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By Dom Serafini

The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan used to tell and retell a joke about an American bragging to a Russian about the fact that he could pay a (…)

Taylor Taglianetti is a 22-year old NYU graduate. A year before getting her film school degree, she founded the National Organization of Italian-Americans in Film and Television (NOIAFT) in her native (…)

Today, every subscription streaming service worth its premium has added a + (or a Plus) after its name. The latest, Paramount +, launched on March 4. But where did the (…)

Last month, an audacious Orlando, Florida hosted a trade show with 5,000 participants. The event was jointly organized by three apparel industry organizations. The show was described as a “pilot” (…)

VideoAge: Considering that MIP-TV’s virtual event offers the best way to reach new and potential clients, how will you be taking advantage of the market?

Claudia Marra: In the last few (…)

From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s José Roberto Filippelli was a household name in the international TV industry. He first made a name for himself in Italy (mostly using (…)

By Dieter Brockmeyer*

The COVID-19 pandemic found us unprepared to face such a crisis. Nobody could have predicted anything even close to it. Although we probably should have since similar things (…)

In order to publicize Barcelona, Spain-based Eva Giménez’s fight against DENT, a rare genetic disease that affects the kidneys, from which her son Nacho suffers, the documentary Eva’s Challenge (El (…)

A quick glance at the pilots that have already been commissioned for the 2021-2022 season is enough to show that the Development departments at both the networks and production companies (…)

An old formula has been revitalized in order to create a new type of revenue stream available to producers and distributors. The old formula was called “Product Placement,” while the (…)