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A Recycled TV Season Rules
In the U.S. Broadcast Schedule

Go back just five years and there were 56 (...)

Mediaverse Explained By
a Legacy Media Executive

Giovanni A. Pedde, author of Mediaverse — The Rise of (...)

NATPE To Revitalize
CEE Content Market

There are some new developments in the works for (...)

May 2025

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 created the issues. (…)

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The New Business Model of IFE

May 15th, 2025|0 Comments

It is estimated that the "Big Four" U.S. airlines (Delta, American, United, and Southwest) combined boast some 525,000 TV screens on their planes. Delta Airlines, for example, has 165,000 back-seat screens on 840 aircrafts. These make up the bulk of (...)

Hollywood Tariffs: Fuggedaboutit!

May 12th, 2025|0 Comments

The idea of the Hollywood tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to apply to non-American-made movies is clear. Their implementation is difficult. Plus, suggesting federal incentives to a DOGE (or Department of Government Efficiency)-inspired president is impractical. And then (...)

May Issue of ‘VideoAge’ Under the Sign of the Phoenix

May 8th, 2025|0 Comments

VideoAge's symbol for these L.A. Screenings 2025 is the phoenix, the mythological bird that rises from the ashes of its predecessor, due to the fact that January's Los Angeles County wildfires killed dozens of people, destroyed 18,000 structures valued at (...)

Bert Cohen’s Worldvision: After Seven Owners, Its Success Became Its Downfall

In his business life, Bertram (later legally changed to Bert) (...)

John Laing: Crisscrossing The World With a RoboCop Promo Under His Arm

It was a big mistake to ask John Franklin Scott (...)

Joe Wallach: Political Intrigue Did Not Undermine His TV Challenges

When Joseph "Joe" Wallach was working at Brazil's Globo TV (...)