A Refreshing Talk With ViacomCBS’s Dan Cohen
“In 2020 we did more than 600 deals, and the bulk were with local clients.” So began VideoAge’s Zoom interview with Dan Cohen, president, Viacom CBS Global Distribution Group, who (…)
Vivendi-Mediaset: The Chess Game To Win the European Streaming War
The story begins in 2016, when Vincent Bolloré decided that he wanted his French company, Vivendi, to rescue Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy-based Mediaset Premium, a pay-TV service that was in dire (…)
MIP-TV Between a Rock And a Hard Place
It’s hard to reconcile a TV market focused on generating content sales with the participation of a singer as one of its main speakers, or it having a football player (…)
Hollywood’s Exodus Put Displaced
Tribes at a Job Crossroads
The major U.S. studios have been reducing headcount since May 2020, when the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic became evident. Warner-Media announced a 20 percent reduction in payroll. NBCUniversal (…)
Exhibitors Move To The Virtual
Podium To Share Their Insight
Like any trade show, NATPE Miami Virtual will ultimately be judged by the sales achieved, by the potential new clients found, and by the amount of new content available.
In order (…)
YouTube Exec Highlights The
Platform’s Success Stories
YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl points the spotlight on prime examples of innovation and novelty found across the video-sharing platform.
Since its launch in 2005 YouTube has changed the (…)
Miami-based TV Executives Review NATPE Miami
To preview the upcoming NATPE Miami market — set to take place virtually January 19-29, 2021 — VideoAge contacted eight Miami-based TV executives for their observations. Even though the mart (…)
ATF Market Moves to AI With Room To Catch Up
For the past 20 years, the western international TV contingent was somewhat happy to travel across the globe in December to Singapore for the annual Asia TV Forum (ATF). For (…)
AFM 2020 Review: Virtual 41st Is Bigger Than Live 40th
The 41st annual American Film Market (AFM) took place on November 9, 2020. It “evolved” into a virtual Santa Monica, California (its traditional city) across eight virtual venues (as pictured (…)
Score Card Report For Seven Virtual Markets
To analyze the deluge of virtual trade shows that hit the entertainment industry this year, VideoAge contacted 12 executives from eight countries to comment on seven recent live events that were canceled (…)
