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While the TV networks were in the midst of their Upfront presentations (made for their advertisers in New York City), in L.A., the international content sales companies were gearing up (…)

What emerged from the May 2023 L.A. Screenings edition of VideoAge has been really promising. After a two-year in-person hiatus, the L.A. Screenings returned last year to an audience that (…)

April saw a rush of game-changing from the major streaming platforms. First came the announcement that Netflix was discontinuing its DVD-mailing service, then came a string of statements from Warner (…)

The new owner of Twitter, South African billionaire Elon Musk, has seen his investment in the social media company reduce in value due to a loss of advertisers, and now, (…)

By Mike Reynolds

Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators were unanimous in their rejection of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ (AMPTP) final offer before the Monday deadline, meaning (…)

The first to be shell-shocked was NBCUni, with the Monday announcement that CEO Jeff Shell would be leaving the company after an internal investigation into a complaint about an inappropriate (…)

As per today, Thursday April 27, 2023, the Century Plaza hotel in the Century City section of Los Angeles will be housing 75 exhibition companies for the upcoming L.A. Screenings. (…)

Flying back to New York City from Nice after attending MIPTV in Cannes, an executive for an European hotel chain with properties in different parts of the world recalled an (…)

“MIPTV is here to stay,” declared market director Lucy Smith during the event’s closing press conference. And to make it even clearer, she announced the dates for next year’s MIP, (…)

Many predicted that the 60th annual MIPTV would be a rather low-key market, but the event got off to a good start with Sunday’s MIPDOC opening party sponsored by Paramount (…)