Video Age International October 2016

I N T E R N A T I O N A L www.V i deoAge.org THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF FILM, BROADCASTING, BROADBAND, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION September/October 2016 - VOL. 36 NO. 6 - $9.75 A ntonio Campo Dall’Orto (pictured at right), the new CEO and director general of RAI, Italy’s state broadcaster, has a problem: He’s not a politician, but a television industry expert. And in Italy, suchprofessional qualifications can interfere with political agendas. Prior to joining RAI, Campo Dall’Orto (or CDO as the Italian press calls him) worked at Mediaset, Viacom and the La7 TV network. Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, wanted CDO to serve as RAI’s first non-politician/industry insider CEO and gave him carte blanche to reinvigorate and rejuvenate the Rome-based media group. Campo Dall’Orto’s first move was to surround himself with equally capable executives coming from the Italian private TV sector (20 are from Italian subsidiaries of American companies). The general press, not accustomed to seeing non-politicians in key managerial positions at RAI, criticized the move. Politicians decried the hiring too, claiming that out of 252 top and middle level RAI executives, only NewCEOCalls In a U.S. TeamFor a “Bigger” RAI (Continued on Page 52) My2¢: It is disheartening to discover that I can’t ever be great Sandy Frank: Int’l TV Distribution Hall of Fame honoree U.K. marketing teams plan MIPCOM’s “A”, “B” and “C” MIPCOM is growing beyond imagination. Next stop: Las Vegas? Page 62 Page 38 Page 18 Page 14 H ere’s the pattern: It can be said that talks about the L.A. Screenings begin in Cannes at MIP-TV in April, go into full swing in Los Angeles in May, then head out on road tours throughout the world, and finally end up in Cannes at MIPCOM. As usual, the Screenings were The L.A. Screenings Start atMIP-TVAnd EndUp atMIPCOM (Continued on Page 42) (Continued on Page 56) T o sell content, especially to the U.S. and Canada, producers need Errors and Omissions (E&O) insurance to protect buyers if anyone claims any infringement. The insurance covers every aspect of production. The only caveat is that insurers will let producers buy E&O coverage only if they don’t need it. In the U.S., this requirement came about in late 60s. Considering the complexity of the subject, VideoAge asked Todd P. Leavitt , an American producer and distributor with a legal background (who has also worked in Canada), to explain it. E & O Insurance: If Unnecessary, It’s Highly Demanded