African TV Market Shows Growth and Challenges
One of the cover stories in last month’s Issue of VideoAge covered MENA territories — the bread and butter of the upcoming DISCOP Africa event in Johannesburg, South Africa, which (…)
Friends and Enemies in the Ad Business Make for a Good Read
“Frenemy” is an American word originally minted in 1953, but which only recently entered the common vernacular, and indicates persons (or companies) that are friends and enemies at the same (…)
Wall Street’s Growth Over TV’s Profits Mentality
Fracking, the technique to ex-tract oil and gas from rocks, has made the U.S. the world’s largest producer of natural gas, as well as an oil powerhouse that, according to (…)
TV Changes Are In the Air, But TV On the Air Is Still Hugely Popular
In his latest book about advertising, Frenemies, American media critic Ken Auletta stated that “mass audience is rare.” This could well be the case in the U.S., but it is (…)
Views from the Top on the Role of Publishing in the TV Animation Biz
To get international producers’ perspectives on the role of publishing in the children’s TV business, VideoAge contacted animation companies in Canada, Germany, and Italy.
VideoAge spoke with Kristin Lecour, vice president, (…)
Jornadas Marked by Argentina’s Bribery Scandal
The start of the 2018 edition of Argentina’s Jornadas Internacionales, the major cable and satellite TV trade show in the South Cone, will coincide with court proceedings stemming from the (…)
Le Rendez-Vous Under the Sign of “Efficiency”
The 24th annual Le Rendez-Vous checks in to the seaside town of Biarritz for another five-day event, beginning on the evening of Sunday, September 9, 2018.
This year, the content market (…)
Facebook Created A “Dark” Social Media Precedent
Il Lato Oscuro di Facebook, which can be translated as Facebook’s Dark Side (Imprimatur Publishing Company, 126 pages, 14 euro), by Italian journalist Federico Mello, is a brief Italian-language treatise (…)
L.A. Screenings Review: Same Drill With New Twists. The Enthusiasm is Unchanged
The L.A. Screenings 2018 in facts and figures: This 55th edition saw 84 companies exhibiting at the InterContinental hotel located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, and was (…)
Rocco Siffredi: The Good ‘Ol Days of Porn’s Golden Era
Before porn became boring, there were adult film directors who made the genre look good, if not acceptable. They were mostly Italians, like Giovanni “Tinto” Brass (Caligula), Aristide Massaccesi (aka (…)