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Russia’s New Power Streamer: KinoPoisk

At the recently concluded MIPCOM, reps for KinoPoisk, Russia’s largest streaming platform, a division of IT giant Yandex, announced the production of two original TV series: Aeterna, a fantasy program (…)

By |October 21st, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

MIPCOM 2021: The Bracelets Edition

Those attending MIPCOM didn’t quite understand what they were for. Still, they proudly wore them. On Monday, October 11, the market’s first day, they were green. On Tuesday, they were (…)

By |October 18th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

SPI’s Present Plans and Upcoming Programs

New SPI International MIPCOM highlights included Elyse, the latest film starring Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins. SPI has the rights for Eastern Europe, CIS, Benelux, Scandinavia, Israel, and Africa.

SPI also (…)

By |October 14th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIPCOM Q&A With Liz Soriano, A+E Sr. VP, International Programming

VideoAge: What is A+E looking forward to at MIPCOM?  

Liz Soriano (pictured above): First and foremost, we plan to use this MIPCOM to finally enjoy some facetime with our clients and (…)

By |October 12th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Jorge Fiterre: Pay-TV Pioneer of the Americas

Jorge E. Fiterre has spent more than three decades in the world of television, devoting his life for the last 20 years to building his own company, Content Distribution Associates (…)

By |October 7th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Cancun: Safe and Sound TV Sales

Omar Méndez, editor in chief of the Spanish-language publication The Daily Television and Dom Serafini of VideoAge (both pictured above at MIP Cancun 2019) will welcome participants to Mexico for (…)

By |October 4th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

What I Left Behind in Kabul

By Farrell Meisel*

I have not worked with a more enterprising group of professionals in my career, not before or since my two-year posting in Kabul, Afghanistan. There, I managed what (…)

By |September 30th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

MIPCOM Issue Sneak Preview

Preparations for the first in-person MIPCOM since October 2019 are proceeding feverishly. And VideoAge is putting the final touches on its (printed and digital) MIPCOM Issue, which will be posted (…)

By |September 27th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Behind the Scenes of Gary Lico’s ‘Forensic Files’

When VideoAge approached veteran TV executive Gary Lico to provide some industry insight he considered commenting on the state of the industry, the greatest challenges it faces these days, who (…)

By |September 23rd, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

MISTCO’s MIPCOM Strategy

According to Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director of MISTCO, the Turkey-based international sales company for TRT’s aired content, MISTCO has three recent productions for MIPCOM. First is The Innocents, now on its (…)

By |September 20th, 2021|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment