June-July 2023
To determine if a company is financially sound and solidly well run, the litmus test is simple: leaf through the trade press. If you see their ads, there’s money behind (…)
NATPE Budapest vs. Content
Budapest: A Solution Is a Pest
During last month’s MIPTV, managing director David Jenkinson of the U.K.’s C21 Media published an online editorial titled “The Fight for Budapest,” about his company’s competition with Canada’s Brunico Communications (…)
AFM Changes Venue,
But Not Its Spots
After 29 years at the Loews Santa Monica Hotel, the American Film Market will be changing venues for its 2023 edition, moving its event 800 meters east to the Le (…)
L.A. Screenings Inches its
Way to Pre-Pandemic Times
Between suites and tables, the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in the Century City section of Los Angeles will be housing over 70 exhibition companies for the upcoming L.A. Screenings.
This is (…)
May 2023
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May 2023
If you wonder why the building of large projects tends to go over budget, over time, and over expectations, a new book is attempting to explain it. Separately, I’ll attempt (…)
Pilots for the New Broadcast
Season Being Decimated
Last year’s broadcast pilot season had around 35 shows to present, the lowest number ever — until now, that is. This go-round looks to be considerably lower. The 2023-2024 season (…)
Content and NATPE Battle for
CEE TV Trade Show Supremacy
In 1867, the Austro-Hungarian empire was formed with a compromise that created a dual monarchy. The current standoff between C21’s Content Budapest (formerly Content East) and Brunico, the new owner (…)
L.A. Screenings at 60 Still
Shows Teen’s Pimples
Looking at next month’s L.A. Screenings, now in its 60th year, one cannot help but marvel at the resilience of a market that was never formally organized, but grew organically.
The (…)
April 2023
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