VideoAge International November 2018

6 November 2018 World RichardMilnes in the January Hall of Fame L ondon-born TV veteran Richard Milnes is Video- Age ’s International Hall of Fame honoree in the NATPE Miami edition. Milnes is the third Briton to be featured out of 29 TV pioneers from 11 countries. Milnes served two tours of duty with EMI (1972-1978 and 1980-1985). Throughout his 42- year TV career, he also worked for Granada Theatres, United Artists Television, Alliance In- ternational Film Distribution, TIE, ITC, J&M Films, Wein- traub Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Channel 5 Interna- tional, before retiring in 2003 at age 60 and becoming a con- sultant. His list of former bosses re- ads as a who’s who of televi- sion luminaries: Marvin Go- odman (UA), Sir David Stirling (TIE), Mike Dann (CTW), Lord Bernard Delfont (EMI), Roger Gimbel (EMI), Lord Lew Gra- de (ITC), Gary Dartnall (EMI), Jerry Weintraub (WEG), Mi- chael J. Solomon (WB), and David Elstein (Channel 5). Milnes traveled the globe as a TV content distributor, visi- ting Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Africa, the U.S., and “what used to be called the ‘Eastern European Bloc,’” he said. He didn’t ignore smal- ler territories, either, and spent time in Jamaica, Barbados, Tri- nidad & Tobago, and Cuba. His fascinating story is full of intrigue and suspense, and will be recounted in the pages of VideoAge and online in Ja- nuary 2019. tion to foster co-development projects between Canadian and South African producers. MIP Cancun will be taking place at the Moon Palace resort in Mexico at the exact same time as DISCOP, which could present problems for companies whose sales forces aren’t large enough to attend both. But Istanbul’s Calinos Entertainment isn’t one of those. “Our sales representatives in Africa and Latin America will be present in both markets,” said Belinda Wango, Calinos’ sales manager for Africa. When asked if Calinos would be presenting different product at DISCOP than it offered at the recently concluded MIPCOM, Wango replied, “We’re presenting the same catalog of films and series at both markets, but we will have new, very exciting titles for NATPE Miami,” which takes place in early 2019. But for now, Wango’s focus is on DISCOP. In her opinion, the fastest growing territories in Africa are Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania. And, she added, Calinos mainly sells content rights by territory. “Buyers from the African region don’t ask for both English-language and French-language rights,” she said. “Apart from the official languages (English, French, Arabic, and Portuguese), Africa has ethnic languages, so in some cases buyers may ask for local language rights,” she concluded. (Continued from Page 4) A wrong beyond words. The fight to make it right. www.amcstudiosinternational.com AMCStudiosSales@amcnetworks.com PREMIERE SCREENING AT CONTENT LONDON NOVEMBER 29 BASED ON TRUE EVENTS | 8X60 We were given tainted blood. A CBC ORIGINAL PRODUCTION