Caribbean Tales and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) present a half-day workshop for Independent Producers and Broadcasters

Caribbean Tales and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) present a half-day

workshop for Independent Producers and Broadcasters on Friday morning,

February 26, 2010 at the Savannah Hotel, St Michael, Barbados.

 

The purpose of the workshop is to develop an ongoing dialogue between the

film producers community and the broadcast community, in order to chart new

directions for co-operation between the two that will lead to increasing the

exposure of Caribbean audio visual content within the region and beyond.

 

The first session will address the challenge of balancing the demand and

supply of Caribbean films and other audio visual material, which relates to

the challenges within the production and broadcasting environment, such as

the economics of productions and their availability for broadcasting and the

collaboration on promotion and distribution opportunities.

 

The second session speaks to the legislative framework for enabling

increasing content output, whereby critical issues regarding the regulatory

framework for film industry, incentives and other financing solutions for

productions will be the subject of a round table discussion of the leading

independent producers and the major television broadcasters of the region.

 

Mr Patrick Cozier, Secretary General of the CBU said: "In harnessing the

energies of our creative sector specifically the film and audiovisual

sector, it is necessary form a mature and progressive dialogue between the

producers and the broadcasting communities in the region.

 

"If we can define a formula that allows the content strength of the

producers to be effectively married with the distribution strength of the

producers, we then have wonderful opportunity for advancing and promoting

Caribbean culture through audio visual productions."

 

The workshop is open to all members of CANA, CBU, as well as other

professionals of the audio/visual industry are encouraged to take part in

this workshop for which access will be free of charge.

 

CMC is the region's leading multimedia organisation dedicated to excellence

in communication services, which include: Radio, Television, Print,

Satellite Uplink Distribution, & New Media across the Caribbean, the USA,

and around the world. 

 

Formed in August 2000 as a result of a merger between the Caribbean News

Agency (CANA) and the CBU's commercial operations, CMC has since captured

the synergies of these organisations and is continuously forging ahead with

efforts to increase and improve the quality of news and entertainment

produced and disseminated within the Caribbean region and the world.