VIDEOAGE "PAPER CLIPS": A WEEKLY PRESS REVIEW
<p>PROGRAMMING<br>
  NBC says aloha to failing freshman drama "Hawaii." The show, the first 
  fall <br>
  newcomer to receive the dreaded ax, will be replaced with ailing airport drama 
  <br>
  "LAX." [E! Online News]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15174,00.html">E! 
  Online</A></p>
<p>The return of Fox's "The Bernie Mac Show" has been delayed. Production 
  is <br>
  being postponed due to the star's busy movie-making summer schedule and his 
  <br>
  reported desire to take a bit of a breather. [E! Online News]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15170,00.html">E! 
  Online</A></p>
<p>The nearly six-hour baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston 
  <br>
  Red Sox brought big ratings to cablers and networks alike. Fans were <br>
  inundated with instant replay after instant replay during the nail-biting league 
  <br>
  championship game. [The New York Times]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/20/sports/baseball/20tv.html">The New 
  York Times</A></p>
<p>BBC Three had a huge hit last night with the season's first episode of <br>
  "Little Britain." The program tell the story of several wacky and 
  eccentric (to say <br>
  the least!) characters who inhabit Great Britain. [BBC Online]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/">BBC</A></p>
<p>The failure of recent Aussie drama "The Cooks," is just the next 
  link in a <br>
  chain of dramatic drop-outs. TV execs down under keep programming dramas in 
  <br>
  hopes of creating another hit of "Blue Heelers" caliber, but so far, 
  all attempts <br>
  have failed. [The Australian]<br>
  <A 
  HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11131010%255E7582,00.html">The 
  Australian</A></p>
<p>BUSINESS<br>
  Cox Enterprises, parent company of cable giant Cox Communications is betting 
  <br>
  that the company can do better as a private business. The company reached an 
  <br>
  agreement to buy out public minority shareholders in its cable business for 
  <br>
  $8.5 billion. <br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/20/business/media/20cox.html">The New 
  York Times</A></p>
<p>TECHNOLOGY<br>
  An Internet frenzy was set off after usually jovial "Daily Show" host 
  Jon <br>
  Stewart let off some steam during an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire." 
  The <br>
  comedian accused the show of "partisan hackery" and suggested that 
  conservative host <br>
  Tucker Carlson attend journalism school. The online transcript and video clips 
  <br>
  became an overnight sensation among Web surfers. [The New York Times]<br>
  <A 
  HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1026_3-5417676.html?oref=login">The 
  New York Times</A></p>
<p>A new gadget called TV-B-Gone attaches to keychains and works as a universal 
  <br>
  TV remote that shuts off small screens everywhere. The device, aimed at the 
  <br>
  TV-hater, has been selling out on the company's website.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/20/business/tvoff.html"> International 
  Herald Tribune</A></p>
<p>SATELLITE<br>
  Whats that thing in the "sky?" BSkyB will launch its free digital 
  satellite <br>
  TV system in the U.K. tomorow. [The Guardian]<br>
  <A HREF="http://media.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</A></p>
<p>PERSONALITIES<br>
  Real estate and reality TV mogul Donald Trump sent billionaire and TV rival 
  <br>
  Marc Cuban of ABC's "The Billionaire," a tongue-in-cheek letter, expressing 
  his <br>
  sympathy for Cuban's failure to reach an "Apprentice" level of success. 
  [The <br>
  Daily News]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/244280p-209168c.html">The Daily 
  News</A></p>
<p>CONTROVERSY<br>
  The mess that is the Bill O'Reilly sexual harassment scandal continues on its 
  <br>
  downhill spiral. The accuser's lawyers say she turned down a $2 million offer 
  <br>
  made by Fox News lawyers to shut the woman up. [The Daily News]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/244277p-209250c.html">The Daily 
  News</A></p>
<p>Sinclair Broadcasting Group seems to have backed down in the face of <br>
  opposition . . . not to mention plummeting stocks. The company has halted plans 
  to air <br>
  its anti-John Kerry documentary and has announced, instead, that it will air 
  <br>
  excerpts of the doomed doc as part of a program exploring political <br>
  documentaries. [The New York Times]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/20/politics/campaign/20sinclair.html"> 
  The New York Times</A></p>
<p>But on the flip side . . . it doesn't seem as though anti-Bush doc <br>
  "Fahrenheit 911" will get any airtime before the November 2 election, 
  either. In Demand <br>
  has canceled its November 1st "Michael Moore Pre- Election Special." 
