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Is Fear of the New Stifling
Originality in TV Content?

A number of the TV executives contacted for this article didn’t want to comment publicly, but the general impression seems to be that most industry green-lighters want to keep their (…)

By |November 7th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

DISCOP Miami Set to
Take NATPE’s Spot

The Miami TV market in January is alive and well. But it’s not NATPE Miami — it’s DISCOP Miami — and it comes courtesy of Basic Lead, the folks who’ve (…)

By |November 7th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

Michael Cimino: A New Biography
Reevaluates His Life and Films

What happened to Michael Cimino? The acclaimed Italian-American filmmaker rose to fame with his 1978 war drama The Deer Hunter, which won five Academy Awards, but his follow-up film, 1980’s (…)

By |November 7th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

The Pull of Asia TV In The U.S.
And In Europe. An Overview

There have been a few changes to the TV landscape since the last MIPCOM, one of them being the surprising rise in Asian content across American TV screens in particular, (…)

By |October 6th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

Ethnic Broadcaster Denounces
Canada’s Legislative Indifference

“Language is at the heart of cultural identity; it shapes who we are and our perspectives. When we speak our languages, we share stories, pass on knowledge and create bonds (…)

By |October 6th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

A Review of LATAM TV Consumption
and Trade Market Participation

The return of in-person international markets has all of the industry’s players very excited. MIPCOM CANNES, in particular, will be a thermometer measuring whether all this excitement is justified, and (…)

By |October 6th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

All Eyes Are on the AFM:
Success at Any Cost

It’s going to be a crucial year for the 43rd edition of the American Film Market (AFM). It has to be successful in order to survive, considering that close to (…)

By |September 2nd, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |1 Comment

The Pre-Markets Edition:
Fall Trade Events Preview

Let’s start with the mother of all international TV trade shows: MIPCOM, coming up on October 17-20, 2022, with MIPCOM Jr., the children’s TV market, taking place during the preceding (…)

By |September 2nd, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments

MIP Cancun To Gain as
LATAM In-Between Market

Being sandwiched between MIPCOM and NATPE Global (which will take place in Nassau, the Bahamas), MIP Cancun is sure to have an effect on both as far as the LATAM (…)

By |September 2nd, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |1 Comment

Broadcast TV Saved By
Streaming Platforms’ Bell

Forecasting gurus the world over have dire predictions for broadcast television, which, according to those naysayers, will succumb to SVoD or streaming in general over the next few years. There (…)

By |June 16th, 2022|Categories: Cover Stories|Tags: |0 Comments