EBU FTP ACCESS TO MEETINGS PRESENTATIONS
With regard to the Experts meetings, you can download documents from our FTP server by means of a log-in and password provided by the person in charge of each meeting.
If you do not have the login and password yet, you should receive them soon.
> http://www.eurovisiontvsummit.com/2011/presentations-videos2011/

VIDEO PLAYERS FROM THE COMMON FOCUS DAY & EBUCONNECT
There are 2 players for the Common Focus Day conference where you can consult the clips from the Proud to Present session showing the various television programme genres produced by public broadcasters in 2010 and  have access to the complete guest speakers’ speeches. You will also find 1 player for the EBUconnect Awards 2011 where you can watch the Awards 2011 in the different categories.
Please note that these players are restricted to EBU Members only (through the EBU lounge area) except the CFD speakers player which is public.

• Common Focus speakers player
  > http://www.eurovisiontvsummit.com/2011/cfd2011/
• Common Focus Proud to Present player
  > http://www.eurovisiontvsummit.com/2011/cfd2011-p2p-player/

• EBUconnect  2011 Awards
  > http://www.eurovisiontvsummit.com/2011/ebuconnect-awards-2011-player

The European Broadcasting Union’s EBUconnect Awards were today presented to public service broadcasters for their winning creative works over the past 12 months in the fields of TV promotions, marketing and design.

All EBU Members are eligible to enter the EBUconnect Awards, and this year the EBU received an unprecedented 350 entries from 24 countries. After an initial selection process, shortlisted promotional pieces were screened at the EBUconnect conference, where 160 participants voted in nine categories.

Donna Byrne (RTÉ), Chairwoman of EBUconnect 2011, comments, “The response to this year’s awards was outstanding and the quality of entries was really impressive. I’m delighted to say that world-class creativity was justly rewarded in all nine fiercely contested categories. My sincere congratulations go to all who took home an EBUconnect Award.”

EBUconnect is a two-day conference that showcases innovation and excellence in on-screen promotion, branding, marketing, media planning and design. The conference’s popularity has grown every year on year, and this year EBUconnect was full to capacity. EBUconnect is held during the Eurovision TV Summit*, the foremost industry event for public service broadcasters.

This year’s EBUconnect Award winners are:

Best Sports Promo:
Gold: Stockholm Open, SVT (Sweden)
Silver: WM Südafrica, ZDF (Germany)

Best Documentary, News or Current Affairs Promo:
Gold: My life as a lookalike, France 5 (France)
Silver: French Hostage held in Afghanistan, France Télévisions (France)

Best Comedy, Reality or Entertainment Promo:
Gold: International Chopin piano competition, TVP Kultur (Poland)
Silver: Biggest loser, TV4 (Sweden)

Best Movie or Drama Promo:
Gold: Mafia teaser, France (France Télévisions)
Silver: Irene Huss, WDR (Germany)

Best Children’s/Young People’s Promo:
Gold: My new family, MDR (Germany)
Silver: Children’s channel promo, SVT (Sweden)

Best Use of Audio:
Gold: Soul of Music, YLE (Finland)
Silver: Soraya, ARD Einsfestival (Germany)

Best Channel Branding:
Gold: Agriculture, Chic, Flexibility, Roots, NDR (Germany)
Silver: Zulu on air identity, TV2 (Denmark)

Best Multimedia Campaign:
Gold: Sixties clips, Arte (France)
Silver: Die Deutschen II, ZDF (Germany)

Best Design Package:
Gold: Sixties Campaign, Arte (France)
Silver: New Design Package, Arte (France)

Opening speaker of the Common Focus day was internationally acclaimed teenage author and voice of youth, Adora Svitak, 13, who provided an insight into what younger audiences want from TV programming. Several speakers addressed Social TV and Interactive TV, and encouraged public broadcasters to create content that could be used to this end.

Organizer of the day Nicoletta Iacobacci, EBU Head of Multiplatform, commented:
“The ‘lean-back’ experience of watching television is being transformed into a ‘lean-forward’, experience expected by audiences, and public service media will provide it all.”

The “Proud to Present” sessions integrated throughout the day showcased the best in public service programming from the past year.

Those chosen were as follows:

Children: The Little Boy and the Beast (ZDF, Germany)

Intercultural: Lukaku’s School (VRT, Belgium)

Documentary: Position of the Stars (NPO, The Netherlands)

Entertainment: Our Stars for Oslo (NDR, Germany)

Education: Sex on the Map (UR, Sweden)

Fiction: Five Daughters (BBC, UK)

Multiplatform: In Therapie – A Social Media Experience (NPO, The Netherlands)

Branding: This Time for Africa (BBC/SRF/ZDF)

Music & Dance: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing the New York Concert and Schönbrunn Concert (ORF, Austria)

Format: The Farmer (DR, Denmark)

Science: Journey to the Core of Life (SWR/WDR/UR)

Jean Philip De Tender, Channel Manager from Belgian public broadcaster VRT, presented the acclaimed intercultural programme “Lukaku’s School”, a gritty, hard-hitting series about young people growing up in troubled areas of a big city and in the melting pot of a multicultural school.

De Tender says: “This series was a big success on primetime television, and particularly appealed to younger audiences, with viewing figures reaching 25%. We need to put programmes about diversity on primetime television in Europe. This series proves that it does work.”

Gerard Timmer, Chief Editor and Presenter at IKON, Dutch public broadcaster NPO’s educational channel, presented the international award-winning series “Position of the Stars”. A single shot style was used to film the trilogy, which documents the development of Indonesia between 1998 and the present. The technique involves recording scenes from different angles in one movement, without editing.

Gerard Timmer explains “This series has been aired all over Europe, Asia and America. Its success can be attributed to the pure, natural authentic stories which are captured in a single shot.”

