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Kurt/ Anonymous/ ETV Team/ Tiery/ jasminefan/ Jess/ Anonymous_2/ Giorgio...
Tuesday, 7th Jul 2015
ETV Team: Dear Anonymous, We know that the recording of these shows can be used to make additional products, but we must confess that during these summer months we suffer from staff shortage and declining motivation. 11 years we work day and night during summer and winter on weekdays and holidays. We produce mass quantities of all kinds of shows. Tens of people work tirelessly without a break. You see only the models on screen, but behind the camera there are a lot more people that sustain the whole process. We took a look around in Europe and saw that no one works in such harsh even destructive for the health regime. Saturday and Sunday, on New Year's Eve, in august, every day and night and when we finish the night shift the sun is already rising. We work with many young people – boys and girls in their prime, youth that wants to have its own moments, to go to the beach, to take a break. We do no complain or grumble, but when we look around we realize that we work on a pace that has long passed the normal parameters not only for laid back Europe, but is busy even for Chinese standards. There are moments that we feel our motivation is declining. This is not something most companies would dare to confess and share with their clients, but you know that we see you not only as clients and passive viewers, but as friends and followers who see, understand and appreciate what we do here. Probably many of you understand and appreciate the fact that we try to keep low prices and we try to stay away from the commercial side of business, thus lowering our profit. Viewer's expectations are getting higher and higher, but income doesn't change, because our viewers are not getting any richer. So, we tried to compensate with quantity of production and more and more work. This led to reaching of the limits of our possibilities. Again, we do not complain, just share with you why, during the summer months, we need to slow down a bit an think for each person's need for a break from this marathon and tempo that gets faster and faster. Regards, ETV
Lara's opinion on
ETV Team
Monday, 13th Jul 2015
ETV Team: Dear Friends,
The Premium Series "More time for Lara" caused a heated discussion regarding the later release of the Movie and Lara's concerns about her being too exposed. We promised that we will get Lara to elaborate on her will, so here is the promised material.
Best Regards, ETV
VIDEOS | More Time for Lara - Tough Choice!
Steven/ Jan/ Albert wall/ Peter T/ wolfman_usa/ Furiasso...
Monday, 13th Jul 2015
ETV Team: Dear viewers and friends, We have found ourselves in a very difficult situation and want to share it with you and hopefully find solution together. So, here is the case: Lara saw the raw footage of her last premium shows - “More time for Lara” and complained that she was more exposed than she is comfortable with. She asked us to do something about it and after some thinking, we decided we have two options available. Both options have pros and cons. The first option is not to release the movie at all. This decision has serious drawbacks. The other option is a kind of a compromise. It is to release the movie, but with editing and a warning that the "uncomfortable” for Lara scenes will be cut out. We realize that this is frustrating for some viewers, but may turn out to be the only way we can release the footage. You probably know by now how much we respect our girls, so an option where we release the video uncut without Lara's permission is out of the question. Her feelings and thrust will be hurt and we might eventually loose her. So, what shall it be? More time for Lara with edited scenes, or No time for Lara? Regards, ETV
ETV Team: We just want to clarify that the above post is the last one we publish that demands the video to be posted unedited. We said in the beginning of this thread that this is not going to happen and we see no point of posting these comments anymore.
ETV Team: This post, to some point, decides the whole discussion. If you think that this is a matter of honor that means that we must give the people that have watched the live show the opportunity to watch the movie. We have never said that we cannot edit the footage. This way we will be fair to Lara and to the viewers that we promised to watch the show recorded. Everyone that thinks that a young girl doesn't deserve the right to choose what part of her footage has to be published is a weird person. There are a lot of them who advise us not to consider her will. There a lot of people who wouldn't feel ashamed to expose someone against his or her will. Lets assume this discussion is temporary closed. We will give an opportunity to Lara to participate and we will share our opinion also. This is a serious issue, not so much connected with Lara's video, but with the right of a person to have an opinion, with the relationship between customer and suppler, with the thin line between human and moral relationship and the trade - pay to get. Very complex and delicate matter. Let's all hear what Lara has to say in a video she will prepare for us. And then we will return here to reconsider the situation. Maybe we will not only come to a conclusion on the issue, but will also reach a new level in our dialog that we keep for years. And as one of our viewers reminded us, all this will be a good advert of the video when and if it comes out. At the end, the important thing is not the video, edited or not, nor the money that we will or won't make - this is pretty much irrelevant. The important thing is the dialog, the interaction, communication and the will to reach a mutual understanding. This is the process that connects us.
Exclusive Wish for Free
Shaya/ ETV Team
Sunday, 19th Jul 2015
ETV Team: Hello, As we said before, the show "Exclusive Wish for Free" is not canceled. The team is just too preoccupied right now to be able to make such a tiresome and demanding show. We will let you know when we'll schedule another episode. Regards, ETV Team
ETV Team: The “Exclusive Wish for Free” shows will continue to be made, but first we have to work on our logistical and production capabilities. Rude people are not a phenomenon that happened yesterday and we deal with such individuals for 11 years now. Both the team and the models have become more or less resistant towards such manifestations of offensive behavior and this is not a factor that can influence our decision whether or not w should make a show. It is more frustrating when such “attacks” come from regular viewers who are with us for a long time and who sometimes strike us behind our backs, because they do not like something we did or don't understand some of our searches. Having said that we shouldn't seek the reason for the temporary cancellation of this show in our viewers and their behavior. Whether or not the messages are free will also not make much of a difference. A lot of people that use the messages to offend others wouldn't think twice to do it even if they have to pay for this “pleasure”. On the contrary, some people think that they have the right to insult others and to be rude, just because they pay money. Anyway, these highly interactive shows have their charm and a special value that coincides with our artistic searches, so we will continue to do make them. What hampers their production is their high level of logistical difficulty. We produce huge quantities of content and it is very hard to allocate people and equipment within our production budgets. It is possible to up the price a bit, but leave the free wishes for everyone when we start making the shows again, just to preserve the uniqueness of this concept. So, to summarize – we will restart the series “Exclusive Wish for Free” sometime after the second half of August or in the beginning of September when we manage to deal with our organizational and logistical issues.
