The stars of “Lola” (leftto right): LyndaLacoste, HubertBesson (ExecutiveProducer), DelphineChanéac, BlandineBury, AlexandraStewart, Jenny DelPino, Jean-FrançoisBoyer (President ofTelfrance), andSéverine Ferrer.

European Premier

RUDY – THE RUDY GIULIANI STORYStarring James Woods as Rudy

European Premier

DRAGNETStarring Ed O’Neil and Ethan Embry

World Premier

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSESStarring Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett,

Nastassja Kinski, Daniéle Darrieux, LeleeSobieski, Tedi Papavrami, Francoise Brion,

Jean-Luc Azoulay

European Premier

LOLA, QUI ES-TU LOLA?Starring Blandine Bury, Alexandra Stewart,

Linda Lacoste, Severine Ferrer, Cyril Mourali,Delphine Chaneac, Jean-Fracois Palaccio and

Hicham Nazzal

The team of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” (left to right): Josée Dayan, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt,Catherine Deneuve, Tedi Papavrami and Leelee Sobieski

The actors of “Sous le soleil” (left to right): David Brécourt, Shirley Bousquet, Adeline Blondieau,Bénédicte Delmas and Frédéric Deban

Madame de Merteuil – ValmontDangereusement vôtre

THE ACTORS OF ”24“ (clockwise from left): Taking the day off – the stars of 24,Sarah Clarke and Xander Berkeley, Penny Johnson-Jerald and Dennis Haysbert,Elisha Cuthber

Brande Broderick enjoying some time off from Baywatch

Marthe Villalonga

Karine Belly and Martin Lamotte

H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert, Frédérique d’Aragon and Ted Turner

Dame Helen Mirren

Romina Mondello with her husband

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL John McCookand Jennifer Finnighan

Producer Norbert Saada

Yves Boisset and Pierre-Yves Donnadieu Arriving as couples Francois-Eric Gendron… … and Michael Madsen

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Kristin Kreuk star of Smallville and Superman’slittle helper Lang Lang

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Palmarès du 43ème Festival de Télévision de Monte-CarloThe Awards Ceremony of the 43rd Monte Carlo Television Festival was held on the evening of Saturday 5th July 2003 in the magnificent

Salle des Princes in the Grimaldi Forum. A total of 26 Gold Nymph Awards were presented for programmes in the competition, as well as 11 special awards from a variety of organisations. Highlights of the ceremony were caught by The Review…

FictionTelevision Films Jury Members: Markan Akkawi (Director and Producer, Greece), Anne Reid (Actress, UK), KevinReynolds – President of the Jury (Director, US),Valentina Sauca (Actress, Germany), and Jean-LucSeigle (Scriptwriter, France).

Best Television Film: Out of Control (British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC1, UK)

Best Script: Pierre Colin-Thibert and Jean-Claude Islert for Une Ferrari pourDeux (TF1 and PM Films, France)

Best Direction: Krisztina Deak for Jadviga’s Pillow (Jadviga Parnaja) (MTV,Hungarian Television, Hungary)

Best Performance Götz George in The Lawyer and his Guest (Der Anwalt und by an Actor: sein Gast) (Südwestrundfunk, Germany)

Best Performance Marthe Villalonga in Nés de la mère du monde (Born of the by an Actress: Mother of the World) (Cipango, France)

Mini-Series Jury Members: Micheline Lanctôt – President of the Jury (Author, Actress, Director and Producer,Canada), Romina Mondello (Actress, Italy),Wayne Powers (Scriptwriter, Director and Producer,US), Sheamus Smith (Former National Film Censor, Ireland), and Kunio Yoshikawa (Head of FictionProgrammes, Japan).

Best Mini-Series: White Teeth (Company Pictures, UK)

Best Script: Dan Frank for Jean Moulin (Scarlett, France)

Best Direction: Beeban Kidron for Murder (British BroadcastingCorporation/BBC2, UK)

Best Performance Thomas Sangster in Entrusted (Le Sabre, France/Grundy Italia,by an Actor: Italy/Simply Committed, France)

Best Performance Naomie Harris in White Teeth (Company Pictures, UK) by an Actress:

News Jury Members: Antonio Bruni – Vice-President of the Jury (Head of International Events,RAI, Italy), Henri Chambon (Editor-in-Chief,TF1, France), Manuel Corral (Deputy Director,Director’s Office,TVE, Spain), Matthias Fornoff (Managing Editor, ZDF, Germany), Oli Grueva –Vice-President of the Jury (Director, International Relations Dept., BNT, Bulgaria), Cynthia Kinch(Director of Programming for CBC News, CBC, Canada),Thomas Lundkvist (News & CurrentIssues, SVT, Sweden), Bill McClure (60 minutes (London), CBS News, US), Nigel Pritchard (Vice-President Public Relations, CNN International Networks, US), Vin Ray (Deputy Head ofNewsgathering, BBC, UK), Duncan Rycroft (Head of Regional Programmes, Carlton Television,UK), Andrew Tilley – President of the Jury (Head of Business Development, Sky News, UK),Philippe Visseyrias (International Journalist, France 2, France), and Shuichiro Yamazaki (SeniorProducer, News Department, NHK, Japan).

