WaterCooler

By Mike Reynolds

With the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announcing to its membership that negotiations on a new contract wouldn’t begin until “later this spring,” it appears that the Writers (…)

Canadians, tired of being blamed for bringing cold weather to the U.S., built a series of Hollywood billboards that use cheeky messages to celebrate Canadian filmmakers. A series of billboards (…)

Lately there has been constant whining from industry insiders about the fact that digital media, as a revenue mode, is suffering. According to several research companies, digital ad spending growth (…)

A good number of the major U.K. and European distributors, as well as a good sprinkling of U.S. studios, will be screening their wares in London between February 27 and (…)

In North America in 2022, 71 widely released movies generated $7.35 billion. This can be compared to the $11 billion generated in pre-pandemic 2019, which saw 110 movies be widely (…)

Last month, Content Americas successfully concluded its very first TV market in Miami. The event was viewed by many as being the heir apparent to the dearly departed NATPE. After (…)

While the development execs are fine-tuning their TV network line-ups for the 2023-2024 season, and the networks’ ad salespeople are jostling for attention for their Upfront presentations in New York (…)

“It’s commendable that C21 was able to organize a market in a few short months,” said content buyer Cida Goncalves about the very first Content Americas TV market, which is, (…)

Old timers who attended the first few editions of MIP-TV in the 1960s often reminisce about the fact that participants’ pictures were posted on a big board at the entrance (…)

By Mike Reynolds

After three years of COVID-forced Zoom interviews instead of actual Winter and Summer Press Tours on location, the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour finally went “live” (…)