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Ellen Baine Ends Her TV Season in March

At the end of March, Ellen J. Baine, a legendary former programming executive for Canada’s CHUM, is retiring as vp of Programming for the Toronto-based Hollywood Suites, a company she (…)

By |February 11th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

London Screenings In the Year of Brexit

E.U. buyers, as well as American and British distributors, will experience firsthand the initial consequences of Brexit at the BBC Showcase, which is set for February 9-12 in Liverpool, and (…)

By |February 4th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NATPE 2020 Photo Review: Not Roaring, But Growling ’20s

“It’s so cold in Florida that the weather service warns of falling frozen iguanas,” read a Miami Herald headline on Wednesday, January 22, the second day of the NATPE Miami (…)

By |January 28th, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NATPE: Present & Future Revealed

While here at NATPE Miami, VideoAge is monitoring several developments simultaneously: NATPE expectations, the London TV Screenings (and the BBC Showcase), MIP-TV, and the L.A. Screenings.

The latest news on the (…)

By |January 21st, 2020|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NATPE 2020 as seen in 2011

At NATPE 2020, the international TV industry will celebrate NATPE 2011 as the year that saved the premier U.S. trade show for buying and selling TV content. Indeed, this year (…)

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

NATPE Forecast: Partially Sunny

NATPE is approaching and one question bouncing from cellphone to cellphone is: “How will NATPE evolve in this year of ‘perfect vision,’ a decade after it moved from Las Vegas (…)

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

VideoAge’s 2019 Year In Review

In its 10 issues in 2019, VideoAge reported on 14 countries, covered 17 TV and film trade shows in eight countries, analyzed 18 trends, interviewed 70 different executives, (…)

By |December 30th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

ATF 2019 Got Mixed Reviews: A Photo Report

The Asia TV Forum (ATF) opened its doors on December 4, 2019 — the same day that CBS re-merged with Viacom after a 14-year separation. The photo above, which depicts (…)

By |December 17th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Yes, Reality TV Concepts Can Be Protected: An Expert View

By Steven Lowe*

Current “idea theft” and copyright laws provide different methods of protection for reality television concepts. However, there are some measures to be taken in order to be afforded (…)

By |December 10th, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Robert Chua Int’l TV Hall of Fame Honoree

Veteran TV broadcaster, producer, satellite TV pioneer, and content distributor Robert Chua has been tapped as VideoAge‘s International TV Distribution Hall of Fame honoree for the January 2020 (NATPE Miami) (…)

By |December 3rd, 2019|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments