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Howard Gordon: 2020 Brings a Deserved Break

By Mike Reynolds

The “busiest man/woman in show business” tag has been used frequently in the entertainment biz, and while he (like everyone else) is taking a COVID-enforced break right now, (…)

By |December 17th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A NATPE Talk With VIS’ Guillermo Borensztein

Guillermo Borensztein (pictured above) is the Buenos Aires, Argentina-based vp of Sales and Co-Productions for ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) Americas. VideoAge reached out to Borensztein to talk about the upcoming (…)

By |December 14th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Cancun: A First-hand Buyer’s Report

To get a first-hand buyer’s perspective of the recently concluded virtual MIP Cancun TV market, VideoAge contacted V. John Baghdassarian, vp, Content Acquisitions and Strategy for the Los Angeles-based Olympusat.

Baghdassarian (…)

By |December 10th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Talk with MISTCO About Turkish Content

Just before the year’s end, VideoAge contacted Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director for Istanbul-based distribution company MISTCO, to review her 2020 international content sales activities on behalf of TRT, Turkey’s public (…)

By |December 7th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIP Cancun: A First-hand Seller’s Account

Stephanie Fialkow, manager of International Digital Distribution for New York City-based FilmRise, sent VideoAge‘s Water Cooler a first-hand report about her experience with the virtual MIP Cancun event, which was (…)

By |December 3rd, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NATPE Miami Virtual Gets Two Thumbs Up

NATPE Miami’s virtual edition has received a vote of confidence from the Miami-based participants surveyed in the December Issue of VideoAge.

In lieu of face-to-face meetings during these COVID-19 times, virtual (…)

By |November 30th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

A Veteran Remembrance: Friends Are Not Forgotten

By Tony Friscia

For 15 uninterrupted years, a group of entertainment industry colleagues — self-described as “veterans” — have gathered together in Los Angeles during the L.A. Screenings to lunch with (…)

By |November 25th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

First-Hand Account of an AFM Participant

Jesse Baritz, Director, Content Acquisition and Development, for Los Angeles-based Multicom Entertainment Group, sent VideoAge‘s Water Cooler a first-hand report about his experience at the virtual American Film Market (AFM) (…)

By |November 23rd, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

From Picture-phones to Zoom: Will the Evolution Continue?

The world at large is currently experiencing “Zoom fatigue” due to the extensive use of virtual face-to-face technology. This extensive use is imposed by fear of the coronavirus pandemic and (…)

By |November 18th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Political Surveys Vs. TV Ratings

By Dom Serafini

What has happened to American social and political researchers, surveyors, poll-takers, and data scientists? Lately, it seems like they never come up with any accurate projections.

In a recent (…)

By |November 16th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments