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By Dom Serafini
Traditionally, when a country’s economy takes a dive, one of the first things to go are state incentives for the entertainment industry. It’s the same (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

The L.A. Screenings are around the corner. Soon, television executives from around the globe will descend upon Hollywood to screen the new series the studios (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

With the annual Los Angeles Screenings approaching, international television executives are busy readying themselves and their slates for what they hope will be a productive (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

With less than a month to go before the L.A. Screenings, it isn’t just the studios gearing up for wheeling and dealing. The Latin contingent (…)

By Dom Serafini

One could easily say that the sun never sets on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. His grip on the media world is so vast that daylight overlaps (…)

By Dom Serafini

Years ago –– before vertical integration, consolidation, M&A and globalization were all the rage among industrialists, investors, speculators and financial experts everywhere –– executives were (…)

By Dom Serafini

Last October, London’s daily The Guardian headlined, “2025: The End of U.S. Dominance.” This followed the release of the U.S. government’s National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) fourth (…)

By Dom Serafini

Have you noticed that at this MIP-TV, VideoAge isn’t carrying its usual “Seminars 4 U” feature? It had become a tradition for us to list those (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

With this edition, we’re concluding the Road to MIP-TV series, since next week, TV executives from around the globe will get the real McCoy when (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

With just two weeks left before the entertainment industry descends upon the resort town of Cannes, France for the 46th annual MIP-TV, industry executives (…)