NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1958)

NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS 14 GREGORY HALL URBAN A, ILLINOIS PRIX ITALIA RULES ANNOUNCED —Seymour N. Siegel, Chairman NAEB International Relations Committee This year, the NAEB will be represented on the Radio Jury for Documentaries in the Prix Italia competition, and consequently the United States may submit two musical compositions with words and two literary or dramatic works with or without music. In addition, the Prix Italia will be administering a special prize amounting to $1,000, in accordance with an offer made by UNESCO to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. We are, therefore, in a position to send an entry to the competition for the UNESCO Prize. This prize is to be awarded to a literary or dramatic production, with or without music, which in the opinion of the jury best exemplifies or illustrates man’s impelling desire for freedom, mutual understanding and peace. In addition to the above radio entries, we may also submit an entry of Television Documentaries. All entries and respective literature must be sub¬ mitted to Room 2500, Municipal Building, New York 7, N. Y., no later than June 1, 1958. This will give the NAEB International Relations Committee ap¬ proximately a month to make the necessary transla¬ tions, copies, etc., as well as to permit the American Juries to make their choices for the competition. In the case of the radio entries, these must not have been put on the air more than two years prior to the awarding of the prize. The entry submitted must have been specially created for broadcast and must be in a form best fitted to be presented through the medium of radio. Entries submitted must have a minimum duration of 25 minutes and must not exceed 85 minutes. A written statement must accompany each entry, signed by the composer or writer, granting the rights to pro- NAEB Newsletter Vol. XXIII, No. 3 March, 1958 NAEB Newsletter, a monthly publication issued by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 14 Gregory Hall, Urbana, III. $5 a year, edited by Hans J. Massaquoi. ceed with the necessary translations and adaptations of the work. Two copies of a tape recording of the work and two copies of the score and script must also be submitted. The writer or composer must also agree to permit a broadcast by the member broadcasting or¬ ganizations of the Prix Italia at a price no greater than that which would be paid had' the entry not won a prize. The writer must also certify that he is the sole owner of the rights of adaptation, reproduc¬ tion and broadcasting, or must indicate the owner of either or all of these rights. In the latter case, there must be a submission on the part of the copyright owner granting the rights abovementioned. Insofar as the Television Documentary is con¬ cerned, the prize is to be awarded to a documentary produced especially for television, inspired by facts and illustrating events of an artistic, literary, scienti¬ fic or social character, or by a news item. The docu¬ mentary may be submitted in the form of a film pro¬ duction or as a telerecording. Entries of a publicity character will be rejected, and all entries must have a minimum duration of 13 minutes, and must not ex¬ ceed 60 minutes. The University of Florida, Gainesville, has petitioned the FCC for permission to construct a new, non-com¬ mercial educational TV station on channel 5. 1