January 2026
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Cover Stories
- The Italian Telefe connection: Simoncini-Scaglione-Daminato
- Miami shared by Content (…)
January 2026
How will history describe the television age that began in 2018 with the streaming media explosion? We’re used to hearing about the European Renaissance in art and science that occurred (…)
Indies at MIP London:
The Pond and The Bait
At first glance, the utility of the second annual MIP London event may not be obvious. The RX-organized market is scheduled for Sunday to Tuesday, February 22 to 24, 2026, (…)
The Economy of Scarcity
Caused By Abundance
For over a century, cinema thrived under a simple logic: scarcity. Scarcity of access, of channels, of films. A few titles per year, often selected by faceless executives that decided (…)
The Italian-LatAm
Telefe Connection
The story of Gustavo Scaglione is just as interesting as the trajectory of Telefe, the Argentinean TV network that Scaglione, together with José Luis Manzano, acquired on October 23, 2025, (…)
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 (…)