May 2023
If you wonder why the building of large projects tends to go over budget, over time, and over expectations, a new book is attempting to explain it. Separately, I’ll attempt (…)
Pilots for the New Broadcast
Season Being Decimated
Last year’s broadcast pilot season had around 35 shows to present, the lowest number ever — until now, that is. This go-round looks to be considerably lower. The 2023-2024 season (…)
Content and NATPE Battle for
CEE TV Trade Show Supremacy
In 1867, the Austro-Hungarian empire was formed with a compromise that created a dual monarchy. The current standoff between C21’s Content Budapest (formerly Content East) and Brunico, the new owner (…)
L.A. Screenings at 60 Still
Shows Teen’s Pimples
Looking at next month’s L.A. Screenings, now in its 60th year, one cannot help but marvel at the resilience of a market that was never formally organized, but grew organically.
The (…)
April 2023
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April 2023
Before analytics there were other methods for gauging viewers’ interest in TV shows, the most common being ratings. But the frontrunner was “Flush Ratings,” (…)
Trials and Tribulations
of the NATPE Market
The international TV industry is now witnessing the disappearance of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) as we know it. NATPE was born in New York City in (…)
Developments at Series Mania
Have to Do with Development
Series Mania Forum, the portion of the Festival that focuses on developing drama programs for TV, takes place during the critical time period be-tween March 21 and 23, 2023 in (…)
Content Americas Instead of
NATPE Miami: What’s Changed
There’s a new TV trade market in town: Content Americas. It’s the new kid on the block — the downtown Miami block, that is. Content Americas hopes to replace the (…)
January 2023
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