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MAC TV LTD, P.O. BOX G-128, 04001 KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, EU
TEL: ++ 42 95 62 22 664/ FAX : ++ 42 95 62 21 027
E-MAIL (C/O CENTRE OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES)  KEKIDS@CCSUN.TUKE.SK

THE  INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LOCAL TV BROADCASTERS.

MAC TV LTD. is licensed to broadcast in  Kosice.  Kosice (250 000
inhabitants), the second largest city  in the Slovak Republic, is
near the borders of Hungary, Poland and the Ukraine.

"...as we  near the year  2000 local television  is becoming more
and  more  popular  throughout  the  world.  The once-fashionable
expression global village is becoming a reality and the ordinary
individual has it in his or her power to accelerate this process.
Large   scale  broadcasting   systems,  whether   terrestrial  or
satellite, can attempt to meet the emotional and leisure needs of
people  with  high  budget  movies   or  drama  series,  but  the
representation of  life is often too  generalized and far removed
from  v iewers?  experience. However,  when we  watch a  local TV
broadcast we  have the very  important sensation that  we are not
marginal  to the  process of  creating the  programme and that in
actual fact we are essential to its creation.

				  James Sutherland-Smith


Dear Friends,

We are  an independent film and  TV company located in  Kosice in
the Eastern part  of Slovakia. MAC TV was  founded in April 1991
by the award winning director Marcel  Dekanovsky, a 1976 graduate
of the  Prague Film  Academy. MAC  TV has  been given  a licence
to broadcast in Kosice, the second largest city in Slovakia. We
feel it is  time to bring together  professional local TV
broadcasters for an exchange of artistic achievment, expertise and
technology. In doing so we have decided to  organize a TV festival
a nd so we have great pleasure in inviting you to participate in


The Ist International Festival of Local TV Broadcasters Kosice
1995 (  November 1- 4, 1995 )

The  objectives  of  the  festival  are  to combine the increased
awareness of the possibilities  for communications by the general
public with the  rapid growth of local TV  stations. The festival
hopes  to create  contacts and  links between  local broadcasting
stations, to exchange programmes and to promote the idea of local
broadcasting.We  are  confident  that  the  number  of  entries
from local TV stations and participants will  reflect the
increased interest in local broadcasting and we very much look
forward to welcoming you to Kosice.

Festival Committee

Festival Information

Participants  We expect  participants from local TV stations from
at  least 20  countries. If  space allows  a limited number of
observers may also be accomodated.

Dates       November  1 - 4, 1995

Venue       Centre of Leisure Activities
	    Popradsk  86 Kosice


Languages  For the workshops: interpretation in English and
Slovak.
	   Limited interpretation also in other languages
	   (Russian, German, Hungarian, Serbian and Croatian).


Accomodation Hostel and Hotel  Ferrocentrum ** Kosice
			       Tr. SNP 61

	    Higher category hotels are available by special
	    request

Registration fee Payment of 4 200 Slovak crowns ( 140 USD ) covers
 registration,  four  nights  accomod ation  (including breakfast)
 at the Hotel Ferrocentrum, opening reception,three lunches,
 attendance at the Award Ceremony, festival documentation and
 maybe some surprises.

	    Should you  choose to make your  own reservations for
	    accomodations, a festival registration fee of only 1
	    500 Slovak crowns (50 USD) will be required.

	    We shall invoice you the fee when we receive your
	    delegation registration form.

Deadline            September 15, 1995

Festival Competition

Categories  1. Jingles
	    2. Documentary and Documentary features 3.
	    Entertainment 4. Children's Programmes 5. Live
	    Recordings (max. 30 min.)

	    Each local  TV station can  enter a maximum  of three
	    programmes in each category.

Tape entry fee   The entry fee is 5 USD for each  programme.
		 We shall invoice you the fee after receiving your
		 Programme Entry Form.  Shipping and insurance
		 costs for the programme from the country of
		 origin to Kosice are covered by the
		 participants.


Rights           The producer ( or owner of the copyrights ) is
asked
		 in the entry form if the Festival Board is
		 allowed to use parts of the film for the
		 promotion of the festival and whether the entry
		 or excerpts can be broadcast on Kosice TV.


Programme selection  The pre-selection jury will  choose about 20
hours of programming for the  final screening . The pre-selection
jury  is authorized  to change   the category  of a  programme in
a well-grounded case.

Entry format  Tapes  should be sent only in  the formats specified
in the Programme Entry Form.

	    All submitted  programmes should have  English script
	    included!

Deadline for tapes            September 15, 1995

Jury  The  programmes  in  the  competition  are  judged  by  the
International Jury appointed by the Festival Board.

Prizes       The following prizes may be awarded by the jury :
	     - The Golden Beggar
	     - Prizes awarded by decision of the jury
	     - The Children's Choice Prize
	     - The Journalists] Choice Prize
	     - Special   prizes   from   public   institutions,
	     organizations and individuals

	    Each  programme  will  be  given  a  certification of
	    participation
 in Festival.

Workshops

	    1. Can local television survive in the multichannel
	    market ?
	    2. Can technology kill creativity?
	    3. Getting closer to your viewer
	    4. Coproduction projects of local television
	    5. ( Your choice workshop )


Programme Fair Excluding the programmes broadcast in the official
competition, every  broadcaster  will  have  the  opportunity to
screen programmes of  his own production in order  to exchange or
sell productions. A  fee of  20 USD   per hour  will be  invoiced
after receiving your Entry Form.

	    Programmes for  screening should be  prepared on VHS.
	    MAC TV can arrange copying from and to BETA SP,
	    U-matic high band and S-VHS on yoru request.

Technology Fair  Most local broadcasters start their operations
from little more than nothing.  Their dilemmas include:  how to
obtain better technology with the money they have and how to
choose the best equipment to fit their own technology, should they
use technology that has beenproven or should they look toward the
future. . .?

The technology fair will be designed especially for local TV
broadcasters.  The exhibition will cover more than 300 square
meters and will offer equipemnt which is suitable for small TV
Stations with small budgets.

Visits and Activities (social events)   In addition to the
official programme other social activities will be organized.
They will include presentations, round table discussions,
concerts, theatre visits, gulash trips, sightseeing, etc.

Dear Friends,

Considering the fact that we have already received some
applications (even before the entry forms were sent out) we expect
many people to come to Kosice.  So please don't hesitate and send
your registration forms as soon as possible, so as to help us
arrange everything properly.

Festival Committee

MAC TV

P.O. Box G-128

040 01 Kosice

Slovakia

Tel. 42 95 62 226 64

Fax 42 95 62 210 27.

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