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WWW.VIDEOAGEDAILY.COMWWW.VIDEOAGEDAILY.COM DAYDAY • 33 WEDNESDAY ®® APRILAPRIL 10, 10, 20132013 Buyers Rate L.A. L.A. Screenings Bound MIP Medals To Restaurants Buyers and sellers prepping for Hollywood Six TV Execs n the midst of MIP-TV’s 50th ith the L.A. Screenings on the s distributors begin to close up night on May 20). We’ve tallied just horizon, VideoAge Daily anniversary celebrations, which under 100 pilots — two of which have checked in with a few Los shop in Cannes, they’re turning Iwill culminate tonight with a gala W their eyes towards the City of been ordered to series: Seth dinner at the Carlton Hotel, market Angeles-bound buyers to find out their A MacFarlane’s Fox comedy Dads and an favorite places to power lunch in L.A. Angels, where the L.A. Screenings will organizer Reed MIDEM will for the untitled NBC comedy starring Michael RTL’s Dermot Horan has two favorite kick off in May. The indies will screen first time award the Médaille J. Fox. restaurants in L.A. — Angelini Osteria May 14-17, the studios May 16-24 and d’Honneur (Medal of Honor) to former Emilia Nuccio of Echo Bridge on Beverly Boulevard and The Ivy (no the Canadians May 13-19 (with deal and current TV executives: Jan Mojto Entertainment said, “The dates feel relation to the London luvvie watering of ’s Beta Film; Armando very close to MIP-TV, but it’s another hole). Horan described this eatery as, Nuñez of CBS; Armando Nuñez Sr., a opportunity to be with our clients and “a venerable L.A. institution, good former executive with ITC/PolyGram close deals that may have been initiat- without being ostentatious, and a and 20th Century Fox; Masao ed in Cannes.” great place to relax.” Takiyama of Sony Pictures Japan; Sheila Aguirre of FremantleMedia For Stephen Mowbray of SVT Nicolas de Tavernost of France’s M6, International said, “With the timing of Sweden, “There are so many great and Sophie Turner Laing of the U.K.’s this year’s market, we’re in a good restaurants to choose from in L.A., but BSkyB. Six industry veterans from five position to have another successful I like Koi on La Cienega, Pace in Laurel countries and three continents. show. We usually like to visit most of Canya and The Soho House.” According to Reed MIDEM, the our clients in South America from Rudiger Boess of ProSiebensat.1 Medals will be a recurrent feature at reported that among the restaurants (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) he is looking forward to visiting again are old favorites, Ago and The Garden at The Chateau Marmont, “an unbeat- able place!” “A gem I found is the Canale on Glendale Avenue,” said Promo Group (Continued on Page 4) 1982 Archives: Chevry’s Mark or Bernard Chevry, presi- dent of the Paris-based “FMIDEM Corp., the issue is not achieving success, but maintaining it. MIDEM stages markets and confer- ences in France for international televi- sion (MIP-TV), home video hardware and software (VIDCOM), music (MIDEM), advertising (IAM), theatri- cal and cinematic equipment (CISCO), and discotheque hardware (DISCOM). While the first three markets are held annually in the French coast resort town of Cannes, the others are staged in Paris. Chevry has been known to the international entertainment industry since 1965, when he founded MIDEM. His popularity is due mainly to MIP-TV, a 19-year-old market for TV program- mers and, more recently, VIDCOM, developed in 1971. (Full story on Page 18)

