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PROGRAMMING
Justin
Timberlake has been tapped to host Nickelodeon's 20th Annual Kids Choice Awards,
honoring children's favorites in the fields of television, movies, sports,
books and video games. The 27-year-old singer (and actor) is a three-time winner
of an orange blimp -- the Kids Choice statuette of choice. He won once for
Best Musical Group when he was a member of boy band 'N Sync, and twice for
Best Burp, the show's most important honor.
E! Online
Al Aan TV, which recently launched from Dubai, will launch a sister channel
called Jawna. The new channel is an integrated, interactive and mobile lifestyle
channel that focuses on chat, games and entertainment. The youth-oriented network
offers unprecedented levels of user-generated content to the region.
AME Info
BUSINESS
The board of NBC Universal has appointed Jeff Zucker as the company's new chairperson
and chief executive, succeeding Bob Wright, who has let the peacock network
for two decades. Zucker's selection completes a spectacular rise for the
young executive. Zucker has worked at NBC his entire career, coming up the
ranks in its sports and news divisions.
The New York Times
CONTROVERSY
In recent weeks, Canadians have heard a lot about how their country has become
the world's leading source of movie piracy, but a new report says that that
claim is much ado about nothing, featuring unsubstantiated and inconsistent
claims about DVDs recorded on camcorders, exaggerations about its economic
harm and misleading critiques of Canadian law.
Toronto Star
For the second time in four months, Viacom has demanded that video-sharing
website YouTube remove all content from its networks -- including MTV, Comedy
Central, Spike, CMT and BET -- an estimated 100,000 total clips. In October,
at the behest of Viacom, YouTube removed thousands of videos. A few days later,
Viacom said the site could keep up short clips from Comedy Central shows, but
not entire episodes. That touched off the negotiations between Viacom, and
Google, which bought YouTube last year.
E! Online
CONTEST
MySpace wants Wannabe filmmakers to log on. Budding directors can post their
short films at MySpaceMovieMashUp, a competition organized by social networking
site MySpace, and two U.K. production companies, Vertigo Films and Film 4.
The winner will get to direct a feature-length film with a one million-pound
budget. The movie will be released in cinemas in 2008. All British citizens
can participate, regardless of past film experience. The winner will be picked
by a jury that includes actress Sienna Miller and director Anthony Minghella.
Guardian Unlimited
FILM
Japan's domestic movies generated more in box-office revenues than foreign
films for the first time in 21 years in 2006, rising 31 percent to 107.7
billion yen. Foreign flicks took in just 94.8 billion yen, according to the
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Total revenues at Japanese
cinemas grew two percent to 202.5 billion yen. The box-office leader was
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
The Standard
Joss Whedon, the genius behind the much-missed Buffy the Vampire Slayer series,
has officially dropped out of Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures' feature film
adaptation of DC Comics' Wonder Woman, citing creative differences for his
departure. In related comic book movie news, Shawn Levy, who directed recent
smash hit Night at the Museum, is taking over the reins for Warner Bros.' The
Flash.
E! Online
VIDEOAGE AT MIP-TV '07 FOR YOU
2007 will bring VideoAge's 26th MIP-TV monthly and 22nd annual Daily at MIP-TV.
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Saturday-Sunday Daily: Focus on Milia/ Mip-Doc
Monday Daily: Focus on New Shows at MIP
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Wednesday Daily: Focus on Latin America
Thursday Daily: Road to the L.A. Screenings
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