Development: Greenlight
Turns Into Redlight
Why is it so difficult to produce a hit these days? It was always hard, of course, but now it seems all but impossible. Years ago, U.S. TV outlets used (…)
Development: Greenlight
The Future Reality of FAST
Channels Not Yet Explored
FAST channels seem to be taking over the television business — not just in the U.S., but across the world. But how long can this last? FAST feeds on content (…)
MIPTV Didn’t Move to London,
London Moved to MIP
While much has been written elsewhere about MIPTV and the market’s move from Cannes to London, with integration into the London Screenings, nothing has been said about how the “TV (…)
Miami TV Markets: The Race is
on. It Actually Started in 2023
The word from the NATPE Global camp is that they’re not really competing with Content Americas since the Miami market is meant to be a global one, while Content focuses (…)
LatAm TV Production Is
Mainly SVoD Business
According to the Latin American production managers of the world’s leading U.S. streamers, their commission levels will increase in 2025.
This year, Netflix returned to being the leading commissioner in the (…)
Survey Says, Who Said That
Linear Television is Dead?
It is well understood that the TV game has changed and that rules are different these days. In the U.S., a linear brand used to mean over-the-air channels — the (…)
Sean Cohan’s Demanding
New Challenges Ring a Bell
In 2014, VideoAge spoke with Sean Cohan in New York City for an article titled, “A Frank Talk with A&E Networks’ Sean Cohan.” At that time, Cohan was its executive (…)
Losing Rights to GenAI-Produced
TV & Film Scripts
Last autumn, the world hailed the agreement between the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Inc. (AMPTP) as a victory for writers (…)
The Changing Geography of
International TV Trade Shows
The geography of international TV trade shows is changing once again, with more markets coming out every year, including a planned Istanbul TV Market in 2025 and a TIFF film (…)
U.K. Planning FTA Online
Move. U.S. Sticks With DTT
Back in April, VideoAge (along with other industry publications) reported on the U.K.’s decision to make a future move to delivering TV content away from the historical tower/transmitter to a (…)
