John Laing: Crisscrossing The World With a RoboCop Promo Under His Arm
It was a big mistake to ask John Franklin Scott Laing, the founding general manager of the Los Angeles-based Rallie LLC, how he managed to speak five languages since he (…)
November 2021
After dealing with the pandemic disaster that has plagued the world for more than 20 months, why is it that, this time around most of the international TV sector still (…)
U.S. Studios’ TV Divisions That Take On Presidents’ Personalities
The editorial task at hand was rather challenging for a TV trade publication. We were to determine whether the U.S. studios’ international content sales divisions tend to assume the personalities (…)
Streaming Strips the U.S. of its Leading TV Export Role
In a recent article, the Italian daily La Stampa reported that, since the advent of streaming, U.S. dominance in the international TV sales market has greatly diminished.
To drive the point (…)
Tokyo Olympics: How to Cannibalize FTA Coverage In Favor of Streaming and Lose Viewers
Despite all the viewer complaints about limited free-to-air TV coverage of the Tokyo Olympics from global viewers, to peruse the International Olympic Committee (IOC) website, one would believe that the (…)
October 2021
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October 2021
Our love of the industry is comparable to the high level of anxiety it generates. It’s entertainment, so we should probably be having fun. But in our case, having fun (…)
Welcoming The Return of
In-Person TV Markets
That MIPCOM 2021 was going to be an in-person event was announced by Reed MIDEM as early as December 2020. At that time the pandemic was raging with no end (…)
The Good and The Bad: 41 Biz Years Recalled By International TV Executives
We at VideoAge have been busy looking at our old covers to refresh our memories about both the good times and the challenging ones that the TV biz has faced (…)
Series Mania’s Back In Lille,
In-Person, In Action
This year, Lille, France will welcome the return of an in-person Series Mania International Festival, to be held August 26-September 2, 2021.
The festival, which focuses on development, production, and new (…)