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 (…)
January 2026
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Cover Stories
- The Italian Telefe connection: Simoncini-Scaglione-Daminato
- Miami shared by Content (…)
January 2026
How will history describe the television age that began in 2018 with the streaming media explosion? We’re used to hearing about the European Renaissance in art and science that occurred (…)
Indies at MIP London:
The Pond and The Bait
At first glance, the utility of the second annual MIP London event may not be obvious. The RX-organized market is scheduled for Sunday to Tuesday, February 22 to 24, 2026, (…)
The Economy of Scarcity
Caused By Abundance
For over a century, cinema thrived under a simple logic: scarcity. Scarcity of access, of channels, of films. A few titles per year, often selected by faceless executives that decided (…)
The Italian-LatAm
Telefe Connection
The story of Gustavo Scaglione is just as interesting as the trajectory of Telefe, the Argentinean TV network that Scaglione, together with José Luis Manzano, acquired on October 23, 2025, (…)