Fremantle Performance Drags RTL Results
European media conglomerate RTL Group announced its results for fiscal year 2025 earlier today.
The Group revenue was down 3.8 percent to €6,018 million (€6,254 million in 2024), mainly due to lower (…)
Italy Beats the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic
It became a TV sensation in the U.S. when, on Tuesday night, March 10, 2026, the Italian national baseball team beat the favored American national team (Team USA) 8–6 in (…)
Rakuten Launches Series of CTV Events
Rakuten TV Enterprise has launched ‘LIVE’, a new European event series bringing together senior executives from the Connected TV (CTV) and streaming industry. The inaugural edition will be held in (…)
L.A. Screenings: 40 Exhibitors Already Confirmed
Forty distribution companies — including Disney Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Caracol Television, Inter Medya, Madd Entertainment, ATV, TV Azteca, Fremantle, Telefilms, and Record — have already confirmed their attendance to (…)
Casting: Hollywood vs. Latin America
By Dani Díaz*
Using Bruno Rosato’s recent Q&A in VideoAge‘s Water Cooler as a starting point, I’d like to explore how casting differs between Hollywood and Latin America. Not so much (…)
Spain Named Country of Honor at BANFF
The Banff World Media Festival has selected Spain as the official Country of Honor for the 2026 festival, which will take place June 14–17, 2026, at the Fairmont Banff Springs (…)
“The 50” to Be Adapted in Italy
Banijay Entertainment’s reality competition format The 50 is heading to Italy. Banijay Italia will produce the the sixth international version of the format for Prime Video.
Originally created by Banijay France’s (…)
The 2.5 Time Box Office Rule
The surge of prediction markets in the U.S. now lets people wager on virtually anything. Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket have recently exploded in popularity, following the current administration’s rollback (…)
Grierson Trust Opens Entries for 2026 Awards
The Grierson Trust has opened entries to the 2026 British Documentary Awards, also known as the Grierson Awards. The awards form the centerpiece of the Trust’s year-long celebration of the (…)
Five Acquires Kylemore Abbey Series
British broadcaster Five has acquired three-part doc series A Year at Kylemore Abbey from Cornelia Street Productions for U.K. broadcast later this year.
The series follows the lives of a community (…)