  [The Los <br>
  Angeles Times]<br>
  <A 
  HREF="http://www.latimes.com:80/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fahrenheit20oct20,1,2103250.story?coll=la-headlines-nation">The 
  L.A. Times</A></p>
<p>FILM<br>
  Former "Buffy" star Sarah Michelle Gellar continues to kick butt in 
  horror <br>
  film, "The Grudge." Gellar explains that scary movies give leading 
  ladies a <br>
  sense of female empowerment. [The Daily News]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/244130p-209084c.html">The Daily 
  News</A></p>
<p>Disney attempts to shed it's purely G-rated reputation with the edgy new <br>
  family film, "National Treasure," starring Nicholas Cage. [The New 
  York Times]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/movies/19trea.html">The New York 
  Times</A></p>
<p>FESTIVALS<br>
  "The Times" bfi London Film Festival begins its two-week run tonight. 
  The <br>
  festival opens with the screening of Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake." [The 
  London Times]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8742-1319618,00.html">The London 
  Times</A></p>
<p>Concluding last Friday, the Pusan International Film Festival brought more 
  <br>
  than 160,000 people parading through the streets, gorging themselves on films 
  <br>
  from Asia and beyond. The festival featured films that rarely come to South 
  <br>
  Korea's multiplexes or video stores. [International Herald Tribune]<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/19/features/cwhat.html"> International 
  Herald Tribune</A></p>
<p>PRESS RELEASE CLIPS<br>
  In November, AETN will launch The History Channel in Germany.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.aetn.com/">AETN</A></p>
<p>Breakthrough Animation has entered an exclusive home entertainment agreement 
  <br>
  with Warner Home Video for "Atomic Betty."<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.breakthroughfilms.com/">Breakthrough Entertainment</A></p>
<p>Wayne Newton will host E!'s "The Entertainer," a reality show which 
  searches <br>
  for the next great Vegas star.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.eentertainment.com/">E! Entertainment</A></p>
<p>Harmony Gold will receive exclusive international rights to Slamdance Media 
  <br>
  Group's theatrical, broadcast and DVD distribution.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.harmonygold.com/<br>
  ">Harmony Gold<br>
  </A><br>
  The 32nd International Emmy Awards will be held on Monday, November 22nd and 
  <br>
  hosted by Graham Norton.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.iemmys.tv/">iEmmys</A></p>
<p>Within just 5 months of opening up shop, RDF Rights, the new consumer <br>
  products division of RDF, has closed DVD deals with Granada Video, VCI and Firefly 
  <br>
  Entertainment.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.rdfmedia.com/news/">RDF </A></p>
<p>Sesame Workshop has teamed up with HIT Entertainment and PBS to launch a <br>
  24-hour digital video-on-demand channel for pre-school aged children.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.sesameworkshop.org/">Sesame Workshop</A></p>
<p>Sony Pictures TV International has promoted Danny Goldman to vice president 
  <br>
  and general manager, London Sales.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/">Sony</A></p>
<p>The 3rd edition of the Spain TV Expo will take place at the Doral Hotel in 
  <br>
  Miami, November 10-12.<br>
  <A 
  HREF="http://www.spaintv.spainbusiness.com/SPAINTVexpo/Default.htm;jsessionid=B2UKKhPMqwYBgVvo3DJZFu1Emzjm4gD4B7PkLyGXsiypTx49y3yZ!-267589667!168136359!7<br>
  005!7002">Spain TV Expo</A></p>
<p>On the heels of MIPCOM, Zone Vision announced a licensing agreement with RDF 
  <br>
  International for its "Reality TV" channels around the world.<br>
  <A HREF="http://www.zonevision.co.uk/">Zone Vision</A></p>
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