A group of Italian film and TV actors assembled under the Artisti 7607 association has taken Netflix to court in order to increase the royalties given to performers from the (…)
The international TV sector is preparing for another faceoff this June, with Canada’s Brunico (NATPE Budapest) vs. the U.K.’s C21 (Content Warsaw). A judge would probably rule that the two (…)
Ed Zwick’s book is an exposé about Hollywood, but don’t expect to find a hint of that in the title, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions (Gallery Books, $28.99). However, maybe (…)
During the “Spotlight on Turkey” seminar held at January’s Content Americas in Miami, University of Georgia professor Carolina Acosta-Alzuru offered an academic analysis of the appeal that Turkish TV series (…)
Diversity was a bone of contention throughout the first days of the Winter Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour, held at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California. However, (…)
Are we nearing the end of prestige TV? Many such headlines ran last year as a slew of the biggest shows on streamers and cable networks came to an end, (…)
For over 30 years Texas-based distribution company Reel Media International has distributed movies and series that have fallen into the public domain. That is, film and TV content that has (…)
Since the beginning, the foundation of the U.S. television system has been broadcasting the programs nationally, which ultimately led to the creation of an affiliate-TV model. With that model, a (…)
Would Argentina’s TV sector replace successful Turkish dramas with Chinese soap operas? Would Turkish companies accept the Chinese Yuan instead of the U.S. dollar for their novelas? Both scenarios could (…)
To explain the FAST phenomenon one could ask for comments from the top operators of these Free Ad-supported Streaming Television channels or just call upon the recently formed FAST Alliance. (…)
