{"id":1622,"date":"2016-10-11T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/atar\/"},"modified":"2016-10-11T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T18:53:49","slug":"discop-johannesburg-to-feature-atari-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/discop-johannesburg-to-feature-atari-keynote\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOP Johannesburg to Feature Atari Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Frederic Chesnais, the CEO of Atari, is attending DISCOP Johannesburg this year to unveil the gaming company&#8217;s television plans.<\/p>\n<p>At the market, taking place November 2 to 4, Atari will showcase its strategy for television, with Chesnais speaking to delegates alongside Robert Blagman, the CEO of Media Fusion, which has been contracted to manage Atari&#8217;s TV programming distribution operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs video gaming becomes more mainstream as well as abstract, broadcast networks are looking for content to attract the highly valuable generations X, Y and now Z audiences\u2014content that combines the best of all tech worlds,\u201d Blagman said. \u201cAtari owns the world\u2019s most popular library of iconic home console and arcade games. Each one has the potential to become a popular television format and deliver highly coveted eyeballs to broadcasters and advertisers. In addition, Atari is developing mobile apps for TV networks to combine old-school and new-school content and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Zuchowicki Jucaud, founder of the DISCOP markets, added, \u201cThe statistics in terms of the hours people spend playing games and watching games on television are beginning to tilt toward the latter very quickly. During the Johannesburg market, in a month from now, we\u2019re going to see more broadcasters trying to exploit that. 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