Short News Best News: Guinea Refugees: Sex for Food (CNN, UK) Programme

Best News Iraq War (British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC1, UK)Programme:

Current Affairs Best Current Affairs Hugo Chavez – Inside the Coup (Hugo Chavez – einProgramme: Staatsstreich von Innen) (ZDF, Germany)

Best Current Affairs Back to Bagdad (Tilbage til Bagdad) (Danish Broadcasting Programme: Corporation DR/Danish Television, Denmark)

24-hour News Best 24-hour News Iraq War (British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC News 24, UK)Programme:

Producer Award for TV Series Jury Members: Tony Charles (Producer and Executive Producer, UK), Agneta Fagerström(Director, Scriptwriter and Producer, Sweden), Denise Filiatrault (Actress, Director and Writer,Canada), François-Eric Gendron (Actor, France), and Marshall Herskovitz – President of the Jury(Author, Producer and Director, US).

Comedy Category Outstanding Producer Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Robert B.Weide, and Tim Gibbons forof the Year: Curb your Enthusiasm

Outstanding European Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni for BarbaraProducer of the Year:

Outstanding Actor Larry Davidof the Year:

Outstanding Actress Marina Orsiniof the Year:

Members of the Fiction Jury (TV Films and Mini-Series). From left to right: Romina Mondello, Jean-LucSeigle,Valentina Sauca,Wayne Powers, Kevin Reynolds, H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert, Micheline Lanctôt,Marwan Akkawi, Anne Reid, Sheamus Smith, and Kunio Yoshikawa.

Tamzin Outhwaite (leading actress) and DominicSavage (director) collecting the Gold Nymph forOut of Control, which won two prizes – BestTelevision Film and the SIGNIS prize for Fiction.

Kristin Kruek presenting Thomas Sangster his awardfor Best Performance by an Actor in Entrusted.

The BBC coverage of the Iraq War won thecorporation two Gold Nymphs for Best NewsProgramme and Best 24-hour News Programme.

Smiles all around for producer Tim Gibbons –picking up his prize for Outstanding Producer ofthe Year (Comedy Category) for Curb yourEnthusiasm. Presenting the award were DonaldDiamond and Douglas Davidson form The Youngand the Restless.

Micheline Lanctôt presents two Gold Nymphs toCharlie Pattinson (MD of Company Pictures) forWhite Teeth (Best Mini-Series and Performance byan Actress – Naomie Harris).

Antonio Bruni congratulates Kim Bartley(journalist) and Olaf Grunert (ZDF) for HugoChavez – Inside the Coup (Best Current Affairsprogramme).

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Friedrich Wildfeuer and Ulrike Liebfried receivingthe award for Outstanding European Producer ofthe Year for Abschnitt 40. Maurice Frydland presents Sally Head the Gold

Nymph for European Television Producer Award.Sally Head Productions (UK) won the award inrecognition for the outstanding quality of theirproductions during the last two years.

Anouchka Ban (Endemol International), collecting aGold Nymph for Big Brother, which won TheInternational Format of the Year Award. Presentingthe award was Michel Rodrigue, President andCEO of Distraction Formats and deputy chairmanof FRAPA.

Thomas Lundkvist (SVT – Swedish Television) receivingThe Special Prize of HSH Prince Rainier III for BlackSea – Troubled Waters.

Les petits soldats de l’armée russe – winner of theSIGNIS prize for Best News Programme.

Pour une poignée de roupies (TF1 – France).Winner of both the Monaco Red Cross Prizeand an AMADE prize In the News Programmecategory.

Giselle Portenier (producer) and John McGhie(reporter) receiving their prize from theInternational Committee of the Red Cross forCorrespondent: Kenya:White Terror.

The URTI jury at the URTI receptionin the Hotel de Paris. From left toright: Jean-Marie Cavada (President ofRadio France, President of URTI),Jean-Marie Pelt (President of theURTI Jury), Laurent Wasteels, Consulof Belgium in Monaco receiving theURTI Prize Trophée Arman on behalfof the winner Roger Beeckmans,Jean-Luc Maertens (Secretary Generalof URTI),Vladimir Gaï (Member ofthe URTI Jury), and Roland Faure(Honorary President of URTI).