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VIDEO AGE MY TWO CENTS DAILY et’s have a lite moment on this penultimate day of MIP-TV. I thought I’d string together a hodgepodge of things that have been running through my mind about Hollywood, diplomacy, politics, New Jersey and Canada, Lwith anecdotes taken from various sources. AT MIP-TV 2013 This first story, in my view, illustrates why Hollywood will resist all kinds of nuclear, chemical and financial warfare: A beautiful young lady visits a Stand 24.12 Hollywood producer in his office and without much preliminaries proceeds to At The L.A. Screenings 2013 tell him straight out how much she admires his work and, because of his contri- www.videoageinternational.com bution to the movie and TV business, she is prepared to make passionate love to him. At which point the producer replies: “I appreciate your offer. I’m honored You Have a Choice: and flattered, but what’s in it for me?” EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We can all learn from the conduct of diplomats: Balanced, unflappable, affable DOM SERAFINI and always with ulterior motives: The story is that, when princes’ chief schemer Niccoló Machiavelli was on his death bed and his relatives called the town priest for the last rite, the ecclesiastic asked if Machiavelli would reject and denounce EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Satan, at which point Machiavelli answered, “Father, do you think this is the best SARA ALESSI time to make enemies?” DAY LUCY COHEN BLATTER Defining politics is complicated, but often the following simple explanation CARLOS GUROVICH could do the trick: A boy went to his dad and asked, “What are politics?” Dad answered, “Well, son, let me try to explain it this way: I’m the breadwinner of the BOB JENKINS You can reach all buyers family, so let’s call me capitalism. Your mom, she’s the administrator of the NICOLE MEROGNO money, so we’ll call her the government. We’re here to take care of your needs, so ERIN SOMERS we’ll call you the people. The nanny, we’ll consider her the working class. And your baby brother, we’ll call him the future. Now, think about that and see if that with makes sense.” CORPORATE AND So, the little boy went off to bed thinking about what his dad had said. Later CIRCULATION OFFICE that night, he heard his baby brother crying, so he got up to check on him. He or 216 EAST 75TH STREET found that the baby had severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy went to his NEW YORK, NY 10021 parents’ room and saw his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her up, he TEL: (212) 288-3933 went to the nanny’s room. Finding the door locked, he peeked through the key- 3 hole and saw his father in bed with the nanny. He gave up and went back to bed. FAX: (212) 288-3424 The next morning, the little boy said to his father, “Dad, I think I understand the [email protected] concept of politics now.” Enthusiastically, the father asked, “Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.” The little boy replied, “Well, You can reach all sellers ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER while capitalism is messing up the working class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the MONICA GORGHETTO future is in deep poo.” On a totally different note, why do American with other publications. MARKETING COORDINATOR TV shows make fun of Canada and New Jersey CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA (take for example, Jersey Shore and The Sopranos)? Apparently, for New Jersey it is BUSINESS OFFICE something that goes back in history. Yet, Jersey Shore has benefited the Garden State from a LEN FINKEL purely financial standpoint. People now flock to Seaside Heights hoping to catch a glimpse of The choice is simple for those interested in sales. LEGAL OFFICE Snooki (née Nicole Polizzi) behaving badly or at No ifs, ands or buts. BOB ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN least to snap a picture of the now famous Italian flag garage door. The town is now an interna- tional landmark. “I don’t care if you were a hit on Jersey Shore, publication at the L.A. WEB MANAGER New Jersey is considered a state united in clean up your room!” VideoAge is the only buyers in their MIKE FAIVRE diversity, yet Governor Chris Christie (who turned out to be a great governor on a national Screenings that is delivered to all level) has taken an anti-Guido stance. Last year, he jokingly asked New York WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG Governor Andrew Cuomo to take back Snooki and The Situation (née Michael hotel rooms. Sorrentino), both of whom were born in New York. Canadians, on the other hand, are proud to be humble and they couldn’t care WWW.VIDEOAGE.IT less about their “hockeyness.” And it’s not true that Canadians dominate sports that no one else plays. WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM According to an informal survey, 50 percent of Canadians get annoyed when For more info: American TV shows make fun of them, and the rest are amused. In a Vanity Fair article, Canadian journalist Bruce McCall recently wrote that in the U.S. there are VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUB- so many Canadian comedians that “you have to wonder if Canadians are break- LISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, APRIL, MAY, JUNE/JULY, SEP- TEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV ing into American comedy or if American comedy is Canadian.” Indeed, Canada www.videoageinternational.com/screenings.html TRADE MEDIA, INC. SINGLE COPY U.S.$9.75. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION is considered Saturday Night Live’s training camp. And this is only the beginning: U.S.$45 (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO); U.S.$60 (U.K. AND EUROPE). Just wait until global warming reaches Canada for the real fun to start. For inquiries: [email protected] © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2013. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S., U.K., AND And with this, I bid you farewell, until we meet again in Los Angeles for the L.A. ALL COUNTRIES SIGNATORY TO THE BERNE CONVENTION AND THE PAN- Screenings. AMERICAN CONVENTION. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO VIDEO AGE Dom Serafini INTERNATIONAL, 216 EAST 75TH STREET, SUITE PW, NEW YORK, NY 10021, U.S.A.

