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The main difference between L.A. Screenings 2026 and last year’s event can easily be ascertained by looking at VideoAge‘s lists of pilots from each year. There are 19 for the (…)

The big news circulating inside the SLS Hotel, which this year housed the L.A. Screenings Independents, was the sudden departure of Darío Turovelzky as CEO of Telefe, which he helped (…)

If you feel sorry for those who translate Shakespearean works into different languages (including standard American English), imagine how hard it is to translate TV scripts from, let’s say, Turkish (…)

“I’m expecting to meet with a lot of the Latin buyers,” said Chevonne O’Shaughnessy, owner of ACI Inspire, a production and distribution firm.

“Based on our pre-scheduled meetings for the L.A. (…)

“Our slate for L.A. Screenings shows the breadth of our catalog — from primetime entertainment to dramas and documentaries, as well as children’s programming,” said Nadav Palti, president and CEO (…)

David Balda is a 26-year-old English-speaking Czech-based movie director who directed his first amateur movie at 16. Since then, he has helmed two theatrical films, the latest of which, Manipulation, (…)

By Dom Serafini

This is my take on the seemingly unreasonable acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison.

Why would a new owner do something that the old owner (…)

“The [Content Europe TV] market has potential,” said Sangerim Zhakhina of Turkey’s Kanal D International. “It’s better than expected for the first edition. Good panels and time to network.” That’s (…)

While preparing what is considered the unofficial annual L.A. Screenings Guide, VideoAge cornered Isabella Marquez (pictured above, l., with associate Lissette San Martin), the organizer of the L.A. Screenings Independents, (…)

American film/TV studios might have made another strategic blunder. First, they sold their best content to make Netflix a major streamer, and, eventually, their major competitor. And now, the studios (…)