Drama CategoryOutstanding Producer Brian Grazer,Tony Krantz, Howard Gordon, Robert of the Year: Cochran, Joel Surnow, and Sirus Yavneh for 24

Outstanding European Marc Conrad and Friedrich Wildfeuer for Abschnitt 40Producer of the Year:

Outstanding Actor of Kiefer Sutherland the Year:

Outstanding Actress Allison Janneyof the Year:

European Television Producer Award Jury Members:Tom Cotter (Producer and Director, UK), Søren Frellesen (Screenwriter and Director,Denmark), Maurice Frydland – President of the Jury (Director and Scriptwriter, France), MaciejKarpinski (Novelist and Scriptwriter, Poland), Francesco Scardamaglia (Scriptwriter and Producer, Italy).

This Prize was awarded to Sally Head Production (UK) for its outstandingfiction productions during the last two years.

FormatsThe International Big Brother (Endemol International,The Netherlands)Format of the With Special Mention for: Who wants to be a Millionaire?Year Award: (Celador, UK)

The International The Price is Right (FremantleMedia, UK)Format MasterpieceAward:

Special PrizesThe Special Prize of H.S.H. Prince Rainier IIIAwarded to the programme that best deals with nature conservation, the protection ofthreatened fauna and flora, and the fight against pollution. Awarded to: Uppfrag Granskning:Hotet Från Oljan (Black Sea – Troubled Waters) (SVT/ Sveriges Television, Sweden)

The Monaco Red Cross Prize Awarded to a news programme that demonstrates at least one of the ideals of the Red Cross:humanity, impartiality, independence, neutrality, charity, unity and universality. Awarded to:Pour une poignée de roupies (For a Handful of Rupees) (TF1, France)

Prize of the Red Cross International Committee Created this year to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the creation of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross.The prize is awarded to a report or documentary thatpromotes the principles of international law. Awarded to: Correspondent: Kenya:White Terror(British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC2, UK)

The AMADE Prize (The World Association of Children’s Friends) Awarded under the patronage of UNESCO, this prize is given to a programme of excellencewhich echoes both the ideals of UNESCO and AMADE.

Fiction Programme: A Brother for Life (Dakishimetai) (NHK/Japan BroadcastingCorporation, Japan)

News Programme: Pour une poignée de roupies (For a Handful of Rupees) (TF1, France)

The SIGNIS PrizeTwo SIGNIS Doves were awarded to the best fiction programme and best news programme insupport of quality television productions that highlight human and spiritual values.

Fiction Programme: Out of Control (British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC1) (UK)

News Programme: Les petits soldats de l’armée russe (Little Russian Soldiers)(Noon, France)

URTI PrizeThe International Grand Prix for DocumentariesAwarded by the International Radio and Television University for documentaries that deal withsocial problems in the fields of art and culture.

Trophée Arman:Le leçon de tolerance Director: Roger Beeckmans (RTBB, Belgium)

Médaille D’Argent:S21, la machine de mort Kmère rouge Director: Rithy Panh (UNESCO)

Médaille De Bronze:Et les arbres possent en Kabylie Director: Djamila Sahraoui (ARTE, FRANCE)

Mention Spéciale:L’Odyssée de l’espèce Director: Jacques Malaterre (France 3, France)

Awards presented at the 43rd Monte Carlo Television Festival

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FORMATS FORUM200 delegates from 36 countries attend 1st edition of the Formats Forum

DAY 1

THE AD MENCOMMETH…THE MONTE Carlo Format Forums kicked offwith a panel entitled Commercial Realities:Reality Commercials Versus A CommercialsReality, chaired by Ed Waller of C21.Waller threw open the debate by stating thatone of most widely accepted realities of realityTV is, in fact, a myth. “It isn’t true that realityformats are cheap to produce,” he said. “Itcosts a lot of money to get that home-made,camcorder look.”The following discussion looked at howAdvertiser Funded Programming (AFP) haschanged in the course of the last 20 years.

“The beginning of AFP was most usually afinancing model, in which the advertiser wouldcontrol the license of a show and then barter inorder to lower the cost of advertising space,”said Chris Bonney, chief operating officer ofECM. “But there was no direct associationbetween a given product and the show.”As broadcasters became more financiallyindependent, the attractiveness of this modelfaded. “The current situation is that broad-

casters are looking to advertisers to add valueto their programming,” Bonney added.It is no surprise that the US is approximately 15years ahead of other countries in terms of AFP.“In the Forties and Fifties, most US shows werefunded by advertisers,” said Robert Reisenberg,executive vice-president of Magna GlobalEntertainment (MGE). “In the era of TiVo andaudience fragmentation, it is getting easier tocreate AFP programming. Advertisers knowthat they have to be proactive in order to gettheir message across.”MGE is currently producing The Restaurant,funded by Amex, Mitsubishi and Coors, plus twoJohnson & Johnson-funded TV movies per year.French program-makers, however, face muchstricter controls. “In the Big Brother-style realityshow Nice People, participants are not allowedto mention brands by name and even t-shirtsbearing brands are banned,” said VirginiaMouseler, CEO of The WIT. “On the other hand,TF1 has been successful with daytime ‘call TV’programming, which is a mixture of simplequizzes and home-shopping spots.”

