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  • Lipin Trust to underwrite Natpe Awards

    Lipin Trust to underwrite Natpe Awards

    MUMBAI: The National Association of Television Program Executives’ (Natpe) Educational Foundation announced today that The Lippin Family Trust has agreed to underwrite the Foundation’s Annual Student Video & Film Production Awards. The announcement was made today by Natpe co-founder and Educational Foundation president Lew Klein. The trust is administered by Dick and Ronnie Lippin.

     
    Klein was quoted in the release saying, “The generosity of Dick and Ronnie enables the Natpe Educational Foundation to continue to provide a cash award to the winning student and a matching grant to his or her school, as well as awards to the contest’s runners-up. These awards and their accompanying recognition give great incentive to the students who will become television’s future producers and directors. We are very grateful to The Lippin Family Trust.”

    The Awards that are held each spring recognize excellence in the production of student video and film projects worldwide.

    All productions are required to feature original footage related to the applicant’s school or university. According to a Natpe release, last year, the event had received more than 150 entries from 88 schools, representing 34 states and other countries around the world. This was the largest number of submissions in the competition’s history.

    The jury for the awards has been culled from the entertainment industry executives and educators who judge entries on concept, execution and creativity.

    Dick Lippin stated in the release, “Natpe has been an important part of our lives for almost two decades, and Ronnie and I are delighted to support the extraordinary work Lew Klein and the Natpe Educational Foundation have done to encourage young people to consider our industry for a career.”

    Natpe has pitched a new initiative called Pitch Pit for its 2004 convention that is slated to be held at the Sands Expo Centre and Venetian Hotel in Los Angeles from 18-20 January 2004.

    In October 2003, Natpe had unveiled The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards in honor of one of television’s brilliant pioneers. The awards were instituted to recognize excellence in the creation of television programming. 

    The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards will be formally presented at a reception on 19 January 2004, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas during the annual conference and exhibition.

  • Natpe pitches new initiative for 2004 convention

    Natpe pitches new initiative for 2004 convention

    MUMBAI: Enthused by the success of last summer’s TV Producers’ Boot Camp, the National Association of Television Program Executives (Natpe) is introducing Pitch Pit in the Natpe 2004 conference to be held at Sands Expo Centre and Venetian Hotel in Los Angeles from January 18-20, 2004.

     

    Pitch Pit is being pegged as an improved version of Natpe’s popular contest Pitch Me. The difference in this version is that instead of 15 people getting a chance to pitch a television idea, now 90 people will have the chance to sit one-on-one with agents from the top Hollywood talent agencies.

     

    Announcing the contest, Natpe CEO and president Rick Feldman said, “Our TV Producers’ Boot Camp in August and subsequent conversations with our members led us to this idea. Also, we wanted to amend the Pitch Me competition with a more professional, productive and formal way for ideas to be exchanged.”

     

    Located on the exhibition floor, and open only to Natpe 2004 registrants on a first-come, first served basis, the Pitch Pit will allow participants a maximum of ten minutes to formally pitch their program ideas to and seek general information on the development process from television agents and development executives from such top entertainment companies as Banyan Productions, Granada America, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Paradigm and UTA.

     

    The contest will also help raise money for Natpe’s educational foundation since the confirmation of the meeting requires a $25 cash-only donation to the Natpe Educational Foundation.

     

    Hallmark Channel EVP programming David Kenin was quoted in a company press release as saying, “Our goal is to provide some guidance on the development process and potentially hear some great ideas for programming on Hallmark Channel. Either way, we want to do what we can to support Natpe and its Educational Foundation.”