Welcoming The Return of
In-Person TV Markets
That MIPCOM 2021 was going to be an in-person event was announced by Reed MIDEM as early as December 2020. At that time the pandemic was raging with no end (…)
The Good and The Bad: 41 Biz Years Recalled By International TV Executives
We at VideoAge have been busy looking at our old covers to refresh our memories about both the good times and the challenging ones that the TV biz has faced (…)
Series Mania’s Back In Lille,
In-Person, In Action
This year, Lille, France will welcome the return of an in-person Series Mania International Festival, to be held August 26-September 2, 2021.
The festival, which focuses on development, production, and new (…)
Grupo Globo’s Roberto Irineu Marinho Leaves Chairmanship
On April 28, Brazil’s Grupo Globo formalized a change in its leadership. Roberto Irineu Marinho, who held the chairmanship of Globo’s administrative board since August 2003 (after the death of (…)
Televisa-Univision and TV Azteca Make News
Mexico has been in the news in a big way recently, with reports involving both of the country’s major TV networks, Televisa and TV Azteca. The former has been talked (…)
Ex insider spills the beans about CBS’ 60 Minutes
Ira Rosen, of 60 Minutes fame, delivers excitement, workplace drama, and political intrigue in Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes (a 336 pg. book from St. Martin’s Press, (…)
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 (…)