Events: Television

The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) will hold its 2007 Conference & Exhibition at the Mandalay Bay Resort.

NATPE is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms.

NATPE develops and nurtures opportunities, both commercial and educational, for the buying, selling and sharing of content and ideas. For more information, visit www.natpe.org/conference.

ASIFA-Hollywood is hosting a screening of Frederator's new series of cartoon shorts with all 39 creators. The series will start on Nickelodeon and the Nicktoons Network in February. ASIFA-Hollywood members can get a sneak peek at some of these new cartoons in January at Nicktoons Studios in Burbank. Creators will discuss their short films. Food and refreshments will be served. The screening will start at 7:00 pm at Nicktoons Studios, 231 W. Olive Ave., Burbank, California. For more information, visit www.asifa-hollywood.org.

The 2007 International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will celebrate the show's 40th anniversary.

NY:MIEG (New York: Media Information Exchange Group) is a group of media (and related) professionals who meet monthly on an informal basis in Midtown Manhattan.

Our next meeting: Thurs. Dec. 14th when our special Holiday guest will be:

FRED SEIBERT President & Executive Producer Frederator Studios

- Developed the MTV brand in 1981 as founding Creative Director at MTV - Co-Founder Fred/Alan Productions and rebranded Nickelodeon and oversaw the launch of VH-1 - President of Hanna/Barbera under Turner Broadcasting System

Screenplay Lab will host Jean Ann Wright, who will discuss how animation writing is different from other kinds of screenwriting, kids, animation script length and format, writing for an existing series, comedy theory and gag structure and developing and pitching an original animation project for TV or film.

iHollywood Forum is conducting the

Anime USA is an annual Japanese animation and culture convention in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

This year, Anime USA is hosting an Original Animation Contest. It is looking for original works of one-five minutes length in all animation formats: traditional, CG, stop-motion and so forth. First place prize is $500, second place is $300, third place is $100. All submissions will be shown at the convention. Applicants need not be present to submit or to win.

Stephen Silver, character designer, will speak at CSUN at 2:00 pm. He will talk about his work on KIM POSSIBLE, DANNY PHANTOM, GOONIES and CLERKS, as well as sign books and review student work.

Calif. State Univ. Northridge CSUN is located at 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, California. The Art Dept. & parking entrance is on Halsted St. Attendees should park in student lot E-6, pay box in lot $4. For more information, call (818) 677-2242 or email mary.a.trujillo@csun.edu.

SAND is the place to meet people, share experiences in CGI and create new ideas for films, scientific visualization, commercials and games. SAND features animation screenings from around the world, conference sessions on games, AI, films, post production techniques, TV commercials, mocap, professional sector workshops and business seminars.

Based on the convergence of people, technologies and ideas using CGI, this event contains artists from DreamWorks, Industrial Light & Magic, Glassworks London, Blitz Games, Primal Pictures and IBM.

The Istanbul Animation and Visual Effects Short Film Competition is first and only animation festival in Turkey.

Tom Schlesinger conducts a workshop for film and television writers, directors, producers, actors and novelists. Attendees will learn how the synergy between your creative experience while writing, the essential biology of story structure, and the commercial necessities of today's marketplace will empower you to write great screenplays.

Entertainment Asia Network (EAN) presents Asia Pacific Entertainment and Media Summit 2006 for the first time in Los Angeles.

EAN will be bringing together worldwide production and distribution decision makers under the roof of the Sofitel Los Angeles to exchange information and learn about the entertainment needs of the fastest growing consumer population in Asia. KOCCA, (Korea Culture and Content Agency) will be co-hosting event.