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Learn the ‘Secrets of Playboy’ with Alexandra Dean

Lately, New York City-based director Alexandra Haggiag Dean (pictured above) has been all over the news for her latest docuseries, Secrets of Playboy. The 43-year-old Dean received some recognition for (…)

By |February 14th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

A Miami Get-together to Discuss NATPE, L.A. Screenings

Eight LATAM TV leaders joined VideoAge editor Dom Serafini at a breakfast meeting to discuss the future of NATPE Miami and the development of the upcoming L.A. Screenings. Shortly before (…)

By |February 10th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Current Streaming Model is Unsustainable: Read All About It!

The underlying message from both the data measurement company Antenna and the media research group Kagan is that the current business model of streaming operations as SVoD services is not (…)

By |February 7th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Bert Cohen: A Hall of Fame Feature No One Should Miss

Imagine an executive working for the same U.S. distribution company for 32 years, and in the process going through seven different parent companies, nine management changes, and two attempted takeovers.

Then (…)

By |February 3rd, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Rehearsing the L.A. Screenings 2022

After the U.S. TV networks announced the dates of their in-person Upfronts in NYC (see the above pictured calendar), all eyes are now turning to the studios in Los Angeles, (…)

By |January 31st, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Ahead of its Times (and Journal)  

VideoAge’s January 2022 edition featured a story on how a TV trade publication such as VideoAge, reported on an issue before a newspaper of The Wall Street Journal’s caliber did. (…)

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

To Zip Through Airport Security, Make a Reservation

These days, airlines are rarely overbooked. The Omicron variant of COVID has seen to that. Nonetheless, air travel is slowly improving, so would-be attendees of the spring film-TV markets will (…)

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

The American Language Facilitates Relations

An article entitled “The Downside of English’s Dominance” ran in the November 27 weekly Review section of The Wall Street Journal.

The main points of the story can be summarized thusly:

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By |January 20th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

LATAM’s Southern Cone: What Int’l Content Distributors Should Know

By Omar Mendez*

The Southern Cone — made up of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay — perfectly illustrates how different regions of Latin America can be. Each one is distinct from (…)

By |January 17th, 2022|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Best Is Yet To Come!!!

By Susan Bender

Recalling my lifetime in the entertainment industry, and 50 glorious years in television for VideoAge, is a pleasure. As a child and adolescent, I sang and entertained for many (…)

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