Cover Stories I N T E R N A T I O N A L www.VideoAge.org BUSINESS JOURNALOF FILM,BROADCASTING,BROADBAND,PRODUCTION,DISTRIBUTION January 2014 -VOL.34NO.1 - $9.75 (Continued onPage 26) Why am I paying for cable channels I don’t want or everwatch? This is a common complaint/question, not just in Canada but all acrossNorth America, where in order to get a channel you really like, youhave to buyabunchyoudon’t. In Canada this issue is being addressed. Last October, the Canadian government announced that consumers should be allowed to choose the combination of cable channels they want. This Unbundling: WhenBreaking UpIsHardToDo My2¢:Why small TV martsare important to small TVcompanies MIP-TVPreview:Get ready even if you don’twant to Sección en Español: la economia,Brasil, la irritación Miamicloutdisperses NATPEclouds:LATAM TVbizspices thingsup Page34 Page22 Page13 Page8 There are three times in the calendar year in which members of the TV and film press actually get some respect in the U.S. and perhaps internationally:During the annual Golden Globe Awards and the twice-annual Television Critics AssociationPressTours. TVCriticsAssoc. UpFroma BumpyPast (Continued onPage 24) NetflixTriesItsMagicinLATAM The InternetTVplayeradapts toa changinggame,playsmultiplecards Lately,Netflixisthemost-talked about new(ish) kid on the TV block, since over the years it has been amaster of adapting and transforming itself.Netflix evolved from its initialDVD rental business (flat rate formailedDVDs) in 1998, to aDVD subscription (monthly flat fee for unlimitedmailed DVDs) in 1999, tovideo streaming in2007. Now it is changing its business model again, moving closer to a traditional TV delivery service. Netflix is in talks with U.S. cable TVcompanies toplace its streaming appon set-topboxes, representinga rapprochementwith the traditional TVsector.InEurope,Netflixalready has similar deals with Virgin Media in theU.K. andComHem in Sweden. For the near future, Netflix is also targeting theaters with dayand-date releasing, seekingdeals to securetheatricalfilmsinthe$15-$30 million production range released simultaneously with cinemas, and keeping them online up to 45 days (Continued onPage 28) “...andpleaseprotectus fromAmazon.” MAIN OFFICES 216 EAST 75TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 288-3424 www.videoage.org www.videoagelatino.com www.videoage.it P.O. BOX 25282 LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 VIALE ABRUZZI 30 20123 MILAN, ITALY YUKARI MEDIA YMI BLDG. 3-3-4, UCHIHIRANOMACHI CHUO-KU, OSAKA JAPAN TEL: (816) 4790-2222 EDITOR DOM SERAFINI ASSISTANT EDITOR SARA ALESSI EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Isme bennie (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) lucy cohen blatter CARLOS GUROVICH LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER BOB JENKINS (U.K.) AKIKO KOBAYACHI (JAPAN) DAVID SHORT (AFRICA) MARIA ZUPPELLO (BRAZIL) PUBLISHER MONICA GORGHETTO BUSINESS OFFICE LEN FINKEL LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN WEB MANAGER MIKE FAIVRE DESIGN/LAYOUT CARMINE RASPAOLO ILLUSTRATIONS BOB SHOCHET VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUBLISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, MARCH/APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV TRADE MEDIA, INC. © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2014. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S., U.K., AND ALL COUNTRIES SIGNATORY TO THE BERNE CONVENTIO AND THE PAN-AMERICAN CONVENTION. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL, 216 EAST 75TH STREET, SUITE PW, NEW YORK, NY 10021, U.S.A. PURSUANT TO THE U.S. COPYRIGHTS ACT OF 1976, THE RIGHTS OF ALL CONTENT DONE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL VIDEOAGE PUBLICATIONS ARE HELD BY THE PUBLISHER OF VIDEOAGE, WHICH COMMISSIONED THEM Small TV trade shows aid small TV companies Page 34 Features 32Calendar of film/TV events and travel news 13Sección en Español La economía de los estudios Americanos Qué irrita a los ejecutivos de la industria de la TV Brasil: Un nuevo paisaje de TV 6Book Review: Looking to finance a project? This book will show you how 4World: Singapore, Belgium, Croatia. Plus, notable quotes 22Road to MIP-TV: 10 events will feed the crowd News 10 ATF Market Report: Awaiting the content kings and Christmas 8NATPE Preview: Miami’s clout makes biz less cloudy for the TV industry Netflix tries its magic in LATAM. Around the world, the Internet TV player is adapting to a changing game, playing multiple cards Unbundling cable in Canada: When breaking up is hard to do! TCA, the U.S. TV Critics Association, is up from a bumpy start
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