Ja n u a r y 2 0 1 1 (Continued on Page 6) German Fare On Sale in Austria The German Screenings took place early last month in a snowcovered Salzburg, Austria. It was hosted by ORF, the country’s public broadcaster, and held at the Sheraton Hotel. According to official figures, there were over 90 buyers from 19 countries. The largest contingents came from France (15 buyers), and Italy and Switzerland with 13 buyers each. VideoAge was the only publication that participated (photo right). The itinerant Screenings are organized annually by a group of five German distribution companies together with the aforementioned ORF. They are: Bavaria Media, Studio Hamburg, Deutsche Welle, United Docs and Telepool. Bavaria Media, Studio Hamburg and United Docs are also grouped under German United Distributors to share marketing costs. Compared to last year, when the fourday event was held in Munich, these latest German Screenings registered an eight percent drop in participants, possibly due to the fact that Salzburg is difficult to reach. The next German Screenings will be held in Berlin, November 27 through December 1, 2011 and organized by German United Distributors. Miami Touched By An Angel Awhole new trio of crimefighting Angels may be taking instructions from Charlie in Miami, Florida in the near future. Disney’s ABC TV network hopes to revive the 1970s hit Charlie’s Angels after CBS’s success in bringing back Hawaii Five-O. Producers plan to film the pilot in Miami between January and March of 2011 to take advantage of the state’s production subsidies, which were recently increased from around $11 million to approximately $50 million a year. Sony Pictures has already applied for Florida film subsidies and met with local production offices. If the series is picked up, it could become the first scripted English series of note to grace Miami since Miami Vice ended its run there 20 years ago. Although Miami is a popular site in the telenovela production industry, Burn Notice, now in its fourth season, is the only noteworthy scripted English series that has returned to South Florida for a second season. The writers from Smallville, a popular series that is coming to a close on the CW network, have signed on to write for Charlie’s Angels. However, to make Charlie’s Angels the next big thing in Miami, network executives will have to be impressed with the pilot, order more episodes and commit to hurricane-susceptible Miami as a viable filming location. Bavaria Media’s Iowanka Sánchez Sprehe, Helge Koehnen, Beate Oeser, Stefanie Fritz Studio Hamburg’s Christiane Wittich with Swiss buyers Stephan Ganz, Doris Bickel from SF
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