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For years, The New York Times neglected “real” football, and the few times the paper did bother to cover it, it was called “soccer.” It was therefore a big surprise (…)

Do you remember the journalistic maxim, “Just the facts, ma’am?”

Why doesn’t it apply to America’s TV weather people? We can get used to their “partly cloudy or partly sunny” statements (…)

Modern life evolved by revolving around TV commercials — especially nowadays that we pay for them (with subscriptions to streaming services, that is). Therefore (and just between us), it would (…)

By Dom Serafini

I don’t know if it is still the case today, but years ago, the top executives of the U.S. studios’ international distribution divisions were very fond of French (…)

By Dom Serafini

Since July 4, 1776, there have been only a few 50-year milestone anniversaries of American independence: 1826, 1876, 1926, 1976, and soon, 2026.

I was personally involved with the (…)

TV talk shows are back on the backburner thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has declared war on late-night TV hosts, and by the TV networks who decry the (…)

NEM Dubrovnik 2026 opened its doors for its 13th annual event on June 8, 2026, with an expanded market floor and distributors reporting full schedules of meetings.

The Monday-to-Thursday CEE-focused market (…)

The June Issue of VideoAge is more than just the topics described in the headline.

Indeed, it also tackles the challenging documentary TV business model, which is explained and reviewed in (…)

“Italian horror [cinema] of the 1960s and 1970s was, in the truest sense, an export industry,” wrote Giovanni Pedde, a former Rome, Italy-based VP of Sales for CBS Studios.

He continued: (…)

By Jacques Barreau

American actress Demi Moore’s comments on AI captured one of Cannes 2026’s central debates. She argued that cinema must adapt to AI, but that machines can never replace (…)