Moderator: Ed Waller, C21 Media (UK)

Speakers: Chris Bonney, ECM (UK), PeterChristiansen, Zeal Television (UK), JacobHoulind, MTV International (Denmark), VirginiaMouseler, The WIT (France), Robert Reisenberg,Magna Global Entertainment (US), and MarkRowland, The Television Corporation (UK).

“PEOPLE have been talking about thearrival of interactivity for years, but I think it’sfair to say that it is now really here andhappening,” said TBI’s Dominic Schreiber,opening Wednesday afternoon’s conference,On The Button – Developing The NextGeneration Of Interactive Formats. Thesession was chaired jointly by Schreiberand Distraction Formats’ Michel Rodrigue.The core issue of the conference wasspelled out by Ashley Smith, seniorresearch analyst at Van Dusseldorp &Partners. “Transforming a weekly show intoa 24-7 total entertainment brand withmultiple revenue streams is the ideal,” Smithsaid. “The reality is that true multi-platformshows now exist. But the interactive mindsetcan still be encouraged in the TV audiencethrough increased numbers of primetimeevents that have interactive elements.”Smith reported that the BBC now airsaround 60 shows a month with aninteractive element. RTL in Germany haseight interactive TV magazines a day,

while the UK’s Channel 4 currently has 15interactive shows.Granada’s director of international prod-uction and entertainment, Paul Jackson,likened the current state of interactivity tothe famous quote by the English poetPhillip Larkin: “Larkin said that the Sixtiesgeneration believed it had invented sex.We mustn’t forget that interactivity hasbeen around for at least 40 years. But it’salso true that it has come a long way inthe last 15 years. Big Brother was a majorbreakthrough because the interactivityposed a very simple question: who do you want to win? But the most importantthing to remember is that interactivity hasto be grown out of a show organically. It’s not something you can just bolt on to a programme.”Co-Moderators: Michel Rodrigue, DistractionFormats (Canada) and Dominic Schreiber, TBI (UK) Speakers: Lars Becker, Flytxt (UK), RobertChua, Robert Chua Productions (HongKong), Angus Cormie, O2 (UK), John Curtis,Red Fig (UK), Paul Jackson, Granada (UK),Trygve Ronningen, CeeTV (Norway), and

Ashley Smith, Van Dusseldorp &Partners (TheNetherlands)

Interactive people: the panel at the On TheButton conference

Granada’s PaulJackson:“Interactivity isn’tsomething you canjust bolt onto aprogramme”

The WIT’s VirginiaMouseler

ECM’s Chris Bonney

LIGHTS, CAMERA, INTERACTION

Panelists debate Commercial Realities

COPYRIGHTS AND WRONGS“LOOKING to define what a format is implies that there is some sort of universal meaning, but there isnot,” said FRAPA managing director Christoph Fey in his opening remarks at Defining Moment – AndJust What Exactly Is A Format? “Ultimately, the thing that sells a format is know-how. Without that, no-one will buy your show.”

Conference moderator Mirko Whitfield of TvFormats pointed out another fundamental truth of the format copyright conundrum: “What we are dealing with here is ideas – and ideas cannotbe copyrighted.”

There are, however, plenty of options when it comes to protecting a show. “While it’s true that realityformats in particular lack distinctive elements, there are many ways to make life difficult for people whosteal an idea,” said Adrian Woolfe, Celador International’s managing director. “In Who Wants To Be AMillionaire?, the basics are 15 questions, a £1m prize and three lifelines. But we also added copyright–ableelements, such as the lozenges in the background, the set design, the music and the money tree.”

Protecting a format remains problematic, however. “The fact that it is very difficult to pin down exactlywhat a format is means that it is also difficult to frame effective legislation,” said John McLellan, a partnerat Haldanes. “Laws that are successful are based on confidentiality in the initial stages of the develop-ment of a format. But extending that protection beyond the initial stages is very hard.”

Global communications have also exacerbated the problem of similar ideas cropping up in different countriesand companies. “The existance of what we call ‘zeitgeist’ means that it is inevitable that people will have ideasthat resemble or are the same as other people’s,” said Peter Van den bussche, senior licensing manager atEndemol International. “The only way to protect a format is, like Adrian said, to make sure that there are anumber of easily copyrightable elements.”

A SLICE OF THE AMERICAN PIE

“THERE has been aglobal revolution inhow the TV industryworks in the last fouryears,” said TonyCohen , CEO o fFremantleMedia, in hisopening presentationat Showtime! TheReality Of SellingFormats In The USMarket. “There are no more culturalexceptions,” he added.

