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CIRCOM Regional Newsmonthlyl CR is the European Association of 380 Public Regional TV Stations in 38 countriesl Oct.. 2001/No 24 Candidates for the CR Personalities to present Europe of the Regions Executive Committee open through eight docs Proposals for candidates for the Circom Regional Executive Committee are open until Oct. “Europe of the Regions” is the working title of an 20. Candidates may be proposed by the National Co-ordinators and have to be seconded by ambitious project of eight documentaries presented two other National Co-ordinators. Each National Co-ordinator may propose or second only by well – known personalities. This Circom Regional co-production, co – ordinated by Robert one candidate. Stephane, will be shot during spring – summer of The mandate of National Co-ordinators and proposing Individual Members and is of the 2002. Individual Members lasts three years. Taking opinion that the current structure suits the The regions and personalities proposed for this the legal viewpoint, the Statutes hold valid organisation and has therefor proposed no project, up to this moment, are the following: France from their passing in 2000. So their mandates changes. (Corsice)with Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Belgium will expire in 2003 and therefore there is no Elections will be held in Kosice, (Hainaut) with France Dragone, Greece (Macedonia) need for elections in this regard except for Slovakia, next month. The Executive with Vassilis Vassilikos, United Kindom (Wales) those based on individual wishes of changes Committee meeting is foreseen for Nov. 23 with Bryn Terfel, Ken Follet, Tom Jones, Ireland (Mayo-Connemane) with Mary Robinson, Germany introduced by the delegation organisations. and the European Board will be held on (Brandeburg) with V. Schlondorffor Joop, Spain The Executive Committee is the body Nov. 24 (Valencia) with S. Calatrava or I. Rey, Italy (Sicily) with A. Camillen or L. Orlando or M. Scorsese, Portugal (Porto-Alentejo) with Manoel de Oliveira & Maria de Medeiros. Some of the personalities have Presented to the CR delegation in Brussels already accepted the offer.
New information strategy Cicrom programs of the EC Media Direction on Europe by Satellite After having attended the Executive Committee and BoG (Board of Governors) meetings in For viewers of Europe by Satellite Groningen, The Netherlands at the invitation of Roel Dijkhuis, RTV Noord Director, President of (EbS) here are the Circom Regional the BoG and CR National Coordinator, Lefty Kongalides, CR President, Marija Nemcic, future programs till the end of October: Secretary General, Marie-Paule Urban, Deputy Secretary General and Marian Kleis CR Vice- · Balkan TV Magazine (Traditional President, Director of the Slovak TV and in charge of the next CR Congress in Kosice (May 30th professions & video Clips): Oct - June 1st, 2002) went to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels 17 at 22.00 CET, Oct 18 at 05.00 CET and Oct.20 at 10.00 CET (No 1 and No 2 in order of Niels Thogersen, Communication Director, General CIRCOM Regional, for its part, insisted on the broadcast). Directorate Press and Communication, and Nicole efficiency of its partnership with the European Cauchie, Head of the Audiovisual Production Unit, Commission and particularly with Niels · European Year of Languages. CIRCOM Regional Coordinator presented to them the Thogersen and Nicole Cauchie, Diederik Bangert The same dates – hours as above new Information strategy of the Media Direction which for the EbS programme launched in 1994 with (no 3 in order of broadcast) should allow for closer collaboration with the European the Deputy Secretary General in Strasbourg and · European Year of Languages. Parliament, the European Council and between the taken over since 1995 by the BR Oct 24 at 22.00 CET, Oct 25 at Commission members themselves. While stressing the Munich Coproduction Office, Charles White for 5.00 CET and Oct 27 at 10.00 fact that no financial contribution can be envisaged, both the Direction of the Regions (formerly GD XVI) CET of them wish to pursue the cooperation with CR members, and the CR Prix : its crossborder category being namely on the following points :imagined and launched in 1996 with · Europeos – Babel – Languages 1. CR programmes on EbS - Europe by Satellite, Jean-Pierre Berg from GD XVI and Marie-Paule Regionales: same dates – hours as 2. audiovisual thematic subjects and technical support for Urban. above (No 2 in order) news coverage within the European Commission During this meeting, were also presented the · Rund um – Des langues de chez (possibility to dispose of studio, editing room, control programme of CR's vocational training, the nous: same dates – hours as above room. etc.) offered at no charge to CR members, projects about cooperation and coproductions (No 3 in order). 3. change to the Euro currency (special night on Dec. between CR's members, -namely the 2001 The programs are produced by ERT 31st, 2001), coproduction for the EYL -European Year of 4. information concerning the integration of new member 3 and other CR member stations of the Languages- and about dedicating the year 2005 Balkans, by RTV Slovenia and France states in the European Union. to the "Europe of the Regions". The European Commission will send out a Call for 3 Alsace. Proposals for Training (for all types of media) at the end Coordination achieved by the of December 2001 for a five-year contract. MARIE-PAULE URBAN Circom Regional Coproduction Office in Munich. 2 th The 13 European TV The Porto trainees and Film Forum write for the CR
