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By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

Prior to MIP-TV, U.K.-based FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) scored a big get — securing the rights to Harpo Productions’ Oprah’s Big Give for international distribution. (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

The 45th annual MIP-TV conference, which will be held next week in Cannes, France, is almost underway. As part of VideoAge’s continuing series of pre-MIP-TV (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

MIP-TV is upon us. Film and television executives the world over are checking their landing gear before descending into Cannes, France to buy, sell and (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

In just a few short weeks, buyers and sellers of TV content will invade the seaside city of Cannes, France for the 45th annual MIP-TV, (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

Late last year, Venezuela’s RCTV Internacional, a cable TV network headquartered in Caracas, made headlines when the Venezuelan government refused to renew RCTV’s (…)

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

As the 45th edition of MIP-TV approaches, TV executives the world over are gearing up for what many term one of the most important television (…)

N.Y. Upfronts

NBC: Monday, May 12 (Place: TBA)

ABC: Tuesday, May 13 (Lincoln Center)

CBS: Wednesday, May 14 (Carnegie Hall)

FOX: Thursday, May 15 (New York City Center)

CW: Thursday, May 15 (Madison Square Garden)

L.A. (…)

By Dom Serafini

What’s “Independents’ Day” and why it is important to U.S. studios and independents alike?

This is not a riddle, but rather something that’s rattling our industry. And (…)

By Dom Serafini

This time you might think that I’ve gone completely cuckoo, but I’m honestly convinced that the world needs another international film-TV market. A different type of (…)

By Dom Serafini

A few years ago, restaurant cars on Italian trains offered sparkling wine as an apéritif, served coffee in porcelain demitasse and topped the fairly priced meal (…)