Old: Insults. New: Reality in Politically Correct Times
Today’s crude and rude “reality television” cannot match the crassness of TV “roasts,” which were popular in the 1970s and ’80s. Then, words were used as weapons. Today, those “weapons” (…)
Egypt Opens New Int’l Opportunity in MENA Region
One of the DISCOP MENA markets is now in Cairo, and for a good reason. Egypt has one of the most well-established and influential entertainment and media industries in the (…)
Bernard Chevry: 1922-2019 The Life of a Pioneer
The last time that I saw Bernard Chevry, who died on Friday, May 17 in his Paris home, was in 2013, when Reed MIDEM honored him for the 50th anniversary (…)
May 2019
With 5G technology, the competition between superpowers moved from outer space to cyberspace. But like the U.S.-Russia Cold War, the world should, once again, embrace the U.S. over China during (…)
MIP-TV Report: There’s Still Life on the Media Planet. Organizers See Problems and Solutions
Lots of real news, unsubstantiated rumors — and even an announcement — were swirling around the Palais during the most recent edition of MIP-TV, which ended on Thursday, April 11, (…)
L.A. Screenings Full of Known Surprises
The yearly pilgrimage to the Mecca of entertainment continues with the 56th annual L.A. Screenings, this year taking place May 14-23. But there will be a lot of changes this (…)
Blurred Windows: The Devolution of IP Rights
In order to deal with the devolution of windowing, or the changing patterns of media rights exploitation for audiovisual content, it is necessary to travel back in time to when (…)
May 2019
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L.A. Screenings: New Schedules, Changes, Mergers
With the increasing un-certainty, confusion, and unpredictability surrounding the 2019 edition of the L.A. Screenings, it’s a comfort to take stock of what actually is known.
It’s a definite that Twentieth (…)
Hollywood Heroines: The On- And Off-Screen Women Who Led The Industry
There are many myths associated with Hollywood. One that persists to the present day is the one that asserts that women contributed only marginally to the film industry during its (…)