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VIDEO AGE MY TWO CENTS DAILY et’s have a lite moment on this penultimate day of MIP-TV. I thought I’d string together a hodgepodge of things that have been running through my mind about Hollywood, diplomacy, politics, New Jersey and Canada, Lwith anecdotes taken from various sources. AT MIP-TV 2013 This first story, in my view, illustrates why Hollywood will resist all kinds of nuclear, chemical and financial warfare: A beautiful young lady visits a Stand 24.12 Hollywood producer in his office and without much preliminaries proceeds to tell him straight out how much she admires his work and, because of his contri- www.videoageinternational.com bution to the movie and TV business, she is prepared to make passionate love to him. At which point the producer replies: “I appreciate your offer. I’m honored and flattered, but what’s in it for me?” EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We can all learn from the conduct of diplomats: Balanced, unflappable, affable DOM SERAFINI and always with ulterior motives: The story is that, when princes’ chief schemer Niccoló Machiavelli was on his death bed and his relatives called the town priest for the last rite, the ecclesiastic asked if Machiavelli would reject and denounce EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Satan, at which point Machiavelli answered, “Father, do you think this is the best SARA ALESSI time to make enemies?” DAY LUCY COHEN BLATTER Defining politics is complicated, but often the following simple explanation CARLOS GUROVICH could do the trick: A boy went to his dad and asked, “What are politics?” Dad answered, “Well, son, let me try to explain it this way: I’m the breadwinner of the BOB JENKINS family, so let’s call me capitalism. Your mom, she’s the administrator of the NICOLE MEROGNO money, so we’ll call her the government. We’re here to take care of your needs, so ERIN SOMERS we’ll call you the people. The nanny, we’ll consider her the working class. And your baby brother, we’ll call him the future. Now, think about that and see if that CORPORATE AND makes sense.” So, the little boy went off to bed thinking about what his dad had said. Later CIRCULATION OFFICE that night, he heard his baby brother crying, so he got up to check on him. He 216 EAST 75TH STREET found that the baby had severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy went to his NEW YORK, NY 10021 parents’ room and saw his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her up, he TEL: (212) 288-3933 went to the nanny’s room. Finding the door locked, he peeked through the key- 3 hole and saw his father in bed with the nanny. He gave up and went back to bed. FAX: (212) 288-3424 The next morning, the little boy said to his father, “Dad, I think I understand the [email protected] concept of politics now.” Enthusiastically, the father asked, “Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.” The little boy replied, “Well, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER while capitalism is messing up the working class, the government is sound MONICA GORGHETTO asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep poo.” On a totally different note, why do American MARKETING COORDINATOR TV shows make fun of Canada and New Jersey CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA (take for example, Jersey Shore and The Sopranos)? Apparently, for New Jersey it is BUSINESS OFFICE something that goes back in history. Yet, Jersey Shore has benefited the Garden State from a LEN FINKEL purely financial standpoint. People now flock to Seaside Heights hoping to catch a glimpse of LEGAL OFFICE Snooki (née Nicole Polizzi) behaving badly or at BOB ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN least to snap a picture of the now famous Italian flag garage door. The town is now an interna- tional landmark. “I don’t care if you were a hit on Jersey Shore, WEB MANAGER New Jersey is considered a state united in clean up your room!” MIKE FAIVRE diversity, yet Governor Chris Christie (who turned out to be a great governor on a national level) has taken an anti-Guido stance. Last year, he jokingly asked New York WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG Governor Andrew Cuomo to take back Snooki and The Situation (née Michael Sorrentino), both of whom were born in New York. Canadians, on the other hand, are proud to be humble and they couldn’t care WWW.VIDEOAGE.IT less about their “hockeyness.” And it’s not true that Canadians dominate sports that no one else plays. WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM According to an informal survey, 50 percent of Canadians get annoyed when American TV shows make fun of them, and the rest are amused. In a Vanity Fair article, Canadian journalist Bruce McCall recently wrote that in the U.S. there are VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUB- so many Canadian comedians that “you have to wonder if Canadians are break- LISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, APRIL, MAY, JUNE/JULY, SEP- TEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV ing into American comedy or if American comedy is Canadian.” Indeed, Canada TRADE MEDIA, INC. SINGLE COPY U.S.$9.75. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION is considered Saturday Night Live’s training camp. And this is only the beginning: U.S.$45 (U.S., CANADA, MEXICO); U.S.$60 (U.K. AND EUROPE). Just wait until global warming reaches Canada for the real fun to start. © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2013. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S., U.K., AND And with this, I bid you farewell, until we meet again in Los Angeles for the L.A. ALL COUNTRIES SIGNATORY TO THE BERNE CONVENTION AND THE PAN- Screenings. AMERICAN CONVENTION. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO VIDEO AGE Dom Serafini INTERNATIONAL, 216 EAST 75TH STREET, SUITE PW, NEW YORK, NY 10021, U.S.A.

