With our new series, Spot, the word is in the foreground: Reflections and discussions con­ cerning video viewed socially and from the media's stand­ point. This year, too, we are con­ tinuing with the approach of TVideo (see VideoFest 1991), ex­ploring the borderline between video and television. In the past one wondered how to get more video on television - a question which today is only marginally in­ teresting. More important to us now is an analysis of TV-Design and TV-Art. We expect twelve experts from six countries.The interconnections between video and television has be come ever more important to us over the last years. We have al­ ways presented uncommon television productions and tapes that, critically-speaking, go against the grain of commercial media. For 1994 we have invited two authors that work exclusively for television: Gert Monheim from the network WDR, who we consider to be one of the most courageous and dedicated German television-journalists, and Stefaan Decostere from the network BRTN (Belgium) who - an uncommon attribute - can only be called a TV-artist. With this program, clearly in connec­ tion with the Spot series, we hope to show how lively and creative television - with its eyes firmly fixed on the ratings - can really be.