Video Age International October 2015

MAIN OFFICES 216 EAST 75TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10021 TEL: (212) 288-3933 FAX: (212) 288-3424 WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM WWW.VIDEOAGE.IT P.O. BOX 25282 LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 VIALE ABRUZZI 30 20123 MILAN, ITALY YUKARI MEDIA YMI BLDG. 3-3-4, UCHIHIRANOMACHI CHUO-KU, OSAKA JAPAN TEL: (816) 4790-2222 EDITOR DOM SERAFINI EDITORIAL TEAM SHERIF AWAD (MIDDLE EAST) ISME BENNIE (CANADA) ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) LUCY COHEN BLATTER ILANA ENGELBERG CARLOS GUROVICH LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER SUSAN HORNIK (L.A.) BOB JENKINS (U.K.) AKIKO KOBAYACHI (JAPAN) DAVID SHORT (AFRICA) MARIA ZUPPELLO (BRAZIL) PUBLISHER MONICA GORGHETTO BUSINESS OFFICE LEN FINKEL LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN WEB MANAGER MIKE FAIVRE DESIGN/LAYOUT CARMINE RASPAOLO ILLUSTRATIONS BOB SHOCHET VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUBLISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, MARCH/APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV TRADE MEDIA, INC. © TV TRADE MEDIA INC. 2015. THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S., U.K., AND ALL COUNTRIES SIGNATORY TO THE BERNE CONVENTIO AND THE PAN-AMERICAN CONVENTION. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL, 216 EAST 75TH STREET, SUITE PW, NEW YORK, NY 10021, U.S.A. PURSUANT TO THE U.S. COPYRIGHTS ACT OF 1976, THE RIGHTS OF ALL CONTENT DONE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL VIDEOAGE PUBLICATIONS ARE HELD BY THE PUBLISHER OF VIDEOAGE, WHICH COMMISSIONED THEM Cover Stories Suspense and surprise in movies and TV shows are now also controlled by MBAs, since it was found that those two creative elements are a function of information economics and are mathematical problems. Page 62 Special Report The Future of Television Reached in Ten Steps: 40. Film, TV production finance to follow a predictable pattern 42. Virtual trade shows have merits and time will prove them right 44. The demise of FTA is assured, as is the changing nature of free TV 46. Advertising and ad agencies in search of the critical mass 48. Laser-graphing TV audiences. Rating services will not be counting heads 50. Brands to become expressions of values and ways of living 52. More regulations, stricter rules driven by consumers, not lobbies 54. TVcasters offering “teleaction” in 3D holography but for storage, paper wins 56. Futurist and scientist talks about Internet vulnerabilities 58. Accuracy of far-sighted predictions is 90 percent mental, the other half is physical The future of television reached in ten steps: a futurecast introduction Turkey: Report from a television market that’s cooking up a storm A cool L.A. Screenings with many new hot series; blankets needed to warm-up News/Features 6. World: Greece, France, Ghana, Italy, U.K., U.S., China. Letters 12. Book Review: Hollywood’s best sent to battle 14. Mart Report: Prague II was better than Prague I, but CEE’s economy and regional conflicts were a drag 18. Int’l TV Distribution Hall of Fame: Bruce Gordon 28. The 4K “quad”mire: New higher TV resolution promises better picture with a few caveats 30. MIPCOM Preview: October is harvesting time for int’l showbiz in Cannes 60. Event planner and travel news