The October Issue of VideoAge covers five trade shows: MIPCOM in Cannes, MIP Africa in Cape Town, NAB Show in New York City, SPORTEL in Monte Carlo, and the AFM in Los Angeles.

Additionally, the Issue highlights three upcoming international events: MIP Cancun, ATF in Singapore, and Content Americas in Miami, Florida.

But the editorial bonanza doesn’t stop there. Readers of VideoAge Monthly (who will see the printed version while in Cannes, starting on October 10, 2026, while the online version will be available a week earlier) will be able to explore the “Trends, expectations, and reality for the world’s game IP business,” in addition to “Special effects vs. visual effects in the age of AI,” without neglecting the “Factual challenges and opportunities for international content distributors.”

Moving to some of the featured trade shows, VideoAge‘s October edition reports that “Cannes is preparing for the biggest TV show on earth,” that “NAB New York is set to dazzle with the latest TV gear while pondering the future,” and that “MIP Africa [is] poised to remedy a region under TV stress.” It also explores “Content Americas Miami without NATPE [and] MIP Cancun with Content Americas.”

In sports-related financing, the Issue reports on “The World Cup, the Super Bowl, and the search for endless revenue growth,” while territories covered include Turkey with “How to win the hearts and wallets of the world’s TV buyers,” Italy with “An Italian film company story with an American ending,” and Russia with “Russia as a threat to the European Union’s television sector.”

The intellectual aspects of the TV business are also covered with “Muskonomics: A new book about Elon Musk explains how he came to be,” and with “The future TV promised us: Technology vs. behavior.”

For the traveling part that concerns all of the international TV sector, VideoAge reports on “The passport control mess at most European airports,” and features its much-consulted calendar, news, and events page.

Finally, VideoAge‘s editor’s My2¢ rudely explains how “This is an era defined as ‘unpredictable,’ ‘dysregulated,’ and ‘uncontrollable.’”

You can read all about it here.

Please follow and like us: