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Mediaset Italia’s Dual Anniversary Celebrations

After celebrating Mediaset Italia’s 10th anniversary during the recently concluded MIPCOM in Cannes, a delegation of Mediaset’s Italian international channel flew from Rome to Washington, D.C. as one of the (…)

By |November 5th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Abruzzo Film’s Board Introduced at the AFM

The promotional campaign launched by Italy’s Abruzzo region to bring its audiovisual talents back to the region has begun, and Hollywood is its main target.

The campaign to reach the Mecca (…)

By |October 29th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Romania’s Big Cashback For Int’l Productions

As a result of the lobby activities of various Romanian film industry organizations since the end of 2018, including the Creative Romanian Film Makers Association, the Romanian Government has approved a (…)

By |October 24th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Banjiro “Banji” Uemura 1929-2019

Banjiro “Banji” Uemura, the founder and former chairman of Tohokushinsha, passed away peacefully in Tokyo on Tuesday, October 15, with his family present. He was 90 years old. He retired (…)

By |October 22nd, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|2 Comments

The Future Presented in VideoAge’s October Issue

The future could not be clearer than how it is presented in the MIPCOM (October) edition of VideoAge, which has just hit the broadband waves, the world’s postal offices, and (…)

By |October 13th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Condista Celebrates Its 20th Year

In 1998, Jorge E. Fiterre was working for the Adelphia cable system in the Miami, Florida area, but was already dreaming of having his own company to distribute TV channels (…)

By |October 8th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

An “Imperial” Prix Italia Brings TV Spotlight Back To Italy

“It might have been a good idea to provide maps,” said Karina Laterza, Prix Italia’s Secretary General (pictured above), when asked if she expected attendees to be able to navigate (…)

By |October 2nd, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NAB Show New York Spotlights Podcasting and Streaming

The 2019 NAB Show New York, which will be held October 16-17, will soon welcome 51 first-time exhibitors to the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York City, where (…)

By |September 24th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

French TV Showcase Shows a Sales Slowdown

The 25th edition of Le Rendez-Vous kicked off on Sunday, September 8 with a gourmet welcome reception at the Halles of Biarritz, a market area where one can purchase all (…)

By |September 19th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Larry Gershman 1936-2019

Lawrence (Larry) Eugene Gershman, one of the most innovative TV executives in the world, passed away on Friday, September 13 following a battle with cancer. His daughter, Leslie Wandmacher, reported (…)

By |September 16th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|11 Comments