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The June Issue of VideoAge is more than just the topics described in the headline.

Indeed, it also tackles the challenging documentary TV business model, which is explained and reviewed in (…)

“Italian horror [cinema] of the 1960s and 1970s was, in the truest sense, an export industry,” wrote Giovanni Pedde, a former Rome, Italy-based VP of Sales for CBS Studios.

He continued: (…)

By Jacques Barreau

American actress Demi Moore’s comments on AI captured one of Cannes 2026’s central debates. She argued that cinema must adapt to AI, but that machines can never replace (…)

“I’d like to first speak a little about the politics,” began an email sent by Jorge Fiterre (pictured above), the Cuba-born founder of the Miami, Florida-based Condista, a satellite international (…)

The main difference between L.A. Screenings 2026 and last year’s event can easily be ascertained by looking at VideoAge‘s lists of pilots from each year. There are 19 for the (…)

The big news circulating inside the SLS Hotel, which this year housed the L.A. Screenings Independents, was the sudden departure of Darío Turovelzky as CEO of Telefe, which he helped (…)

If you feel sorry for those who translate Shakespearean works into different languages (including standard American English), imagine how hard it is to translate TV scripts from, let’s say, Turkish (…)

“I’m expecting to meet with a lot of the Latin buyers,” said Chevonne O’Shaughnessy, owner of ACI Inspire, a production and distribution firm.

“Based on our pre-scheduled meetings for the L.A. (…)

“Our slate for L.A. Screenings shows the breadth of our catalog — from primetime entertainment to dramas and documentaries, as well as children’s programming,” said Nadav Palti, president and CEO (…)

David Balda is a 26-year-old English-speaking Czech-based movie director who directed his first amateur movie at 16. Since then, he has helmed two theatrical films, the latest of which, Manipulation, (…)