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In 1896, the silent black-and-white image of a moving locomotive filled a movie screen in Paris, and the people in the theater thought it was going to drive right into them. They (…)

Despite several requests made prior to the market, VideoAge‘s Water Cooler wasn’t able to get the number of exhibitors or participants expected at the 24th annual Asia TV Forum and (…)

It took two months to prepare for the December edition of VideoAge in which we interviewed 10 industry executives for an in-depth report on FAST channels, and attended related conferences (…)

Claire Macdonald, the executive director of NATPE Global, has confirmed that while there were talks about combining NATPE Global with the competing Content Americas, ultimately, nothing came to fruition, so (…)

A frank talk with David Jenkinson, the organizer of C21’s Content Americas TV market in Miami, to be held January 23-25, 2024 at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel, revealed some (…)

Since kids were constantly checking and responding to text messages during class, a high school teacher in Brooklyn, New York told VideoAge‘s Water Cooler that at the start of this (…)

A tropical rainstorm welcomed delegates to MIP Cancun for its 10th anniversary, celebrated November 14-17, 2023. In addition to the storm, the LatAm market was a hectic one, and it (…)

In September, the U.S. TV industry was awash with news about impeding ownership changes for local linear TV broadcast stations. The news died down in October, and now in early (…)

The can-can is a festive, high-energy tune that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, and continues to be popular in French cabaret circles to this day. Years ago, the (…)

On October 31, 2023, opening day of the six-day American Film Market (AFM), attendees had to contend with a noisy strike protest staged by hotel workers at the entrance to (…)