Videoage International August-September 2021

9 Four Decades of Int’ l TV Biz August/Sept. 2021 V I D E O A G E Continuing under “The Easy Rider” banner, the following four years were marked by the growth of international TV content sales (represented by 10 U.S. companies), the growing influence of the International Council (now the International Academy), the acrimonious competition between Milan’s MIFED and Cannes’ MIPCOM (formerly VIDCOM), headed by a film producer, the mild-mannered Alfredo Bini (replacing the charismatic Michele G. Franci), and the volatile Bernard Chevry, respectively. News programs came to the international TV arena in 1988, exactly at the apex of the Monte Carlo TV Market. 1985 1987 1986 1988