Football (or soccer, as it’s called in North America) is famous for being one of the least efficient sectors of the sports/ entertainment industry. Recent investment, however, has led to (…)
NATPE has been a familiar fixture on the TV distribution calendar for 37 years, but the TV industry has changed, and so has the event. Originally designed to serve the (…)
The Latin American presence in Singapore for the Asia TV Forum (ATF) international market is impressive, as usual — not so much for the number of exhibiting companies, but for (…)
At the recently concluded MIPCOM, which took place in the traditional Cannes setting from October 15-20, all major U.S. studios were in full force. In particular, CBS, Disney, NBCUni and (…)
Discop Johannesburg is now entering its fifth year. The event, to be held in its usual venue, the Sandton Convention Center, is expecting 250 exhibition companies eager to enter or (…)
To sell content, especially to the U.S. and Canada, producers need Errors and Omissions (E&O) insurance to protect buyers if anyone claims any infringement. The insurance covers every aspect of (…)
Of the 156 U.K.-based companies exhibiting at MIPCOM, 122 are from London and, except for brief pauses for Brexit, they have been busy preparing for MIPCOM since June. The bulk (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
