WaterCooler

Television programmers are discovering a new resource for content: Their viewers.  User Generated Video (UGV) is fast becoming the primary form of original content, not only for television but also (…)

Patrick Zuchowicki, DISCOP‘s CEO, responded to the December 10 edition of VideoAge‘s Water Cooler to “to highlight a few decisions that were taken recently.”

Among the changes, Zuchowicki reported, were the (…)

The general consensus about last month’s DISCOP Johannesburg was that participation seemed somewhat diluted due to the frequency of its sister markets — suggesting that future market dates will have (…)

Last month, the entertainment industry lost a major producer and distributor of animated film and TV content, when Orlando Corradi, founder of Rome-based Mondo TV, died following a prolonged illness. (…)

Later this month, the CRTC, Canada’s broadcast regulatory authority, will hold four days of public hearings to determine which one of a handful of applications will be awarded a special TV license to operate a multilingual TV (…)

“Better than expected, and better than last year,” is how A+E’s Helen Jurado summarized the 5th edition of MIP Cancun, the recently concluded TV market focusing on LATAM, which was (…)

London-born TV veteran Richard Milnes is VideoAge‘s International Hall of Fame honoree in its NATPE Miami 2019 edition. Milnes is the third Briton to be featured out of 29 TV (…)

The Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF) is just 28 days away, and VideoAge will, as usual, keep its international readers apprised of developments at the event both in print (…)

Today, October 31, the American Film Market (AFM) opened its doors for its 39th annual eight-day edition — its 28th in Santa Monica, California.

This year, for the first time, a (…)

Two TV markets at exactly the same time, on exactly the same days. Could be doable… except for the fact that one, DISCOP, is being held in South Africa, while (…)