The entertainment sector the world over has a problem that even the most brilliant minds have not yet been able to solve. It is not making enough money with traditional (…)
In the United States, major sports on television are going through a seismic transformation on many levels — from splintering TV rights to cross-brand acquisitions to financial disparities among franchises (…)
In recent years, key entertainment industry players have shifted their business models. Rather than selling the rights to their content in the various windows, many prefer to accumulate and stockpile (…)
Journalist and author Todd S. Purdum tells a well-researched and absorbing story of the life and times of Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born musical talent, businessman, and former husband to Lucille Ball.
Desi (…)
This year’s 50th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held September 4 to 14, 2025, two days of which will overlap with the Venice Film Festival, set to (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
