The FIFA-UEFA clash over FIFA’s planned privatization of TV and other rights made Gianni Infantino reverse course. Infantino, president of FIFA, the Swiss-based international football organization, had intended to establish (…)
By Dom Serafini
In Italy in the 1960s, my father thought of all Americans as one big cohesive group, and, to him, they were better than any other people. They were (…)
By Dom Serafini
Two recent books, both, coincidentally, from Italy, are animating the international TV debate. One, Unbundling Entertainment, was written in English by Giovanni Pedde. The other, Gli scripted format (…)
By Dom Serafini
I had envisioned streaming in my 1999 book, TV via Internet, but I’m now at a loss as to how to describe this era that caused a cataclysm (…)
For years, The New York Times neglected “real” football, and the few times the paper did bother to cover it, it was called “soccer.” It was therefore a big surprise (…)
Do you remember the journalistic maxim, “Just the facts, ma’am?”
Why doesn’t it apply to America’s TV weather people? We can get used to their “partly cloudy or partly sunny” statements (…)
Modern life evolved by revolving around TV commercials — especially nowadays that we pay for them (with subscriptions to streaming services, that is). Therefore (and just between us), it would (…)
By Dom Serafini
I don’t know if it is still the case today, but years ago, the top executives of the U.S. studios’ international distribution divisions were very fond of French (…)
By Dom Serafini
Since July 4, 1776, there have been only a few 50-year milestone anniversaries of American independence: 1826, 1876, 1926, 1976, and soon, 2026.
I was personally involved with the (…)
TV talk shows are back on the backburner thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has declared war on late-night TV hosts, and by the TV networks who decry the (…)