COIMBRA (RTP) - We have a new in Dublin, Nov. 8-10 Director. He comes from another TV station (private) and for the first time we The European Television and Film Forum this year is going to be held in will have a book with rules. A kind of style Dublin, November, 8-10. book for us journalists of public TV, like The Irish public Broadcaster RTE will host the conference, which is BBC. Our colleagues from image and organised every year by the European Institute for the Media and a network edition, sign our packages every time. of 35 European media companies. Another difference is that in the end of the package we have to say our name, live or “Television and film production: Europe fights back” is the title of the not… and if we are on international forum. Economic and cultural challenges, new formats and legal issues are mission, in another country we have to say some of the topics that will be discussed by 300 media professionals from in which place and country are we every all over Europe in plenary sessions and working groups. time we have to sign off the package (one innovation is that). Another innovation The Forum Big Brother - A European concerns the interviews. The microphone The European Television and Film format for the world? should not be in the image, only in Forum js a conference held at the 11.30-13.00 Session 1 circumstances that justify its presence. We invitation of the European institute for the Is there a European have to translate all the languages, even Media and a network of 35 European market? Spanish language. In conferences, in direct media companiean institutions which 15.00-17.00 Session 2 broadcasts, foreign of course, we have to present to everybody, say from what brings together annually approximately A new production environment for news channel we came and who we are. These 300 media professionals from all! over are the main ideas, the others we learned in 21.00 Dinner at the invitation of Europe. lt was held for the first time in Circom ( the importance of the sound, Luxembourg in December 1989 and has RTÉ images speak with the sound, etc.). PAULA Friday, 9 November been held since in Warsaw, Nice, Seville, COSTA. 9.30-13.00 Session 3 - Working group lstanbul, Liege, Crete, Amsterdam, meetings GLASGOW (Scottish TV) - The latest talk Lisbon, Helsinki, Pragte and Bologna. A. Regulation and legal here in the newsroom concerns the The task of this Forum has been to introduction of DV cameras for journalists. aspects of the encourage productive debate on the This is creating a lot of debate, as the audiovisual media future role of television, film and station had no video journalists before. We 8. Market developments information technology in Europe. The already picture edit ourselves and many of and new communication my colleagues feel shooting our own Forum has established itself, over the technologies material could be a step too far. The idea is years, as a unique and important event C. Consumer and viewer still being discussed, but I think it will where current themes that are of interest happen eventually. RANALD LEASK interests to those working in the media sector can D. The film industry in be discussed. The working groups VALENCIA (Canal 9) - The Federation of Europe provide participants with the opportunity Organisations of Radio & Television E. Content of television Autonomus (FORTA) has asked various of discussing specialised issues in-depth. F. Current trends in independent producers to film six TV Some of the working groups were also journalism movies in order to be telecast by the starting points of important initiatives at autonomus channels. INMA VISUESCAS 15.00-16.00 Working group meetings European level, such as the working (continuation) group on audiovisual regulation and OSTNYTT (SVT) – A new season with 16.30-18.30 Session 4 policy, which led to the foundation of the new ambitions. It’s time for a face-lift Film and Television again. Ostnytt in Sweden is changing the European Platform for Regulatory formats: Europe fights studio from the color green to red. The idea Authorities (EPRA). The Forum is sus- back de la communication is that all regional stations should have the tained by its corporate members, Saturday, 10 November same design, with small local variations. including public and private European 9.30-11.30 Session 5 An old ex-punkrocker is writing the television companies, regulatory bodies, European regulation3of musical theme for the programs and an English company (English & Pocket) has production companies, production Europe versus the USA designed the graphics. Every station has telecommunications enterprises and chosen something typical for its part of the A new European government bodies. country, a symbol, that is shown in the The Program regulatory framework for opening titles and the studio. Gothenburg, Thursday, 8 November film for example has a lighthouse, Malmo has 9.00-10.00 Opening session and television production? the newbuilt bridge to Denmark and we and keynote address 12.00-13.00 Closing session have runes, old viking texts carved into 10.30 - 11.30 Presentation General report of the rocks. Old news reused. CARL BRUNO Forum TERSMEDEN 3 T e n m o n t h s a f t e r t h e p o l i t i c a l c h a n g e s
