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MIPCOM: Hollywood in Cannes

MIPCOM 2024 returned to the MIPCOM of yesteryear (2019, to be exact, before the pandemic), but now its official name is “MIPCOM Cannes.” This move was perhaps meant to appease (…)

By |October 21st, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIA Finding Its Int’l Role

MIA, the Italian Audiovisual Market, is back in Rome for its 10th edition, which is being held October 14-18 at Palazzo Barberini, which houses Cinema Barberini. However, it has been (…)

By |October 16th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Devolution from Tweeted to Xsed

In 1961, people used to say, “Let’s Twist Again.” In 2006, they said, “Let’s tweet again.” And in 2022, people were supposed to start saying, “Let’s X again.”

People “Google.” They (…)

By |October 14th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

VideoAge’s October Issue to Sow Seeds

The cover stories alone should spike interest in VideoAge‘s October Issue, published (in both print and digital) in conjunction with MIPCOM. Articles include a piece on American TV executive Sean (…)

By |October 10th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Billionaires Don’t Have Anything to Prove

By Dom Serafini

Years ago, the very rich didn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Today, according to a Wall Street Journal article titled “How the Super-Rich Signal Their Wealth to (…)

By |October 7th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Getting Ready For AFM

The American Film Market (AFM) is moving out of the Los Angeles area and heading to Las Vegas for its 2024 event, which will be held Novembers 5-10, 2024, (…)

By |October 3rd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Lessons in Leadership

In its April 2024 Issue, VideoAge wrote about corporate incompetence in a “My2¢” editorial. Then, on September 16, 2024, in its “The New Workplace” report, The Wall Street Journal ran (…)

By |September 30th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NAB New York’s U.S. Election Tools

At the upcoming annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in New York City — to be held October 8-10, 2024, at its traditional Javits Center venue — the Washington (…)

By |September 26th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Evolution of TV Trade Shows

By Dom Serafini

TV trade show organizers are very good at finding and negotiating for convention and hotel space. They’re also good at re-selling the rented real estate to exhibitors. They’re (…)

By |September 23rd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Russian Propaganda and Film Fests

In mid-September 2024, VideoAge received a statement from Route 504, the Toronto-based PR company for Raja Pictures/CAPA Press, the producers of the 120-minute documentary Russians at War. The film had (…)

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment