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Film Festivals and TV Fairs Are Not Compatible

By Dom Serafini

In October, Rome hosted two entertainment events that took place simultaneously but separately. The “first” was the Rome Cinema Festival. And the second was MIA: the International Audiovisual (…)

By |November 3rd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Movie Theaters’ Plans: A, B, and C

By Dom Serafini

There are several scenarios for the streaming-cinema debacle that are feasible.

First, the movie theaters could start producing their own movies, and, after a run in their cinemas, give (…)

By |October 31st, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

DISCOP Miami Takes NATPE’s January Spot and Revitalizes the Market

The Miami TV market in January is alive and well. But it’s not NATPE Miami — it’s DISCOP Miami — and it comes courtesy of the folks who’ve already given (…)

By |October 27th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Streaming To Become the New Box Office

By Dom Serafini

On the strength of my My 2¢ track record, I’m venturing to make a few predictions: Comcast will not be acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s simply too costly (…)

By |October 24th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Daily Market Publication As a Symbol of a Rebounding MIPCOM

MIPCOM 2022 was hyped up as the “Mother of all TV Markets,” and even though it didn’t come close to the splendor that was MIPCOM 2019, it was much better (…)

By |October 20th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A+E Networks at MIPCOM With Ratings-Busting Formats 

For VideoAge‘s Water Cooler, Ellen Lovejoy, SVP, Head of Sales, Americas and Formats, for A+E Networks, prepared a first look at the company’s format focus at MIPCOM, and its diverse (…)

By |October 16th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIA, TUA, and the Others: A Roman AV Extravaganza

By Dom Serafini

The coincidence was humorous. In order to reach Rome, Italy to attend the market MIA, which translates as “mine,” this reporter took a bus from TUA, which translates (…)

By |October 13th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

An Edition to Tear Out

Learn all about VideoAge‘s MIPCOM Issue before you head to MIPCOM. Why? First, because it will let you know what to expect while in Cannes. Second, it covers programming trends (…)

By |October 9th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Old Journalism Revisited, But Not Replicated

There is a new book out, Century’s Witness: The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll, which seeks to remind readers of the tenets that governed journalism in days of yore. (…)

By |October 6th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Asian TV Q&A with Singapore’s Sonia Fleck

In preparation for the Asia TV Forum (ATF) in Singapore this December, and following VideoAge‘s September 19, 2022 Water Cooler feature on South Korea’s international TV successes, VideoAge contacted Sonia (…)

By |October 3rd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments