Stargate franchise at NATPE

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http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurre...=mgm011108.htm

excerpt:

2008-01-11

MGM Announces NATPE Offerings

LOS ANGELES, January 11: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) will be heading to NATPE with a range of movies, including the war drama Valkyrie, The Pink Panther 2 and the latest James Bond title, as well as a slew of television series.
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Several film titles based on television series will also be on offer at NATPE. Showtime’s Dead Like Me, about an 18-year-old girl who is recruited to be a grim reaper after being killed in a freak accident, will return as a movie featuring the series’ original cast and executive producer Steven Godchaux. Additionally, the Stargate SG-1 series is finding new life in three new flicks: Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate: Continuum and Stargate: Atlantis.

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NATPE is National Association of Television Program Executives
URL is http://www.natpe.org/

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SGA - Cynopsis: MGM at NATPE:

From the Cynopsis January 25, 2008 e-mail newsletter:

~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

More pre-NATPE announcements:

MGM will bring Comedy Central's Reno 911! and Chappelle's Show to NATPE, managing all station and national ad sales. MGM just renewed both series for third and fourth seasons in off-network syndication, and MGM will handle syndication for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. Numerous stations have been cleared by the studio.

In addition, MGM will bring two programming packages to NATPE - MGM Presents a syndication wheel consisting of Stargate SG-1 and Dead Like Me with 26 weeks without repeats, as well as MGM Shaken Not Stirred offering premieres of new MGM movies.

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Jan 28th

http://www.indiantelevision.com/head...jan/jan259.php

excerpt:

At Natpe 2008, MGM will be an official exhibitor and will host client meetings. In addition to the earlier mentioned shows, MGM is bringing an array of programming including the sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis to the convention.

MGM will also bring two programming packages to Natpe including "MGM Presents," a syndication wheel, which features the shows Stargate SG-1 and Dead Like Me, 26 weeks each without repeats. The studio is also unveiling "MGM Shaken Not Stirred," which will offer premieres of new MGM films. MGM executive VP (broadcast strategy) John Bryan says, “We’re excited to be offering such a diverse slate of quality entertainment from hit comedies Reno 911 and Chappelle’s Show to innovative alternatives such as 'MGM Presents' and 'MGM Shaken Not Stirred,' our new movie package. “With the new season of Reno 911 off to a strong start on Comedy Central and Stargate Atlantis, premiering to a solid mid-season return on sci-fi, our broadcast partners will truly see the value in these proven properties.”

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I'd love to be at this confab....

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/01/f...key_to_jan.php

excerpt on NATPE conference:

January 27, 2008 9:00 PM
Fresh-Start Mindset Key to Jan. Ads
Weight-Loss, Smoking Cessation Products Tap Into New Year Attitude
By Mark Dominiak, Special to TelevisionWeek


For media planners, January can be a learning lab chock-full of advertising case studies using the fresh mindset of the new year to inject energy into brand campaigns.

Whether through snow-bound television viewing, Internet surfing, back-to-work radio listening or reading a newspaper, examples from which planners can learn can be found everywhere. Many of these fresh-mindset cases start early in January and evolve right up to the Super Bowl. Not all of these cases provide a ready epiphany, but there are examples that might spark ideas that can be applied to a planner’s own brand.

My January television ritual has run the gamut from an annual date with the Sci Fi Channel’s “Twilight Zone” marathon to nibbling on bowl game fare to playoff football to the breadth of new programming trotted out by broadcast and cable networks. Besides more “Stargate Atlantis,” “Ghost Hunters International” and “Beyond Loch Ness” promos than I could handle, I noted across my viewing a number of expected and interesting uses of fresh-start mindset planning strategy.

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