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VIDEOAGE "PAPER CLIPS": A WEEKLY PRESS REVIEW PROGRAMMING On Sunday,
ITV in the U.K. will air a live show marking the opening of ITV1's
Avenue of the Stars, Britain's equivalent of the Hollywood Walk
of Fame. Many details of the show are being kept secret, but the
net has confirmed that funnymen Ricky Gervais and John Cleese have
written, and will star in, the opening skit. [This is London] Though there
is no confirmation, sources close to Australia's Nine Network have
said that after six years with no grand prize winner, a contestant
on the Australian version of game show hit Who Wants to Be A
Millionaire? has won one million dollars. The show, which taped
on Sunday, will not air until next month. [The Age] The show will
go on. ABC has decided to go ahead with its scheduled premiere of
sci-fi series Invasion, despite the fact that it opens with
a huge hurricane hitting Florida. Some thought the net might postpone
the first episode because of Hurricane Katrina, but the net has
decided to go ahead, with an advisory preceding the first episode.
[E! Online] BUSINESS As Les Moonves
takes over control of half of Viacom, all eyes are on Showtime.
The pay-TV network has long stood in the shadows of its rival, HBO,
which is consistently given critical and viewer acclaim alike. Moonves
will be expected to improve programming at Showtime, the same way
he did when he took over control of the CBS network. [The New
York Times] ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGY CONTROVERSY A fight is
a brewin' at the Toronto International Film Festival. Both Fox Searchlight
and Paramount Classics are claiming that they own distribution rights
to political satire and independent film Thank You for Smoking.
This kind of standoff is new to the Toronto Festival, which is generally
a polite and enthusiastic event, at which Hollywood likes to test
the waters with some of its Oscar hopefuls. [The New York Times] FILM FESTIVALS FILM There is quite
a bit of speculation about Michael Moore's plans to respond to Hurricane
Katrina. Sources close to the controversial filmmaker say that he
plans to make a documentary about George Bush's response to the
disaster. [Channel 4]
VideoAge: IPTV & Mobile TV at MIPCOM The industry's new window, IPTV will be one of the key features of VideoAge's MIPCOM issue. IPTV (FastWeb, Free, PCCW, etc.) will change the way TV is sold and consumed, and all production and distribution companies will be looking at, thinking about, and selling IPTV rights. Mobile TV, or the so-called "Fourth Screen", will also be an important ingredient in the MIPCOM sales mix. For this reason,VideoAge's MIPCOM issue will feature a section called "Mobile TV: The Fourth Screen." We have engaged top experts in this field to discuss various business models, and how best to sell Mobile TV rights. If your company is actively involved in Mobile TV and/or IPTV, this is a VideoAge issue you shouldn't miss. At MIPCOM, VideoAge will be publishing its Monthly and five Dailies: Mipcom Jr.:
Children's TV
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