Ja n u a r y 2 0 1 2 ALWAYS ready entertainmentcrime actionlifestylereality D E V E L O P M E N T • D I S T R I B U T I O N • R E P R E S E N T A T I O N +1 203-855-7979 | info@cableready.net Visit cableready.net to see full episodes of our entire program library. NATPE Booth # 414 Contact sales@cableready.net to schedule a meeting 55x60, 10x120 48x30 13x30 18x60 11x30 10x30 175x30 (Continued from Page 6) Los Angeles, but ultimately decided to remain in Santa Monica. AFM has been held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel since 1991 and the market’s organizers hope to take advantage of future improvements coming to Santa Monica. AMC Entertainment is developing a new cinema complex consisting of l2 screens and an IMAX theater slated to open in late 2014 or 2015. Additionally, AFM will be able to use the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, which will accommodate 2,000 people, for red carpet premieres, once the renovation is complete in late 2014. Other changes in the area include the addition of 700 hotel rooms opening in the downtown area, including rooms in mid-priced hotels such as the Marriott and Hampton Inn; a light Metro Rail terminal at Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, connecting Santa Monica to L.A. and Hollywood that is expected to be running in 2015, and a seven-acre park directly across from the Loews Hotel, to be completed in 2014. The confirmed dates for AFM in Santa Monicaare:October31-November7, 2012; November 6-13, 2013; November 5-12, 2014; November 4-11, 2015; November 2-9, 2016 and November 1-8, 2017. Finland’s Yle Finds New Funds Last month, the Finnish public broadcasting company Yle expressed satisfaction with the new license fee model that was negotiated by the country’s Minister of Housing and Communications, Krista Kiuru, and a group of parliamentary politicians. The new long-term financial and administrative model, which will go into effect next year, will replace the current license fee method, which has been in place for over 80 years. Beginning in 2013, Yle will be funded by a fee collected by the Finnish tax authorities. The fee will be progressive and specific to each taxpayer. On average, the fee will be reduced by more than 80 euro per household each year, because more households will contribute to the fee. For single person households, the fee will be cut in half, while low-income households will not be liable to pay. In the future, the money will also be directed into a special radio and television fund. Under the current system, a quarter of Finnish households do not pay for Yle’s services, despite the fact that everyone uses them. Yle broadcasts on four TV channels and six radio channels. It operates in 30 different areas and offers services in Finnish, Swedish and Sami. Ant3-La Sexta On-Off Merger After a two-year courtship, Spanish TV broadcasters Antena3 and La Sexta have finally agreed to merge. So far though, only Ant3’s board has approved the deal, which has yet to go before Ant3 shareholders, La Sexta’s board and the country’s regulatory authority. Ant3 is Spain’s third largest TV network by audience, while La Sexta is the fifth largest. According to the agreement, La Sexta shareholders are expected to get at most a 14 percent stake in the merged company. They would receive the first seven percent immediately, while the remaining seven percent stake would be dependent upon whether the merger reached financial targets by 2016. In addition, Ant3 would take on La Sexta’s €100 million (U.S.$130 million) debt. Spain’s largest advertising group has opposed the deal, arguing that the merger would leave Spain’s TV market controlled by two companies: the newly merged entity and Mediaset España Comunicación. The Antena3-La Sexta Merger and Mediaset EspañaCuatro would control 85.6 percent of the advertising market if the deal were approved. return to the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel with additional exhibition space at JWMarriott’s LeMerigot BeachHotel once again and conferences continuing at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows. Fearing escalating prices from the Loews Hotel, which serves both as the market headquarters and main exhibition area, AFM organizers had entertained bids from other nearby locations, including L.A. Live, a large entertainment complex in downtown
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