Click here to access the photo gallery of the Common Focus Day

To find out more about who has registered  please click here (.PDF) and you can view all the participants, their organisations and where they are coming from.

Eurovision Science & Education Experts including language producers
(Bureau and part of the programme group)

Charlotte Sifuert (UR, Sweden), Else Bro Thuestad (DR, Denmark), Banu Atay (TRT, Turkey),
Walter Sucher (ARD/SWR, Germany), Ann Julienne (FT, France), Bert Groenewood (NTR, The Netherlands),
Markus Nikel (RAI Educational, Italy), Ricardo Tomé (RTP, Portugal)

Eurovision Fiction Experts
(Bureau and programme group)

Nicole Jeanrenaud (EBU, Switzerland), Marina Blok (NTR, The Netherlands), Alberto Chollet (RTS, Switzerland), Jean-François Luccioni (FT, France), Maria Ribeiro (RTP, Portugal), Meltem Tumturk-Akyol (TRT, Turkey),
Liselott Forsman (YLE, Finland), Brigitte Dithard (SWR, Germany), Tone Ronning (NRK, Norway), Bettina Brinkmann (EBU, Switzerland)

Eurovision Children & Youth Experts
(Bureau)

Jan-Willem Bult (KRO, The Netherlands), Teresa Paxao (RTP, Portugal),
Julien Borde (FT, France), Sevilay Koray-Bozdemir (TRT, Turkey)

A simple show of hands meant sole candidate Ruurd Bierman was re-elected for his second term that will run for two years.  He was voted by more than two thirds of the majority.  The other 12 Committee places, including  three vice chairmanships, were also filled.

Accepting the appointment, Ruurd Bierman  said “Public Service Broadcasters have an important role to play in an increasingly fragmented society. If we are willing to adapt to the challenges of the digital world, I am sure we will fulfil our role with commitment and success.”

The new Committee will now be composed of:

Chairman:  Ruurd Bierman, NPO (The Netherlands)

Vice Chairpersons: Riitta Pihlajamäki, YLE (Finland)

Jean Philip De Tender, VRT (Belgium)

Steve Carson, RTE (Ireland)

Committee: Sylvie Faiderbe, MFP (France)

Christian Blankenburg, ARD (Germany)

Fatima El Moumen, SNRT (Morocco)

Arne Helsingen, NRK (Norway)

Kate Phillips, BBC (UK)

Maria Nadolna, TVP (Poland)

Antonio Ribeiro, RTP (Portugal)

Ekaterina Orlova, RTR (Russian Federation)

Federico Llano, TVE (Spain)

As well as presenting Eurovision TV achievements in 2010 and goals for 2011, EBU’s TV Director a.i. Jørgen Franck presented Eurovision TV’s 10 core projects including the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, taking place next week, and the subsequent Eurovision Young Dancers that will take place in Oslo on 24 June.

Anthony Rose, former Chief Technology Officer of YouView, also provided an inspiring keynote speech on ‘Public Service TV 2020′ highlighting how broadcasters should reinvent their TV channels into media services.

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Press contact:

Karen Mazzoli, EBU Media Officer, Tel: +41 22 717 2415, Mobile: +41 79 752 4549, mazzoli@ebu.ch

Note to Editors:

About the EBU

The EBU serves 85 national media organizations in 56 countries in and around Europe. It represents its Members and promotes the values and distinctiveness of public service media in Europe and around the world. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU Members and other media organizations. Services to Members range from legal advice, technical standardization and development to coproduction and exchange of quality European content. For more information about the EBU: www.ebu.ch

SO DON’T DELAY, REGISTER NOW ! ETS 2011 – Online Registration Form

The Children’s Drama Series, “Lost”,  is a unique opportunity to reach millions of children all over the world. The stories feature children actively overcoming many challenges and are made in a variety of genres, from action adventure to comedy and fantasy. Participation in this coproduction means a broadcaster produces a single 15-minute film, and then in exchange can receive the whole series with films from countries as diverse as The Netherlands, Japan and Egypt. Films are made to high professional standards and have won many international film awards. Beryl Richards, the series Executive Producer will introduce the “Lost” series. After each film coproducers will have the opportunity to discuss the content and at the end of the day select the ones they chose for broadcast.

“Enjoy the new series; meet the filmmakers who shot the films and the executive producer who leads the work. Be inspired and share your views”.

Eurovision Children’s Drama Series “Lost” opportunity to reach millions of children worldwide
(Beryl Richards, ITW ETS 2010)

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Greg Childs will kick off the meeting with a talk on “Children’s Channels in a Changing Media Landscape” which will be followed by case studies from 8 children’s channels.

All speakers are now confirmed for the morning session focusing on 10 dedicated European Children’s channels.

Find out about their broadcast schedules, branding strategies, crossmedia elements, main competitors, what their key programmes are as well as the  challenges they face while addressing particular age-ranges!

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Prior to the lunch break, Damien Ottet/7 Street Productions will tell us everything about the exciting children & family Entertainment format he produced: the Magic Circus Show! Over 40 children aged 7–14, selected in a rigorous selection procedure in their home countries, came to Geneva to perform acts reflecting the rich and diverse circus traditions of Europe under one big top. This will be the opportunity to find out about the casting sessions, the production of the show, the logistics involved and the exciting backstage atmosphere.

The afternoon will be dedicated to formats and how some of the children’s programmes formats have travelled across Europe and the World.  The first presentation will be a case study on the very successful Dutch fiction series ‘Spanges’ and how this was adapted on SF, followed by a presentation on “House of Anubis”, a Belgian format which has travelled to the US. Finally an analysis of the UK gameshow “Escape from Scorpion Island”.

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