The Cost of Falling Stars: The Bill Cosby Residuals Story
By Dom Serafini
The legal, social and moral problems of 79-year-old American comedian Bill Cosby (who now could face up to 10 years in prison for sexual abuse) are well known. (…)
Nuñez Sr. In The Hall of Fame
Armando Nuñez Sr. will receive the International TV Distribution Hall of Fame recognition in VideoAge’s February/March Issue.
Armando will be the seventh TV executive to receive such an honor. The previous (…)
Record Original Series for 2015
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, 2015 was the year of “peak TV.” Earlier in December, FX released new research that puts the number of scripted series on (…)
Italian Senate Passes RAI Reform Bill
The Italian Senate has approved the government’s RAI public broadcaster reform bill, which calls for wider powers for RAI’s CEO, a slimmer board of directors and extends RAI employee (…)
AT&T Announces Third Season Pick-Up of “Full Circle”
DirecTV and AT&T’s Audience Network have ordered a third season of Full Circle. The next chapter of the anthology series will take place during a presidential race in the (…)
NAB and SMPTE Renew Tech Summit
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has unveiled the details for the NAB Show’s “The Future of Cinema Conference: The Immortal Movie.” Produced in partnership with (…)
U.S. TV Syndication Sweeps Up and Down
With less than one month to go until NATPE, VideoAge turned its attention to U.S. syndication — the belle of the ball at (…)
Women in CE Celebrates Legacy Award Honorees
Women in Consumer Electronics (CE), an industry organization that focuses on the advancement of women in the consumer technology industry, has awarded top-level retail, association, entertainment, manufacturing and distribution (…)
Disney to Sell Stake in Fusion
Walt Disney Co. and Univision are negotiating Disney’s exit from Fusion, their joint venture cable and digital news network aimed at millennials, reported the Wall Street Journal. Fusion was (…)
Star Cinema’s “A Second Chance” Hits Record Box Office
After raking in P566 million worldwide, Star Cinema’s A Second Chance is now the highest grossing Filipino movie in history. The film, which tells the story of Popoy and (…)
