Latin American Television ForumTuesday 23rd, 15.00 to 18.30
Sala Zavala Muniz, Teatro Solis
The Forum of Latin American Television Channels is a space that DocMontevideo offers for communication, dialogue and debate among the television channels and participants about subjects of interest to the audiovisual sector in Latin America.
In our four editions, there has been discussion and idea sharing in the Forum about the path towards co-productions between public television channels and independent producers in Latin America (2009); various regulation plans and experiences to safeguard the exercise of citizens’ rights on TV and the role of the State in such regulation (2010); digital convergence with its challenges and multi-platform production (2011); and the development of interactive models in digital television, with a special emphasis on tools for producing educational contents (2012).
Orlando Senna
Orlando Senna (Brazil) is the president of TAL and a member of the Higher Council of the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema. He is one of the most outstanding theoreticians in the Brazilian cinema world. He has been general director of TV Brazil, Audiovisual Secretary of Brazil and general director of EICTV in Cuba. He has directed a number of feature films including Iracema, Gitirana and Diamante bruto; he wrote the scripts for several more including El rey de la noche, Abrigo Nuclear and Iremos a Beirut; and his films have won prizes at important international festivals. He has written nearly 30 plays and has published several books.
10 years of Red TAL – Latin America Television Network
To mark ten years of the TAL network we present the following overview of its work and a brief survey of the challenges it will face in the years ahead.
Case study: the Señal Colombia co-production market
The Señal Colombia co-production market is a space for negotiations with potential business partners in the domestic and international contents industry. This market makes it possible to channel the interests of various actors in the sector into co-productions with RTVC projects in the advanced stages of development and financing.
Presentation: Opportunities in the TV digitalization process
The National Board of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Communication Services (DINATEL) of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining formulates and implements Uruguay’s policies in these areas. Its aims include promoting social and digital inclusion in the country and contributing to strengthening telecommunications and the contents and applications industry as a key factor in economic and cultural development. It also fosters cultural diversity and plurality in the media in pursuit of the full exercise of people’s rights to communications and freedom of expression.
DINATEL’s aim in this presentation is to provide information and give an in-depth view of the opportunities that digital TV technology is opening up for audiovisual production and contents and for audiovisual communication services.
Sergio de Cola
Sergio De Cola (Uruguay) is a director on the National Telecommunications Board of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining. He is an industrial engineer in the electronics field and is certified by the PMI as a project management professional (PMP). He has been in charge of projects for consultation and the implementation of telecommunications systems in Uruguay and abroad. Since 1984 he has held a number of positions as an adviser, consultant and manager in computer enterprises and infrastructure and communications firms. Since 1982 he has also been a teacher at the engineering faculty at the University of the Republic and has given courses at other public and private institutions.
Round table: The intellectual property rights of scriptwriters and directors
There has always been latent concern in the Association about the intellectual property rights of scriptwriters and directors. In pursuit of a collective management organization that will defend and protect their rights and royalties, the aim of this event (which is promoted by ASOPROD as part of DocMontevideo) is to reflect on this goal and seek recognition of different perspectives and experiences by analyzing alternatives that will safeguard the normal perception and scope of the rights involved.
The panel will be made up of the following members:
Dr. Fernando Vargas, a lawyer and directing partner of the firm Estudio Vargas Abogados in Uruguay. He is a teacher at the Catholic University, the University of Montevideo and the Universidad de la Empresa. He is also a legal consultant to ASOPROD, the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technologies, the Audiovisual Chamber of Uruguay and other organizations in the information technology field.
Adriana González, the director of the Uruguayan Cinema and Audiovisual Institute (ICAU).
Pablo Stoll, a Uruguayan scriptwriter and film maker. He directed 25 Watts, Whisky, Hiroshima and Tres, and he is a founding partner of the production company Control Z Films.
Diego Fernández Pujol,the president of ASOPROD. He is a Uruguayan scriptwriter, producer and film maker. He directed El rincón de Darwin, and he is a founding partner of the production company Transparente Films..
Sr. Alexis Buenseñor, the president of the General Assembly of Authors of Uruguay (AGADU).
Dr. Hugo Di Carlo, a lawyer and the director of distribution, general law and digital uses at AGADU.