BELGRADE - Approaching of the first aniversary of dramatic political changes in Serbia inevitably brought numerous achievement Media in Serbia analysis of the new government. Few weeks ago the Chairman of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Mr. Veran Matic, issued a brief analysis on media situation (Media in Serbia – Ten Months On). - ten months on The integral text of the analysis is available on the web site address: www.anem.org.yu. Here is a short summary. broadcaster which is supposed to be remains in the growing political pressure to In the introduction, Mr. Matic states: transformed into a public broadcasting its editors. Besides, RTS is now solely “One of the first immediately noticeable service.” financed from Serbian budget, which makes results of the political changes of October 5, The consequences of this state of affairs it totally dependent on the government. Mr. 2000, was opening up of the state and quasi- are extremely unfavorable, especially for Matic concludes: “It may be inferred that the state broadcasters and print media in Serbia independent electronic media, but for state situation with the state media in Serbia is to the representatives of former opposition media also. The main problem of the extremely bad. These media have been bloc and NGO sector. High hopes raised in former, according to ANEM analysis was prevented from undergoing system the aftermath of the October changes - that that: “…independent broadcasters have transformation into public service the media field would be efficiently and been brought to the verge of existence by broadcasters (Radio Television Serbia) or swiftly reformed in a just manner, that the new authorities' measures (i.e. the autonomous privatization (when it comes to political influence on the media would be absence of adequate measures in the media local and regional stations). The opportunities largely eliminated - have nonetheless proved field). Due to the moratorium, the for autonomous financing have been limited to be overly optimistic. Quite the contrary, broadcasters which did not possess licenses and the politics has an ever-increasing direct ten months after the political changes it in the Milosevic era because they were influence on the editorial policy. Their appears that more substantial system changes treated as the enemies of the state have financial and personnel situation has not been have bypassed the media sphere. Even more remained 'pirates', while other stations do improved, and it will take a lot of time and worrisome is the suspicion that utter absence possess some broadcasting licenses, but efforts to help them reach the level of the of any changes in the media field is not the valid only for extremely small areas of corresponding media in other countries result stemming from the concurrence of coverage. Consequently, their potential for undergoing transition. Of course, only if there adverse circumstances but conscious substantial revenues from advertising is is to be no direct interference of the centers determination of the new people now extremely restricted. On the other hand, of political power with their editorial policy wielding political power in the country to media moguls who created their empires because there can be no transition while such retain certain mechanisms formerly used as a thanks to close ties with the Milosevic- influences exist.” convenient vehicle by the Milosevic regime Markovic family have retained their The picture of this sad situation is to exert pressure on the media.” broadcasting licenses for national coverage; completed in the chapter “New Threats to The main reason for this grim state of they have become closer to the new people Journalists”. Unfortunately, another journalist affairs, Mr. Matic sees in the fact that legal now in power and thus maintained a lion's was murdered in Serbia. Mr. Milan Pantic framework for the work of media has not share of advertising market which is the from Jagodina, correspondent of a Belgrade changed since political change took place. main source of income for radio and TV daily “Vecernje novosti” was killed in his The infamous Milosevic’s Public Information broadcasters…. native town in central Serbia on June 11th, Act was repealed, moratorium on allocation … Delay in adoption of the new Public 2001. He had been investigating crime and of new broadcasting licenses was declared, Broadcasting Act and the announcing of corruption in his town, and he had received Serbian Ministry of Information was the public competition for broadcasting death threats because of that, before his abolished and the subscription fee of the state licenses makes it impossible for violent death. His murder is still unsolved. broadcaster RTS was canceled. Working independent broadcasters to work on Mr. Matic says: group was formed around Belgrade Media development plans as no one knows what “Serbian journalists have remained the Center consisting of media experts and the conditions of the public competition for most consistent critics of corruption, war professionals to draft two new media laws: frequency allocation will be nor whether crimes and the ways in which Serbian Public Information Law and Law on the independent media will be granted any nouveaux riches have amassed immense Broadcasting. Their work was finished at the licenses at all. Finally, the major defect of wealth during the past decade. Their fierce beginning of August: two drafts were the existing media system is that the defense of acquired privileges leads to a prepared in compliance with modern independent media are not allowed to conclusion that investigative journalism in European standards and submitted to Serbian expand to national area of coverage which Serbia is becoming an increasingly dangerous Government. Few days ago it was announced has been, up to now, reserved for the state job.” that the draft Public Information Law would television and Milosevic media 'converts'.” This thorough analysis ends up in enter parliamentary procedure in November, On the other hand, problems of state recommendations, addressed both to Serbian but the fate of draft Law on Broadcasting media are also enormous. The situation authorities and international community. remains uncertain. As Mr. Matic says: with the largest and most important state The point of recommendations to Serbian “ What is certain, though, is that there has broadcaster RTS (Radio Television of authorities was that government should been some political opposition to the Serbia) is, according to Mr. Matic, even prepare a report on media situation and a adoption of the new regulations, particularly worse now, then immediately after last vision of the future development in the media in the part envisaging that the powers October changes. Apart from problems field in next five years. These should be pertaining to decision-making and regulation inherited from the past (excessive number followed by concrete plans and actions of the media field are to be transferred from of employees, debts amounting to about US designed to eliminate chaos and confusion the government to an independent regulatory $ 20 millions, the equipment outdated and existing now. One of the first steps would be body as well as that the Serbian Government destroyed during NATO bombing to adopt new system laws and to start their is to be stripped of the right to exert direct campaign and October 5th 2000 implementation as soon as possible. influence on the state radio and TV demonstrations), their biggest problem Ljiljana Breberina 4 News organisations clamour 645 programs for videophones
Britain's closely held 7E Communications is reporting increased sales of its satellite from 38 countries videophones following their successful use following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. ABC News declined to say how many of for Prix Europa the devices it currently owns, but confirmed it is ordering more and News 645 programs form 38 countries have been entered for Prix Europa 2001: Corp. reported it owns four and is ordering they will be available for all visitors and the press in the program library for two more. viewing and listening from 13 to 20 October. Almost 40% of the entered CNN says it has videophones in most of programs successfully passed the preselection process and will be presented its 30 overseas bureaux and is moving in eight categories. They include the web sites that are competing for the reporters equipped with the devices into Exploration Award n the new Internet category. countries around Central Asia. Stacy Brady, VP of network field Prix Europa will again be staging a Saturday. operations for NBC says her network owns series of special events for its guests this You can now have yourself accredited fewer than 20 satellite videophones, but year. The first will be Focus on Iris, a for the competition and reserve a hotel that she expects to see many more of them presentation on multi – cultural television room by filling in the enclosed form – or used in the coming weeks. ''Everyone on Monday evening (15 October). by applying over the Internet. In order to wants to be everywhere reporting live. It's a Tuesday evening belongs to the radio make participation in Prix Europa as easy competitive situation.' documentarists under the motto SOS as possible for all European colleagues ' Feature. Thursday evening has been and to demonstrate solidarity reserved for the Radio Drama Workshop, throughthout the continent, as always we Covering terrorism and on Friday the presentations in the new do not charge any participation fees. All attack together Internet category will be concluded with an the competition documents, program all – day Internet Conference. Also on presentations and special meetings are Friday (19 October), but in the evening, the free. Even the hotel rooms are News organizations - local and national, Council of Europe, in cooperation with Prix reasonably priced. On the other hand, broadcast, cable and radio -around the Europa, invites guests to the Current Prix Europa expects committed country went into full-scale crisis coverage Affaires Workshop. And to round off the participation from its visitors, for example mode shortly after the first plane hit New week, Eurovision will be organinsing an all in the 8 open adjudication groups in York's World Trade Center at about 8:45 – day Eurovision Day Symposium on which all participants are welcome to a.m. Tuesday. The major networks were in take part in the discussions and full-time coverage mode all day assessments and can have a say in commercial-free. In New York, much of the coverage of European Video Perspective deciding on the prize – winners (see Regulations 7, 14 and 25). So do not course was local with six English-language in Monpellier, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1 hesitate to have yourself accredited as a and two Spanish-language focused totally voting delegate for an adjudication group on the terrorist attack. and to register for the special events (at The major networks - broadcast and cable The 10th European Video Perspective will be which the number of participants will be - agreed to share all video footage and held in Montpellier, France, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1. limited). satellite feeds in the interests of getting as The program of the event includes topics The international announcement of the much information out to the public as regarding the update on VHS and DVD sales in winners will take place during the Prix possible in a timely manner. Europe to