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Just by looking at the covers of VideoAge’s 2025 editions, like magic, the year in review appears in a way that only VideoAge seems able to offer.

No tit-for-tat stories, only (…)

By Dom Serafini

’Tis the season to be jolly. ’Tis also the season for air travel in unfavorable weather — cold in the Northern Hemisphere, hot in the Southern.

I must say, (…)

Since 1940, economists, investors, and politicians have been obsessed with economic “growth,” labeling Gross Domestic Product of 0.5 percent as “bad,” and anything above 2.5 percent GDP as “good.” But (…)

Investors tend to complain about lack of vision in the current crop of executives, but Wall Street also tends to applaud managers who know nothing about the businesses that they (…)

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is cracking down on pharmaceutical ads on television. Recently, Trump signed an executive order requesting that federal enforcement agencies put restrictions on ads (…)

The Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF) concluded its 26th annual three-day run on December 5, 2025, with 558 exhibiting companies, some of them sharing booths in the 22 pavilions (…)

By Dom Serafini

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal made me wonder: Is it the U.S. TV audience whose tastes change over the years, or are TV programmers the (…)

By Mike Reynolds

As usual, whether the excitement, enthusiasm, and possibilities will eventually translate into film sales will only become evident in the future, considering that the six-day market started on (…)

Book reviews have been a staple of VideoAge‘s editorial topics almost from the beginning, and it is still one of the few TV trade publications that regularly features new books. (…)

The first thing most people noticed when arriving in Mexico for the MIP Cancun TV market was the large number of Canadian tourists. Nearly 10 large busses awaited Canadian visitors (…)