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June Is All About The Future

Televisively speaking, June is a busy month, with at least seven international TV markets to attend and, for those in the northern hemisphere, with preparations for summer vacations. VideoAge is at (…)

By |June 9th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Italian “Theatre” In NYC

The celebration of one of the most important holidays in Italy, Italy’s National Day (Festa della Repubblica), took place on Monday, June 2. In the U.S. it was just simply (…)

By |June 5th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Vincent Scarza’s Live Aid Recollections

“It was an event that left an indelible mark on the history of pop music,” American producer and director Vincent Scarza said when asked to recall July 13, 1985, when (…)

By |June 2nd, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NATPE Budapest Marks its Territory

This year, most of the screenings at NATPE Budapest will occur on the market’s opening day, Monday, June 23, 2025, at the Dorothea Hotel. This venue is located just around (…)

By |May 29th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

L.A. Screenings ’25: The Studios’ Takes

Many of the studios’ screenings were shorter this year, with majors, including Fox, Amazon MGM, and Lionsgate, taking up just one day each. Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery took (…)

By |May 22nd, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

L.A. Screenings Indies ’25 Under the Lens

The independent portion of the L.A. Screenings 2025 concluded on Friday, May 16, following a two-day run at the newly “adopted” 12-story Roosevelt Hotel, which, for the first time in (…)

By |May 19th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The New Business Model of IFE

It is estimated that the “Big Four” U.S. airlines (Delta, American, United, and Southwest) combined boast some 525,000 TV screens on their planes. Delta Airlines, for example, has 165,000 back-seat (…)

By |May 15th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Hollywood Tariffs: Fuggedaboutit!

The idea of the Hollywood tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to apply to non-American-made movies is clear. Their implementation is difficult. Plus, suggesting federal incentives to a DOGE (…)

By |May 12th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

May Issue of ‘VideoAge’ Under the Sign of the Phoenix

VideoAge‘s symbol for these L.A. Screenings 2025 is the phoenix, the mythological bird that rises from the ashes of its predecessor, due to the fact that January’s Los Angeles County (…)

By |May 8th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The AI Future Needs Philosophers

A recent report from New York City-based management and consultancy company Korn Ferry explained that “70 percent of chief executives say they expect someone from their level to be ousted (…)

By |May 5th, 2025|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments