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| indiantelevision.com's Breaking News |
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| Despite recession, 3,000 screenings
witnessed at Rendez-Vous 2002 |
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By ANIL WANVARI
Indiantelevision.com Team
(14 September 2002 1:50pm) |
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SAINT TROPEZ: Television France International's
Rendez-Vous 2002 successfully concluded on 13 September with a dinner
conjured by Chef Christope Leroy - a master of his art. Closing cocktails
were held first at a sixteenth century castle - La Citadelle, which
yielded a panoramic view of the Saint Tropez waterline and Saint Maxime.
This was followed by dinner at the Mole Jean Reveille at the edge
of the Saint Tropez quay.
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The chief guests for the evening were
the deputy mayor of Saint Tropez Jean Michel Couve, the president
of the French broadcasting authority Dominque Baudis.
TVFI executive director Mathieu Bejot revealed Rendez Vous 2002 had
generated around 3,000 screenings from the 500-odd television professionals
who had assembled to participate in it. Among the companies that generated
the maximum viewings figure:
| TF |
1 |
| International |
160 |
| France Television Distribution |
154 |
| Marathon |
141 |
| Doc & CO |
128 |
| Teleimages |
115 |
| Ellipse Distribution |
105 |
The following is the list of programmes/shows/movies which got the
most screenings:
| Jean Moulin (Pathe International) |
27 |
| Operation Lune (Point du Jour International) |
24 |
| Saddam Hussein Le maitre de BAgdad (Les Films
du Village) |
22 |
| Guerre Pour de vrai (Doc & Stock) |
20 |
| Les Liasions Dangereuses (AB International) |
18 |
Bejot, along with TVFI president Jean Louis Guillaud, said they were
delighted with the response from potential buyers. "The numbers are
almost the same as last year, if not higher," he says. "And in a year
which witnessed a downturn, this is a good performance. We can only
hope for a better turnout next year." |
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