Apparently, the U.S. Cable TV industry ignored the free advice given by VideoAge in its December Issue and, instead took the paid advice given by consultants. VideoAge’s suggestion was to improve services (…)
Bulsatcom, Bulgaria’s TV operator, has launched a roster of movie and thematic channels from the SPI International/Filmbox portfolio. FilmBox Extra, SPI’s flagship movie channel, is now available on Bulsatcom’s (…)
Amazon has just published Elie’s Puzzle Pet Friends, the latest book of VideoAge’s Dom Serafini. This is Serafini’s first children’s book, which Cathy Malatesta’s Los Angeles-based Lawless Entertainment represents worldwide. The (…)
The opening night of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival begins with a screening of Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You at the Eccles Theatre. The documentary, directed by (…)
The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival presented its Ensemble Performance Award to the film The Big Short, which follows a group of conspiratorial money managers who benefitted (…)
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has unveiled plans for a centralized database for rights information on Japanese content, reported Variety. The database is set to launch (…)
Singtel TV viewers will now have access to U.S. series within hours of their U.S. premiere, thanks to the launch of Warner TV in Singapore. Warner TV kicked (…)
Armando Nuñez Sr. will receive the International TV Distribution Hall of Fame recognition in VideoAge’s February/March Issue.
Armando will be the seventh TV executive to receive such an honor. The previous (…)
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, 2015 was the year of “peak TV.” Earlier in December, FX released new research that puts the number of scripted series on (…)
The Italian Senate has approved the government’s RAI public broadcaster reform bill, which calls for wider powers for RAI’s CEO, a slimmer board of directors and extends RAI employee (…)