date with a hard look at future Europa 2001 Prize – Giving Ceremony in prospects, making most of music videos, new Potsdam, Oct 20. audio formats (DVD – Audio and SACD): Will Iraqi opposition they do anything for the video industry? launching TV stations The agenda also includes: Video on demand: coming soon to a screen near you? Replacing CR programs One of the main Iraqi opposition groups is the VCR (which recordable DVD format will on EbS in Nov. preparing to launch a satellite television win out and how soon will it be a mass – station beaming news and entertainment market proposition? Or will PVR’s become the programs into Iraq, with funding from the US next VCR? And what will be allowed to be The transmission dates for the Prix Congress. recorded anyway?). CR programs on EbS: The group, the Iraqi National Congress, has During the convention, a panel of the Week 46 Wednesday 14 Nov. 22.00 been given a budget of E6.5m for the station, industry’s most experienced executives discuss CET, Thursday 15 Nov. 5.00 CET, known as TV Liberty Tilifizyun al-Hurriyah. the lessons that have been learned and what Saturday 17 Nov. 10.00 CET The station will begin broadcasting an does the future hold. Other topics to be hour-long program, repeated periodically * “Railing Against It : Close Up discussed: Does video rental have a future? throughout the day, but it is expected The replication game (What is the current North” from BBC LEEDS eventually to broadcast round the clock and capacity of Europe’s DVD replication plants? *“Golden Cornfield” from TVP to have contributions from Iraqi entertainers How easy is it for the European publishers to Wroclaw. Both are special banned from performing in their own secure their share of this capacity?) commendations PRIX CR 2001 in the country. Each participant has to pay a fee of 700 category Documentary A spokesman for TV Liberty said that Euros. Deadline for registration is Friday 28 The transmission of Euromusica despite the American funding, it would be September. Tel. 00-3222-482400 fax. 00- 2001 is in the last week of November. completely objective. Correspondents say 3222-482330 e-mail: [email protected] anyone found putting up a satellite dish in Baghdad would soon be in trouble. 5
“Journalism Training BBC rethinks Differences in the Media” political coverage
conference in Maactricht The BBC director general, Greg Dyke, has ordered a major review of the A seminar on Portaying Differences in the media and expanding a market is corporation's political coverage amid organised by the European Journalism Centre, Maastricht supported by the Iris growing evidence that Westminster and Association, Nov 16-17. Whitehall are a big turn-off for the under- This two-day awareness-raising workshop is part of the project ''Outlook 35 audience. II. Reflecting social and cultural diversity through the media'' led by The review, which will involve the IRIS Association. consultation with politicians, academics, This workshop is aimed at journalists/editors from key local and regional viewers and journalists, was prompted by newspapers. Under the central theme of expanding your market and boosting concerns that voter apathy in the general circulation, it will look at how newspapers can better portray the different ethnic and election may have been linked to media other groups living in their area and better tackle issues such as prejudice, coverage of political issues. discrimination and living in a mutli-cultural society. Mr Dyke is known to have privately The trainers are Rebecca Franceskides, Media diversity trainer and journalist, expressed concern that younger viewers IRIS asbl, Brussels Lionel Morrison, OBE, MIPR, Journalism and training find politics boring and that the consultant, National Union of Journalists, UK Tony Goldman, Journalism and corporation was not connecting with this training consultant, Diversity Online, UK. audience in its coverage. Senior figures said Mr Dyke was perturbed by research conducted by Labour after the election, which showed CNN and illegal settlements that viewers under 35 were no longer interested in politics and he wanted to Just as the BBC last month ordered its reporters to use the phrase ''targeted find a way of reaching out to the grass killings'' for Israel's assassination of Palestinians (see EJC Media News of 07 roots. August 2001), CNN • under constant attack from right-wing Jewish pro-settler lobby Labour and Tory MPs will be invited to groups • has instructed its journalists to stop referring to Gilo as a ''Jewish take part in a conference on media settlement''. coverage of politics, with other possible Instead, they must call the settlement, built illegally on occupied Arab land guests including those who serve youth outside Jerusalem, ''a Jewish neighbourhood''. This extraordinary climbdown in markets such as editors of magazines favour of the Israelis follows months of internal debate in CNN, which has been such as Dazed and Confused and ID. constantly criticised by CNN Watch and other pro-Israeli pressure groups The project will look at ''how the BBC monitoring all its reports on the Middle East. covers politics and to come up with fresh Many journalists at CNN headquarters are angered by the new instruction. ideas to ensure the way we report politics ''There's a feeling by some people here that what we are doing is searching for remains relevant and engaging in the 21st euphemisms for what is really happening,'' said one of them. century, devolved UK.'' However, by censoring the word ''settlement'' for Gilo, CNN is perpetrating a lie. Gilo was illegally annexed by Israel after the 