OK, we’ve all heard it repeatedly for years now… Africa is the next big market. Africa is the next big market. The numbers certainly support that it could be. On (…)
All in all, an estimated 750 international buyers gathered at this year’s L.A. Screenings — a far cry from the over 1,500 recorded at Screenings held prior to the pandemic, (…)
Summer is here, but for most media executives in the northern hemisphere the memory of spring still lingers on due to the sheer weight of the spring editions of consumer (…)
From the very start, the United States has always been concerned with national security. Indeed, on May 13, 1798, James Madison, the architect of the First Amendment (i.e., freedom of (…)
Happy talk shows, temps measured in Celsius, football (soccer) coverage, and a desire to make money are useful ingredients to revive U.S. broadcast television.
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 (…)
Go back just five years and there were 56 pilots picked for the U.S. TV season, all hoping to become U.S. hits locally, before turning into hits globally, which many (…)
Giovanni A. Pedde, author of Mediaverse — The Rise of Decentralized Media, is an experienced media executive with a unique insider’s perspective. After working as an entertainment lawyer in New York (…)