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ABC to have many of the shows that she’s looking for. THIS JUST IN L.A. Screenings According to Stephen Mowbray of Medal of Honor SVT Sweden, “All Swedish broadcast- • WWE’s WrestleMania 29 is the ers have volume deals, which, between highest grossing live event in its (Continued from Cover) (Continued from Cover) history and broke the record for them, cover all the major Hollywood MetLife Stadium’s highest grossing June through August, so the L.A. studios. So, of course, we are hoping future MIP-TVs. extravaganza. The annual pop-cul- Screenings offers us a great head start that our shared volume deal with The recipients will begin their day ture event grossed U.S.$12.3 mil- on this effort.” NBCUni will deliver the next big hit for today with a visit from the Mayor of lion. The event is broadcast around us.” the world on pay-per-view in more Irv Holender of Multicom Cannes, who will confer on them the Entertainment Group has found that Channel 5’s Katie Keenan noted, “my than 100 countries and 20 lan- “Palm d’Or,” then, after lunch, they the success of the Screenings “has to focus this May will be on drama, and I guages. will rehearse their two-minute speech do with what the major U.S. studios am keenly studying the casting, which • Mexico’s inked an exclu- sive agreement with ’s have on the pilot side. The indies don’t is now almost complete. There’s a lot of for the elaborate award ceremony. Selecta Vision to manage its chil- drive buyers to attend, the studios do.” buzz around the two J.J. Abram’s dren’s and teen properties in He added that the L.A. Screenings shows Believe and Human and I am also “We are taking a global approach Spain, , France, Portugal, last for “too short a period. Four days hoping to see ABC Studios’ first Marvel as we always do at MIP-TV, and for Greece and Turkey. Last month is not long enough. Last year, we had a series, S.H.I.E.L.D. Steve Coogan’s cast- Selecta Vision secured a broadcast- this reason the majority of our sales lot of missed and canceled appoint- ing in Doubt is also exciting as he could ing partnership with Italy’s Frisbee team travels to Cannes. MIP-TV is ments because buyers were going off ‘do a Hugh Laurie!’” She continued, TV for series Miss XV — Best especially popular for European and to the studios.” “There are also a lot of book adapta- Friends Forever (Miss XV Migliori Middle Eastern companies, and we Lionsgate’s Peter Iacono said, tions this year, of which I think Sixth Amiche Per Sempre). have a great number of visitors to our “We’re lucky because we already know Gun and Fox’s Delirium sound very • Yesterday Mexico’s Comarex/ stand from these territories. We also what we’ll have at the Screenings, Azteca announced a distribution intriguing.” have a very large number of meetings deal with Argentina’s New Sock for while some companies are still wait- The five channels of the with Asian companies,” said Melissa ConecTados. Pictured below ing.” They’ll have new content ranging ProSiebensat.1 group between them Pillow of Telemundo Internacional. Comarex’s Marcel Vinay (l.), with from Netflix series Orange Is the New probably play more U.S. shows than Valerie Cabrera of Entertainment New Sock’s Damian Kirzner. Black to a drama for ABC Family called any other German outlet, and the One (pictured below with Peter Chasing Life to two reality series, group as a whole has what Rudiger Emerson) noted that the company Tequila Sisters and Staging New York. Boess described as, “a voracious As for A+E’s Marielle Zuccarelli, appetite for both comedies and dramas “We attend L.A. Screenings with a from the U.S.” As for the studios, Boess major focus on Latin America, and expects that, “Warner Bros. will again plan to meet with all buyers from have the most new shows as they tradi- every country in the region.” tionally do, and, as in the past few According to A+E’s Sean Cohan, years, Fox and CBS will again have a “A+E Networks will be at the L.A. strong showing. And, while we will see Screenings both as a buyer and seller quite a few new comedies, I expect to because we are increasingly investing be shown a lot more new drama.” in drama with the launch of Lifetime Pictured on the cover: Artear’s sell- Sean Cohan’s A+E Minutes plus buying historical drama for HIS- ers Julieta Gonzalez and Natalia brings the same content to both MIP- TORY, and looking for properties for Yesterday, VideoAge Daily spent seven min- Affranchino with program buyer TV and the L.A. Screenings. A&E.” However, they are only acquir- utes with A+E Networks’ Sean Cohan to Walter Sequeira. As for Frecuencia Latina ing for their international channels go over a couple of topics, starting with the International, Jasin noted that the outside of the U.S. importance of MIP. “With more buyers, content is “not necessarily the same. As for the buying contingent, Lanny more channels and more windows, mar- Usually before the L.A. Screenings, Huang of Promo Group TV said, “In kets are tremendously efficient and, at the Latins Say Olé we incorporate new programs and particular, I’m looking for political sto- moment, are indispensable.” About the formats into our catalog.” ries similar to Homeland that touch on programs highlighted, Cohan said that, “We are always premiering brand worldwide issues like national securi- to Palais since A+E has a U.S. content engine that is new and exciting titles at every major ty. I expect to pay attention to CBS’s producing increasingly formatable shows, convention we attend,” said Hostages and Fox’s The List, which are Latin American companies have a formats have been our focus. “Our shows Venevision’s Diaz. “New titles are both dramas in this vein.” Huang stronger presence in the South of are character-driven, however, if properly constantly being added, either from noted that she expects Fox, CBS and France this April than last year, despite cast and executed they can succeed any- our production companies in the fact that MIP-TV isn’t traditionally where,” he explained. As examples, he Venezuela and the U.S., or products a market that draws a huge Latin base. cited Pawn Stars, which is succeeding in from independent producers.” VideoAge Daily calculated some 76 the U.K., American Pickers, being readied L.A. Restaurants Pictured below are Reset TV’s Latin companies either exhibiting or as Aussie Pickers for Australia and the most Josep Mainat and Toni Cruz at the attending as visiting companies, and recent 7 Days of Sex, which has been Telemundo stand. (Continued from Cover) that does not include Latin companies picked up by Germany, Austria, Denmark, based in the U.S., or the Latin divisions Norway and Sweden. TV’s Lanny Huang. “I usually go there of U.S. companies. Latin companies Pictured below are Christopher Barry, for Sunday brunch and order their made the trip to Cannes from countries Sean Cohan, Marielle Zuccarelli, Dean specialty egg and bacon. And for any- such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Possenniskie, Christian Murphy. one who is interested in trying this Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. particular restaurant, Huang cau- “In general terms, we have always tioned, “They do not take reserva- seen a smaller Latin delegation attend- tions, so I arrive a bit earlier to get a ing MIP-TV when compared to MIP- seat.” COM,” said Cesar Diaz of Venevision Sasha Breslau of ITV is a long-time International, “and this year should be fan of Eveleigh on Sunset. According no exception.” to her, it’s “pretty as a picture with “Since for MIP-TV the Latin great food and wine — so long as American attendance can be very low, you’re not in a rush,” and she is also a my focus is mainly on European com- more recent convert to Chateau panies,” said Frecuencia Latina Marmont. International’s Patricia Jasin.

