NATPE Budapest, Part II: The Comments
Approximately 100 people attended NATPE Budapest‘s very first breakfast conference, held at the Café Gerbeaud, a short walk from the Sofitel Hotel, the market’s headquarters and (…)
NATPE Budapest Part 1: The Overall Picture
In Budapest, the Americans seem to have disappeared from the tourist spots. Similarly, the Germans are gone, as are the French, while the city is full of Italians who can (…)
Greek Broadcaster ERT Set to Rebrand
Greek state-run broadcaster ERT (which included five TV networks, 29 radio stations, a weekly magazine and an orchestra) was suddenly shut down last week as part of a cost-cutting effort (…)
A+E Revamps Programming, Original Content Groups
A+E Networks is ramping up its programming division under its new president and CEO, Nancy Dubuc, and just last week, the company announced four key promotions and a (…)
A Sneak Peek into VideoAge’s June/July Issue
VideoAge’s June/July issue won’t come out until the first day of NATPE Budapest — June 24 — but we’d like to give you, our loyal Watercooler readers, a little preview (…)
U.S. TV Nets Forced By ’Flix (And Others) Not To Run Reruns
Summertime is when “the livin’ is easy,” to paraphrase George Gershwin, but it’s not so easy for the U.S. TV networks anymore. Thanks in part to the year-round premiere schedule (…)
A Blanket-Worthy L.A. Screenings
With the L.A. Screenings wrapping up today, we thought we’d offer up our first straight-from-L.A. report.
The unusually large — but welcomed — number of new TV series meant longer screening (…)
UPDATED: Upfront Central — New U.S. Series
The Upfronts are officially over. NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS and CW have held their presentations and all are ordering lots of new series for fall (more than usual, in fact). (…)
Upfront Week Becomes Upfront Month with NewFronts
By the time the U.S. broadcast networks (and Spanish-language broadcast networks like Univision, Telemundo and Fox Hispanic) hold their upfronts next week — exact dates are here — (…)
The “Rod” to NATPE Budapest
Last year, NATPE Budapest was Rod Perth’s first market as the newly minted president of NATPE.
Perth told VideoAge that he and his team spent much of his inaugural (…)