The U.S. FCC Following Mexico’s Regulatory Agency
Yesterday, VideoAge’s daily newsletter reported that the leftist Mexican government wants to control the country’s media through its Comisión Reguladora de Telecomunicaciones (CRT). Today, according to the U.S. ABC television(…)
Fulvio Lucisano 1928–2026
The Italian and international film industries mourn the passing of film producer Fulvio Lucisano, who died on August 18, 2026, at the age of 98.
One of the most influential figures(…)
Banijay Takes “The Promise: Finding My Mother’s Killer” to Hulu
Banijay Rights has licensed Workerbee’s true-crime documentary series The Promise: Finding My Mother’s Killer to Hulu in the U.S.
It marks the first deal for the Banijay U.K. label(…)
Mexico’s Telecommunications Regulator Modeled After the U.S. FCC?
The leftist Mexican government is moving to tighten its control over the media, according to an August 17, 2026, Wall Street Journal editorial by Mary Anastasia O’Grady, who specializes in Latin(…)
All3Media Inks Pre-Sales for Thriller “Maya”
All3Media International, part of Banijay Entertainment, has signed multiple pre-sales for upcoming Two Brothers Pictures’ thriller Maya.
Written and created by Daisy Haggard (Boat Story, Back to Life), the series is co-led by(…)
Nat Geo to Premiere “How The Tudors Lost Their Heads”
National Geographic is set to premiere six-part doc How The Tudors Lost Their Heads on National Geographic in the U.K. on September 6 and streaming same day on Disney+.
The series,(…)
WAWA to Hold Forum Session on Sustainable Production
The Worldwide Audiovisual Women’s Association (WAWA) will hold the third session of the 5th edition of the WAWA Business Forum—a series of weekly online conversations taking place throughout August 2026—on(…)
Paramount’s $1.9B Bond Move
A new twist in the Paramount-WBD saga. Yesterday, Paramount asked a U.S. judge to require the 12 states and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) challenging its Warner Bros. Discovery(…)
In Italy, TV Piracy Is Down, Cost Remains High
According to a study commissioned by Rome-based FAPAV (Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content Industries), the total economic impact of piracy in Italy is estimated at €2.3(…)
MPA, ByteDance Introduce AI Guardrails
The Motion Picture Association and Chinese tech giant ByteDance have reached a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at establishing guardrails for generative AI video and image models to help protect(…)