“The big format shows are must-have itemsfor broadcasters everywhere. And, of course,anciliary rights income has grown hugely.”Perhaps the most significant factor underlyingthe current status of formats is that the US hasgone from being a major source of hit formatsto being a major consumer of showsdeveloped mainly in Europe. “From the Fiftiesright up to the end of the Eighties, US formats

dominated,” Cohen said. “Until recently,Temptation Island was the only modern USformat that travelled. But in the last six months,shows like Bachelor and Joe Millionaire wouldseem to indicate that this is changing.” The burning issue for any non-US producer is,quite naturally, how best to sell to the Americannetworks. “It’s very important to have somesort of relationship with the networks, andagencies like William Morris can be very helpfulin this area,” said Phil Gurin, managing directorof The Gurin Company. “But the proven abilityto produce a show is as important as thequality of the idea.”“It can be very helpful for small companies tohave an agent,” added Andrea Wong, seniorvice-president of alternative series and specialsat ABC Entertainment.“But we try to see as many proposals aspossible. It must be said, though, that weprefer to see a tape rather than paper. In anycase, I usually know within 30 seconds if aproposal is interesting or not.”Caroline Beaton, joint managing director ofAction Time, believes that content andexecution carry equal weight: “It’s important torecognise that any decisions about how best to

Prof Dr MiriamMeckel

Variety UK’sDebra

Johnson

IT’S GOOD TOTALK...THE SECOND day of the Monte Carlo FormatsForum began with a panel discussion inves-tigating the complex situation of copyrightprotection and how it relates to formats. This theme was carried over to the afternoonsession, when Prof Dr Miriam Meckel,permanent secretary for Europe, internationalaffairs and media for North Rhine-Westphalia,delivered a keynote address entitled: Can A Format Be Owned? Economic,Political And Legal Remarks On FormatCreation And Trade.Rounding off the day’s proceedings, VarietyUK’s Debra Johnson moderated a sessioninvestigating the risks confronting Europeanproducers eyeing up the US market.

Moderator: Mirko Whitfield, TvFormats (UK) Speakers: Peter Van den bussche, EndemolInternational (Netherlands), Christoph Fey, FRAPA(Germany), John McLellan, Haldanes (HongKong), and Adrian Woolfe, Celador (UK).

ABC Entertainment’sAndrea Wong

Haldanes’ JohnMcLellan

Celador’s AdrianWoolfe

“To put the size of the US TV audience inperspective, Survivor drew13 million viewers in theUK and 52 million in theUS, while the secondseries of American Idoldrew an astonishing 240million phone votes.”

Tony Cohen, CEO,FreemantleMedia (UK)

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sell a format should be led by the content, butthe execution is also utterly crucial.”

Moderator: Debra Johnson, Variety (UK)Speakers: Caroline Beaton, Action Time (UK),Tony Cohen, FremantleMedia (UK), JonathanGlazier, Fox World (UK), Phil Gurin, The GurinCompany (US), and Andrea Wong, ABCEntertainment (US)

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DAY 3

GETTING REAL INTHE US“THE MAIN difference between UK and UStelevision is that the UK has a tradition offactual programmes and docu-soaps onprimetime TV,” said Stephen Lambert, directorof programmes at RDF Media, at the UnitedTalent Agency-sponsored conference entitledA Foot In The Door... The Second GenerationOf US Reality TV.“Documentaries that feature real people, suchas Airport or Airline are popular, but there is theenduring problem of finding a guaranteednarrative drive,” Lambert added. A glance at US programme schedules revealsanother key difference: the large number ofshows that rely on spectacular environments.“Up to now, there have been a lot of fantasyshows on the US networks, but there areseveral upcoming series, such as Restaurant,The Real Roseanne and Banzai, that we arekeeping an eye on to see if they can come upwith a relatable ending to the episodes andkeep their audience,” said Duncan Gray, vice-president of alternative programming atABC Entertainment. “Extreme Makeover has managed that with theemotional pay-off of the person displaying theirnew look in front of their friends and family. Theshow is also interesting in that it is not aboutwinning or money.”

24: DAY 2 – BEHIND THE SCENESThe cast of 24 gives their perspective on the hit 20th Centuary Fox series, which debuts in France on Canal+ later this year.

“The fact the series is in real time demandsa different narrative technique. You have tofind key moments to be mined by the actors,the cameramen and the director… Beingable to leave each episode as a cliffhangerhas definitely worked with the viewers.”Howard Gordon – Executive Producer.

“I knew I was a senator who was about tobecome president and I knew that I hadsome sort of secret. But I had nothing elseto play from so I had to pretend that I hadthe darkest, dirtiest secret in the world. Nowthat was acting!”Dennis Haysbert – President Palmer.