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ecord TV Network sure knows how to do drama. The story of Rthe Bible’s King David begins Secret’s Out at Venevision in Bethlehem, with a 10-year-old David preparing to herd his father’s enevision International comes news magazine focused on the world flock of sheep. Always accompanied to MIP armed with lots of telen- of international football (a.k.a. soc- by his harp, he composes psalms and Vovelas. Lucia is a ruthless arms cer), presenting in-depth coverage prayers to God, and is eventually dealer and killer with amnesia in and stories about players, teams, divinely chosen to replace King Saul. Lucia’s Secret (Los Secretos de clubs, leagues and stadiums. Tricky Business covers three differ- recreation. But everything in the sleepy Lucia). She struggles with flashes of The creator of Crime Scene ent storylines — one following the village is transformed with the arrival her former life, and must bury her Investigation presents cyber-thriller fate of a married couple terrorized by of a mega-project, as politics and police horrible past before it destroys any Cybergeddon, a film about an FBI gambling and debt; another centering action take center stage. hope of a promising future (pictured). hacker and her partner who expose a on a supposedly perfect family with a Tony Castellamare’s wife and daugh- Rosario, a brilliant law student, cyber-crime plot. big paternity secret; and a third that ters are killed in a car explosion that falls in love with Alejandro, a promi- Years after losing the family ranch, follows two dueling stepbrothers and was meant for him. He escapes Italy for nent lawyer. They plan to spend their Camila, an agricultural engineer, business partners. lives together, but Rosario discovers returns to the area where she grew up Brazil, looking to avenge the murder of Things get complicated for a group his family. There, he falls in love with a that her lover is the same man who and re-encounters the love of her life of friends and lottery winners who journalist writing a story about him in was engaged to her mother over 20 in The Talisman (El Talismán). make a pact that whoever accom- Another Power. years ago. The women of the Lopez family plishes certain goals within a year of Catarina is a high-society woman Set in a Mexican coastal village, My have been afflicted by The Love Curse winning gets to stake claim to half of Life in Sayulita (Mi Vida En (Válgame Dios) for the past 100 years. the Jackpot! who decides to become a police com- Sayulita) follows seven teenagers on Faced with two men to marry, they In Masks, Maria, the wife of a rich missioner after her father’s murdered summer break who find their perspec- always choose the one who makes landowner, is kidnapped along with in The Law and the Crime. Catarina’s tives, philosophy and outlook on life them miserable. her son. Her husband, Octavio, fol- path crosses with Nando, a drug dealer, forever altered. Stand 14.02 lows the trail of the supposed kidnap- and Romero, a militia policeman. But Inside Football (Futboleria) is a venevisioninternational.com pers, but finds it increasingly difficult things get even more complicated — to know whom to trust. and deadly — when Nando kills his River of Intrigues is a contempo- father-in-law, Romero’s father. Sipping Wine rary soap set in a historic and beauti- Stand 13.14 at Artear ful town whose river is a big draw for recordtvnetwork.com

rgentina’s Artear offers both fictional and documentary Looking for Thrills at Telefilms Aseries. In Compulsive Times (), Dr. Ricardo elefilms has some pretty big-name movies here at MIP. 3D animated fami- Buso and his colleague Ezequiel treat ly comedy Escape from Planet Earth (pictured) catapults moviegoers to three single sisters discover that her planet Baab where famed astronaut Scorch Supernova pulls off astonish- outpatients suffering from Obsessive absence hasn’t freed them at all. The T ing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, timid brother. Scorch finds himself Compulsive Disorder. Their patients stars of sitcom Left on the Shelf have a range of disorders, but the pro- caught in a fiendish trap and it’s up to (Para Vestir Santos) still find them- Gary to save the day. fessionals have their own ghosts (pic- selves unable to connect to men. tured). In supernatural love story Every episode of Fantastic Beautiful Creatures Ethan and Lena Dicky and Lorna Cocker are a for- Biographies (Biografías mer porn director and star in Naked — a mysterious new girl — uncover Fantásticas) revolves around a diffe- dark secrets about their respective Family (Condicionados). Thirty rent fictional literary character. families, their history and their small years after making it big in the biz, Documentary series Methods Southern town. the two are no longer successful and (Métodos) explores the creative pro- In Olympus Has Fallen, former on the brink of divorce. One of their cess behind works of art. presidential guard Mike Banning children decides to get into the busi- Tasting Notes (Notas de Catas) is finds himself trapped in the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack, and ness of creating modeling portfolios. dedicated to the world of wine. he must rescue the President from kidnappers. The Social Leader () is Argentine Sommelier School director A woman turns to prescription medication to handle the anxiety she feels the story of a political staffer who Marina Beltrame takes viewers about her husband’s upcoming release from prison in Side Effects. wields power over his neighborhood, behind the scenes, offers pairing sug- When a veteran 911 operator receives The Call from a girl who has been influences neighbors’ actions and gestions and teaches about trends in abducted, she soon realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in drives their destinies. wine. order to save the girl’s life. Following the sudden death of their Stand 20.18 Stand 09.04 telefilms.com.ar harsh and critical mother, Gloria, artear.com

