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VIDEOAGE "PAPER CLIPS": A WEEKLY PRESS REVIEW PROGRAMMING Canadian broadcast
networks are rejoicing, because of something they call the "Desperate Housewives
effect." A four-year erosion of viewership at conventional TV networks
has flattened out despite increased competition from cablers, because
of an emergence of blockbuster programs on the major networks. Major
Canadian studios, such as Alliance Atlantis, are leveraging the
success of network hits by running them in syndication on their
specialty channels. [The Globe and Mail] Things just
keep getting worse for Kate Moss. The (former?) supermodel has been
dropped from a variety of modeling contracts because of her public
use of cocaine. Now, U.K. broadcaster Sky One will air a documentary
entitled Kate Moss: Fashion Victim?, which will show footage
of her using the drug. [ABC News] The U.S. First
Lady is ready for her cameo. Laura Bush has made a special appearance
on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where the crew --
which, every week, remodels the homes of people in dire need of
some renovation -- visited the Mississippi coast to help victims
of Hurricane Katrina. [BBC News] It seems as
though almost everyone loves Chris. Everybody Hates Chris,
a brand-new UPN comedy based on comedian Chris Rock's adolescence
and narrated by Rock himself, beat out almost of all of its competition
(save Survivor: Guatemala) to become the second-most watched
show last Thursday night. The series attracted the largest audience
for a sitcom in the network's history. [E! Online] BUSINESS ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGY In related
news, Toshiba has announced that despite its original plans to introduce
its HD-DVD format high-definition DVD players at the end of 2005,
the new players will not enter the U.S. market until February or
March 2006. Toshiba decided it would be best to start sales of high-definition
DVD players in the United States on a wide scale (rather than gradually)
and said content providers, like film studios, agreed with the approach.
The company said it would take several months to build up inventories
after starting mass production in mid-December. Toshiba said it
still plans to introduce high-definition DVD players into the Japanese
market by the end of the year. [The International Herald Tribune] MTV Networks
has teamed up with Warner Videos to bring short-form content to
mobile phones. MTV has announced plans to license the Warner Music
Group's music video catalog to create programming for cell phones
worldwide, featuring videos by performers like Green Day and Sean
Paul. Warner is the first of the major labels to sign a mobile deal
with MTV. [The New York Times] CONTROVERSY LEGAL FILM The distance
between Hollywood and China is getting increasingly smaller. After
the success of films like Hero; Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon; and Kung Fu Hustle at the U.S. box office, more
Hollywood studios are investing in Chinese co-productions, with
Chinese scenes and actors becoming increasingly popular. China's
gradual loosening of its restrictions on foreign capital in the
industry has helped pave the way for this Chinese-American comradery.
[China Industry News] Godfather
director Francis Ford Coppola is jumping back into the director's
chair, after an eight-year hiatus from filmmaking. The acclaimed
director will adapt and direct Youth Without Youth, based
on a novella by Romanian author and intellectual Mircea Ellade.
The story follows a professor whose life takes a dramatic turn before
World War II. His pursuers chase him all across Europe and to India.
[E! Online]
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