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Content Americas Answers

In just 39 days Content Americas will open its doors to its third annual event at the Hilton Miami Downtown, scheduled for January 19-23, 2025, with the market portion starting (…)

By |December 12th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Johnny Carson and I

By Dom Serafini

At VideoAge, we recently received a copy of the new book, Carson The Magnificent, which we’ll soon be reviewing. It’s about the popular U.S. late-night talk-show host, Johnny (…)

By |December 9th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Case Against U.S. Public Broadcasting

Republican president Richard Nixon declared war against U.S. Public Broadcasting in 1971 — exactly four years after the PBS service was created by Democratic president Lyndon Johnson. It happened again (…)

By |December 5th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Showcasing Romania at AFM

By Exploratist’s editorial staff*

For the fifth consecutive year, Romania’s cinematic legacy has shone on the global stage at the American Film Market (AFM). Organized under the Creative Romanian Film Makers (…)

By |December 2nd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Bridging Multicultural Audiences with Advertisers 

By Cristina Sarnoff *

My experience has shown that the Latino viewer is loyal to a brand when they become enamored by the story. With the multicultural market now at 20 percent of the U.S. population, representing (…)

By |November 25th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Cancun: The Road to MIP London

Talk at this year’s MIP Cancun isn’t about January’s Latin TV markets in Miami, but the talk is most certainly about the upcoming MIP London in February. Roaming the Moon (…)

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

The Trump Fury Will Spare Content Distribution

In these times of uncertainty, one thing is for sure: The business of buying and selling content will be certain. Every TV outlet has a need to buy content. No (…)

By |November 18th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Cancun/ATF Editorial Challenges

We celebrate All Saints’ Day during the month of November, and a miracle would have been handy to help us cover all the film and TV markets happening during November (…)

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

TV Series: A Maniacal Conference Mania

Lille, located in northern France, has SeriesMania (March 25-27, 2025). Cannes, in southern France, has Canneseries (April 24-29, 2025). And Turin, in northern Italy, has SerialMania (October 14, 2024 to (…)

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

The American Football and Me

By Dom Serafini

In the U.S., football games are played with the hands. The only times the oval ball touches a foot is at kickoffs, puntings (kicking the ball before it (…)

By |November 4th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments