Cover Stories
Behind the Scenes At
L.A. Screenings 2026
For the past 63 years, the L.A. Screenings — originally called the "May Screenings" —(...)
NEM Sans NATPE
Makes a Splash
It looks like the turquoise hue of Croatia’s Adriatic Sea turned out to be better(...)
The Challenging Doc TV
Business Model Explained
A videoconference interview with Aurélie Reman (pictured), managing director of Sunny Side of the Doc,(...)
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June 2026
Worldwide legacy broadcasters should embrace TV programmers that cater to both Gen Z and Boomer(...)
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International TV History
History of the American Film Market
History of the L.A. Screenings
History of MIP-TV (Plus, MIP-TV 2003 under SARS, Iraq War, Industry consolidation and recession)
History of NATPE
History of MIFED (in Italian)
History of Prix Italia through the pages of VideoAge (PDF version)
L.A. Screenings Veteran
Luncheons Through The Years
Bookshop
Italian Films as the Basis for U.S. Horror Movies
"Italian horror [cinema] of the 1960s and 1970s was, in the truest sense, an export industry," wrote Giovanni Pedde, a former Rome, Italy-based VP of Sales for CBS Studios. He continued: "What Italy was exporting was not imitation. It was(...)
Cannes 2026: Film Fest Afterthoughts
By Jacques Barreau American actress Demi Moore’s comments on AI captured one of Cannes 2026’s central debates. She argued that cinema must adapt to AI, but that machines can never replace the true soul of filmmaking or the emotional truth(...)
Condista’s Jorge Fiterre Reflects on Cuba’s Media
"I’d like to first speak a little about the politics," began an email sent by Jorge Fiterre (pictured above), the Cuba-born founder of the Miami, Florida-based Condista, a satellite international TV program distributor. He then continued: "The biggest misinformation out(...)
Len Grossi: Hollywood Insider on Going Through TV Eras Seamlessly
Imagine experiencing all of TV’s many changes over the years while working under the same(...)
Bert Cohen’s Worldvision: After Seven Owners, Its Success Became Its Downfall
In his business life, Bertram (later legally changed to Bert) Howard Cohen was an involuntary(...)
John Laing: Crisscrossing The World With a RoboCop Promo Under His Arm
It was a big mistake to ask John Franklin Scott Laing, the founding general manager(...)
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