On April 28, Brazil’s Grupo Globo formalized a change in its leadership. Roberto Irineu Marinho, who held the chairmanship of Globo’s administrative board since August 2003 (after the death of (…)
Mexico has been in the news in a big way recently, with reports involving both of the country’s major TV networks, Televisa and TV Azteca. The former has been talked (…)
Ira Rosen, of 60 Minutes fame, delivers excitement, workplace drama, and political intrigue in Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes (a 336 pg. book from St. Martin’s Press, (…)
“In 2020 we did more than 600 deals, and the bulk were with local clients.” So began VideoAge’s Zoom interview with Dan Cohen, president, Viacom CBS Global Distribution Group, who (…)
The story begins in 2016, when Vincent Bolloré decided that he wanted his French company, Vivendi, to rescue Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy-based Mediaset Premium, a pay-TV service that was in dire (…)
It’s hard to reconcile a TV market focused on generating content sales with the participation of a singer as one of its main speakers, or it having a football player (…)
The major U.S. studios have been reducing headcount since May 2020, when the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic became evident. Warner-Media announced a 20 percent reduction in payroll. NBCUniversal (…)
Like any trade show, NATPE Miami Virtual will ultimately be judged by the sales achieved, by the potential new clients found, and by the amount of new content available.
In order (…)
YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl points the spotlight on prime examples of innovation and novelty found across the video-sharing platform.
Since its launch in 2005 YouTube has changed the (…)
To preview the upcoming NATPE Miami market — set to take place virtually January 19-29, 2021 — VideoAge contacted eight Miami-based TV executives for their observations. Even though the mart (…)
