FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 30, 2001

Contact:

Diane Reed

212/621-6686

Cristin Callaghan

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New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA—The Museum of Television & Radio’s International Council, a worldwide forum of leading international media and communications executives, convened its sixth meeting in Vienna, Austria, from October 28 to 30, 2001. The meeting was sponsored by ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio and Television. First organized by The Museum of Television & Radio in 1995, the International Council provides executives an opportunity to engage in a series of discussions on essential media issues to be faced by the international community in the coming century. A complete list of attendees follows.

This year's conference provided a forum for cooperation and discussion amongst international leaders in communications on the relationship between media and global expansion. Panels addressed today's political and economic environment post September 11, as well as directions in programming and intellectual property in the digital age. Discussion leaders included Henry A. Kissinger; Marc Tessier, France Television; and Gordon Crawford, Capital Research and Management Company. Council members participated in a number of events hosted by Austrian government ministers including Federal President Dr. Thomas Klestil, Federal Chancellor Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel, and Dr. Sepp Rieder, Vice Mayor of Vienna. Meetings and other events were held at Vienna City Hall, Austrian National Library, Ephesos Museum, Belevedere Palace, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Hofburg Palace, and the President's Palace.

The Museum’s International Council was formed in 1995 by the trustees of The Museum of Television & Radio, principally its chairman, Frank A. Bennack, Jr., president and chief executive officer, The Hearst Corporation; Robert M. Batscha, the Museum's president; Henry A. Kissinger; Barry Diller, chief executive officer of USA Networks Inc.; Thomas S. Murphy, Former President of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., and Gustave M. Hauser, Hauser Communications, Inc. Council meetings have been held in Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and London, and have included the participation of Prime Minister Lamberto Dini and President Scalfaro of Italy, Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Roman Herzop of Germany, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin of France, and Prime Minister Tony Blair of England. Sponsors have included RTL Television, Antenne 3 Televisión, RTVE, Canal+, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, Carlton Communications plc, NTL, Telewest Communications, and United Pan Europe Communications.

The role of the Museum’s International Council is to promote the international preservation of programming, increase the Museum's collection of international programs, help to travel Museum exhibitions abroad, advance the exchange of ideas among leaders in media, entertainment, and communications industries around the world, and to foster a community among those leaders. The Council also encourages countries to develop similar institutions in their respective countries and to further cooperative relationships with the Museum and international media organizations in the United States.

According to Frank A. Bennack, Jr., chairman of the Museum, "The Museum formed the International Council as a preeminent intellectual and cultural resource where ideas can be exchanged and an international sense of community fostered." Robert M. Batscha, president of the Museum, adds, "Each year, the Museum’s International Council offers media leaders a

valuable opportunity to gather for open and informal discussions about current issues facing the industry. This annual gathering also enables the Museum to extend its institutional reach in order to greatly expand the collection; broaden the subjects of our exhibitions; add breadth and depth to our educational seminars and courses; and develop an ability for the Museum to share programming from other countries with our national audiences."

The schedule of this year’s panel discussions¾ including panel chairs, moderators, and panelists¾ was as follows:

• Moderator: Henry A. Kissinger

• Panelists: Conrad Black, Hollinger, Inc.

Robert Hormats, Goldman Sachs

Subhash Chandra, Essel Group of Companies

The creation and activities of The Museum of Television & Radio’s International Council are made possible by generous grants from Gustave M. and Rita E. Hauser, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Entertainment and Media Practice, Booz•Allen & Hamilton Inc., Ctiigroup Corporate Investment Bank, Genuity, and Harry Winston.

The Museum of Television & Radio, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is a nonprofit organization founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and advertisements and to make them available to the public. From its inception in 1975, the Museum has organized exhibitions, screening and listening series, seminars, and education classes to showcase its collection of over 100,000 television and radio programs and advertisements. Programs in the Museum's permanent collection are selected for their artistic, cultural, and historic significance. The Museum has initiated a process to begin acquiring Internet programming for the collection.

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