“My character is not bad, she’s mis-understood. The ground moves fromunder her and she will do anything to gether man back. You know what it says inthe bible: hell hath no fury like a womanscorned.”Penny Johnson Jerald – Sherry Palmer

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E! Networks’ Mindy Herman:looking to the UK

Crime & Punishments’ Bill Gutentag: high values

ABC Entertainment’s DuncanGray: emotional pay-offs

United Talent Agency’sChris Coelen

World Screen News’Anna Carugati

“A Monte Carlo award issignificant in the industry –and it has been for 40-odd years. So, it’s justifiedthat an important award ismarried to an importantpart of our business.Everyone is talking aboutformats, so it’s right thatformats are recognised with their own awards.”

Colin Jarvis, BBCWorldwide

“Ideas are everything tothe formats industry. Soit’s great to be able torecognise good ideaswith these two awards.”

Jonathan Glazier, FoxWorld UK

“The formats communityhas embraced theseawards with enthusiasm.The FRAPA-nominatedjurors gave up one dayto judge the nominees in both the awardcatagories. That’s realcommitment for you.”

John Gough, Distraction Formats

“I think these awards areimportant because theyjudge the format ratherthan the production. Andthey also give formats fromthe smaller territories achance to break onto theinternational stage.”

Ed Waller, C21 Media

“These awards are important from aformat protection standpoint. If theindustry acknowledges that a format is anintellectual achievement by giving it anaward, it may make it easier to protectthat intellectualachievementunder law. If aformat can berewarded, thenwhy can’t it beprotected?”

Christoph Fey,FRAPA

THE LAST WORDSTo coincide with the 4th July holiday, the thirdand final day of the Monte Carlo FormatsForum threw the spotlight on the US. In themorning session, Chris Coelen of United TalentAgency led a discussion on the secondgeneration of US reality formats – and thechallenges confronting producers in today’sreality-saturated market.The last session of the Festival featured aworld-exclusive panel with the stars of the hitUS drama series, 24. Moderated by WorldScreen News’ Anna Carugati, executiveproducer Howard Gordon, Dennis Haysbert(Senator Palmer). Penny Johnson Jerald(Sherry Palmer), Xander Berkeley (GeorgeMason), Sarah Clarke (Nina Meyers) and ElishCuthbert (Kimberly Bauer) discussed theglobal success of the award-winning series.

Crime & Punishment is another US show thatgives a markedly different spin to the realityformat. “Most reality shows exist simplybecause the situation is produced,” said BillGuttentag, executive producer/ creator of Crime& Punishment. “But Crime & Punishment is reallife and we originally pitched the idea of makinga reality version of Law & Order. It’s theproduction values of shows like Law & Orderand West Wing that set the standard for Crime& Punishment. We shoot in high-definition andthe editing is very tight.” Despite the many differences between US andUK formats, Mindy Herman, president andCEO of E! Networks, noted that “a lot of UScable networks have looked to the UK for ideasfor low-cost programming for some years now.Young cable networks must be competitive 12months of the year. And, in order to appeal tothe younger audience, they are obliged to runtheir best shows during the summer.”

Moderator: Chris Coelen, UTA (US)

Speakers: Duncan Gray, ABC Entertainment(US), Bill Guttentag, executive producer/creatorCrime And Punishment (US), Mindy Herman, E! Networks (US), Jonathan Hewes, Wall to WallTelevision (UK), and Stephen Lambert, RDFMedia (UK).

Penny Johnson Jerald –Sherry Palmer

Dennis Haysbert –President Palmer

Sarah Clarke –Nina Meyers

Elisha Cuthbert –Kimberley Bauer

Howard Gorden –Executive Producer

From left: Jonathan Galzier, Duncan Gray, Peter vanden bussche, John Gough, Debra Johnson, ChristophFey, Colin Jarvis and Ed Waller.

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Special thanks are also extended to the London based company, Willott KingstonSmith (WKS), who acted as independent scrutineers for the entire voting process,

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THE ORGANISERS OF THE MONTE CARLO TELEVISION FESTIVAL WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR THANKS TO THEFOLLOWING COMPANIES WHO ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 1ST FORMATS FORUM:

20th Century Fox (UK & US), ABC Entertainment (US), Absolutely Independent (The Netherlands), Action Time (UK), AK Associate (US), Alliance AtlantisCommunications (Canada & UK), Antenna TV (Greece), A Prime Group (France), AQS (Czech Republic), ARTE (France), Aslanis (France), BBC Worldwide (UK),BK Media (Poland), Brainpool (Germany), Broadcast Magazine (UK), Broadcasters Group (Finland), Broadcasting Network Thailand (Thailand), Bulgarian NationalTelevision (Bulgaria), C21 Media (UK), Canal+ (France), Carlton Television (UK), CeeTV (Norway), Celador International (UK), Creative Vision (Romania), DeanseeEntertainment (Hong Kong), Distraction Formats (Canada & UK), E! Networks (US), Earth Television Network (Germany), ECM (UK), Ecran Total (France), EndemolFrance (France), Endemol International (The Netherlands), Espresso TV (UK), Europroducciones (Spain), Fireworks International (Canada/UK), Flouride (Nigeria),Flytxt (UK), Fox World (UK), FRAPA (Germany), FremantleMedia (UK, Italy & US), French TV (France), Future TV (Lebanon), Gestmusic Endemol (Spain), Granada(UK), GRB Entertainment (US), Grundy Italia (Italy), The Gurin Company (US), Haldanes (Hong Kong), The Hollywood Reporter (US/France), Interferenze (Italy),JCS (Israel), Kanal 5 (Sweden), King World International Productions (US), Magna Global Entertainment (US), Magnolia (Italy), MBC (United Arab Emirates),Mediacorp (Singapore), Mediametrie (France), Midas Productions (Ireland), Minick (Switzerland), M-Net (South Africa), MTV International (Denmark), MushroomMedia (UK), Ninox Films (New Zealand), NRK (Norway), NTV (Russia), O2 (UK), Publico (Portugal), RDF Media (UK), Red Fig (UK), Robert Chua Productions(Hong Kong), RTI (Italy), RTL (Belgium), RTL (Hungary), SABC (South Africa), SBS (The Netherlands), Sera Film (Turkey), SIC (Portugal), Signature Films (US),Sony Pictures Television International (UK & US), Star Channel (Greece), STR (Turkey), Strix Television (Sweden), TBI (UK), Telecast Media Group (Germany),Telefe International (Argentina), Teletypos -Mega Channel (Greece), The Television Corporation (UK), Telewizja Polska (Poland), TNT Network (Russia),TV2/Danmark (Denmark), TV Azteca (Mexico), TVE (Spain), TvFormats (Germany & UK), TVN (Poland), TV Norge (Norway), TV Nova (Czech Republic), TVNZ(New Zealand), UFA Film & Produktion (Germany), Umut Sanat (Turkey), United Talent Agency (US), Van Dusseldorp & Partners (The Netherlands), Variety (UK),Videoage (US), Wall to Wall (UK), William Morris Agency (UK & USA), The WIT (France), World Screen News (US), ZDF (Germany), Zeal Television (UK).

Anotherhighlight of the FormatsForum – theVideo LibraryScreeningswhere buyersfrom aroundthe world hadthe opportunityto screen the latestinternationalformatsproductions.

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Party people… Formats Forum delegatespacked the Seaside Café on Wednesdayevening for Distraction Formats’ cocktail party.

SBS’ Daniela Matei (left), Telcast MediaGroups’ Tewe Pannier and Earth TelevisionNetwork’s Mandy Crooks.

TBI’s Dominic Schreiber (left) with MTVInternational’s Jacob Houlind.

ECM’s Chris Bonney (left), DistractionFormats’ Michel Rodrigue and TvFormats’Mirko Whitfield.

A Room with a View: The Minister of State for Monaco, HisExcellency Patrick Leclercq and his wife Marie-Alice (inset),graciously opened the doors of their residence to the stars and guests of the Festival. The champagne was punctuated by splendid views of Port Hercule.

FORMATS FUN ON THE ROAD TO DISTRACTION

UNFORGETTABLE – IN EVERY WAY!Immediately after the Awards Ceremony, delegatesand stars were whisked off to the Monte CarloSporting Club for a spectacular closing dinner inthe Salle des Etoiles. Highlights of the eveningincluded two superb performances by NatalieCole and George Benson… fireworks over theMediterranean… and, as the roof of the SportingClub slowly opened, the magnificent starstudded night sky. An evening that would trulyremain unforgettable.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATIONNo doubt about it, when it comes to mixing business with pleasure then Monaco is a tough act to beat!

The Review did some investigating and and caught some of the fun on camera…

H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert, honorary president of the Festival, welcomes guests to the traditional reception at the Palace of Monaco.

The Grimaldi Forum at night, with the Monte Carlo Sporting Club in the distance (top right)

Yuri Buenaventura and friends playing at the GMD sponsored“Festival on the Beach” party at the Monte Carlo Beach Club

(inset). Hot Salsa from the Vagabundo!

