Europrix Newsletter – March 2004

1. Creativity meets markets
Top Talent Pavillon @ MILIA and MIPTV 2004
29 March – 2 April 2004

2. Why paying for content?
Download the answer for free!
New ACTeN e-Content report on “PAID CONTENT”

3. eGlobal Conference hosts the best in e-content and creativity
WSA Road Show Kick-off in Finland
March 22 - 24, Tampere/Finland

4. New horizons for iTV
X-Melina Workshop on cross-media
March 12 - 15, Salzburg/Austria

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1. Creativity meets markets

Top Talent Pavillon @ MILIA 2004
29 March – 2 April 2004

How to separate the wheat from the chaff in multimedia? Where are new ideas and creative innovations? How to gain an overview on what’s hot and new in Europe’s young multimedia sector?

Come and find out at the EUROPRIX Top Talent Pavillon at this year’s MILIA+MIPTV, the leading global forum for the interactive industries. Over 1400 leaders from 48 countries are expected to meet in Cannes for 4 days full of intensive business and networking.

Beside an exhibition of the winning TTA Projects 2003 one highlight at MILIA will be a thrilling pitching session. 5 Top Talent Teams will compete to convince confessed business executives such as Juha Kaario, Research Manager at Nokia Research Center (FI) of the potential of their projects.

Perhaps a spring-board to higher fame for some of them? Check it out yourself in Cannes!

Find more on the EUROPRIX Top Talent Award: www.toptalent.europrix.org

More information on MILIA: www.milia.com

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2. Why paying for content?

Download the answer for free!
New ACTeN e-Content report on “PAID CONTENT”

Charging fees for high quality content is getting back to the agenda of content providers worldwide. Find out why and download “Paid Content”, the second e-content report from ACTeN written by Jak Boumans. This report investigates major commercial and technological issues about paid content, especially concerning the Web and mobile devices.

“Paid Content” provides deep insight in the development of the content sector and describes the different business models for music, online news, magazines, games and movies. It looks back into the past and shows how the internet culture has developed its resistance to paid content and what today’s industry can learn from that.

Do you want to find out more?

Download the full e-content report:
www.acten.net/cgi-bin/WebGUI/www/index.pl/paid_content

Inform yourself on the various activities of ACTeN: www.acten.net

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3. eGlobal conference hosts the best in e-content and creativity

WSA Road Show Kick-off in Finland
March 22 - 24, Tampere/Finland

The World Summit Award starts its roadshow to showcase the world’s best e-contents from 2003 around the globe. First stop is this year’s eGlobal Conference in Finland, meeting place for decision makers and those who are interested in the latest developments of the Information Society.

The conference will bring together individuals of different backgrounds - policy makers, academics, people from business and industry, ICT users and representatives of governmental agencies to discuss prospects and opportunities of ICTs for the European society. Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society and Peter A. Bruck, Chairman of the World Summit Award will give the opening statements.

Register for the eGlobal conference and check the conference programme at: www.eglobalconf.net

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4. New horizons for iTV

X-Melina Workshop on cross-media
March 12 - 15, Salzburg/Austria

How far can we go with interactive television? What should broadcasters expect in a multi-medial environment? Which new formats will bring interactive television? Get an answer and take a look into the future of cross-media at the 3rd international X-Melina workshop, where broadcasting & convergence will take center stage.

Amongst others, speakers such as Peter Geier, Head of iTV Faculty at the University of Applied Science Salzburg, A and Gregory Ferrell Lowe, director of programme development in the Finnish broadcasting company YLE will introduce the content, the management and the technology of convergence.

Meet them and multimedia producers from all quarters at X-Melina in Salzburg, March 12 – 15.

Register with Ms. Jana Egger (egger@icnm.net) A few places are still available!

More information: www.xmelina.com