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. 2013. 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 Cover Stories International distribution business is ignored by academia, history books, trade publications and forgotten by old-timers page 38 24Indie distributors’ new TV offerings 22Who’s screening in Los Angeles and where 20New U.S. TV season pilots on the docket L.A. Screenings 36Calendar of events and travel news 6 Mart Review: A partly sunny 50th celebration at MIP-TV 4 World: Argentina, Canada, Colombia 18La segunda pantalla viene al rescate de la primera pantalla Sección en Español 14Cuando a los vendedores les va mal con los compradores 13Europa mira a Sudamérica para hacer crecer el mercado de TV L.A. Screenings’ fascinating 50-year history has helped and challenged MIP-TV L.A. Screenings Preview: Old season shows are discounted at the Century Plaza, making room for the new season’s arrivals Residuals are as easy to explain as difficult to calculate Features RETNI N A T OI N A L ww w.Vide gAo .e org BUSINESS JOURNALOF FILM,BROADCASTING,BROADBAND,PRODUCTION,DISTRIBUTION MAY 2013 -VOL.33NO.3 - $9.75 (Continued onPage 10) (Continued onPage34) Though the buzz at the L.A. Screenings — which celebratesits50thanniversary thisyear—isgenerallyaboutthenew fallU.S.TVseason, thestudiosaren’t the only attraction in Hollywood, and VideoAge connected with a cross-section of indie companies to find out their plans for the L.A. Screenings and the programs they haveon tap thisyear. “Our expectations are high,” said Estrella TV’s AndyWeir. “Last year was the first timeEstrellaTVmade its program catalog available to the internationalmarket.One year later, we have a higher awareness IndiesRide the ScreeningsTide Residuals have long been a source of contention between the writers’, actors’ and directors’ guilds (unions) and the producers/studios that own (and exploit) TV and film content. And virtually every strike against the Hollywood studios in the last ResidualsAreas EasytoExplainas DifficulttoCalculate page24 page22 Who’s screening in LosAngeles andwhere page20 NewU.S.network pilots in contention New TV program offerings from indie distributors page13 Sección en Español: Segunda pantalla, compradores,Europa TheL.A.Screenings’Fascinating HistoryHelped,ChallengedMIP TheBritisharrived inL.A.withthe BBCand ITV in1967, followedbythe Australians as the third and fourth groups to join the “Screenings,” while Japanwas the fifth country, with the earliest record of their participation in 1972. Even though it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the L.A.Screeningsstarted,some retired TV executives designate 1963 as the year inwhichCanadian broadcasters beganmaking the trip toLosAngeles,not inMay,but in… February. In 1964, when Jack Singer, then at ABC International, andMichael J. Solomon ofMCA got the Latins involved, the event did not have a name. Later, it was referred to as the “Screenings,” which became the “May Screenings”when in 1978 itwasmoved to themonth ofMay. In 1983, VideoAge began calling the event the L.A. Screenings, a name that thereafter became accepted worldwide. (Continued onPage28) “This jobwouldn’tbebad if it weren’tfortheunions” aaaMay_2013_FR.indd 1 5/7/13 2:10:17PM
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