Michel Rodrigue — a format specialist from both Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, California who’s now the president of The Format People — is credited with finding the show. After a specific request from Su, Rodrigue negotiated the format rights with Mediaset’s Paola Primavori for I Sing on behalf of Enlight. Now, through Rodrigue, Su is looking to invite professionals from around the world to help Enlight develop new TV shows. In addition to Liaoning TV, Enlight produces for other Chinese TV networks, such as CCTV-1 and Anihiu. Pictured below from left to right: Michel Rodrigue, president of The Format People, Chloe Yang, director of marketing for Enlight and Harry Su, president of Production for Enlight. Amanda Ospina Gets a Mas X Cumbre, anyone? The indomitable Amanda Ospina did it again, organizing for the 10th time the Cumbre Mundial de la Industria de la Telenovela, or “Telenovela Industry Summit.” Over 150 Latin TV executives met early last month for a three-day summit at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel in Miami, Florida to talk telenovelas and explore innovative ways to keep the genre attractive to a mass, worldwide audience. Some 30 speakers reached the podium to either present innovative programming or to explore ways to expand telenovelas’ reach worldwide. Among the panelists were Alberto Santini, director general of Azteca’s Canal 13 from Mexico; Marcelo Camaño, president of Argentina’s Writers Association; David Daza, program director of Venezuela’s Venevision, and Mauro Alencar, telenovela consultant for Brazil’s Rede Globo. Pictured below is Amanda Ospina, editor and publisher of TV Mas magazine, who organized the “X Cumbre.” Director Favio Dies at 74 Argentinean film director and actor Leonardo Favio died early last month in Buenos Aires at age 74. Favio is considered one of Argentina’s most important cultural figures. He began his career as a film star in the 1950s and 1960s, but went into exile when the military dictatorship took over in 1976. He returned after Democracy was restored. Favio’s last film was The Good People. FMM Empowers Women Execs At the upcoming Florida Media Market (FMM), starting on January 31, 2013 at the Shelborne Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, FMM founder Maritza Guimet will launch Goddess Mujer Woman (GWM) with an inaugural breakfast. Top women executives from China, the U.S., Latin America and the Middle East are expected to attend. GMW will serve as a platform to create content as well as an outlet for content. The goal is for independent women producers and filmmakers to empower a new generation of women across the globe to be part of the industry and to give them the tools to succeed. It aims to increase the recognition of women’s role in the development of film and television. Recently Guimet signed an agreement for active participation at FMM with Chinese TV executives Zhong Xuzhao, VP of SRT, Sichuan Radio and TV and Zhou Yanou, manager of International Relations, Sichuan TV Festival. The agreement was brokered by FMM’s consultant Georges Leclere. DE C E M B E R 2 0 1 2 (Continued from Page 4) (Continued on Page 8) V I D E O • A G E 6
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