WaterCooler

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 (…)

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 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 (…)

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 (…)

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 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 (…)

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 (…)

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. (…)

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 David Pridham* 

When I was a (…)