Rabinovitch for La Dolce Vita at the Prix Italia
Dan Say
Well at least it's a real prize thing rather than
a money show like the New York awards
"Prix Italia is the oldest radio, TV and web prize
giving in the world. It costs over 1 million Euro to
organize, and Italian pubcaster RAI foots most of
the bill. This year [ 2006] the contest nearly didn't happen,
because until the change of the Italian government,
Berlusconi's people at RAI tried to kill it.
...The people at Prix Italia fall into two groups...those who
feel the web is the enemy and those who believe that
history begins tomorrow. The latter understand that radio
urgently needs to find ways to make content searchable
and that there are websites that have more traffic now
that entire broadcast networks. If you snooze you lose.
It would be great if Prix Italia 2.0 would also work out ways
to share the experiences of the leading broadcast/web producers....
Weird thing is that RAI is going to do the whole ceremony
again this evening in front of the cameras, so winners had to
give their awards back to go through the same things again.
Standards though are high...the jurors really do take this prize
giving seriously - unlike the New York Festivals which are
simply a cash cow."
Jonathan Marks of Critical Distance
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html
Robert Rabinovitch to head 2008 Prix Italia
Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2008 | 12:59 PM ET CBC News
Former CBC president Robert Rabinovitch has been named as president of the
Prix Italia, the prestigious international awards for radio, television and
web excellence.
Rabinovitch, whose term as CBC president ended on Dec. 31, 2007, was named to
the Prix Italia post in Rome on Friday.
"While I'm no longer with CBC/Radio-Canada, I am still passionate about
broadcasting. This appointment is truly an honour, and it's a great way to
stay involved in the broadcasting community," he said in a statement.
He takes over from BBC's Caroline Thomson, who held the post in 2007.
Rabinovitch was elected by member organizations, which include 90
participating media companies in 40 countries.
The Prix Italia awards prizes in September for productions in the fields of
drama, documentary, the performing arts and music.
In 2006, CBC Radio won a Prix Italia for Spillville Then and Now and in 2005
it won for The Change of the Sound.
CBC Television's Sex Traffic won three awards and in 2003, CBC/Radio-Canada
Radio and Television Archives won for best website.
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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/02/15/prix-italia.html
Bobcat
> "Prix Italia is the oldest radio, TV and web prize giving in the world.
> In 2006, CBC Radio won a Prix Italia for Spillville Then and Now and in 2005
> it won for The Change of the Sound.
> CBC Television's Sex Traffic won three awards and in 2003, CBC/Radio-Canada
> Radio and Television Archives won for best website.
What's not mentioned is that in 1959 CBC Radio broadcast producer John
Reeves' "A Beach of Strangers", a verse drama in the style of Dylan
Thomas's "Under Milk Wood". That same year, "Strangers" won the very
first Prix Italia for the CBC, under the title "The Last Summer of
Childhood". (Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" won the same award four years
earlier in 1955 for "Under Milk Wood".)
Dan Say
> On Feb 16, 2:44=A0am, danielsayNOSP...@yahoo.com (Dan Say) wrote:
>
> > "Prix Italia is the oldest radio, TV and web prize giving in the world.
> 05
> > it won for The Change of the Sound.
> a
> > Radio and Television Archives won for best website.
>
> What's not mentioned is that in 1959 CBC Radio broadcast producer John
> Reeves' "A Beach of Strangers", a verse drama in the style of Dylan
> Thomas's "Under Milk Wood". That same year, "Strangers" won the very
> first Prix Italia for the CBC, under the title "The Last Summer of
> Childhood". (Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" won the same award four years
> earlier in 1955 for "Under Milk Wood".)
One could call that 'derivative' but like Lehrer's Lobachevsky song,
we would never call it plagiarism.
As for remembering anything beyond 5 years ago, CBC is becoming
very, very forgetful. Their archies are full of stuff but they never
play it. Instead it is Q repeats, Current Bun repeats, Quirks
repeats, Vinyl Tap repeats, BlackArts repeats, Sounds as... repeats.
Even the attempt by CeeBeeCee Archives to provide an online samples
of Days in Radio seem woefully thin soup.
Bobcat
> > Reeves' "A Beach of Strangers", a verse drama in the style of Dylan
> > Thomas's "Under Milk Wood". That same year, "Strangers" won the very
> > first Prix Italia for the CBC, under the title "The Last Summer of
> > Childhood". (Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" won the same award four years
> > earlier in 1955 for "Under Milk Wood".)
On Feb 16, 12:36 pm, danielsayNOSP...@yahoo.com (Dan Say) wrote:
> One could call that 'derivative' but like Lehrer's Lobachevsky song,
> we would never call it plagiarism.
Exactly. I've heard, and appreciated greatly, both "Under Milk Wood"
and "A Beach of Strangers". And they're two totally different works.
Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" is a poetic view of a day and night in the
life of a Welsh village, Llareggub, ("Bugger-all" spelt backwards).
John Reeves' "A Beach of Strangers" is about a loss of innocence of a
young boy on the verge of puberty. One website referred it as "hitting
out at Canadian puritanism". The style may be the same, but the
content is very different. BTW, "A Beach of Strangers" was published
in book form by Oxford University Press in 1961. I have a copy,
autographed by John Reeves.