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NBC, FOX, CNN: Three Dismissals

The first to be shell-shocked was NBCUni, with the Monday announcement that CEO Jeff Shell would be leaving the company after an internal investigation into a complaint about an inappropriate (…)

By |May 1st, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Road to the L.A. Screenings 2023

As per today, Thursday April 27, 2023, the Century Plaza hotel in the Century City section of Los Angeles will be housing 75 exhibition companies for the upcoming L.A. Screenings. (…)

By |April 27th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Influencers’ Disrupting Roles

Flying back to New York City from Nice after attending MIPTV in Cannes, an executive for an European hotel chain with properties in different parts of the world recalled an (…)

By |April 24th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIPTV Final Verdict: A Definite Maybe

“MIPTV is here to stay,” declared market director Lucy Smith during the event’s closing press conference. And to make it even clearer, she announced the dates for next year’s MIP, (…)

By |April 20th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Day One Report: A Good Slow Start

Many predicted that the 60th annual MIPTV would be a rather low-key market, but the event got off to a good start with Sunday’s MIPDOC opening party sponsored by Paramount (…)

By |April 17th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Fox Studios Gets Lots of Improvements

Did you ever wonder what happened to the legendary Fox Studios after Disney acquired 21th Century Fox in 2019 for $71.3 billion? The studio lot is now set for a (…)

By |April 13th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Status of Hollywood Sound Stages

FilmLA, a not-for-profit organization, and the official film office of the city and county of Los Angeles, has just released some figures for the production output in Hollywood.

Reviewing the 2021 (…)

By |April 10th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Digital Is Costly. Being Entertained Is Expensive

The Internet is free and open. So goes the Putin-style propaganda line. Still, being entertained digitally is becoming costly, and soon enough, it’s going to be even more expensive.

Today, the (…)

By |April 6th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

L.A. Screenings Exhibitors Rush to Find Suites

As per today 44 days before the start of the independent portion of L.A. Screenings 2023 on May 17 a total of 48 companies have already reserved suites (…)

By |April 3rd, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Streaming Ratings Are Not Linear

In the linear TV world, counting the “eyeballs” on any given show is relatively easy (although some viewers will always be missed, such as folks watching TV in places like (…)

By |March 30th, 2023|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments