April 2026
Digitalization is driving the cost of content creation to zero and the format business reduces the cost of failure, but the cost of content is still escalating… which is the (…)
Healthy Biz at Series Mania
Despite Industry Challenges
Ultimately, what was predicted in VideoAge‘s February Issue became what we are now able to report in this story about the 16th annual Series Mania Forum, if only with more facts and (…)
L.A. Screenings: Extended
and Expanded in 2026
The L.A. Screenings 2026 schedules are set, and judging from the extended dates, this year, they promise more participants than previous years. Early indications of a good market came from (…)
The Evolution of April as a
European TV Market Date
Content Europe, a new TV market set for April 21-23, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, was announced on August 22, 2025 by British trade publisher and TV market organizer C21. Eleven (…)
February-March 2026
The tumultuous history of NATPE Budapest — which had a CEE market bouncing from Warsaw to Prague to Budapest, under three separate ownerships, until it finally ended in Dubrovnik, Croatia (…)
AI Misreadings Create
False Expectations
The most revealing AI conversation I’ve had recently wasn’t with a director. It was with a film producer who needed helicopters. In the old world, that request triggered a familiar (…)
FIFA World Cup: TV Rights,
Live Attendance Are Key
For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, slated to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, FIFA (football’s world governing body) has sold (…)
Children’s TV Business
Going Through a Phase
It’s no secret that animation production — and children’s content in general — is facing a difficult period worldwide, particularly in Europe. The reasons are known: the declining appeal of (…)