MIPTV Positions To Face
Industry’s Challenges
MIPTV is coming back to earth! After two years in cyberspace, with two virtual events in 2020 and 2021, the veteran TV trade market will land in Cannes for its (…)
MIPTV Positions To Face
If DAZN Doesn’t Dazzle You,
Kevin A. Mayer Will
In May, The Los Angeles Times ran a lengthy article about how to pronounce the name of the newest sports platform, DAZN. Apparently, according to the paper, not even Jerry (…)
NATPE Miami Will
Be Big and In Person
Pictured above at NATPE Miami 2020, panelists Fernando Barbosa of Disney Television
Latin America (l.), and Telemundo Studios’ Marcos Santana (r.) with Moderator Roko Izarra (…)
ATF: Reduced Mart Expectation, High Conferences Interest
On November 17, organizers of the Asia TV Forum (ATF), which is set for December 1-3, 2021 in Singapore, sent a list of buyer and seller contacts that we at VideoAge (…)
MIP Cancun: Conquering
the Heart & Mind of LATAM
Although a number of anti-COVID health measures have been implemented at MIP Cancun, the health of the economy in Latin America is still worrisome. “Indeed, LATAM is going through difficult (…)
Inside Paramount+: The
Path To Make Money
During a 30-minute interview with the Wall Street Journal on Monday, October 18, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish reported that Paramount Plus and ad-supported service PlutoTV have generated $983 million in (…)
Back In-Person MIPCOM Report:
The Bracelet Edition
This year’s four-day MIPCOM market should have been the 37th edition. But the 2020 event was canceled because of COVID. Therefore, the 36th edition took place recently. Its last full (…)
U.S. Studios’ TV Divisions That Take On Presidents’ Personalities
The editorial task at hand was rather challenging for a TV trade publication. We were to determine whether the U.S. studios’ international content sales divisions tend to assume the personalities (…)
Streaming Strips the U.S. of its Leading TV Export Role
In a recent article, the Italian daily La Stampa reported that, since the advent of streaming, U.S. dominance in the international TV sales market has greatly diminished.
To drive the point (…)
Tokyo Olympics: How to Cannibalize FTA Coverage In Favor of Streaming and Lose Viewers
Despite all the viewer complaints about limited free-to-air TV coverage of the Tokyo Olympics from global viewers, to peruse the International Olympic Committee (IOC) website, one would believe that the (…)
