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A Recycled TV Season Rules
In the U.S. Broadcast Schedule

Go back just five years and there were 56 (...)

Mediaverse Explained By
a Legacy Media Executive

Giovanni A. Pedde, author of Mediaverse — The Rise of (...)

NATPE To Revitalize
CEE Content Market

There are some new developments in the works for (...)

May 2025

Two issues are showing up on my turbulence radar screen. Both issues, in my view, will be solved by actions that are beyond the control of the executives that have created the issues. (…)

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L.A. Screenings Indies ’25 Under the Lens

May 19th, 2025|0 Comments

The independent portion of the L.A. Screenings 2025 concluded on Friday, May 16, following a two-day run at the newly "adopted" 12-story Roosevelt Hotel, which, for the first time in the L.A. Screenings’ 62-year history, replaced the Century Plaza Hotel. (...)

The New Business Model of IFE

May 15th, 2025|0 Comments

It is estimated that the "Big Four" U.S. airlines (Delta, American, United, and Southwest) combined boast some 525,000 TV screens on their planes. Delta Airlines, for example, has 165,000 back-seat screens on 840 aircrafts. These make up the bulk of (...)

Hollywood Tariffs: Fuggedaboutit!

May 12th, 2025|0 Comments

The idea of the Hollywood tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to apply to non-American-made movies is clear. Their implementation is difficult. Plus, suggesting federal incentives to a DOGE (or Department of Government Efficiency)-inspired president is impractical. And then (...)

Bert Cohen’s Worldvision: After Seven Owners, Its Success Became Its Downfall

In his business life, Bertram (later legally changed to Bert) (...)

John Laing: Crisscrossing The World With a RoboCop Promo Under His Arm

It was a big mistake to ask John Franklin Scott (...)

Joe Wallach: Political Intrigue Did Not Undermine His TV Challenges

When Joseph "Joe" Wallach was working at Brazil's Globo TV (...)