In rehearsal, Andrew Litton changed the acoustic in Miami’s “tunable” concert hall this week, and the resulting performance left much to be desired. “The question is do we in a nice way stand up to artistic personnel that say they want it a certain way?”
Tag: 11.13.07
FCC Chairman: Let’s Allow Media Companies To Consolidate
The deal for America’s 20 largest cities would allow media companies to own newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same city. “The ‘relatively minor’ rule change would help bolster the newspaper industry by allowing owners in the top markets to buy a TV or radio station, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said.”
Deal Close On Carving Up World’s Airwaves
The 2,600 participants in “the month-long World Radiocommunication Conference, due to wrap up on Friday, were wrapping up a deal sharing out the spectrum used in wireless and satellite signals, a finite resource worth billions of dollars.”
Montreal To Get $120 Million Entertainment District
“The revitalized entertainment district will be known as Le Quartier des Spectacles. The goal is to improve the area that already plays host to a number of prominent events, including the popular Montreal International Jazz Festival and the annual Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.”
First UK Town To Switch Off Analog TV And Go Digital
“Around 25,000 households will need Freeview, satellite, cable or broadband installed in order to watch television. Analogue TV will be switched off in the rest of the UK by the end of 2012.”
Wuthering Heights 1st Edition Sells Big
A rare first edition of Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights has been sold at auction for £114,000 – more than twice the estimated price.
Writers’ Strike Affecting Campaigning For Oscars
While the labor dispute with movie studios and television networks already has disrupted TV schedules, it is starting to affect a less public — but nonetheless critical — part of the Hollywood economy: Academy Awards campaigning.
Hollywood Writers Strike Based On Fear
“Whenever a new technology has arrived, Hollywood has seen it as a grave threat to prosperity, whether it was the coming of talkies, the growth of television or the arrival of the VCR, the greatest gravy train of all, which the studios immediately attempted to sue out of existence. The studios didn’t crumble — they reinvented themselves and continued to prosper.”
Broadway Shutdown Radiates Out
Of the 35 shows on Broadway, all but eight were shut down. The unaffected shows, including the new musical “Young Frankenstein,” by Mel Brooks, have separate contracts with the 3,000-member union. The strike left Times Square markedly less packed with tourists Monday.
Theatre Conference Canceled Due To BWay Strike
The conference of the League of American Theatres and Producers, slated to begin Wednesday in Chicago with an address by Mayor Richard M. Daley, has been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing strike by Broadway stagehands.