Jim Chabin, who’s served as CEO for Promax/BDA since 2002, has agreed to continue in that role ’til 2010. Chabin has an extensive track record at Promax/BDA, a global, nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the role and effectiveness of promotion, marketing and broadcast design professionals in the electronic media.
Chabin’s first tour of duty at the organization was from ’92 to ‘ 99 as it president. During that tenure, he was credited with raising awareness not only about the positive contributions of Promax/BDA members to the industry at large, but also the importance of brand marketing.
In ’99, Chabin left to join the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In November ’02 he was wooed back to Promax/BDA where he embarked on an ambitious agenda. Under Chabin’s leadership over the past three years, the organization’s global reach has expanded with the addition of conferences and award programs in Arabia, China and India. Established annual events in North America, Europe and Latin America were revitalized. Promax/BDA’s expansion also entailed making inroads into Africa and the Russian broadcast market. The organization additionally introduced international one-day promotion and marketing seminars in many key Asian territories last year, including Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong and Jakarta.
Chabin also helped in the creation of The Robert Neer Promax/BDA Promos.tv Collection, a project developed in conjunction with Promos.tv and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., which created the largest collection of TV promos in the world. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Promax/BDA founding, the collection contains more than 6,900 winning promotional spots from Promax/BDA competitions worldwide since ’99 and will be available to the public as part of the Library’s permanent collection. Materials in the collection will be available for access by researchers at the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress.
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More