For last time, NATPE goes to the big easy: syndies, major station groups will show, but it'...

After the industry suffered the shock of last year's declining NATPE, 2003 will be a year of transition for the venerable programming conference. The show will spend its last year in New Orleans, trying out some new ideas to replace the grandiose exhibition booths of old and preparing for its permanent move to Las Vegas come 2004.

In a demonstration of support for the NATPE, all the major syndicators will be attending the show. Buena Vista Television, King World, MGM/NBC Enterprises, Paramount Domestic Television, Sony Pictures Television, Tribune Entertainment, Twentie