Madeleine Altmann

Madeleine Altmann is a contemporary video artist. She was born in Brazil and lives in the United States.

Madeleine Altmann
Born (1963-05-11) May 11, 1963
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
EducationMary Immaculate Catholic Convent School
Master's degree from San Francisco Art Institute (1990)
Master's degree in Professional Studies from New York University (1996)
AwardsNew York University Interactive Media Pioneer Award (1994) American Film Institute Visions of the US (1988)
Websitewww.madeleinealtmann.com

Career

In San Francisco, Altmann produced 52 live MVTV shows through PEG-TV. In 1991 she moved to Prague, The Czech Republic to produce a show for NTV called Tady a Ted ("Here and Now"), a bilingual show in English and Czech showcasing life in Prague after the Velvet Revolution.

Returning to San Francisco, Altmann and Michael Freeman created Erotica SF, a magazine-style show on leased access cable television.[1] Viacom ended the show in 1993, whereupon Altmann sued along with the help of the ACLU to restore the show's production.[2]

In 1994 Altmann was invited by Nick West, professor at New York University, to join his program to develop content for YORB.[3] She also began Babes4U,[4] an operation which enabled women who previously worked in strip clubs to go to private offices run by women in order to transmit their images to other computers,[5] a first for that time.[4] Babes4U also developed one of the first micro-payment systems that enabled pay-per-use processing via credit cards.[6]

Altmann worked as PEG-TV's director for seven years.[7][8]

References
  1. ""Erotica S.F." Cable TV Program". Ntticc.or.jp.
  2. "Altmann v. Television Signal Corp., 849 F. Supp. 1335 (N.D. Cal. 1994)". Law.justia.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. "It's Yorb World". Wired.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "Cyber porn: Internet's hot money maker". Lasvegassun.com. 17 June 1997. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. "Sex Sells". Wired.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. Thomas E. Weber. "As Other Internet Ventures Fail, Sex Sites Are Raking in Millions". Wsj.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. Turner, Julia McCay. "Bedford TV celebrates three major awards". Wickedlocal.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. "Bedford TV Gives and Receives Awards for Excellence - The Bedford Citizen". Thebedfordcitizen.org. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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