New CEO Calls In a U.S. Team For a “Bigger” RAI
Antonio Campo Dall’Orto (pictured above), the new CEO and director general of RAI, Italy’s state broadcaster, has a problem: He’s not a politician, but a television industry expert. And in (…)
June-July 2016
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New Media Laws To Affect TV Biz in Hungary, Poland
When Hungary’s newly elected conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán enacted a new media law in 2010, the E.U. went up in arms denouncing its illiberal bias.
In July 2013 the European (…)
Is In-Flight Entertainment An IFEey Business For CSPs?
The potential size of the in-flight entertainment (IFE) business is mind-boggling: Around the world, there are over 37 million commercial airline flights each year. These flights are made with 25,000 (…)
L.A. Screenings Review: Buyers Drowned In a Flood of Content. “Subprime Video” Down, Indie Biz Up
In April, the U.S. non-broadcast TV sector (cable and streaming services) introduced 132 new scripted series for the 2016-17 season, 86 of which were dramas. In May, the broadcast industry (…)
Colin Davis: One of Four Fathers of The “Output Deal”
In his 20 years with MCA and beyond, British-born Colin P. Davis saw the group, which was founded in 1924, go through a roller coaster of ownership changes.
It was first (…)
June 2016
Elegance is defined as something that is unnoticeable, but as an amateur social historian, I tend to notice the unnoticeable — especially the trivial aspects of the TV distribution business.
Sandy Frank: A TV Pioneer Who Took Risks
Sandy Frank is VideoAge’s International TV Distribution Hall of Fame honoree for the MIPCOM (October 2016) Issue. Frank is the 13th pioneer featured in VideoAge’s printed edition since April (…)
Canal+ Greenlights “The Bureau” Season 3
CANAL+ Création Originale has greenlit Season 3 of the Federation Entertainment’s political drama The Bureau. Co-produced with The Oligarchs Production, the spy thriller delves inside the French Intelligence Agency, (…)
CMT Picks Up Season 5 of “Nashville”
After being canceled by ABC in May, CMT has swooped in to rescue Nashville. The series will return for a full 22-episode fifth season on the cable network, and (…)