1967 war • not just ''occupied'' as CNN wishes its viewers to believe. UPC to start digital A CNN spokesman in Atlanta said last night: ''We have no response to make to you. We don't want to get into a discussion on this ... In fact we'd rather not say anything about this at all.'' TV in Vienna UPC Telekabel, the Austrian cable TV provider and subsidiary company of the Al Jazeera says western media 'envy' Arab TV Dutch cable operator United Pan-Europe Communications will begin broadcasting The chief executive of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite television slammed Western media as digital TV in Vienna this month. ''envious'' of the success of his channel, which he described as ''objective and independent.'' The basic offer includes 50 TV ''(Some) Western media envy Al Jazeera's successful coverage of international news,'' channels, 40 digital audio channels, and Mohammad Jassem Al Ali told AFP without naming the media concerned. near video-on-demand, an interactive TV ''Al Jazeera gives the US viewpoint as much space as it gives the Afghan viewpoint,'' Ali application with web contents and e-mail said, noting that the channel has three correspondents in the United States and is the only via TV. one authorised to broadcast continuously from Taleban-ruled territory in Afghanistan. At the same time, he stressed that Qatar was rapidly evolving into a parliamentary Each DTV subscriber will get an email democracy that embraced the whole scope of human and civil rights. address and can work directly on the TV US officials said they had expressed concern to the Qatari ruler about screen with an infrared keyboard. Al Jazeera's allegedly biased coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks. The UPC digital TV will cost E23.90 ''There is no pressure on us by the emir who, since the launch of Al Jazeera, encouraged per month. About 19,000 Telekabel us to be independent and professional,'' Ali said. clients in Vienna will get the new set-top Since its launch in November 1996, Al Jazeera has gained considerable popularity among computer via a smooth roll-out campaign viewers in the Arab world, while annoying many governments for tackling political, social and during the next months. sometimes sexual issues previously regarded as taboo, as well as providing a platform for Arab dissidents. 6 From Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 The 34th Western Show Int’l TV Festival Int’l conference and exhibition in Bar, Montenegro
The 6th International TV Festival Bar 2001. will for the broadband industry take place in Bar, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, from In Anaheim, California, Nov. 27-30 30th of October - 3rd of November 2001. The following competition categories are included in the Festival: The 34th Western Show takes place November 27-30, in Anaheim, California, USA. The *TV dramas and TV films (up to 90 *minutes); premier international conference and exhibition for the broadband industry will bring Documentary Programs (up to 60 minutes); together the world's major players, latest technology, exciting partnerships and the most *programmes of ecology (up to 30 minutes); innovative business models in sunny Southern California for four action-packed days. *programmes of tourism (up to 30 minutes); *current affairs programmes (from 5 to 15 As Europe gears up for broadband roll-out technology, give a glimpse of the minutes); (already ther were saw announcements of interactive future for all of us. JURY new video-on-demand services from Broadband is bringing the world together The Festival is a competitive event. Europe Online, interactive TV initiatives and The Western Show is no exception. The Festival has competitive and non- from the BBC and Kirch interactive and the International delegates are the fastest competitive categories. expansion of Italy's broadband network growing sector of attendees and this year's Programmes in the competitive categories are from FastWeb), there has never been a event hosts a special session on Digital evaluated by one jury for all categories. better time to stay one step ahead in this Europe, examining why Europeans are The jury has five members. rapidly-changing industry. more interactive than North Americans. In The jury is headed by its president while the The Western Show comprises an addition, the Global Summit addresses the work is organized by its secretary. extensive programme of seminars and opportunities and challenges facing AWARDS workshops featuring internationally broadband roll-out and adoption worldwide The International TV Festival Bar 2001 gives the respected industry figures such as Robert +a vital source of information for all following awards: W Pittman - Co-Chief Operating Officer of international executives. 1. In each category for the best programme there AOL Time Warner, who'll give a real For further information, please visit is one award: inside track on the latest developments. The Western Show online at 2. In each category there are author’s awards: Sessions will cover operations and human http://www.vandusseldorp.com/calcabl a) the best screenplay,, b) the best directing, c) resources, technology, public policy, e/default.asp You can register the best photography marketing and advertising, programming, 3. In the category of the acting programmes there athttp://www.vandusseldorp.com/calca finance and digital workshops. The are the following awards for: exclusive technology showcases of ble/register.asp or alternatively by fax a) the best male role , b) the best female role CableNET 2001, focusing on the newest or mail. 4. The best