[N.B.C trade releases]. (1962)

Page scan 0001 from [N.B.C trade releases].

Record Details:

Title:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Date:
1962
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company]
Volume:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Leaf #:
0001
Language:
English
Subjects:
National Broadcasting Company -- Periodicals, Television programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Press releases
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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A THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY Rockefeller Plaza, iXeic York 20, N. Y. 2-X-H July 2, 1962 NBC INTERNATIONAL WILL OFFER FREE FILM PRINTS OF NETWORK DOCUMENTARIES TO FUTURE TV STATIONS IN EMERGING NATIONS Unprecedented 2-Year Project Is Labeled ’Operation: Documentaries’ For the first time in broadcasting history, network informa¬ tional and public affairs programming will be offered free to overseas nations on the threshold of television. Film prints of NBC-TV Network shows will be made available to future stations in the emerging countries by NBC International. Joseph M. Klein, Director, NBC International (NBl), announced that the two-year project, "Operation: Documentaries," will apply to nations where television is now in the planning stages and where the initiating of programming poses economic problems. The information and public affairs programs that will comprise "Operation: Documentaries " are currently distributed elsewhere internationally by NBI In regular sales patterns. Wherever television is already established and economically sound, this programming, together with NBI’s vast library of entertainment shows, will continue to be exported according to established company policy. For "Operation: Documentaries," the plan specifies that only actual mailing or print costs will be charged by NBI for these programs. The original production costs for these programs are in the millions of dollars. (more )