ground Running/ Notorious Films, USA.

  • Reed Midem to launch new DVD Awards at Mipcom ’04

    Reed Midem to launch new DVD Awards at Mipcom ’04

    MUMBAI: France-based Reed Midem, organiser of professional and International tradeshows and the official organiser of the 2004 Mipcom DVD Awards, yesterday announced the launch of the Mipcom DVD Awards to be presented on 6 October during the 20th edition of Mipcom, which would be held from 4 to 8 October 2004 in Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.

    According to a company release, Mipcom DVD Awards will reward creativity and innovation in DVD content and originality in DVDs that are related to the features enabled by DVD technology and not content or sales performance. The awards have been instituted in partnership with the DVD Association of the US (DVDA) and the International Video Federation of Belgium (IVF).

    The release, quoting, Reed Midem director of television division, Paul Johnson, stated, “The DVD has established itself as a universally accepted format and is the success story of the audio-visual sector today. Apart from the high standard of picture and sound quality, we particularly want to pay
    tribute to all those creative people who provide the additional DVD functions that make for such a wonderful viewing experience. Mipcom is the ideal International platform to pay tribute to the DVD creative community.”

    A six-member International jury, chaired by IVF president Jean-Paul Commin, will evaluate the original content of the selected DVDs according to a pre-defined set of criteria, including web features and interactivity, programme content restoration, special features, navigation and graphic design.

    “These new awards will honour creativity in DVD as an art form not just a medium”, DVDA president Bernie Mitchell said in the statement.

    He further stated, “The members of the DVD Association are the experts in the field of DVD design, creation and implementation, and anxiously look forward to these new prestigious awards. The international forum of Mipcom will naturally bring world-wide attention to the accolades and will further enhance the incredible acceptance of DVD’s.”

    The international trophies will represent a total of seven categories, including TV series (English language), TV series (original version non-English), children/youth fiction, children/youth animation, non-fiction (documentaries, sports and leisure excluding music), film (English-language) and film (original version other than English).

    These categories exclude all titles containing adult content. In addition to the seven category winners, the Mipcom DVD Awards jury will also designate a Special Jury Prize, the release states.

    According to jury chairman Jean-Paul Commin, “Because of the technical advantages and multiple content possibilities of the DVD, it has become a cultural asset which offers immense editorial possibilities and whose diversity can now be clearly measured.”

    He added, “The organisation of an event which aims to reward DVDs of all genres and from all origins at Mipcom, is in line with the growing status of the DVD as a medium for cinema and audiovisual works.”

    Submissions for the awards are open for companies wishing to participate for all categories, including DVD artists, developers, authors, designers, distributors, and publishers. A total of three titles per category per company can be sent for enrollment till 6 July 2004.