programme in the Festival is awarded technology, and the new exhibit CableNET the Grand Prix of the Festival. Interactive, where content converges with 5. For the best selection in the Festival there is a producer award. To the winner of the Grand Prix of the Festival, the organizer provides the accommodation on the Leo Kirch, German tycoon, accuses following Festival. The awarded program will be broadcast on the opening of the Festival. BBC and ITV for 2002 World Cup The special prize of the founders of the Festival (HTP “Korali”) is planned for the Grand Prix winner of the Festival. The German millionaire television magnate who owns the rights to the 2002 World Cup finals has complained to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that the BBC and ITV are acting as a cartel in negotiations for screening the competition. Circom Report
Leo Kirch, both terrestrial 1996, all 64 matches can only be The "CIRCOM Report" is a monthly publication of CIRCOM Regional, the European Association of channels could be fined up to 10 shown live on free-to-air television Public Regional TV Stations - available on the CR per cent of their annual turnover. in Britain. Internet site and coming to CR member stations and A bidding auction would also Prisma has asked the BBC and personnel either through E-mail or as an A-4 size printed newsletter, through the CR General break out for the rights for the 64- ITV for a total of £171 million for Secretariat from Ljubljana. The French version of the match tournament in Japan and the 2002 competition. This is 30 CIRCOM Report is conceived and published by the Korea next June, for which all times more than they jointly paid Strasbourg Secretariat with support from the Region Alsace, the Conseil General du Bas-Rhin and the City four home countries might still for the 1998 tournament, which of Strasbourg. qualify. was staged in France and screened The "CIRCOM Report" is planned and edited in ERT 3, Thessaloniki, Greece. The letter has been sent by at peak-viewing time during the Production and Design: Matina Petritsopoulou. Prisma, the company which is 85 evening in Britain. Phone (3031) 299611-610 fax (3031) 299 655. E- per cent owned by Mr Kirch, who Next year's matches will be mail : [email protected] All member stations are considered as potential bought the global rights for the shown during the morning and contributors for this publication, with stories about month-long competition for £821 early afternoon in this country. The new and innovative ideas, co-productions, exchanges, million from Fifa, the world two channels are, therefore, modern technologies, etc. Especially welcome are short stories and one-liners. governing body. unlikely to pay much more than *Sony and Eutelsat are the official CIRCOM Under the Broadcasting Act E63 million between them. Regional sponsors 7
Festivals, workshops and more around Europe and the world
OCTOBER www.amnh.org/mead Oct. 16-18: BCE 2001exhibition (Olympia, Nov. 13 – 16: News World 2001(Barcelona), London), www.broadband-convention.com www.newsworld.com.uk Oct. 18-24: New Zealand Mountain Film Nov. 14-17: Sportel Monaco (Monte Carlo, Festival (Queenstown, New Zealand Monaco) www.sportel.org www.queenstown.com/mtnfilm Nov. 19: International Emmys (New York, Oct 19 - 22: World Congress of USA) www.intlemmyawards.com History Producers (Boston, U.S.), Nov. 20: Digital Rights Management www.banffvfest.com Seminar (Artis, Amsterdam), Oct. 19 – 25: Netdays 2001 (throughout www.europedrm.com Europe), [email protected] Nov. 21-29: International Documentary Film Oct.22 – 28: 7e Cinema tout ecran – Festival Amsterdam (Amsterdam, International film and TV Festival (Geneva, Netherlands) www.idfa.nl Switzerland), www.cinema-tout-ecran.ch Nov. 22 – 27: Festival Du Film Jules Verne Oct. 22 – 28: Sheffield International (Paris, France) Documentary Festival (Sheffield, U.K.) Nov. 22 – Dec 2: IDFA (Amsterdam, www.sidf.co.uk Netherlands) www.idfa.nl Oct. 23 – 25: Columbus International Film & Nov. 23 – 25 : Streaming Media Europe Video Festival (Colombus, U.S.) 2001 (ExCel,London), www.chrisawards.com www.europe.streamingmedia.com Nov. 27-30 Western Cable show (Anaheim, Oct. 24-27: Comenius (Europe), USA) www.cable.com [email protected] Nov. 28: Digital Content Europe (Liverpool, Oct 25 – 28: World Congress of Science Producers (Washington, USA) UK), www.digitalcontenteurope.com www.banffvfest.com Nov.28: Interactive TV Business Models Oct 25 –28: United Nations Association Film (London, UK) www.ef- commerce.co.uk/itvbiz Festival (Stanford, U.S. www.unaff.org JANUARY 2002 Oct 27 -29: DocSide Film Festival (San Jan.15 – 20: 37th Solothurn film Festival Antonio, U.S.), www.docfilmproject.org (Solothurn, Switzerland), Oct. 28-30: Gemini Awards (Torondo, Canada) www.academy.ca www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch NOVEMBER Jan.25 – 27: Moondance International Film Nov. 1 – 11: AFI Fest (Los Angeles, U.S.) Festival (Boolder, U.S.) www.moondancefilmfestival.com www.afifest.com MAY 2002 Nov. 2-4: Banff Mountain Film Festival (Banff, May 16-17: Fourth Annual TV Meets the Canada) www.banffcenttre.ab.ca/CMC/ Web Seminar (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Nov. 2 – 9:Alliance Atlantis Banff Television http://tvmeetstheweb.com Executive Program (Banff, Canada) JUNE 2002 www.executive2001.com June 13-14: European Radio Forum Nov. 2 – 10: Margaret mead Film & Video (Vienna, Italy) by EBU Festival (New York, U.S.) 8 Wide range of programs at Polish Festival
The 5th International Ethnic TV Festival “At and split families. The drama began when Home” took place in Krakow, Poland, on Oct. 4-7. the Bulgarian authorities forced the Turkish The Festival, which was organised by Telewizja minority to change their names and Polska in collaboration with Circom Regional and nationality to Bulgarian in the 1980s. The the EEBA, viewed and discussed a wide range of minority used to live in a close community TV programmes dealing with ethnic minority close to the Bulgarian-Turkish border. issues, and awarded prizes for the best entries. A Political developments brought changes and conference session debated the difficulties individual tragedies to the families of this encountered when broadcasting to multi-ethnic community. societies, and shared practical ideas on how to do this responsibly and fairly. 3rd Prize TVP 3 for “Stasiek” by Eugeniusz The Festival Awards Jury was chaired by Szpakowski, produced by TVP Bialystok, Andrzej Fidyk, Head of Documentary Programmes Poland. This 22-minute programme is a TVP, with Juergen Hassel, Mirko Bogataj, Miron delightful portrait of Stasiek Zywolewski, a Tschernienko, and Edward Mikolajczyk as painter from the small village of Hajnowka members. They viewed 26 programmes which had in eastern Poland. Since his childhood, he qualified for the competition after a pre-selection has been fascinated by Byzantine art and out of nearly 100 entries from all over the world. culture. He believes that his paintings, in The final verdict of the jury was as follows: which he often goes back to the Greek profession to run an orphanage in Grozny, a Orthodox tradition, make it possible for him Grand Prix “Korzenie” (The Roots) for “The complex picture develops about the tragedy of war. to have a closer relationship with Price of Truth” (Cena Prawdy) by Marcin Mamon Universal questions arise as to whether it is contemporary man. and Mariusz Pilis, produced by L&L Studio possible to learn the truth and how to go about it, Filmowe and TVP S.A., Poland. This is an whether there is any point in searching for the Special Circom Regional Prize. CR’s impressive documentary which takes the viewer to truth, and - last but not least - what the price of the special award went to TVP Bialystok, the Islamic guerilla camps somewhere in Europe, truth is… Poland, in recognition of their input in the to the Chechen mountains controlled by the Festival, the high quality of their entries, and nd guerillas, and into Chechnya with the Russian 2 Prize Circom Regional for “The Unwanted” their dedication to the minority issues in troops, to give a picture of both sides of the front (Izlisnite) by Adele Peeva, produced by Adela their overall programming. lines and the wider conflict. While the TV crew Media Film&TV Productions, Bulgaria. This is a travels around Chechnya, searching for Petra 52-minute documentary in which ‘the unwanted’ BARBARA LEWANDOWSKA Prohazkova, a Czech journalist and war turn out to be the Turks living in Bulgaria. The film TVP Gdansk correspondent who had decided to quit her talks about a complicated past, an uncertain fate,
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Digital Rights Management Seminar will be held in Artis, Possibilities for Digital Content” at the Frankfurt Book Amsterdam, Nov. 20 in association with DMD secure. It’s a Fair, Oct 10. Participants got practical and useful seminar on developments in the digital rights management information about the eContent Program’s forthcoming market, for right holders including publishers and call for proposals on digital content on global networks, broadcasters, as well as new media professionals…. Digital to be launched Nov. The call’s total fund is in the order Content Europe – winning strategies for online of 30 million euros…. The city of Toulouse (France) will entertainment-takes place at the Liverpool Town Hall, Nov be held March 2-9 at the Congress Palace. 28, in association with Liverpool TV. It’s a pan-European Participants will receive shortly the final list of selected event on content syndication focusing on production, films. It was in 1999 that the first meeting concerning syndication, distribution and sales of entertainment related television programs took place at Narbonne. A content….The Fourth Annual TV Meets the Web Seminar monthly free service for journalists: the T-Media has been scheduled at the Royal Tropical Institute, Europe Diary, a long-term lookahead at some of the Amsterdam, May 16 – 17. events happening n Europe…. xxx xxx TBI Yearbook 2002 the 11th edition of the TBI Yearbook is Streaming Media Europe 2001, the int’l conference out. Price of the publication is 595 euros. Ordered by and exhibition, taking place in London, Oct. 23-25, is country for easy reference, listings include: free to air all about business trends & enterprise, entertainment & broadcasters, pay – TV channels, pay TV platforms, media, convergence, technology, product marketing & comprehensive producer and distributor details, regulatory branding, wireless, etc…. A new worldwide market organisation….Europe’s largest broadband convention BCE analysis & strategic outlook 2001 – 06, titled “Content 2001 will be held at the London Olympia, Oct 16- & application for Broadband & Digital TV” is out by 18….Interactive TV Business Models is the int’l conference ARC Group and available also on a CD – ROM to be held at the Radisson Kenilworth Hotel, London, Nov. version….TRT producer Didem Yilmaz is joining the 26-28…. meetings of the Balkan TV Magazine consortium, xxx representing Turkish television and replacing Ahmet The European Commission organised the eContent Yalcin, who has been promoted as Deputy Head of Program’s session “ Information Day & Financing TV….