Broadcasting Giants Honored This past October, over 50 U.S. TV luminaries from the 1980s and ’90s mingled with some 250 guests at the 10th annual “Giants of Broadcasting” award luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The event was organized by the Alexandria, Virginia-based Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, which is in its 41st year. Veteran trade journalist Don West serves as the foundation’s president. Among the luminaries at the award luncheon were Bill Baker (of Westinghouse TV and WNET-TV fame), who acted as the master of ceremony; Fred Pierce (of ABC fame), Jim Rosenfield (of CBS fame) and journalists Lesley Stahl and Robin MacNeil. Among the former and current executives honored were Ted Turner and Sir Howard Stringer (pictured below while accepting the Award). Coincidentally, outside the hotel there was a union demonstration protesting some of Stringer’s union policies at Sony. Holding one of the leaflets that the picketers were handing out with Springer’s picture on it and a list of demands, West joked that it was a souvenir because there is no such thing as bad publicity. Oz’s Top 25 TV Shows in 25 Years Recently, Australia’s The Sydney Morning Herald published a list of the top 25 most popular TV shows over the past 25 years, according to a panel organized by the paper. Here’s the list in order of preference, with the year the show came out. VideoAge added the international distribution company: Mad Men (2007), Lionsgate Television The Sopranos (1999), HBO Seinfeld (1990), Sony Pictures Television The Wire (2002), HBO The West Wing (1999), Warner Bros. Television Arrested Development (2003), 20th Century Fox Television Frontline (1994), ABC-TV Australia (comedy series) The Simpsons (1989), 20th Century Fox Television Breaking Bad (2008), Sony Pictures Television Homeland (2011), 20th Century Fox Television Lost (2004), Disney Twin Peaks (1990), CBS Studios International (CBSSI) The Larry Sandler Show(1992), HBO Frasier (1993), CBSSI Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997), 20th Century Fox Television Summer High (2007), Australia’s ABC Deadwood (2004), CBSSI The Office (2001), BBC Blue Murder (1995), Australia’s ABC The X-Files (1993), 20th Century Fox Television Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000), HBO Six Feet Under (2001), HBO Battlestar Galactica (2004), NBCUniversal Law & Order (1990), NBCUniversal Phoenix and Janus (1992), both from Australia’s ABC. China Licenses Italian Format The Chinese version of Io Canto (I Sing) has been licensed by Italy’s Mediaset to China’s Enlight Media, a production company founded in Beijing in 1999, which is now traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Enlight Media is considered China’s largest private TV production group. After 10 months on the air in China, I Sing, a one-hour competition format geared at young audiences, has become a hit during primetime on Fridays on satellite TV channel Liaoning. According to Enlight Media’s president of production, Harry Su, I Sing is the first show of its kind — geared specifically toward young people — in China. DE C E M B E R 2 0 1 2 (Continued on Page 6) V I D E O • A G E 4 www.nabshow.com CONTENT MARKETApril 7–9, 2013 / Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Hotel CONFERENCEApril 6–11EXHIBITSApril 8–11 Las Vegas Convention Center / Las Vegas, Nevada USA The mobile experience is energizing the transformation of television content, putting ‘when/where/how’ into the hands of viewers. Networks, studios and digital media players are embracing new strategies for development and production deals, seeking dynamic content that can thrive in multiple environments. Join us at Content Market, a boutique event at the Wynn designed to cultivate connections and find innovative distribution outlets. From creation to consumption, no other event brings together the community of media and entertainment professionals — including the world’s largest gathering of broadcast executives. Transform your strategy at NAB Show. ®
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