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Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
NBC Goes Soft On Hard Liquor Ads
NBC has become the first major broadcast TV network in nearly 50 years to accept commercials for hard liquor. Some point to sagging ad revenues as being a motivating factor behind the decision, as NBC tries to open up a new sector of business. However, ABC, CBS and FOX have no current plans to lift...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
HKM Adds Dir. Zackheim
Comedy director Maggie Zackheim has joined bicoastal HKM Productions after leaving the now defunct Satellite—the sister commercial production house of Propaganda Films, also defunct (SHOOT, 11/16/00, p. 1). Zackheim and HKM are looking to broaden her body of work—expanding into more scripted...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
FLASHBACK: 5 YEARS/10 YEARS
JANUARY 3, 1997/Director Erick Ifergan has joined Tony Kaye & Partners, West Hollywood and London. Ifergan's most recent affiliation was with Hollywood-based O. Pictures; the Kaye studio will represent him exclusively for spots and music videos in the U.S. and U.K.….Toronto-headquartered Dan...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
AICP Updates Production Agreement, Elects Officers
During its semi-annual national board meeting last month in Los Angeles, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) elected a new slate of national officers, unveiled an updated, soon-to-be finalized standard spot production agreement, and moved ahead on the organization's analysis...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
Dir. D'Alessio Joins @radical.media
Director Richard D'Alessio has signed with bicoastal/international @radical.media for exclusive commercial representation worldwide—with the exception of Canada and Japan, where he continues to be repped by Toronto-based Imported Artists and Imported Artists Japan, Tokyo, respectively. (Despite...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
Forecast For '02 Includes '01 Lessons
Prognostication is tough enough during "normal" times. But normalcy went out the window on Sept. 11, leaving the less-than-comforting realization that with the changing tide of global events, the economy can be tenuous at best. Life is a state of mind, however. And even though the glass was half...
Friday, Jan. 4, 2002
Dir. Salomon Signs With Coppos Films
Coppos Films, the bicoastal commercial production house headed by president/ executive producer Michael Appel and managing director Joanne Ferraro, has signed filmmaker Mikael Salomon for exclusive U.S. representation as a spot director/DP. He was formerly handled for commercials by bicoastal...
Friday, Dec. 14, 2001
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Harris Drury Cohen (HDC) , Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has named Michael Cannon executive creative director/partner of the agency. Cannon has been with HDC for four years.
Friday, Dec. 14, 2001
Post/VFX And Music/Sound Design Briefs
SHORT CUTS Zona Design , New York, created a new program package for A&E's Investigative Reports: Criminal Justice , a sub-series of the popular cable show. Zona updated the logo design, for both print and broadcast, and created and produced program packaging including opens, bumpers, bugs,...
Friday, Dec. 14, 2001
EUE/Screen Gems, Director Jeffrey Cooney Play It Smart
Educators have long heralded organized sports as a positive influence on a student's academic performance. For the past few years, the nonprofit National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame (NFF) has taken this theory and put it into practice at underprivileged schools throughout the...