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Friday, May. 19, 2000
Runaway Concerns Surface In Commercial Actors' Strike: AICP Pulls Out Of National Coalition; Australian Dispute Unfolds.
The prediction that the actors' strike would trigger increased levels of American spot production in foreign countries seems to be coming to fruition. While that had been anticipated in industry circles, some unforeseen related developments have also arisen, including the decision by the...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
Fallon McElligott, N.Y., Tops One Show
A campaign for FOX/Liberty Networks by Fallon McElligott, New York, was the big winner at last week's (5/11) 24th annual One Show Awards ceremony in New York, picking up Best of Show and six Pencils for collective and individual spots (three Gold, two Silver and one Bronze). Directed by Frank...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
Spot Rental Biz In '99: $205 Million
The total gross '99 revenue of U.S. companies in the TV commercial production equipment rental and stage facility business is estimated to be some $205 million, according to the second annual survey done on behalf of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and the Production...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
Perna Looks To DCODE Ad Industry
Publicly traded, Minneapolis-headquartered iNTELEFILM has launched DCODE, a New York firm offering strategic planning, creative, production of commercials and emerging ad forms, and media buying to advertisers and agencies. The new venture is headed by president Bill Perna, an industry veteran...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
Christopher Reeve Joins TAG Pictures For Spots
Actor/director Christopher Reeve has signed with TAG Pictures, New York, for representation as a spot helmer. While freelancing last year, Reeve directed "Randy Newman," "Ray Romano" and "Christopher Reeve" for Johnson & Johnson's image campaign via McCann-Erickson, New York. He was nominated...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
Interactive TV Spawns Host Of Strategic Alliances: Wink Communications, RespondTV, ACTV Link With Varied Companies
part story on interactive television (ITV), here's a rundown of several key industry players, starting with Wink Communications: ALAMEDA, Calif.-Looking to entice TV viewers to the interactive experience through low-cost, unobtrusive and easy-to-use systems, Alameda-based Wink Communications has...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
SPOT.COM.MENTARY : Seeking Hindsight
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) and the Production Equipment Rental Association (PERA) have released their study of the '99 revenue generated by U.S. companies in the TV commercial production equipment rental and stage facility business (see separate story, p. 1). The...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
FLASHBACK: 5 years / 10 years
- MAY 19, 1995/The $50,000 GRANDYatop prize at last week's Advertising Club of New York's ANDY Awardsawas bestowed upon the Nike spot "The Wall" directed by Joe Pytka of PYTKA, Venice, Calif., for Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore....Former executive producer/managing director Stelio Kitrilakis...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
YOUR SHOT: Plugged (Further)
Everyone always wonders what the next big revolution will be. Ever looked through old Popular Science magazines and seen what we felt the future would be like back in the '50s? Funny, but way, way off. In our industry (postproduction and animation), the digital revolution certainly was a biggie...
Friday, May. 19, 2000
SPECIAL REPORT: MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN_ Have No Fear: Building Creative Relationships
Jamie Lamm, composer/executive producer at Fearless Music, New York, believes names should reflect action. When Lamm opened Fearless in '95, he chose the moniker by flipping through his record collection. The title to the soundtrack of the '93 film Fearless caught his eye and became the company...