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Prelude to MIPCOM: VideoAge Headlines

For this week’s edition of Water Cooler, VideoAge would like to stray from our usual style and instead use this space to alert you to the extra-special (…)

By |August 19th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on Prelude to MIPCOM: VideoAge Headlines

The TV of 2Moro Is On Broadband

By Karen Ruttner

A recent poll of minorities and foreign-born U.S. residents determined that 45 percent of them prefer ethnically targeted television to its Anglo counterpart.

Despite the data, the (…)

By |August 11th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on The TV of 2Moro Is On Broadband

The Importance of Trade Shows in Dollars and Sense

By Dom Serafini

When U.S. President Barack Obama criticized companies like financially-troubled insurance giant AIG for their lavish and inappropriate trade traveling, the U.S. exhibition industry reacted angrily. (…)

By |August 3rd, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on The Importance of Trade Shows in Dollars and Sense

Berlusconi Opens Up To VideoAge About Endemol

In an all-encompassing interview, Pier Silvio Berlusconi of Italy’s Mediaset spoke to VideoAge about his company’s role, hopes, aspirations and wishes for its recent investment in

By |July 29th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on Berlusconi Opens Up To VideoAge About Endemol

The Road to Rome: The 3rd Annual Roma Fiction Fest

By Lauren Gitlin

More than ever before, this year’s third annual Roma Fiction Fest, taking place July 6-11 at the Conciliazione Auditorium, Adriano Multiplex Cinema and LUMSA (…)

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DISCOP East and Its Offspring

By VideoAge Staff in Budapest

The mother ship, DISCOP East, started its 17th annual event a bit slowly, but picked up steam during the market’s second day (…)

By |June 22nd, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on DISCOP East and Its Offspring

Take 10 with Promax|BDA Prez Jonathan Block-Verk

By Lauren Gitlin

The 54th edition of the annual Promax|BDA marketing conference is set to kick off its sixth consecutive year in New York City this Tuesday, June (…)

By |June 15th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on Take 10 with Promax|BDA Prez Jonathan Block-Verk

Forum Brasil Review: Latin TV Mart Still Delivers

By Dom Serafini

This year’s 10th annual Forum Brasil International TV Market welcomed 600 participants from 22 countries to São Paulo, Brazil’s new Transamerica Expo Center June (…)

By |June 8th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on Forum Brasil Review: Latin TV Mart Still Delivers

L.A. Screenings’ Trends Viewed by RTE’s Dermot Horan

By Dom Serafini

More than 1,100 international program buyers attended the recent L.A Screenings. Some TV outlets sent fewer acquisition executives than usual, others (particularly those from Italy) (…)

By |June 1st, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on L.A. Screenings’ Trends Viewed by RTE’s Dermot Horan

Road to DISCOP East: Take Five With Bavaria Media’s Oliver Kreuter

by Lauren Gitlin

The 17th edition of DISCOP East will take place June 16 to 19 at the Sofitel in Budapest, drawing producers and buyers from all over Central (…)

By |May 25th, 2009|Categories: WaterCooler|Comments Off on Road to DISCOP East: Take Five With Bavaria Media’s Oliver Kreuter