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Volume 3 Number 10
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This section is devoted to information of specific interest to those working in the fields of TV, Film, and Multimedia. It includes news, tips, publication links, announcements, and other resources that have recently come across the editor's desktop. • On the go? 5 Ways to Reduce Your E-mail Clutter: how to stay organized on the road. By Christopher Elliott is a recent MSN article that provides useful tips on how to manage, not only one's e-mail on the road, but everyday at home or in the office • Short films wanted. Seeking independently produced shorts of 5 minutes or less on VHS, DVD, or 35mm. Send submissions with SASE to: Images Cinema, Box 283, Williamstown MA 01267 OR sandra@imagescinema.org. Images Cinema, a non-profit community movie theater, presents a wide range of independent, foreign and classic films which impact filmmaking and our culture. Images Cinema is dedicated to the exploration of film as an art form, a source of entertainment and an educational tool. • The New York International Film and Video Awards festival is calling for film and video entries. Deadline is July 30, 2004. • The best in TV programming for children has been announced for 2004 at the Prix Jeunesse International in Munich Germany. The annual event was held June 13-19. See Prix Jeunesse web site for more details. • If you have some extra time to devote to volunteer work and devote your production skills to good causes, you might consider online volunteering for the United Nations.Volunteers from all over the world are helping organizations that serve communities in developing countries -- but without leaving their own. Online Volunteers translate documents, write articles, research data, build web sites, mentor young people, design logos, and engage in many other projects to benefit organizations serving people in the developing world. Online volunteers are volunteers without frontiers. To learn more about these programs check out the United Nations Volunteers Programe.
• According to an article by Mike Langberg in the Mercury News, we may start paying hidden tax of $350 on new TV sets. As of July 1, television manufacturers have to add costly digital tuners to some TVs for receiving over-the-air broadcasts of high-definition television, under a mandate from the Federal Communications Commission. Between now and July 1, 2005, half of all TV sets shipped with screens 36 inches or larger must have a digital tuner. The mandate ratchets up next year to half of sets 25 inches or larger. On July 1, 2006, the mandate expands to all sets in the 25-inch or larger category. Read Full Story online. • The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) invites all interested individuals to participate in the First International Audiovisual Festival for Childhood and Adolescence, to be held on August 7-13, 2004 in Havana and Guantanamo Cities, Cuba. The Festival`s co-sponsors are the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, Educational Television, the San Antonio International School of Cinema and Television, New Latin American Film Foundation, UNESCO, PAHO/WHO and UNICEF. • Digital Television: Sharpening the Focus on Children - A Report from Children Now. On June 9th, Children Now hosted "Digital Television: Sharpening the Focus on Children," a panel discussion that explored the public interest obligations of broadcasters in the digital age. The event took place in Washington, D.C., and was co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Psychological Association. Three Federal Communications Commissioners addressed conference attendees and affirmed that the FCC must protect and provide for children in the new digital television environment. Documents related to the event are on line.
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