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four kinds of love are featured in Candy Love. The stories all incorporate a candy factory that’s A Lot of Heart at Telefe on the brink of bankruptcy. A group of former high school rgentina’s Telefe International ic series that deals with different top- classmates meet 20 years after grad- has comedy, drama and, of ics related to love, passion, friendship, uation, and a love story changes the Acourse, a lot of love. Family com- emotion and more. course of their lives in Graduates. edy Los Vecinos En Guerra revolves Ramirez is a police procedural Musical comedy Qitapenas around Mecha and Rafael. Nobody based upon character psychology. The revolves around two families with knows that Mecha, a slightly bored main character is a woman who solves competing restaurants. When two of housewife, was once a member of a cases but is also looking to solve her the children fall in love with each gang of swindlers. But her world is own personal case: the murder of her other, things get even more compli- turned upside down when her old son’s father, her great love. cated. flame and former partner-in-crime Romantic comedy My Love, My Stand RSV.14 moves into her neighborhood. Love (pictured) tells the story of Juan, town, even his smallest decisions telefeinternational.com.ar A renowned and rotating cast stars a man who believes he has everything affect others. in Stories from the Heart, an episod- under control. But living in a small Four generations of couples and Televisa Goes Wild

n Televisa Internacional’s Wild at Heart (pictured) Maricruz Ilives a simple, seemingly perfect life. But her life becomes a lot more difficult when she loves and loses Octavio, loses her beloved grandfa- ther and meets her father for the first time. In The Lady from Vendaval, Marcela will do whatever it takes to save the property her mother left her, even if that means finding a provincial husband. Fabiola, Corina and Amparo are the daughters of the owner of Hacienda . The plot revolves around the love lives of the sisters and an old family rivalry. Boys and girls of different racial

backgrounds and social statuses are taught about union and equality in children’s series Carousel. Values such as friendship and respect for others are emphasized. Eight high school students live in a crazy fun universe known as CQ, but they all interact to create laugh- out-loud funny stories. In advance of their 15th birthday parties, best friends Valentina and Natalia fight and find both parties canceled. But a great opportunity arises with Miss XV, a contest whose prize is the best 15th birthday party they could ever imagine. Patito — an aspiring singer — and her mother, Carmen, travel to the city to fix Patito’s health problems in Ugly Ducklings. Little does the girl know that the manager of the hospi- tal they’re in is actually her father. Stand RSV.02 televisainternacional.tv

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Intel Launching Quebecor CEO Steps Down TV Channels

n a surprise move, Quebecor Quebecor Inc., in most cases to the s the demand for computer CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau exclusion of anything else,” chips for PCs falls, Intel Corp. Iannounced last month that he Péladeau said during a conference Ais planning to launch an Internet TV service with live and on- will step down as president and call announcing his decision. demand content. Intel hopes to go At L.A. Screenings 2013 chief executive officer. Robert “Because one cannot be a part-time one step beyond what is already CEO, I have decided to retire from Dépatie will take over the reins of offered by companies such as Apple, Quebec’s largest cable and media my position and devote my time to Netflix and Amazon by featuring empire in May. Dépatie, currently other pursuits.” live programming in addition to on- ld y The changes come about a month o head of Videotron, Quebecor’s demand content. u Robert Dépatie will become CEO u cable and telecom company, was after Rogers Communications’ CEO The company is negotiating with o unanimously picked by the board Nadir Mohamed announced that he content providers while its employ- W r of directors to succeed Péladeau. will step down early next year. controlling stake of the voting shares. ees and their families test out the a “For many years, my life has been Péladeau’s family will still own a His father founded the company. set-top box Intel plans to sell as part t of its new service. This set-top box h will have a camera that’s able to rec- ognize viewers and tailor content e and ads to their specific tastes. The ad Over 1,400 Hours of Original HD/SD Content! company has reportedly been work- r ur b ing for the past year to establish o e. Intel Media, a group focused on y . developing an Internet platform. . Intel hopes to offer consumers smaller bundles of content than what cable operators offer, and the company has reportedly been hav- ing a hard time finding media con- tent providers willing to allow it to unbundle and license specific net- works and shows at a discount com- pared to what cable and satellite partners pay, according to Reuters. Trimming Down The House American families transform A Little Lion To from obesity to fitness and health. 13 x 1 hr Launch A Big Career

