Archive | January, 2009

Daily Insight: USA’s Successful Original, Good Decisions Keep Year Strong

(01/30) USA’s Successful Original, Good…

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NATPE Lico Summary: Tales from the Desert

Used to be that the #1 subject coming out of a NATPE, was something like, “What’s hot?”  Maybe it was the next talk show, magazine show or some little gem from a corner of the floor.  This year, the first question out of people’s mouths was something like, “Whataya think?”  As in, “What do you [...]

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Congratulations to the Winners of the CableU Contest!

Congratulations to Andy and Maria Awes of Committee Films for their winning entry, THE SECRET HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA! All 3 entries – ROAD CHEF, THE SECRET HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA, and RALLY! were excellent choices and each production team really did a great job on their 2-minute demo tapes and pitch.    It was a [...]

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Daily Insight: Spike Sustains, Despite Scarcity of New Original Series

(01/29) Spike Sustains, Despite Scarcity of…

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Daily Insight: MTV Looking Towards New, Younger Skewing Programming in ’09

(01/28) MTV Looking Towards New…

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Dear Diary: NATPE Notes, Day #2

A day at NATPE is definitely not an average day at the office.  What happens in a NATPE day can change a course of a business deal, bring in a new perspective, create new networks of potential friends, business partners, and clients.  But what’s it really like to spend a full day on the NATPE [...]

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Daily Insight: Comedy Central’s Winning “Formula”

(01/27) Comedy Central’s Winning “Formula”

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Beyond Idealism: Getting the Most out of NATPE ’09

I was fortunate enough to catch a major show here in Las Vegas last night: “Love” — a Beatles revival from Cirque du Soleil.  It was hands-down the best performance I have ever seen in this town.  After all the chatter about “what happened to NATPE” and “what’s going to happen,” I can’t help but [...]

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Why NATPE Still Matters

It’s damned near become a sport in the last few years for  many in our business to shake their head and say, “What’s happening to NATPE?”  As if the fate of the industry’s singularly inclusive organization is in the hands of some unknown forces or hierarchy. NATPE is really the only group in the biz [...]

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Daily Insight: A&E Comes Back Strong to Close Year

(01/26) A&E Comes Back Strong to Close…

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