At May’s L.A. Screening, buyers kept one eye on the content on offer from the U.S. studios, and the other on developments behind the scenes at the studios that could (…)
The talk at this year’s MIPCOM is likely to be all about… MIP-TV 2020. That’s because there’s little to say about MIPCOM 2019, other than that it’s going to be (…)
NATPE recently hosted “Streaming Plus” a first-of-its-kind summit for the Los Angeles-based non-profit TV trade organization, during which leading executives from CBS, YouTube, The CW, and Netflix gathered to review (…)
Only a few weeks after the G7 Summit was held in Biarritz, French content distributors and members of TV France International (TVFI) — the industry association of French audiovisual program (…)
After a 26-year absence, Prix Italia returns to Rome September 23-28 for its 71st edition. The “Prix,” as it is commonly called, is the world’s oldest radio-TV festival, and is (…)
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” (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
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, (…)
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 (…)