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Mobile Apps are Thorns Argentina’s Jornadas in the Side of Hollywood is Rejuvenated

ecently, VideoAge came across a story in Reuters, ifty continues to be the lucky number this year in which discussed the prevalence of unauthorized the television industry, with MIP-TV, NATPE and Rmobile apps (on that famous “second screen”) and Fthe L.A. Screenings all turning the big 5-0, and its effect on the entertainment industry. Jornadas Internacionales, which will take place According to Reuters: “Hollywood studios, which for September 25-27 in Buenos Aires, celebrating the 50th years have waged a war against online piracy, are now anniversary of cable TV in Argentina. going after so-called ‘rogue’ mobile apps that use images We checked in with Walter Burzaco, president of the of from movies and television shows without their permis- Association of Cable Television Argentina (ATVC), which sion.” organizes the event along with Argentina Chamber of The story points to a recent case in which Warner Bros. Producers and Programmers audiovisual signals (CAPP- sent Google a “take down” notice demanding that the SA), for more on this year’s event and an update on the Internet giant remove from its app store “Hobbit 3D cable business in Argentina. Wallpaper HD,” a mobile app that uses unauthorized images of the Oscar-nominated film. (Google removed the VAI: What can we expect from this year’s event? app within days.) WB: This year the conference will focus on celebration of Upwards of 90 percent of apps based on a movie are 50 years of cable . infringing on a copyright or trademark, said Reggie Pierce, Also, discussions will likely center around the new gov- CEO of IP Lasso, a company that helps brand owners man- ernment media law and its results and benefits. [Note: In age their intellectual property across the mobile app mar- December, a court ruled against media monopolies, forc- ketplace. The average movie has one to three official apps, ing Grupo Clarin — Argentina’s largest media conglom- and depending on the movie, dozens of apps by unli- erate — to break up its company.] censed developers, he said. IP Lasso’s AppGuard helps content owners monitor VAI: What are some of the most important things on mobile apps. (Some companies do this in-house, but that’s the minds of Latin cable executives right now? much less cost effective, Pierce said). IP Lasso’s clients are WB: Asymmetric convergence, the real and regulated movie studios, TV companies and members of the music interconnection with telephone companies, fair regula- and transportation industries. tion that does not impede investment, and the protection Unauthorized photos, videos and logos are most preva- of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). lent in apps surrounding youth-oriented brands like the Twilight film series. Pierce also said that, in general, they VAI: What are some challenges facing the region? see fewer unauthorized apps in the Apple store than in the WB: Combating piracy, especially of the decoders that Google Play store, because Apple apps must go through a can capture signals from DTH satellite services. one-week approval process before they are made avail- There is a particular weakness in the coding of some of able. these services and this ends up undermining the market Pierce encourages clients to work with the developers for legal suppliers of pay television. rather than immediately rush to legal action when they find an unapproved app, but he says that in most cases, a VAI: Any areas of growth? bad app is taken down in three to five days. WB: SME companies have witnessed huge growth in He explained that there are several risks involved. “Our broadband and in investment in digitalization, as part of main concern involves the privacy issue,” said Pierce. their ongoing commitment to the community. “Many of these free apps are collecting private informa- tion from those who download them. In fact, we believe VAI: Are you expecting any new participants this that the rise in text spam people are seeing is a result of year? these types of unauthorized apps that collect private infor- WB: We hope that new technology providers attend. The mation. Many of the apps are free. .. at the cost of your pri- steady progress in this area and the many services that vacy.” HFC networks can provide, allow equipment and soft- The other potential downside — which effects the brand ware providers to enter the market in a big way. owners more directly — is loss of revenue. “It’s estimated that free apps account for 10-20 cents per download based on ad revenue. When you consider that many of these apps are downloaded 300,000 times, that can represent a significant amount of lost revenue,” Pierce said.

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MIP-TV AT 50 Bill Gilbert: MIP in 1967 Was a Club of Pioneers

