November 2025
Forget about surveys to gauge the value of conferences at trade shows. The phone lights that go on in markets’ conference rooms are the best way to rate interest in (…)
Road to a Pan-European TV
Net: Simplify Complexity
Pier Silvio Berlusconi, the 56-year-old son of the late Silvio (founder of Italy’s Mediaset TV broadcast group), and Mediaset’s president, is inching closer to the realization of his MediaForEurope (MFE) (…)
Barry Diller’s Honest
Look At His Own Life
The thing about memoirs is that it’s difficult to trust what any one person, successful or not, intelligent or not, qualified or not, has to say about his or her (…)
A LatAm Mart Where
Developments Shape Up
MIP Cancun will be taking place during a time of change for LatAm, with Argentina’s Telefe returning to its origins with its acquisition by Grupo Televisión Litoral, the Rosario-based company (…)
October 2025
Finding a way to justify my shortcomings involves chutzpah, dragging philosophy into it, picking the right excuses, and blaming it on journalism.
How a Broadcaster-Streamer
Uses Content & Technology
The entertainment sector the world over has a problem that even the most brilliant minds have not yet been able to solve. It is not making enough money with traditional (…)
U.S. TV Sports: Fan Economy
Changes Creating Upheaval
In the United States, major sports on television are going through a seismic transformation on many levels — from splintering TV rights to cross-brand acquisitions to financial disparities among franchises (…)
Use it Or Lose it:
Reversion of Rights
In recent years, key entertainment industry players have shifted their business models. Rather than selling the rights to their content in the various windows, many prefer to accumulate and stockpile (…)