Photos courtesy of Verve M

usic Group

Publisher: David Tomatis • Editorial and Design Director: Mirko Whtifield • Graphic design andlayout Saskia Whitfield • Reporters: Joanna Stephens and Gary Smith Photographers: Claire Albaret,Jessica Kassner • Printers: Multiprint Monaco • Special Thanks to: The staff at Monaco Mediax.Published by: Monaco Mediax, 4 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique, MC 98000 Monaco

43RD MONTE CARLO TELEVISION FESTIVAL

Premier Screenings and StarAppearances pages 2 & 3

Who won What, Where, Whenand Why? pages 4 & 5

200 delegates from 36 countries attend Formats Forum pages 6 & 7

Never a dull moment – with some of the best parties in town! page 8

Join us next year for the 44th edition! 28 June-3 July 2004

IT WAS a celebration of television, andthe people who make televisionhappen. The producers, actors and

actresses, directors, script-writers, andthe media and television industryexecutives who all keep the wheels ofshow business turning. And for one week,the world of television descended intoMonaco to celebrate the 43rd Monte CarloTelevision Festival.

For the 1,100 delegates, their reasons forattending were as diverse as their ownrespective backgrounds. For many it was

the hope of winning a coveted GoldNymph award, or one of the other SpecialPrizes. For others, it was the opportunityto promote their programmes, catch upon the latest trends and businessdevelopments at the Formats Forumconferences, or simply discuss businessin a less formal setting.

Ted Turner took centre stage on Mondaynight at the Opening Ceremony, when hewas presented with the first Gold Nymphof the 2003 Festival. Turner, vice-chairman of Time Warner and one of thehighest profile television executives in the world, received his award from H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert, president ofthe Monte Carlo Television Festival. “Weare delighted to acknowledge theachievements of Mr Turner, who hasrevolutionised the television experiencearound the world” said Prince Albert. “Asthe creator of CNN, he is a pioneer and aprincipal architect in changing the natureof the way information is presented tointernational audiences”. In accepting theaward, Turner commented “It‘s an honourto be nominated for a Gold Nymph. It isalways particularly gratifying to berecognised by one’s fellow professionals.I tried to make money and be successfulduring my career, but also to putsomething back. Thank you from thebottom of my heart!”.

It was the turn of another great industryfigure – Reg Grundy – to be honoured onSaturday night at the Gold NymphAwards Ceremony. Grundy rose from alocal radio commentator in Australia tobecome the founder and chairman ofGrundy Worldwide, one of the mostprolific TV production companies in theworld. It was Reg Grundy who famouslypioneered the concept of “parochialinternationalism”, which went onto tobecome the mission statement for allGrundy Worldwide operations. “RegGrundy was the true pioneer ofinternational production and formats“said Prince Albert. “What he created isnow being replicated by many companiesaround the world. It is only fitting that,

given the theme of our conference as a‘Formats Forum‘, we should honour thegreat contributions he has made in thisfield of entertainment.”

A new era began for the Festival in 2002when the organisers decided to re-schedule the event from its traditionaltime slot in February to the beginning ofthe summer season. This has proven tobe an optimal time for industry executivesin the busy calendar of internationaltelevision markets and festivals. Indeed,many companies took advantage of thisnormally quite summer period to promotetheir upcoming programmes slated forthe Autumn and Winter seasons. Withmore than 230 journalists from 24countries in attendance, the 43rd Festivalprovided an outstanding opportunity forproducers and broadcasters to marketand promote their stars, talent andprogrammes to the global media. And itwasn’t just the press who were on hand.Each day, US cable channel AccessHollywood broadcast a live report of theFestivals’ highlights back home to viewersin the States…

The Revue caught some of the highlightsof the six day Festival. So, if you weren’table to attend, here’s a snap shot of whathappened. And if you were there, here’sa small reminder… In every case, welook forward to welcoming you againnext year for another great week ofglobal television!

MONTE CARLO TURNS ON THE MAGIC!43rd edition of festival features winning combination ofscreenings, star appearances and business conferences

The 43rd edition of the festival hosted theEuropean premier screening of thesecond series of 24. Enjoying the MonteCarlo sunshine were Elisha Cuthbert (left),Xander Berkeley, Sarah Clarke, PennyJohnson Jerald and Dennis Haysbert.

Premier Screenings & Star Appearances pages 2/3

Gold Nymph Awards &Special Prizes pages 4/5

Formats Forum pages 6/7

Special Events & Parties page 8

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadcasting ExcellenceThis year marks the 50thanniversary of televisionbroadcasts by the JapaneseBroadcaster, NHK. In MonteCarlo, the company promotedits new High-Definition TV(HDTV) service. Staff membersdemonstrated some of thelatest HD images from the NHK HDTV BroadcastingCentre in Antarctica.

H.S.H. Crown Prince Albert presents TedTurner with the first Gold Nymph of the2003 Monte Carlo Television Festival.

International production and formatspioneer Reg Grundy receives a specialhonorary Gold Nymph at the FestivalAwards Ceremony from Prince Albert.