had spent eight years with BBC rant, wonderful Provençal cooking Casino where again one could meet Heinz Gunther knew how to open Television involved in feature and decor, and I was invited by Ian lots of contacts. I quickly learned that doors into the secretive East German film/series/acquisitions/plan- Warren of Global Television. Ian and some of our Scandinavian colleagues Market (DDR). A K Foo wanted to be ning. As a BBC buyer I had his partner Tom Donald were early could drink me under the table and our man in Singapore, Malaysia and Ireceived many invitations to interna- British pioneers of international tele- there was a great camaraderie. the Sampan circuit. tional festivals/markets, but the vision distribution, plus buying agents Most of the buyers were from Public I also had a lovely evening with the BBC’s attitude in the 1960s was, “the for Australia (ABC) and New Zealand Service Broadcasters, particularly in MCA team Brian Brolly, Roger whole world comes to us and we have Broadcasting (NZBC). Europe and the East Block Socialist Cordjohn, Tim Vignolles and Issam no need to travel overseas looking for There were still currency restric- territories. Hamaoui, the MCA Middle East execu- product.” tions in many territories, particularly It was a time in the U.K. and other tive who always guaranteed to get you Early in ’67 I had the opportunity to the U.K. The Brits were restricted to markets with limited channels and a table in any restaurant you desired. join Rank Films as head of a newly the amount of pounds they could take restricted transmission hours, which There were other executives whom I created television/distribution/mar- overseas with special arrangements made the licensing of product diffi- had known initially from my BBC days, keting operation as part of Rank needed for business. We had no credit cult, enabling the program buyers to including Paul Talbot (remember the Overseas Film Distributors. I had only been with Rank for three weeks when it was decided I should go on a reconnaissance mission and “The French telephone system was not very good report back on the value of attending MIP-TV. in the ‘60s, with no direct-dialing; one needed to Roger Watkins, who worked for Variety, was also Bernard Chevry’s rep in the U.K. and having Rank Films go through the Carlton phone operator.” as a participant was a plus, as many British companies in 1967 — includ- ing BBC TV Enterprise — were reluc- tant to enlist for MIP-TV. At short cards and Rank had organized for me be selective and much sought-after. hat), Ralph Ellis, Bernie Schubert, notice I was booked into the Carlton. to collect French Francs from Lloyds At MIP 1967 I met many executives Richard Rosenfeld, Max Dutch from On the British European Airways Bank by the Cannes Railway Station. from different countries, forming Australia and, of course, Sammy Gang flight from Heathrow to Nice it Of course when I arrived at the bank long-lasting relationships together — a man of the world. From London seemed I was surrounded by every- they had no details of the arrange- with mutual understanding of our Elkin Kaufman (ITC) with all the Lew one in the business — Allan ments, with panicked calls back to jobs on both sides of the fence. Grade ATV product. Silverbach (Fox), John Spires London and the Rank Paris office. Unfortunately, many of the following Other executives I recall are Bill (MGM), Norman Katz (7’Arts), The French telephone system was names are no longer with us, but read- Harpur of RTE Dublin, a devoted film Manny and Elaine Reiner (Four Star not very good in the ’60s, with no ers of VideoAge may well remember buff and Prosper Verbruggen of BRT TV), Tony Morris, Marcel Kaeson, direct-dialing; one needed to go them: Hans Beumer (NOS), who guid- Belgium, who could speak in at least who worked with Four Star and Tele through the Carlton phone operator. ed me through the intricacies of Dutch 50 different languages. Hachette, plus Jackson Dube (Jed As a participant without a stand, I TV introducing Gerrard Smit (AVRO) I also recall Walt Staskow (Bermuda Productions), and many more. quickly realized that it was mainly in and Theresa Hazlehoff (VARA). TV). Walt bought a large package of I woke on the first morning in the the bars at night that you got to meet In Finland Dennis Livson, Nils Rank feature films and I got at least Carlton to a noise I could not immedi- the many international players. Ljungdel, Jaako Tervasmaki; lovely $750 a movie, including a supply of a ately identify. It was the sound of The Carlton and Majestic venues ladies Marian Anderberg and Berit used 16mm print. The deal paid the balls hitting tennis rackets, as by the were already popular meeting points, Rinnan from Swedish and Norwegian expenses! side of the hotel were tennis courts but after dinner the bar at the Broadcasters; Jorn Birkelund MIP-TV in those days was like a club and gardens. Within a couple of years Martinez was the place to be, but not (Denmark Radio) and Merv Stone of pioneer broadcasters and distribu- they were re-developed into apart- the big bar by the swimming pool we (Canadian Broadcasting). In Germany tors all coming together. ment blocks with tennis players need- know today. The location was a medi- Leo Kirch, Rainer Moritz, Anita Erken William Gilbert (Burnham, U.K.) ing to go up to Montfleury for the um-sized bar by the elevators and it and Harold Beeger of Beta seemed to Pictured above: Gilbert with wife nearest courts. seemed the whole of MIP-TV could be control all the buying for the market. Monique at MIP-TV 1970. Monique I will always remember my first squeezed within it. There was always Traute Pipping and accompanied him in Cannes for over 30 lunch. It was at the old Felix restau- I was also enrolled at the Winter Manfred Schuetze of ARD/Degeto. years, assisting at the stand.

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MIP-TVPHOTOREPORT

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1. CBS’s Armando Nuñez, Showtime’s David Nevins 8. Starz’s John Penney, Carmi Zlotnik with Max Irons, author Philippa Gregory, Starz’s 2. Telefe’s Meca Salado Pizarro, Claudio Ipolitti, Julian Rodriguez Montero, Guillermo Gene George Borensztein, Maria Eugenia Costa, Dario Turovelzky 9. Lionsgate’s Peter Iacono, Max Lucas 3. Televisa’s Mario Castro and Douglas Welch with Star Times’ Shirley Tian 10. BET’s Steven Hill, Debra Lee, Michael Armstrong with comedian Kevin Hart 4. RSI’s Stella Bogliani 11. Animation Band’s Marco Marcolini, Alberto Ventafridda 5. Multicom’s Irv Holender 12. World Content Pole’s Chicca Pancaldi, Maurizio Zuccarini and the WCP team 6. Rai World’s Giovanni Celsi, Piero Corsini 13. Venevision’s Peter Tinoco, Miguel Somoza, Manuel Perez, Daniel Rodriguez, Cesar 7. Record TV’s Delmar Andrade Diaz

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MIP-TV AT 50 (Continued from Cover) 1982: Chevry’s Velvet Touch With a Gauntlet Glove

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