Exclusive Wish for Free
Snoopy/ Free/ Anonymous/ Robi
Friday, 24th Jul 2015
ETV Team: Many of our viewers probably also deal with business, logistics and the organization of production and don't need explanation of our logic, some may be far away from such problems and specifics. We do not think we need to explain ourselves and the price formation of our products, but in the name of better mutual understanding we will give you some information which will enlighten you a bit regarding our decisions.
Every production tries to standardize and optimize its production capabilities. We have three standart night exclusive shows weekly. They are bringing our team literary to their limits. This is implementation of a new fourth show, which is quite different in terms of organization and logistics and is basically a whole new product. It is almost as if a car factory starts producing a new, additional model car. This comes with a range of new technologies, new requirements, more logistical issues and preparation of a new team, because the teams we have now are barely able to cope with the workload. We have to hire additional people. This show requires additional work on our equipment, more technical staff and re-calibration of equipment and resetting of technical systems. The huge amount of messages we receive means a whole new moderators team has to be hired and trained for the specifics of the show. The model's schedule must also be rearranged and will become more difficult to make due to the specifics of the show. Such a show requires models with specific attitude and qualities, more experience and special state of mind. It is obvious that a new model will be put under a lot of stress when finding herself in the midst of a bombardment of wishes and messages. This show is not made in combination of the TV broadcast and is totally parallel, so it needs a whole new and different team, which doubles the production cost on all levels. Preparation of studio sets, technical and software support, lights, makeup and wardrobe, assistant directors, coordinators and so on... This is all additional expense. Also, you do not mention it, but such shows book three additional models for the night, unlike the typical Exclusive Energy Mix that share the TV models. These are just some of the reasons behind the future eventual change in the price of the show. We hope our reasoning is simple yet adequate enough. Regards, ETV Team
ETV'S Team
Anonymous/ Russ/ Prince Mami/ Anonymous_2
Monday, 27th Jul 2015
Forse per gli spettatori sarà interessante sapere dei dettagli sul numero di gente che partecipano alla produzione degli spettacoli notturni e lavorano ogni notte. Di solito solo le modelle sono davanti alla telecamera e cosi sono pochi quelli che sanno che dietro la camera lavora lo stesso numero di persone, anzi di più. Di solito, in uno spettacolo notturno, abbiamo 6 o 7 modelle. Le altre persone che sono in notevole presenza sono i moderatori. Ogni spettacolo ha tre moderatori per le diverse lingue, in cui accettiamo i messaggi. Il manager telefonico è un operatore speciale che segue le chiamate, il lavoro e la esatta ridistribuzione delle chiamate telefoniche, trasferimenti delle chiamate fra le modelle e il lavoro delle cuffie di ogni modella. Forse sarà interessante sapere che almeno tre paia di cuffie hanno dei difetti ogni notte e la prima cosa che fa al mattino il tecnico è di aggiustarle o di sostituirle con delle nuove. Gli operatori nello studio durante la notte sono tre. Il direttore del mixer video è la persona che cambia i quadri e lavora con gli operatori in modo che loro sincronizzino e organizzino il processo di registrazione. Il regista del programma è la persona principale che coordina tutte le attività. L’assistente del regista è quello che corre su e giù tutta la notte fra i magazzini con i materiali di scena e fornisce tutti gli ausili, vestiti, stivali, oggetti e accessori necessari al corretto svolgimento di ogni spettacolo. Gli spettacoli Excusive aggiungono due altri operatori per lo studio Exclsive, un altro direttore del video mixer per lo spettacolo d’internet e un regista del programma Exclusive. Ogni notte c’è un addetto alle pulizie che è responsabile per le ottime condizioni degli studi, locali tecnici, il posto per riposo e le stanze dove sono i materiali di scena. Ci sono stilista, artista del make-up e parrucchiere che preparano le modelle per ogni spettacolo. Loro cominciano il proprio lavoro tre ore prima dello spettacolo ma non sono obbligati a rimanere fino alla fine dello show. Di solito il numero complessivo di tutti gli occupati nella produzione per uno spettacolo notturno sono circa 15- 20 persone e questo numero può cambiare secondo il giorno della settimana e gli spettacoli previsti. Ogni settimana ci sono circa 140 turni notturni di lavoro. Oltre a questo, c’è un ingegnere software che è sempre disponibile, in qualsiasi momento del giorno e della notte. Lui può risolvere i problemi IT da distanza. Con la pratica abbiamo visto che lui riceve una chiamata durante la notte ogni tre giorni. Lui non spegne mai il suo telefono. Lo stesso vale anche per il team dell’accesso telefonico, per gli ingegneri del supporto tecnico, ed anche il coordinatore del programma delle modelle che deve attivarsi quando qualche modella è malata o cambia nel programma all'ultimo momento. Spesso succede che si deve fare un cambio di modella e cercare una sostituzione immediatamente prima dell'inizio dello spettacolo. Gli spettacoli Premium hanno un’organizzazione e team completamente diversi che vanno fatti e coordinati indipendentemente da quelli stimati qui. L’organizzazione interna e tutte le attività intorno alla produzione del programma sono un processo molto interessante e intenso. Abbiamo un piano per la produzione di un cortometraggio dedicato a queste attività, che riteniamo sarà interessante e curioso per i nostri spettatori.
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