One thing is for sure: After October’s packed schedule — MIPCOM in Cannes, MIA in Rome, MIP Africa in Cape Town, TIFFCOM in Tokyo, and the AFM in Los Angeles — time has flown by. Before we know it, the international TV sector faces MIP Cancun and the Asia TV Forum (ATF) in Singapore. Naturally, we all look forward to the holiday season, but it is only a brief intermission before the wandering caravan that is the international TV sector heads to Miami for Content Americas.
These pressing calendar appointments mean that the next two months are packed with news to review and digest. For starters, in VideoAge‘s November/December Issue, Maria Pérez-Belliere answers hard questions about MIP Cancun, alongside insights from market exhibitors. Then, the same Issue looks at the ATF through expert eyes, leaving nothing unturned — the good and the bad.
VideoAge also attended NAB in New York City, where new TV hardware and topical topics made the smaller show (compared to its massive Las Vegas counterpart) perfect for its size. Just before NAB New York, VideoAge reported on MIPCOM and noted that the market is still holding its ground despite high-profile departures.
Beyond the news coverage, the November/December Issue of VideoAge explores several compelling topics: how WAWA changed during its first 10 years, complete with facts and figures from its founders; Golden Globe recollections detailing the turns and twists of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from the HFPA to the PMRC; and new acquisition models explored through a buyers’ lens, where a new reality brings fresh frustrations.
Then comes a surprise piece: “Five Reasons Toronto’s First-Ever TIFF Content Market Failed to Impress,” written by a firsthand observer, followed by a predictable reality: “U.S. Airline Ticket Prices Continue to Rise Alongside Growing Travel Demand.” Plus, check out our calendar of events and our traditional book review: “Last Bombshell Standing: Mamie Van Doren Delivers a Gossipy Tell-All in New Memoir.”
VideoAge‘s November/December Issue also tackles “The Challenges of Bundling English-Speaking Caribbean and Latin American Content.” Plus, in the My 2¢ editorial, the issue explores why journalists were once discredited, discarded, and dismissed in the TV trade show business — only to end up running major international TV markets and awards shows (such as the Golden Globes). Who’d a thunk it? Indeed!
You can read it all in print or here.
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